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On 03/04/2024 at 09:26, Wickham Green too said:

I think you'd struggle to find any genuine Kent coal !

There is plenty to find in Betteshanger county park.

18 hours ago, MikeParkin65 said:

And HUGE ! :)

I don't think they are that bad. If you want to see huge then look at the Kernow Railmotor.

I have had a few, I now have Nextbase 122 units which are sub £70.

On 24/03/2024 at 20:49, RFS said:

 

One issue with the Hornby ones is their haulage power though. Nevertheless they were smooth runners.

Plenty of room for extra weight though.

On 05/03/2024 at 11:59, JSpencer said:

 

It used the Britannia chassis for the tender.

Not Sure what tender chassis they used, but not the Brit.

The picture on ROS site clearly shows the large couplings.

1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said:

But it IS KR's CHOICE of factory ................................... others may have been no different, of course.

Seems to be the norm out there. Used by another producer everybody is wetting their knickers over.

20 hours ago, Bluebell Model Railway said:

To keep the cab metal attached to the metal frame however on the front these should be flush riveted unfortunately and shouldn't really be visible.

Yes they should be flush, although there are photos of them being clearly visible so I'm not too bothered about them. 

7 hours ago, 4630 said:

 

The market for a 4mm version of them is no doubt small and the corporate blue only livery, perhaps supplemented with a weathered option as they were rarely clean for long, is definitely a limiting factor.  But I can still dream.

 

I don't know, looks quite good in green.

On 15/12/2023 at 10:24, Graham_Muz said:

For the uninitiated and those perhaps not doing adequate research this is what the Bulleid-Firth-Brown wheels on Bullied's leader actually looked like... (Picture taken and provided to me by the late John Click)

 

Not as apparently will be fitted to the model...

 

Note: I like many have one on order and paid for, it's just a shame adequate research or freely offered assistance has not been taken up.

 

Strange the EFE CC1 Boosters don't look much like BFB wheels either. 

Hope the lining on my grey CC1 is not that bad.

2 hours ago, Downendian said:

If the Heljan peaks had removable noses like the newer Bachmann 37s and 40s,

Neil 

No thanks. That is why I won't buy the Bachmann versions. I can always see the join on the green versions, Not to bad with FYE which masks it, but they are not my era.

1 hour ago, On30runner said:

I was disappointed to see the Leaders at Warley still displaying the hopelessly wrong wheels. Has that issue been addressed? Or am I going to have to get the plasticard out?

 

I was going to ask them on the day but they were fielding other questions.

Yes, it now apparently has BFB wheels.

Does anybody remember who made these converter from Dublo to tension lock couplings? I thought I bought them from Keen couplings but can't see them listed.

2 hours ago, paul 27 said:

Refering to the top picture with the red blinds, i purchased a s/h model some time ago

all over green where some one had fitted these at one end,  not good when running in reverse

yet the photo shows the red blinds with the loco facing forward unless this is a top and tail.

As the next movement will back the way it came, I expect the driver has changed the blind before changing ends.

Precision paints do the correct colour P137 Light grey. How well it matches Bachmann's colour is another matter.

 https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/paint-products/precisionrailway/nationalised/diesel-electric-colours/14p137

56 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

 

 

Maybe - but 13ft 1" was not an exceptional height being no different from various existing SR classes and in fact at maximum height it was lower than the maximum height of an M7.    BTW

 

 

Yes, but but they didn't have a 13' high end butting up to a 12'  coach making them look tall.

Which means it is around 8" higher than even MK1 coaches.

On 30/06/2023 at 11:05, Graham_Muz said:

I saw the newsletter too, unfortunately they have mixed up the Bulleid Pacifics "chain driven valve gear" with the Leader having been chain driven between axles with the sleeve valves being operated by an Oscillating mechanical gear. 
"detail, detail, detail..."

 

Funny that, all the pictures I have seen, show a chain drive from the middle axle to the valve gear.

10 hours ago, Bluebell Model Railway said:

Guessing this is a GA Kit?

No, it is scratch built.

10 hours ago, Bluebell Model Railway said:

 

 

If they have done this to allow bogie movement would sort of suggest the pivot point could have been moved backwards to aid the body being lower... I'm just guessing as they haven't said a word.

 

 

Getting the bogies to swing with the tapered body line and go around anything like trainset curves. mine struggles with 3'  radius. The bogie pivot does have to be further back but not enough to allow the body swing out too far and clout the lineside furniture.

12 hours ago, No Decorum said:

I am interested in the features of this new batch. Has the daft lighting been corrected? In other words, are there only four white lights at the front, with the bottom two of the white lights on the original batch now red? Do the lights at the front, which should be red,  not illuminate when running forwards but do illuminate when in reverse? Can the rear lights be switched off and has the cab light been dimmed somewhat? In other respects, it’s a good model.

On analogue control. Four white lights at the front when running forward and two red tender lights. Two red lower front lights when running in reverse. No cab light on mine. I'll be disconnecting the white lights as I normally do anyway. I don't like white searchlights when they should be a yellow glow.

Received mine from Rails in original livery, but I rather like the BR green now I have seen it. Well it looks like a GT3, nice paint finish and grill details, lovely runner with nice response to the controller, better than both my Accurascale models.

I pre ordered one from Hornby for £23.90 including postage. Not sure where this massive price increase is.

On 18/01/2023 at 09:26, Nearholmer said:

It’s a very niche form of drive for electric locos, because of the problems of accommodating vertical movement of the axles.

 

Not that hard to achieve by allowing the pinion to rise and fall on splines on the motor shaft.