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45 minutes ago, Bucoops said:
Sad news but totally understandable. My one was going to be just one 91 - well outside of my modelling era and location, but I would like a line up of ECML thoroughbreds.
I don't intend to buy a Hornby one - I prefer to support small hobbyist companies. I don't have anything against Hornby, just can't get excited by a 91 from them. So I guess I've saved myself £250
Echoes my thoughts exactly. Was disappointed but unsurprised to see the latest update from Cavalex, and still think they've done a fine job handling it. Considered ordering a Hornby 91 even though it's well out of by layout's period (and of course there's no equivalent rolling stock), but realised I was just as excited about the prospect of supporting the new start-up outfit as I was for the doubtless fine product that would have resulted. So, I'll remain a kettle-only chap.
FWIW, my completely uninformed two penceworth re. the rolling stock is that, as per the Mk3s, Hornby will announce a newly tooled Mk4 DVT with lighting next year to bookend the loco, but let the elderly coaches tread water a while longer.
Hope Cavalex goes from strength to strength in 2020 and beyond.
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A very enjoyable afternoon at the Stevenage exhibition today, one of the highlights being meeting Cav and Alex, having a good poke around the impressive printed 91 body shell and discussing this duplication business that might have been brought up already. Whether or not you take a side in this model train SCANDAL, think the gents deserve huge credit for their professionalism (and sense of humour) as this continues to play out. And up until now, the updates on the project and general hands-on approach from Cavalex has been mighty refreshing, IMHO.
I haven't even heard of Cavalex this time last year, whereas Hornby is the company responsible for getting me interested in model railways 20+ years ago, but I'm excited to honour my pre-order of Cavalex's GNER example, plus a few Mk4s and the DVTs in due course. It'll be an outstanding model. Pity it'll have to wait a while until it's got something better to run on than a 8x4 tail-chaser to do it justice!
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Evening all,
Time to out myself as the ‘younger friend’ who had the privilege of visiting Little Bytham for the first time over Christmas. I grew up in the next town over and have watched modern-day expresses speed down Stoke Bank for more afternoons than I care to admit, hence the username. Twenty-eight still counts as young, then? Phew – I’ve a few years for skills to catch up with those found on RMWeb.
Tony and Mo’s kind hosting (and homemade soup) more than lived up to the reputation, and as for the railway – what in original praise can I add to a thread already over 1600 pages long? It’s a triumph, and for me has a personal connection in that my grandfather started out as an engine cleaner at New England shed post-school, then moved up to fireman until he left to join the Royal Marines in 1954.
He’s often regaled me with tales of firing Pacifics up and down the bank, though maintains V2s and WD Austeritys were his real favourites.
I was lucky enough to ‘drive’ all of them and more in through Bytham in the running session, operating the railway as per prototype, and occasionally just watching the trains go by. Enough wistfulness though, here’s a montage.
Excuse the far shoddier camera work than you’re all used to in this little corner of the internet, but here’s a few GoPro clips and snaps from the day’s running. The couple of uncannily authentic derailments that TW deliberately staged (and rectified) in order to demonstrate to this novice the value of accurate couplings and back-to-back measurements weren’t captured. I left as inspired as I have been by any exhibition, and brimmed with new factoids. I’d never even picked up a brass OO loco until visiting LB. What a piece of kit.
An 8x4 tail-chaser will have to do as my skills workshop for now, but an ECML magnus opus like Bytham is the aspiration. Ironically enough, that’s been much the topic of discussion on here in the past few days.
Thanks again Tony, and to everyone who contributes so much knowledge and experience here.
The very best of new years to you all. What a tremendous hobby this is.
Ollie
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I’m ashamed to say I didn’t notice the missing ducket when I bought my Full Brake last month in a model shop. Perhaps it was ‘ducket-side-down’.
Checked it after reading this thread and sure enough, it was absent.
Rattled off an email to Hornby, received a swift and polite reply, and had the part sent out first class for free. Snapped right into place.
I agree it’s an unfortunate oversight but credit where credit’s due, I’m impressed with Hornby’s service rectifying it.
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18 hours ago, JamieR4489 said:
Are you sure?
Photo credit Ken Nunn collection
This is Papyrus in 1935. 94HP boiler and 1928 corridor tender. There's more specific detail here: http://brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=600103060&loco=2750
Jamie
Thanks all, very helpful contributions and a very atmospheric photo. Jamie, that's an incredible resource, thanks for the link. Also saved me a facepalm moment as I'd been considering ID-swapping my wartime black Hornby A4 4901 from Sir Charles Newton to Capercaillie, but vaguely remembered reading on RMweb ages ago that the loco's repaint from blue to black and valance removal coincided with its first renaming - and that site confirms it. So 4901 was always blue when named after a bird. Clanger averted.
23 hours ago, jwealleans said:Mike Trice has also posted a really good picture of the train which set the speed record which might also show you what you need.
I'd be delighted to see this picture if anyone has a link. Still new here and feeling my way around the various searches and subforums (and going off on tangents finding other interesting threads).
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Very new here but just wanted to say thanks to the team who pull this enormous effort together. What a task! Eternally got my fingers crossed for LNER streamlined Silver Jubilee / Coronation stock at a price I wouldn't need a loan shark for...
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Afternoon all,
I’m considering dabbling with some RTR renaming, renumbering and light weathering – baby steps but we’ve all got to start somewhere.
I’d like to model LNER A3 2750 Papyrus (obvious I know but I grew up a few miles from Essendine and Little Bytham have spent happy hours ‘spotting on Stoke Bank, and find the high-speed exploits there over the decades fascinating, so there we are).
Anyway, what’s the best candidate for conversion into Papyrus in 1935 condition, in terms of tender, boiler, cab seating, spoked/discs wheels and so on? I believe the O gauge Hattons model has a streamlined corridor tender but I was previously under the impression that Papyrus would have had a 1928 tender at that time.
Am I best off looking at a Book Law as a donor loco, or another Hornby A3?
Thanks to all who’ve previously contributed to this thread - just the nugget of info about 2750's '50' numerals being larger than the others was news to me. I'll have to treat myself to a Yeadon's Register soon.
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On 06/07/2019 at 20:58, K14 said:
With older threads like this one. it's not uncommon to get broken/dead links. When that happens, copy the link & paste it into the box here:
I had to go back to Feb 2014 before finding a link that works for the first one:—
https://web.archive.org/web/20140222161037/http://www.germansteam.co.uk/FastestLoco/fastestloco.html
I'm sure you can figure out the other link.
Pete S.
Thank you Pete, that worked first time. Much obliged!
Ollie
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On 25/04/2011 at 17:32, ben racey said:
Here's some links to the relevant pages on 'german steam info' of in cab shots of 18-201 whilst doing her fast run in 1995:
http://www.germanste...loco.html#these
Other pages as well:
http://www.germanste...astestloco.html
Including some stuff on 05002 vs 4468. Having had a run with 18201 at the Easter 1994 plandampf, it really is a remarkably fast machine, very soft exhaust beat and not much thrash - but soooo much speed......
Regards
Richard.
Hello all,
Been reading and learning from RMweb for a little while now so about time I jumped in.
At Christmas I found this thread and the links to the Germansteam website really interesting. However the site now appears to be down, and the links broken.
By any chance did anyone archive the pages or know of another place they’re now homed? I was born and bred a few miles from Little Bytham and I’ll devoir any info or accounts of Mallard’s run. 81 years ago yesterday!
Thanks.
Wright writes.....
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Interesting reading re. the P2s and their wartime exploits, pre-rebuilding.
Were they ever repainted into NE wartime black, or did they carry LNER green throughout the war / until rebuilding as A2/2s?