D400

Hello Steve,

Fantastic choice of wagon but sadly I model the wrong scale! I've been trying to scratch build a model of of the converted milk tank for ages but found very few pics and no other information. You don't happen to have a set of drawings do you?

Cheers,

Mine has not arrived yet, but looking at the photo posted above, Bachmann seem to have dropped a massive boo-boo in that the solebar, steps, buffer beam and buffer shanks should not be blue but black.

 

More to come when I get mine.

 

cheers

 

Mike

Not so sure myself: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/terry47401/10082829343/

Looks pretty blue to me.

Cheers,

Bruce

How do you tell if your loco has v3.5 or v4?

There are visual differences if you know what to look for:

Loksound version 4:

Loksound version 3.5:

Cheers,

Bruce

Hello all, 

I'm trying to compile a list of the versions of the chips (Loksound 3.5 or 4) used in Bachmann sound-fitted diesel locomotives. Below is a list of what I believe are all the sound-fitted locomotives Bachmann have produced so far. I've put a few that I know myself alongside, I therefore appeal to RMweb members to help me complete the rest. When complete I believe it will be a useful resource for people buying second hand sound locomotives. 

30-048 Highlander Trainset Class 37 37418 Loksound Select

30-048 The Permanent Way Class 20 20088  Loksound Select

31-368DS Class 03 03026 BR Blue (DCC Sound) - Zimo Next 18

32-038DS Class 20 20124 in BR blue wtih indicator discs - weathered. DCC Sound V4.0

32-030DS 20156 Red Stripe RailFreight DCC sound - V5 DCC 
32-034DS Class 20 D8138 in BR green with centre head code box. DCC Sound V4.0

32-035DS Class 20 diesel 20034 in BR blue with disc headcodes (DCC Sound on board) V3.5

32-043DS Class 20 diesel 20129 BR blue with indicator boxes (DCC sound on board) V3.5
32-040DS Class 20 diesel D8113 in BR green (DCC sound on board) V3.5
32-033DS Class 20 diesel D8158 in BR Green with center headcode boxes (DCC Sound on board) V3.5 

32-425DS Class 24 Bo-Bo diesel 24035 BR blue (DCC sound on board) V3.5

32-429DS Class 24 Bo-Bo diesel D5100 in BR Plain Green with small yellow panel (DCC Sound) V3.5
32-426DS Class 24 Diesel D5038 BR Two Tone Green Indicator Discs (DCC Sound)

32-330DS Class 25/1 D5183 in BR green. DCC Sound V4.0
32-326DS Class 25/2 Bo-Bo diesel 25245 in BR Blue (DCC Sound) V3.5

32-404DS Class 25/3 25276 in BR blue. DCC Sound V4.0
32-400DS Class 25/3 Bo-Bo diesel 25095 in revised BR blue (DCC sound on board) V3.5

32-401DS Class 25/3 Bo-Bo diesel D7638 in BR 2 tone green (Digital Sound) V3.5

32-783DS Class 37/0 37049 in BR blue with split head code. DCC Sound V3.5
32-785DS Class 37/0 37254 in BR Departmental Civil Link Dutch livery - weathered. DCC Sound V4.0
32-781DS Class 37/0 diesel 37057 BR large logo blue "Viking" and corner indicators (DCC sound on board) V3.5
32-776DS Class 37/0 diesel 37254 with plated centre head code in BR blue (DCC Sound on board) V3.5
32-377DS Class 37/4 37417 'Highland Region' in BR large logo blue. DCC Sound V4.0
32-381QDS Class 37/4 Diesel Locomotive 37409 in Direct Rail Services Compass livery - DCC sound - Limited edition for Model Rail V4.0

32-376DS Class 37/5 diesel 37693 in Railfreight livery (DCC Sound on board) V3.5
32-380DS Class 37/5 diesel 37698 Railfreight Coal sector 'Coedbach' (DCC sound on board). V3.5

32-391DS Class 37/7 37796 Railfreight Coal Sector (DCC Sound) Loksound Select
32-480DS Class 40 D211 'Mauretania' in BR green with indicator discs. DCC Sound on board V4.0
32-652DS Class 44 Peak 44005 in BR blue. DCC Sound V4.0

32-678DS Class 45 D55 'Royal Signals' in BR Green V4.0

32-679DS Class 45 D27 in BR green with split head code & small yellow panel. DCC Sound V4.0

32-678DS Class 45 diesel D55 'Royal Signals' in BR green (DCC Sound on board) V3.5

32-801DS Class 47 diesel D1746 with 4 digit headcode in two tone green with half yellow ends (DCC Sound on board) V3.5

31-658DS Class 47/0 47190 "Pectinidae" in BR Petroleum Sector livery with sound V4.0

31-659DS Class 47 47001 BR Blue V4.0

31-661DS Class 47/3 47346 BR Dutch Livery (DCC Sound) Loksound Select

32-800DS Class 47/4 47404 "Hadrian" in BR blue with full yellow ends (DCC sound on board) V3.5

32-526DS Class 55 Deltic 55018 'Ballymoss' in BR blue. DCC Sound V4.0

32-530DS Class 55 Deltic diesel 55001 'St. Paddy' in BR blue (DCC Sound on board) V3.5

32-525DS Class 55 Deltic diesel D9007 "Pinza" in BR two tone green (DCC sound on board)

32-534DS Class 55 55004 'Queen's Own Highlander' BR Blue (DCC Sound)
32-753XDS Class 57 Diesel 57604 in GWR Brunswick Green Livery (DCC Sound)- Rail Exclusive Limited Edition
32-750DS Class 57/0 Co-Co diesel 57003 "Freightliner Evolution" in Freightliner livery (DCC Sound).
32-762DS Class 57/3 57312 'The Hood' Virgin. Weathered. DCC Sound Loksound Select
32-725DS Class 66 diesel 66022 "Lafarge Charnwood" in EWS livery (DCC sound on board) V3.5

32-979YDS Class 66 Diesel 66301 in Fastline Freight Livery (DCC Sound Fitted) - Rail Express Limited Edition
32-726DS Class 66 diesel 66522 in Freightliner/Shanks Waste Solutions livery (DCC sound on board) V3.5
32-728DS Class 66 diesel 66546 in Freightliner livery. DCC Sound
32-727DS Class 66 diesel 66702 'Blue Lightning' in GBRf livery (DCC Sound on board) V3.5

32-733DS Class 66 66040 EWS (DCC Sound)

31-587DS Class 70 PowerHaul diesel 70002 in Freightliner livery. DCC Sound

32-290DS Class 101 2 Car DMU Network SouthEast (DCC Sound) Loksound Select

Cheers,

Bruce

I ordered a blue one yesterday, hopefully I can change it too 40135 by removing the thanks.

 

Cheers Peter.

Bad news Peter. Unlike the previous version the tanks are not separate part, but part of the chassis frame so you'll have to get a saw out... also all the switching for the lights (cab on/off and tail on/off) is located in the tanks as seems to now be standard on Bachmann models. 

Not impossible but a bit tricky. Good luck! 

Bruce

Does anyone know if Bachmann are going to do another batch of 47715? I've missed out on the first batch and they seem to be out of stock and most places already!!

I am personally glad I am right but my wallet now hates me! Looks like it is time to retire the Lima Model of the same, did anyone get a pic of the 47?

Sorry Ed - could have done but I'm afraid for me it was a disappointment (yet another flush fronted 47!) so I didn't bother - livery application looked up to Bachmann's usual high standard though

Bruce

Bachmann Collectors Club confirmed today that the LE is indeed 47522 in LNER Parcels livery and they are starting to take pre-orders. They had a livery sample too.

Bruce

The 3 general release 47 have now been added to the Bachmann website. 32-817 has also been changed from 47791 to 47745 'Royal London Society For The Blind'.

Also new decorated sample images have been added for 47301 and D1677 'Thor'.

Bruce

Interesting. Where did you hear this from?

 

Bachmann's website still says Nov/Dec for 47707 in NSE and shows as last updated Tuesday 26 June (i.e. today). It seems strange they should announce a different NSE variant unless there is a body issue they don't have the tooling for. But even so they normally just renumber the loco without changing the catalogue number (as they did for the current GSYP Class 47 32-804 which morfed from D1825 with Sercks to D1572 with 3 fixed grills).

 

It is also unusual for Bachmann to produce the same loco with and without a DCC decoder. I would have expected a different running number at least, and possibly a different sector livery too. And for a sound version the suffix Bachmann uses is "DS" not "DC".

Rails of Sheffield's latest email bulletin. Also on their twitter account: https://twitter.com/.../railssheffield

Also the two locos are not completely the same - one is weathered the other is not. As regards the prefix, others have questioned this too but Rails say Bachmann have confirmed the loco will be sound.

Bruce

In case anyone has missed this 4 more Bachmann 47s have now been announced:

31-650M Class 47 BR Blue 1662 Isambard Kingdom Brunel in BR Blue - Modelzone LE

31-657 Class 47 47715 'Haymarket' BR Network Southeast

31-658 Class 47 47190 'Pectinidae' BR Petroleum Sector - Weathered

31-658DC Class 47 47190 'Pectinidae' BR Petroleum Sector - Pristine with Sound

However Bachmann have also said that 31-654 Class 47 47707 'Holyrood' BR Network South East will now be postponed until 2013/14.

Bruce

Can I have a guess? Must be 50024 Vanguard as I have one very similar..........

 

 

Excellent layout by the way, can't beat 37's and china clay.

Spot on. 10 points! 50024 around 1987 - black roof, red buffer beam and snowploughs :-)

Will be helping R&DMRC set up Railex in May so hope to have a chat then - could bring my Ajax but its the wrong gauge (00) atm!

Bruce

Could be 50 015 Valiant in CE Dutch, but not sure about the red buffer beam?

Nope. That would have had a black buffer beam. My turn for a little guessing game them :wink:

Sadly I had to sell the loco in my avatar pic - could always do another at another point in time though I suppose.

Love DitD btw... Though defiantly needs more Vacs - a few Large Logos ones for 1988 me thinks...

Passing Burton-On-Trent.

Hi All,

Hopefully a quick question that someone can answer for me:

Which Mk2a BFKs carried the "West of England" branding sticker on their NSE livery? I've looked everywhere and I simply can't find a good photograph or reference for these.

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers,

Bruce

A few I took on the Saturday - quality not great as I've just got a "point and shoot" but hopefully good enough to get across what a wonderful layout this is!

47474 & 37672 rest on BZ.

50007 heads for Plymouth with the 12:30 from Newquay.

Still carrying its Scottish name, 37413 shunts the main yard.

Depot Favourite, 50149 goes for a spin on the turntable.

37673 & 669 rest outside the wagon works.

673 viewed from the canal footpath.

The famous "Tre Pol & Pen" still awaits a trip to the paint shop for RFD markings.

37671, 413 & 50149 compare notes!

Silver bullets await departure, while depot namesake, 37670 shunts.

413 on the turntable.

Inspirational stuff chaps - also 10 out for 10 for presentation, the display helped add to the atmosphere!

Cheers,

Bruce

http://railsofsheffield.com/br-green-4-6-2-tornado-a1-class-locomotive-60163-r3060-jjja16417.aspx

In in at Rails for a couple of days now.

Bruce

This might make some recoil in horror!!

 

50006 Neptune permanently up on jacks, after gravity started the project for me

Very nice! Reminds me of 50048's last moment of "glory" when it was taken out of the scrap lines and plonked on the jacks as part of the September 1991 Laria depot open day - it had already lost its Power unit at this point and only months later would be off to MC Metals for breaking.

http://dave-higson.fotopic.net/p62961542.html

It was even the subject of a painting by Philip D Hawkins!: http://www.quicksilverpublishing.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=34_26&products_id=59

Bruce

Hi all

 

Thanks for that info D400 did 50031 and 50049 also have Eastfield terriors applied at some point

 

regards

 

Dave

Yes - scotty dogs were applied for the March 2005 "Monarch of Glen" 4 day tour - again with Pathfinder. Though they came off rather more easily so were only present for the tour.

Bruce

That was 50049.

Make it two as 50031 also received stags for Pathfinder's "The Orcadian" 4 day Scottish Land cruise in June 2006. The locos also received split personalities 50031 becoming 50028 and 50049 becoming 50012 - both on one side only. It was hoped the vinyls would come off pretty cleanly after the tour however after the ones on 50031 took quite a bit of paint off as well - 50049 retained its stags for several weeks, during which time both locomotives worked on the Cardiff - Fishguards.

Bruce

Good afternoon,

 

 

Does anybody have a photo of 50 048 (real loco in ONSE) they could upload on here. I am looking to see a straight side on veiw if possible, as need to see what colour the vents are (one on bottom of roof) and also have a look at the upswept NSE stripes at the cab ends. From the thousands i have looked at all the locos are slightly differant and as they are on an angle impossible to tell properly......

 

 

Darren.

http://50027lion.fotopic.net/p52159831.html

http://rail-photos.fotopic.net/p14390583.html

Those are pretty close to what you are looking for I think.

Bruce

ok, so they have got a few of the right. maybe i exagerated a bit in my oringinal post. but,

50002 blue is far too dark. plus terrible weathering

50007 red number/nameplates and wasn't there something about the LA symbols being wrong? then there was also the weathered version

50031 wrong crests

50007 wern't the nameplates in the wrong position on this one?

50007 carried red nameplates (and ploughs) in Preservation: http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2004/50007_3.htm and http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2004/50007_6.htm - why however Hornby choose to model the loco in this condition is anyone's guess - although it did give them a chance to "show off" how good their printing was - the full colour crest were very fine indeed. I like most however choose to simply backdate mine with a set of black etched plates.

50031 has carried two different types of crests over the years so I'm sure not they were wrong.

Bruce

 

I need to add radio pods to a number of my locos. I bought some from A1 but they are massively overscale, look about right for 7mm in fact. As per previous thread on last RMWeb I will probably make some from plasticard but I was wondering had anyone tried the sjrmodels (www.sjrmodels.com) - R01: Roof Aerial x2 (Square NRN type)? Is this the correct type, I think it is?

 

 

I do not have Lion due to the window issue, did Hornby ever do a batch with that fixed?

http://www.shop.hurstmodels.com/ldp103-ground-plate-and-nrn-flat-radio-aerial-214-p.asp

Hurst ones are pretty good - same size as the Hornby ones and a pretty good match.

Bruce