Phil Bullock
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Brilliant Dave
More 16 tonner weathering inspiration in J843
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Heavy rain at Devil's Bridge? Surely not Dave!!!
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Looking at the 47299 gallery on the Class 47 site she certainly got around more in RFD days - plenty of earlier Humberside oil traffic there and also Aberthaw.
Don't know how she avoided me.....
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Thanks Johnny
47s were pretty ubiquitous but being confined to one location would fit with why I never saw her
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Ah - she must always have been at the other end of the circuit when I visited Immingham or Nottingham then!
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Know what you mean Kevin - I never did manage to cop the fated D1866/47216/47299 - it was the only 47 I never saw with the exception of the two early scrappers.
Perhaps I should have consulted a medium ?
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Remember my first Trains Illustrated annual - must have been about 1966 - every picture of an east coast Class 40 was either D252 or D272.
Funny how locos haunted us isn't it?
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That's a very interesting look at railway operations Phil - thanks for sharing
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Hmmm - not from that part of the world - but was it Tyne Commission Quay Dave?
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Knowing where the train is might help - do you have that info?
Cheers
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"Ah - the perils of butterfly ID!" Yes indeed - particularly the fritillaries. It's the underwings that give the most reliable diagnosis - but you can't always see them - so one often has to rely on behaviour, environment and location. But I'm no expert - I rely heavily on my copy of Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington's excellent "Butterflies of Britain and Ireland" and the field guide which is a pocket version of it.
Good luck in the Severn Valley, Phil - if you get some photos do post 'em on here.
Chaz
No luck with photos - not a flutterby to be seen! great day out on the railway though
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It is surprising where they got to though. The nearest members to Kings Cross would have been in the Colchester area, and they where the earlier 1955-8 batch not modelled by Heljan. D2566, D2569 and D2570 from the early batch,were allocated to Swindon between Aug 1965 and June 1966 for some reason before moving on to Speke Jcn. Not much use for the Heljan model, but the precedent was set for modellers licence.
Thanks for that Broadway Clive. I've corrected the post.
Paul J.
Ah - always wondered about this working, that accounts for it! http://www.miac.org.uk/worcs1965.html, scroll down to 3rd June 1966.
Many thanks
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This would be a good livery variation for a future release, and a style unique to Class 43s (846 and 847):
D847_TivertonJunction_9-4-67 by Robert Carroll, on FlickrNice shot Robert! 842 will be rapidly morphing in to this livery as D847 when it arrives
Work to do? Nameplate logo and numbers off, loose those headcode vents, OHLE flashes on nose moved up....
And there are no drivers name card holders on any of the Bacchy versions - some etched brass 1/32 .5 calibre ammo belt clips are a good representation if we can find any.....
Renumber, logo, flashes and nameplates... varnish and light weathering, hope that nice new windscreen comes out easily.
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Ah - the perils of butterfly ID! Thanks for putting me straight Chaz.
Am off to the Severn Valley tomorrow - last time I went there were a lot of fritillaries on the buddlia outside the engine house, will try for photos if there again
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High brown fritillaries - you are spoiling us today Chaz!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6309613233/in/album-72157627920981333/would seem to agree with that
Bur then take a look at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6310136322/in/album-72157627920981333/
and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6309614293/in/album-72157627920981333/
Uh 0h! What was their hinging arrangement I wonder - could they open either way?
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Oh my!!! That is wonderful! is it my imagination or are the nameplates better on the red and green versions?
And be careful about installing those roof vents facing in the right direction - don't copy 865 on here!!!
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One more to add to the never blue group, 838 Rapid withdrawn in maroon with FYE, one of my favourites at the time. Note to Bachmann, please make this one of the next batch.
Best regards
Of course! Many thanks for the reminder - so that reduces the field down to 29 blue ones. Did mention to Trevor at CMC that D838 would make an excellent Limited edition for exactly that reason - not sure he took the bait though! And quite why Swindon shopped her in repainted maroon when they had already shopped others in blue remains a mystery....
At least one of our initial maroon purchases will become a MFYE - a choice from D834/8/42/44!
Kind regards
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Stunning insects
There was some good publicity on the Midlands news last night - photos of our only SSB colony in the Midlands in Shropshire...
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Was trying to encourage you to do your own research there Ben!
840 & 848 are out too as they went for scrap in maroon but all the others were blue
Are you prepared to go back to the early blue livery with 4 arrows, one under each cab? That's another factor
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Do you mean which locos or which tranfers?
For the earlier blue locos with the seriffed numbers we use Fox transfers number sets
http://fox-transfers.co.uk/warship-class-locomotive-running-numbersets-58847- For locos before 835 you want the A set, for locos after 834 the B set
There are no number sets I am aware of for the later sans serif numbers - again Fox do individual numbers http://fox-transfers.co.uk/pre-tops-d-prefixes-numbering-detailingas do railtec, who also do both the early style shedcode stencils and also the later oblong stickers. Have suggested to both Fox and Steve at Railtec that number sets in sans serif font would also be very useful - Steve will make up any set you want to order however.
Which loco? Use Andy Y's very useful livery gant chart and pinterest gallery links in post 2 in http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/100805-brm-august-dvd-detailing-kit/
What to watch out for? Fan grilles rule out 862. Otherwise its the ventilation holes in the headcode boxes, the rainstrip immediately over the drivers door and position of OHLE flashes that distinguish different locos. MU cables changed with time although were largely absent in blue days - and then theres headboard clips t check too
Any idea which name you might fancy? Extreme etchings (Brian Hanson) plates are superb - and if you change the headcodes Precision Labels headcode characters are the dogs whatsits
No connection with any of the products mentioned other than satisfied user!
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Hi Andrew
It doesnt!
Is an alkaline paste and as long as you only leave for a short time - say 1 hr - it will selectively remove the tampo printed detail without touching the base colour
This is the one
Cheers
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We have just shared your D809 problems as we have put etched plates on one for someone else. And yes I am afraid you will have the same issues - havent had chance to look at the D865 maroon version yet
Having said that dont be afraid of modelstrip - it really is - to quote Alexander Orloff - simples!
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Yes I rather think Mr Hanson will be doing some very good business with these.
Thanks for that additional shot Andy - it confirms what we thought, pass the Model strip.
Many will be happy to live with it am sure, its certainly not the end of the world.
As for the better preserved state of the 43's paintwork perhaps all the oil down the bodysides helped!
Phil
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Oh !
Who photoshopped out the terraced houses, hop warehouses and floodlights for St Georges Lane footy ground in the distance?
Hee hee
Guess they just didn't fit with the Malverns background any way
Phil