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18 hours ago, Kelly said:

 

 

I wouldn't want to be a small business or sole trader right now though!

I beg to differ. Yes costs of everything are increasing, but working from home, low overheads, and a very healthy customer base make me thank my lucky stars on a daily basis.

19 hours ago, jcarta said:

Lee

 

Loco looks superb, is that the diorama that Simon recently made?

Yes matey.

19 hours ago, jcarta said:

 

Morning.  Another monster today in the shape of a class 37. Meet 37222. This is a full 'back to plastic' re-work of a Heljan centre headcode model. Bufferbeam skirts removed and re-built, new headcode marker panels, Western region original style lamp mounts removed from no 2 end, full repaint and weathering.

222 was one of only a handful of class 37s to retain it's bodyside boiler port door and steps.

On 20/08/2022 at 15:43, HeatonLodge40 said:

Spent an enjoyable day building a diorama for a mate to photograph his locos on. 
I’ve never constructed anything with a summer theme so there was a bit of head scratching!

 

Walls are by Ten Commandments, static grass by Mini - Natur, concrete trunking by me, postiche/dolls hair by Treemendus and 03 from Heljan. 
 

By the way I’ve just launched the new website for O gauge locomotives.

Ads are on RM Web but if Andy York doesn’t mind the website is realismredefined.co.uk 

Cheers chap, looks superb 👌 

That sounds like bog standard factory issue listening  to the horn and brakes. Tail lights not even turned off when hauling stock. 

On 04/08/2022 at 21:47, andyman7 said:

You forgot having a lounge area at exhibitions where only Special People are allowed 🙂

Plenty of special people at most exhibitions without the need for a dedicated lounge area.....

23 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 - if not, it's an opening for somebody with the equipment and skills to set up a cottage industry.

Even though the reason said suppliers are now not there, is because of a lack of market demand.

I have had an issue when removing the numbers from the cabside of a Heljan class 14. Trying to mix a match to the paint is a nightmare....anyone any idea of what the shade should be, and if it's available from Precision or Railmatch?

Regards

Lee

3 hours ago, Nova Scotian said:

Noticed these are starting to show up in clearance sections... 

 

About as much of  a surprise as Boris Johnson not admitting the messes he has made.

On 29/06/2022 at 15:15, newbryford said:

 

Some Southern Region 08s had high level pipes.

Didn't take long to find that 3817 became 08650 and a flickr pic..

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Yep cheers, sussed it via Flickr too!

Don't know if it has been mentioned prior in the thread, but the Hornby TTS BR blue (nigh on black!) class 08, R3898TTS. It is numbered as 3817, and has high level brake pipes. I'm not hot on class 08 details, and thought only the 09s had the additional pipes. Anyone shed any light on the prototype?

Numbered and named as 075, Tinsley 'bling' window frames added, weathered and soundfitted.

1 hour ago, 64F said:

Many thanks for that, that is fantastic information.  I'm hopeful that I can disassemble the existing underframe details and re-use the common parts to keep the price down a bit.  My loco will eventually become Haymarket's 47209, and I'll post images of the conversion in due course.

Fab, excellent choice!

Good evening. In a nutshell, a set of replacement tanks from GM will set you back in the region of £50. They are made up of many individual parts. I have the necessary parts numbers, and will post tomorrow when back with the workshop pc.

I'll have a word with them tomorrow. The exploded spares diagram shows the tanks/battery assembly units as complete units, not 90 different parts. They really should be sold as complete units.

Hi. I have removed the tanks, as I need to make up some long range for a 47/7. I take it GM have just listed part numbers and descriptions, without images of the parts?

Well. It's been a while.....quite frankly I gave up posting due to 0 discussion and response. 

The new Heljan 56 has landed, and very nice it is too. Shout if you would like one.

Well. That's one hell of a discussion over a brand new release 😆

I see a large amount of locos on the workbench, mainly 0 gauge these days with a small amount of 00. Over the 8 years I have been doing this, out of the box running issues have become steadily worse. Hornby are terrible...it's quite rare for a loco to actually work properly. I think the days of every loco being tested on a circle of track before boxing up for sale have long gone.

On 16/02/2022 at 07:04, SamThomas said:

With respect Paul you are not really comparing apples with apples.

 

There is a world of difference between a mass market RTR model that should "do what it says on the tin" & a low volume, somewhat, in the eyes of the UK market model. (I have no knowledge of MMI so if I'm wrong stand to be corrected).

 

So, some people are quite happy to shell their hard earned out for an expensive model that may or may not operate correctly out of the box. Again, some people have the skills to enable the models to operate as they shouldhave done in the first place from the manufactures.

 

For goodness sake stop accepting shoddy products & send them back, the responsibility lies with the manufacture & the more they get back the more likely they are to actually do something about it. I certainly would not accept it & have never, ever had issues even approaching these from European Manufactures in decades of modelling.

ManufactureRs.

10 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said:

Bill it looks like you can self register with Companies House for £12 

 

Company registration link

You can only do that if you are a Ltd company, non Ltd has to be done by post and costs 40 quid.