Matty P

2 minutes ago, Hroth said:

It's GE section favouritism all over again!  You mark my words, next year Hornby will produce an E4!

 

I wish. All I've wanted from Hornby for the past few years is a Claud in BR Green, still yet to get that 🤣

Hornbys website is saying Winter 24' 25' for their release, yet it says Dec 23' here. Something known here which Hornby doesn't?..

2 hours ago, JohnR said:

 

The order I placed on Feb 26th still hasnt arrived.  I now needed one of the items in that order, so I ordered some from RailTec at 4.20pm last Friday. They arrived in Saturday's post, 1st class.

 

Edit

I'd paid via PayPal, so I checked whether I could get a refund - I had until 25th August (6 months), so I requested that and its now being processed. I think a wait of over 5 months with no communications is fair enough.

I've just done exactly as you've done, it wasn't much but hopefully PayPal get me a refund for it... Glad I'm not the only one having issues with them now. Such a shame...

I've been waiting on a sheet of transfers since early March now. Has anyone else had a wait time that long or as long as that? Have tried to call but they don't pick up & their answerphone is full...

1 hour ago, JohnR said:

 

I wonder if there will be anything Royal Train related, given the Platinum Jubilee next year?

I'm cautiously hopeful; I did suggest the idea as a train pack with 62614 & some pullmans for a royal train.... Even as a republican, I'd happily buy it

17 minutes ago, stewartingram said:

Going off at a tangent (slightly), am I right in thinking there were 2 D16/3 painted like this; the oer one being without the decorative valance (as per Hornby)?

Yes, that one & 62614, which was the one that Hornby could easily do now. I don't think they carried that livery for long, but both were kept in pretty good conditions being used for royal trains for Sandringham. I have emailed Hornby about at least doing 62614 in that livery a while ago, so fingers crossed for their announcement....

All I want is an updated Claud with the fancy valances in BR Apple Green!

3 hours ago, great northern said:

A Claud has appeared in the old engine shed yard.

 

 

That's a great looking model, wish Hornby would do a model of 62613 (or even 62618 in BR Green...) ever hopeful. Is that the PDK kit?

I've had my BR black one for over a year now, & the fact that the smokebox door numbers were printed on always bugged me. Decided to fix that this weekend; just a piece of plastic from an old kit cut to size, sanded & painted black, and some transfers from Modelmaster. Stuck down with some uhu & a little bit of fiddling to get straight, but looks a lot better imho. 

My personal wishlist? All I'd really want to see is a D16 in some more liveries; just give me one in BR Green!!

I'd like to see the 8F be re-released/ tooled, & also to bring back the Railroad range 121, but for actual new models, I could see an E4 or J69. I think a Maunsell Z class would be nice; outside of my region but I'd consider getting one if Hornby did one...

Honestly don't know why as well Hornby haven't branched into the narrow gauge market, I think a basic set would sell like hotcakes imho. Wouldn't be surprised if we got some narrow gauge stuff from them

3 hours ago, Northmoor said:

I found the major components at the weekend.  If/when I get round to this one, it's going to require some surgery to get the body to sit lower; at the moment even with the weight removed from the front end, it rides about a foot too high (compared to some Airfix/Mainline vans I had sat around).  Interestingly though, the running plate is level with the tender, so that would need to be lowered too.

 

The price label is still on the J19 body - I paid £1.50 for it (possibly over 25 years ago)!  This fits no layout I have planned but always wanted to do this one after seeing an article in the RM back in the 80s, it seems such a relatively easy way to get a loco unavailable in RTR.

I've been on the lookout for one of these bodies for months now with no luck. It does look nice, though with more & more 3d printed loco bodies, one wonders whether someone could produce a "better" more up to date version of the J19? I suspect there's still a gap in the market for something like it; I know the old TriAng B12 tenders are still easy to come across & even the newer Hornby B12/B17/D16 tenders aren't that much from what I've seen on eBay. I'd curtly buy one... 

9 hours ago, cypherman said:

Hi Matty. Well done. I hope it brings hours of pleasure to you when you run it

Thanks! It certainly has, although being in the garage, & with the weather on the turn, it's not getting as much love. Ho hum, I've got plenty of stock that needs improving! 

9 hours ago, Pete the Elaner said:

 

You have done more than ok. That is an excellent 1st layout.

It sounds like you have learned a lot from building & hopefully got a lot of enjoyment from it. What more could you want?

 

Most of us would do things differently if we started again. This is usually what prompts us to move on from one layout to the next, or go back a stage to improve on something.

That's very kind as well thanks! It's been about a 80/20 split with enjoyment & annoyance... I do have more plans for another bigger layout, though that's going to have to be an after Covid project, when ever that might be.

I've also been slightly modding a OO9 loco kits, it's s turned out pretty nice I think! Just some simple thing; copper wire as pipework, lining one & PVA as some window "glazing". Guess looking back in it the last few months have been very productive....

I've managed to do quite a lot honestly, managed to build my first "proper" layout, scenics & all. A lot I'd change if I did it again, but being on a budget & using only the set track I had, I think I've done okay. Started in ernest mid March & got to this point by about August.

Lost of other loco & rolling stock projects as well including repainting locos (spent far too long "de-weathering" my D16 & adding the builders plate to it), adding real coal to wagons, scratch building & kit building all sorts of things including the below Dapol brake van. Been very productive for me personally, there's a lot more I could mention but yes, I've done a lot. I've also started building a OO9 layout!

I think I'll end up doing the same with mine, but what I have found is adding extra weight to the tender, some lead from an old 4 wheel Hornby 4 wheel coach to be precise, helps. With smoother running. Seems to run a lot smoother with the extra adhesion (if that's what you can call it), I think the tender pickups like the extra weight. Haven't noticed half as much stutter since putting the weight in & stopping is a lot smoother. 

Here she is any way, slightly repainted from the horrible factory weathering & with a couple details added, not that it shows what the extra tender weight does... She is a looker! 

Long time lurker, first time posting.... 

I got the J69 through the post the other day, have to say for the price I'm very impressed. The level of detail on the model for under £50 is very good, though there were some printing anomalies, I soon sanded & used some filler on it to get it a bit smoother. I also filled some of the gaps in the cab which greatly improved it. My only real gripe is that it was difficult to thread the screws from the Terrier chassis (though that might have been more my fauly...). I do like however how it just plonks onto the chassis, no need to filing/ trimming like I've found with some OO9 stuff. 

Here's mine any way, finished as 68529. I know it's not 100% accurate but I had to work with the transfers I had, oh well. I also bodged the numberplate from some leftover stuff from an old Dapol kit, which does the job. Looks pretty decrnt for only a days worth of work! Excited to see what else comes from CDC, I'm really impressed!