Onehalfpint13

6 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

I started a Chance and Hunt salt wagon at the club last night, I don't know what the kit number is, but I will recover the destructions and scan them and email it to them.

 

That will be a big help thank you if you email them to slaters@slatersplastikard.com 

mill let them know you’ll do that 

a big thank you for all your help 

1 hour ago, Neil said:

 

I sent them an email about six weeks ago; as yet no reply.

Try phoning them up and speaking with someone 

48 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

@Onehalfpint13 has explained the reasons for his reticence: 

I've posted mine off first class so Slater's should have them on Thursday. But I think it would be rash to expect the kits to be available on Friday!

Thank you so much I’ll let my friend know 

24 minutes ago, sharris said:

Do all the underframe moulds still exist for the MR coaches?

 

I managed to find sides, ends, roofs, springs+axle boxes and some somewhat warped floors as separate items when Mr Dunn was still doing shows, but had to scratch build my own solebars and vacuum gear, and use Brassmasters Cleminson assemblies for W irons, as I never saw any Slaters components.

I think so give slaters a call or email 

5 minutes ago, Nick Holliday said:

At least the mystery has been solved.  I was wondering whether Mr Coopercraft had found a couple of hundred sprues down the back of his sofa, and wanted to pass them off as Slater's kits!

The Lancashire & Yorkshire continued to call all of them Covered Wagons until grouping.

Where does the line get drawn between cattle wagons and cattle vans? Presumably the passenger stock rating of the latter.

 

as i believe they have the moulds at slaters and believe they in the process of moulding some not 100% tho so dont quote me 

4 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Maybe try POWsides?

 

The couple of kits I've got from them were still in Slaters packaging with the instructions....

 

As I said. I've not got any means of copying them. But If Slaters want a copy I'll swap for a Toplight.  

 

 

Jason

i can not possible say on that subject that would be between you and slaters 

1 minute ago, Compound2632 said:

 

No new bogies for the 6-wheelers surely? But for the GWR clerestories - that would be a very popular improvement.

thats the ones they working on then so hopefully the MR coaches will probably be out sooner then if they had no bogies 

6 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

I have 4036 and 4044 (also covers 4055) but not 4058. Would it be more direct for me to post these to Slaters? 4044 has the instructions relating to couplings blanked out.

 

I also have the instructions for the Midland 6-wheel carriages.

the coaches i believe are having a revamp with the bogies and being made from a casting instead of the etch if they use to be an etch ? not my gauge im 7mm gauge so not sure my friend asked me to come on here and see if i can be any help to get some instructions 

1 minute ago, Compound2632 said:

 

I have 4036 and 4044 (also covers 4055) but not 4058. Would it be more direct for me to post these to Slaters? 4044 has the instructions relating to couplings blanked out.

yes please send them to slaters and any would be a massive help to get them back on the market 

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Ah well, why didn't you say so in the first place? That makes all the difference and I apologise for my earlier snarkiness!

 

Remind me which ones are lacking!

i apologise as well for not saying the full story i wasnt sure if they wanted this information to be public knowledge yet but with not having been successful then i thought it be best to tell the full story they may need instructions for 4044 gloucester 5 plank wagons to , 4058 charles roberts 7 plank or any instructions for the 4mm range will help if you could email me them as a pdf or send them via mail i would appropriate this a massive help and theyll appropriate the public helping getting these long lost wagons back on the market 

1 minute ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Ah well, why didn't you say so in the first place? That makes all the difference and I apologise for my earlier snarkiness!

 

Remind me which ones are lacking!

they are lacking the 4036 which is the Gloucester wagons , 4041 charles roberts wagons and also ill think theyll find having a copy of the 4057 salt wagon ones as well this will get them going for now they may need the others but they not at that stage for the others if we could get them 3 wagon instructions this will get them on the way to produce the p/o wagons again 

What it is guys I’m searching for these instructions for a friend of mine who works at slaters and they are wanting to reproduce the wagons but unfortunately the instructions went to mr Dunn

so with out them having to retype them all out again this will save time and get them back on the market quicker

And also I’ve heard they wanting to bring back the printed private owner wagon as well so 4041 instructions would be a massive help for them to get load of the printed wagon back on the market 

@Compound2632

What it is guys I’m searching for these instructions for a friend of mine who works at slaters and they are wanting to reproduce the wagons but unfortunately the instructions went to mr Dunn

so with out them having to retype them all out again this will save time and get them back on the market quicker 

@Compound2632

4 hours ago, Nick Holliday said:

This looks like a PO van to me!

Any chance of lending me the instructions for this one as well please ? 

48 minutes ago, Andy Hayter said:

Without delving into the box of goodies (aka the box of intentions not yet carried out) could you say which models these numbers relate to please.  I could possibly have them.

they are the p/o charles roberts 7 plank wagon im needing a copy of the instructions of please 

1 minute ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Why? The information already given in this topic (and in my blow-by-blow account linked above) is sufficient. I think it's already been made clear that the Slaters instruction sheet is pretty sketchy and generic.

ok thanks for your help 

i keep an eye out for the 4mm coaches to come back on the market 

On 04/04/2019 at 14:49, GWR8700 said:

Glad to see that MR wagons have rejoined the range.  I hope the Midland and GWR coaches will also rejoin the range in due course.

watch this space ive heard they having anoverral on the bogies 

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Indeed. But if you follow the instructions as quoted by @Steamport Southport, you're in danger of running into trouble with the Midland kits (excepting the 16'6" vans and the brake):

 

 

thank you , i need a pdf file of the instructions for the 2 wagons 

i know this is probably a long shot but i am after the original slaters 4036 and 4041 kit instructions

can anyone help

On 18/03/2021 at 16:49, Neil said:

I wonder if I've just been unlucky or have others found that Slaters 4mm brick plasticard has of late been very brittle. I've used the stuff since my teens and never had any problems, in fact I'm at my happiest when working with plasticard. The last two batches I've had have been a disappointment being brittle almost to the point of being unusable. Both batches were mail order from different suppliers, both of which are big enough to have a swift turnround of stock so I don't think the stuff I bought has been sat on the shelves for years. It's shinier than usual too as well as being brittle so I wonder if a different plastic is being used? Anyone else share my experience?

ring them up and tell them about it 

6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

No vans in the Slaters PO range....

 

 

Jason

they don't have any p/o vans but they do have MR 10 ton covered van , MR 10 ton covered fruit van, MR 8 ton Box Van, 

24 minutes ago, Mike Bellamy said:

 

Why not tell us what 4036 and 4041 are - and was it really necessary to ask the question six times . . . . . . 

i was replying to individual people to ask them if they had any ?

, they are the p/o wagons 4036 is the Gloucester wagon and 4041 is the charles roberts 7 plank wagon

On 01/12/2020 at 22:12, Compound2632 said:

Clearly POWSides are being supplied by Slaters with the 4 mm scale PO wagon kits, for them to decorate. What is curious is that I don't seem to be able to reach the linked listing from the home page - clicking through to Undecorated Kits from there doesn't give a listing. 

 

The linked listing includes the Midland 5 plank and 3 plank wagons that are of course now once more available directly from Slaters; I had some from POWSides, along with some PO kits, a couple of years ago when they were all listed on POWSides' old website.

 

So, it's still a bit of a mystery and more of a frustration to me, since I'd like some Gloucester 6-plank wagons...

has anyone got any instructions for any of the kits i could have please im in desperate needs of the 4036 instructions and 4041 instructions please this will help massively 

On 17/12/2020 at 16:29, Steamport Southport said:

They do turn up on the second hand market unbuilt.

 

I picked a handful up from Hattons pre-owned a few weeks ago for a reasonable price. Seemed like a collection as there was loads. Well over fifty different ones with a few duplicates.

 

They flew off the website, they were literally disappearing as quick as I could add them to the basket. Got about four and a similar number of Cambrian. Mostly of a Welsh, Dean Forest, South Western bias.

 

The Slaters ones were

 

E Baily Malsters, Bristol  (the mispelling is correct according to a photo)

United, Swansea

Thomas Pascoe, Swansea

Caerbryn Colliery, 

 

 

Jason

has anyone got any instructions for any of the kits i could have please im in desperate needs of the 4036 instructions and 4041 instructions please this will help massively