Troublesome Trucks

When mine arrived one had the curved metal plate rattling around in the barrel also.Just as I was wondering how to deal with it I tipped it up at one end and the barrel cap dropped off rather helpfully.Both have been glued back in place.

Mine arrived yesterday.When I looked at the size of the box,I thought I’d got an O gauge model by mistake.

It is very nice…..

Mine arrived today too.They are an extremely attractive wagon and with the option to make a nice rake  with the variants available.They are also very free running.So congratulations to Revolution and Rainbow railways.I hope these sell well and you will be encouraged to produce another chemical or gas wagon soon.

10 hours ago, GordonC said:

 

I'd be a whole lot more interested in the larger grain Polybulks than a duplicate of the Bachmann china-clay ones

Yes,and so would I.There are however several different variations of the larger polybulk which were used to carry grain.So on the basis so far not one manufacturer has taken the decision to produce any example,the question to Mc C is perhaps why does he think it remains on some of our wish lists and our prayers remain unanswered?

Hello Ben & Mike,Can you advise on the length of a set please

Mine arrived yesterday.So just to say thanks so much for a very nice wagon indeed.

Or a different polybulk……

Those be them,please.

Excellent 

Will they need running in if they are coming by rail?.It looks quite a long way.

Such sad news.My thoughts are with Gordon and his family.We all take so much for granted.

They look really nice.Very impressive.

Does anyone have any pictures that they could share please?

One more for a separate pack of inners on the grey and orange livery please.Good sensible choice of wagon,by the way,I hope these are really successful for you.

This was asked by someone else in the commissions thread but no answer before the Mods locked it.

 

Why have Hattons not had any new Bachmann stock in since 5th November.

 

The Royal Mail POT, the Scotrail DBSO etc are all conspicuous by their absence which only became clear at Warley when every other RTR trader had them for sale.

 

Should I be cancelling my Bachmann pre-orders and seeking out a new supplier?

Looks great. I do wonder why some of us took the risk of underwriting production with unknown (to me) people for such a modest discount compared to the Trains4U price when we don’t have them before those who took zero risk.

But I’m sure that will become irrelevant when they do arrive.

Anybody else NOT had their pre-order (or delivery notification) of the modern containered ones from Hattons yet ?

Yes,I am still patiently waiting.Seems a bit odd to me,a lot of retailers appeared to receive stock about a week ago but Hattons as yet do not .Maybe someone in the know can shed some light.I did ‘chat’ with Hattons on Wednesday and the reply was expecting ‘any day’.

My five ,in no particular order

PAA/PGA Covered hopper...British Industrial Sand

PAA Grainflow

BBA

Polybulk Grainflow bogie wagon

CSA Flyash presflo

There are also chemical wagons,further steel wagons and ferry vans which would fill big gaps in my wish lists for the 1980’s....I could go on.

Just wondered if any turbots were seen at Warley on the Dapol stand?

The Dapol OO gauge Turbot is in progress (unsure at which stage exactly). The model will be similar to the HIA and MJA i.e. it will have a die-cast metal chassis. Also a mention of Dapol producing a "Bogie Bolster E" and "Heron"

Can I ask,where have you found this information?

I spoke to Dapol at their stand at the GCR event earlier in the Summer, and enquired about any progress that they may have made on this long outstanding project.

I was told that a wagon had been scanned and they at that time, were expecting to have something to show at Warley.

So unless their plans have changed,I'm hoping to see something from them then.My guess would be that we may have a turbot from both Dapol and Kernow.If that is the case,then it would be interesting to compare one with the other as I've been patiently waiting to buy some for quite a while.

Ho and thanks for the interest. The BIS covered PGA is very different really. The chassis is pretty much the same but everything else is not. It can be put on the list of wagons to do but it's not really a natural progression from the PG012A

Shame,I feared you may say that.Oh well I live in hope but won't hold my breath.

It's very welcome to see a new venture formed with the intention to produce high quality wagons.I wish you both good luck and every success.

One of the wagons on my wishlist in rtr form is the covered PGA hopper in white with the BIS livery.I don't have any knowledge to understand any differences between the open wagon proposed and those covered so can I ask, how far removed from what you have drawn would this wagon be,and in due course might this be something that you may consider?.You could count me in for alot of those if one could be produced.  

I would imagine you are over the moon with those buildings John.Howard has done a lovely job there for you.

It all looks to be coming along very nicely indeed.

David

I think a big well done to everyone involved is in order, you should all be very proud of what has been achieved.I spent more time looking at BCB than any other layout at Doncaster.The layout has so much character about it, the elevated line, with its simplicity  and the sense of space make it all particularly appealing to the eye.

Shame about your running problems, but I'm sure there will be lots of fun trouble free times to look forward to in the months and years ahead.

David