D400

15 hours ago, adb968008 said:

Interesting how many times the same two requests keep cropping up…

 

D9000 in BR Green 1990’s as used by VTEC.

Another vote for a 1990s D9000 from me 🤚

Cheers!

Bruce 

Getting back on topic, many pages back I'm sure I saw some photos of the inside gubbins of the 37s, but with the picture outage has removed it. Any chance they could be reposted? 

Bruce 

12 hours ago, dj_crisp said:

f anyone has colour matched Bachmanns BR Blue I'll be very interested in knowing what you used! So far I've ruled out Precision P152 (post 85 blue dull) and the closest i have is railmatches version which isn't spot on. So may try some more colours before diving in..... I guess you can't have enough BR blue paint!

I've found Lifecolour's BR Blue to be a pretty good match for the Bachmann shade. Hope that helps! 

Bruce 

4 minutes ago, aeroplane said:

I wonder why 37423 lost its nose aerial. It had one in compass livery but lost it on the DRS basic livery. Accurascale has it without the nose aerial which is correct

It will have been removed with the end of NRN Radio equipment which has been replaced by GSMR. 

Bruce

2 hours ago, G-BOAF said:

I would agree. Except which condition? Late 90s/early 2000 ttg or mid 2000s to present br blue? My preference would be green (people could run with vxc mk2s) esp as already done her in 1980s blue. But can understand logic of doing her in current condition.

In all honesty i would take either!

Deltic 22's current condition is in the middle of overhaul at Locomotive Services in Crewe. Prior to that it had been disguised as 55018, 55007 and 55003. 

I strongly suspect before returning the locomotive will be repainted again before its return, hopefully later this year. Pure speculation, but I would put good money on that being in Green as D9000 again. 

Bruce 

2 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

However it does hint that the first run of our Class 37 is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the tooling variations available on this model that we have so far revealed. There are some exciting variations to come, along with lots of proper mundane ones too. 

 

More on that in due course errr of course!

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

Ooh you big tease! I knew you'd be on it, but thanks for confirming! 

Bruce 

Thanks Fran,

I'm certain this has been spotted and is being corrected but as it has not been directly mentioned, I notice that the Green and Blue painted samples have the incorrect cant rail grills for the pilot scheme locos - could you just confirm this is being corrected, I'm sure it is! 

Cheers,

Bruce 

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

My only doubt concerns the unique NSE liveried air-con 13575. For some reason I recall that being in the later darker NSE blue and don't recall it being a different colour to the other coaches in the same rake... 

13575 was defiantly in the later dark NSE blue, and as can be seen bellow defiantly didn't match the rest of the rake! 

Bruce

P.S.: A lovely Mk2c TSOT leading there... come on guys you know you want to 😉

9 minutes ago, hmrspaul said:

I've no idea what this coach is. That wasn't the point, the discussion is about the blue and this shows there an example that shows two blues - whether intentional or because of fading/washing I don't know. I suspect there were two different pots of paint. 

 

Paul

I should have clarified Paul - your picture shows a Mk2a, and I'm pretty sure the carriage is in the original shade, while the door has been painted in the revised shade. It's not just the brightness that's different - indeed both shades have probably faded, it is the red content in the two respective shades.

My point was (and is) that to the best of my knowledge non of the Mk2bs (and cs) ever received the revised shade, and therefore in the context of this thread we need only worry about the original shade, which to my eye, AC have got spot on.

Bruce 

4 minutes ago, hmrspaul said:

I never 'wasted' film on coaches. However this is interesting as it shows quite a light blue but the nearest door appears to have been swapped in from another coach and is very clearly a darker blue. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/mark2coach/e67451b50   The stripes don't quite line up either. 

 

Paul 

By no means an expert, but I believe only some Mk2a's received the later "dark" blue, along with the unique Mk2D FK and EMU/DMU stock. 

Bruce

6 minutes ago, Krieghoff said:

An interesting photograph attached of the old railway line in a village called Havercroft, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. As a child, this line had already gone so the photo mist be well over 56 years old. 
 

can anyone shed any light of the consist of the loco and wagons. HAA ????, and whats the wagon in front of the 37 ????

 

id be really interested to know at least something about it 

A Class 40 (or to give it its correct title for the period, English Electric Type 4) rather than a 37. In front is a vacuum brake tender, designed to add additional brake force when operating a loose coupled or unfitted train. 

Bruce

13 hours ago, adb968008 said:

Since its gone mainline I guess that bit of history is gone now with the modern headlight in its place.

 

Not quite. 

As you can see the panel was simply made larger to accommodate the new headlight, and 22 still has the unique narrow footstep without rounded top corners, different to all the other members of the class. 

Bruce

46 minutes ago, 97406 said:

 

I wonder why the orange cantrail stripe is lower on the modern large logo repaints, as opposed to being on the join between the blue and the grey. Make it stand out a bit more?

I suspect a change in the rules regarding distances from OHLE.

Bruce 

2 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi everyone,

 

Yes indeed, the 37s are sold out direct via Accurascale, which is amazing going! Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered! 

 

If you have missed out, be sure to check out retailers, as they will get their allocations too. 

 

FYI, our Deltics are 80% sold out on pre-order, so I wouldn't hang about on them if you want one.... 

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

Time to announce the next batch then? 🙏 I'm itching to know which versions are coming next! 

Bruce 

7 minutes ago, McC said:

aha! But we have at least 7 more 37 runs planned 

7! 😲 I think I may need to see a financial advisor! 

Bruce 

5 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

No problem Bruce, you can see it in grey in the pic I posted above. It was painted blue too thereafter. 

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

Within the month it seems! The photos above if correctly dated are from an "official" photoshoot on the 5th Nov 1981. 

By the 28th the roof was blue! I suspect in the final months a there were a lot of people handy with paint pots!

Any chance of selling a colour match blue paint so those who want it blue can change it?! (I am joking!) 

Deepest Respect!

Cheers,

Bruce 

As I suspected I think we are both right. The Grey roof section appears in some photos but not others, although I'm struggling to find a photograph showing the mid section painted grey or sliver - have you got any more Fran?

Cheers!

Bruce 

5 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

Hi Bruce, 

 

Well spotted! After further research we found that the roof was indeed grey, not silver. Doesn't look quite as attractive we agree, but it's more accurate.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

Hi Fran,

Hmm Not convinced! I Suspect the reality was it was both at different points in time.

Looking at the tanks in particular these are defiantly silver. These also show only the grills silver rather than the roof as well. 

Bruce

23 hours ago, McC said:

Well observed! That sample had a fault in the lighting which has been corrected in production. 

Okay I'm going to brave and mention something else I spotted in the Key Model World video, 55022's silver roof seems to appear as grey rather than the lovely silver seen in the earlier samples. 

I'm sure you guys are on this but would be nice to be confirmed 

Cheers,

Bruce 

On 06/12/2021 at 13:23, D400 said:

 

Just a note to say I emailed Heljan regarding this and this was there response: 

 

 

Fingers crossed @61661 Ben Jones is on the case! 

 

Regards,

Bruce 

Heljan have confirm this has been corrected to a version without headlight. 

Bruce

17 hours ago, QuoitsPlayer said:

Did the Mk3 HST DVTs get used as 'Intercity 125' sets in-between runs with the 91s or were they semi permanent rakes? I'm wondering if I could use mine in a hst set with the full yellow end or were they repainted before going back into the HST sets? 

They weren't repainted immediately as this photo (not mine) shows. 

Bruce

2 hours ago, stonojnr said:

 I mean next we'll be expecting automatic doors on multiple units to open, with appropriate sounds via the chip.

OT but Roco have done this in HO Scale... 

Bruce

On 04/12/2021 at 15:02, D400 said:

A long shot but I wonder if 3371: BR General Grey 33108 could be changed to NOT have an headlight, as to the best of my knowledge Heljan have done several General Grey 33/1s with headlight but never without! 

 

Well you can but ask! 

 

Edit: Indeed my brief research suggest that 33108 never carried General Grey with a headlight, it gained Dutch in 1990 before gaining its headlight early 92.

 

Bruce 

Just a note to say I emailed Heljan regarding this and this was there response: 

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Many thanks for the message. It’s possible that this is a mistake in the catalogue. However, we will look into it and ensure that the correct body version is used when these models go into production.

Fingers crossed @61661 Ben Jones is on the case! 

Regards,

Bruce 

A long shot but I wonder if 3371: BR General Grey 33108 could be changed to NOT have an headlight, as to the best of my knowledge Heljan have done several General Grey 33/1s with headlight but never without! 

Well you can but ask! 

Edit: Indeed my brief research suggest that 33108 never carried General Grey with a headlight, it gained Dutch in 1990 before gaining its headlight early 92.

Bruce 

1 minute ago, sulzer71 said:

Ah yeah , 32-040 was announced as 25060 though I believe these may well have been the old tooling , in light of the Heljan/SLW releases I think there is a chance Bachmann may do an all singing all dancing upgrade

No these have already been confirmed as new tooling, no doubt based on the new chassis developed for the 24/1 and 24/0. 

Bruce