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You’ll be fine. The Heljan 86/2 prototypes in the new Rails video have nice yellow headcode plated over headcode boxes on the grey cab fronts and this matches the 86/4. With the Bachy 85, it’s easier to forward date the older variants, cab-wise at least as the headcode box is a separate piece of plastic, filling in the gutter rail recesses and adding new gutters from plastic strip. There’s also a slight difference in the underslung equipment between the early/late ones, but the 85 that I forward dated stuck with the old ones until I acquired another 85 to convert to an 81. I didn’t notice it particularly before the swap.
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The headcode panels just pop out so you can easily fashion a bit of glazing and use one of the headcode prints available on ebay and the like. Conversely my 86/0 and 86/3 have plated over panels and sealed beam markers that I made from plasticard and styrene tube with a little acrylic rod for the lenses.
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I had a nice surprise when I checked out this month's (May's) edition of BRM Magazine. This pic's been published! Page 34.
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Heljan OO Gauge Co-Bo Returns - Exclusively at Rails
97406 replied to AY Mod's topic in Rails of Sheffield
I missed out on the last 2 runs so I deffo had to preorder a couple. One will become D5705 in its preserved condition and I’ve also gone for the banger blue one, too. 2 ‘Objects’ of desire! -
Potato plus bread equals a chip butty!
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The Class 28 is being rereleased and that actually does look like a potato in real life! Gotta love the ‘Object’.
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Mine ended up with Hornby cabs. Anyhow I think we should probably stop making this thread veer off too far from the 47 😁 I shall claim the naughty step for making it do so in the first place!
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Much if not most of their stuff is pretty damn good. The 45’s windscreen shape and the small-but-noticeable issues with the 47 are off-putting for me, but then I have a small depot layout and like to take close up pictures of the stock. I would imagine that many with larger layouts running trains in the landscape will have differing priorities and not be so obsessed with viewing stock from close quarters. The Heljan 45 and 47 do look like real 45s and 47s, just not 100 percent so.
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The 25 just gets away from it, and is light years ahead of the original Bachmann 25 which doesn’t look much like a 25, cab-wise at least. The main faults with the cab on the Heljan is the 2 central windscreen pillars are a little too vertical, and the gutters are a tad close to the tops of the windscreens, but this looks to have been disguised on the second batch by the paint job. They do fulfil my ‘need’ for some Rattage and will be kept on when the SLW and new Bachmann ones arrive. They have both had sound fitted too, which is nice! First and second series examples below.
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Yes, it is a decent and fair review. After umming and aahing about getting the NSE example, I changed my mind. Heljan need not worry, as instead I went for a couple of their latest batch of 25s instead which are discounted and they do look the part whilst I wait for the Bachmann and SLW examples which will be joining them. I’m also looking forward to the 86/2s and Class 104 DMU.
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Is that Shatner’s bassoon?
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There’s a shipment of Accurascale Class 37 oval buffers and screw couplings on its way to go on my fleet of 40s which are getting their chassis fettled at the moment so there will be a little bit of Accurascale in my 40s very soon!
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Tell me about it with the lifting points! My head was a little bit floaty after making several sets using MEKP to stick them together!
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Thank you. I’ve actually used that thread as reference for my updates so nice to meet on here. You went a little further than me with the fiddly details which is impressive too. I get about 80 or 90 percent there and I’m happy with it. I have a fleet of 9 Bachmann 40s in service with a central headcode one on the to-do list. As mentioned before, I’m always in the market for more!
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On the subject of Class 104 conversions from the Hornby 110, I came across this last night. https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/project_class104.html I’ll almost certainly get a 2 car Heljan unit but the conversions on that thread look amazing!
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Thank you. I can actually model any time from the late 70s to the early 90s with the cutoff being up to (and including) the triple Railfreight grey sector livery. My favourite time is the mid eighties when the IC executive and original Railfreight liveries started to appear but most traction was still in blue livery. There was also a few of the 40s and 25s still around too.
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I’m in a way glad they’ve been put back. I can see myself going for a few of these.
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The tightest curves on my layout are on the Peco double slips and it works fine. I had lowered the loco a little too much and they caught underneath, so I raised it up again a tad using 20 thou shims of Plasticard under the tops of the bogie towers. You may need to fettle the tops of the bogie details, but it will go round tight curves. The bogies rotate smoothly.
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As for getting a 40 up to scratch with what is available at the moment, here’s what can be done with the Bachmann class 40 plus Shawplan screens and West Hill Wagon Works’ chassis detailing kit. I could go even further and add a Shawplan fan grille, but I tend to stick a thumb through them if I’m not careful! If the KR 40 turns out as good, I will be getting a few.
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Will’s workbench - Bachmann Class 37 super detailing
97406 replied to Southwich's topic in Modifying & Detailing RTR stock
Looking good, Will. Well done if you've managed to get the Shawplan screens to sit in the Accurascale apertures at both ends which looks to be the case. On the 37 I backdated, one end went in like a dream, but the other end just wouldn't play ball, so I opted for the back plates instead. Nice to see a plain blue 37 with plated over headcodes and cutaway bufferbeams too. A rarity in the recent RTR 37s, but it can be modelled from one of the celebrity blue releases.