Hal Nail
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Yes thats true. As it happens mine was converted from a late format 45 so I had to lose the flap under the long grill and match the paint. Backdating the grills (or at least removing the hinges) would probably have been easier than doing that but I left them alone!
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Buying unseen carries risks given the variable quality of what is released. One of the key arguments in favour of pre-ordering is that the large retailers didn't take any money and let you cancel. So this change from a significant player would be significant.
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Found someone selling 3 O gauge Dapol 16T minerals for £68 post free today. These are typically nudging £50 with postage and the cheapest I've ever bought previously was £25 about 10 years ago! Had vowed not to buy any more but at that price will flip one and I'll have the other two for virtually nothing.
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They appear to be missing the extra roof hatch the 46 had minutes
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John Dornom's roundhouse, a Tony Reynalds loco.
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4820 in Great Western livery will be the early version without top feed and original format steps. The preserved loco has a top feed and later steps.
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Tower's update from March said May. They post up dates from Dapol and Heljan so its as good a place as any to check where things are.
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Aside from top feeds, there were differences in tool box positions, whether the front sanding gear was covered or not, where the logo was placed on the tank sides and by BR period, some had very obvious welded patches on the side tanks. 1451 had the top feed well into 62. I wanted it without in 57/58 so invoked rule 0.5: completely correct, just not at the time I'm modelling!
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They have already done all of these in 7mm: 1405 black - top feed 1444 green early crest - top feed 1426 green late ceest - no top feed 5819 black - no top feed. To do a black no topfeed, I bought the 58xx and added back the auto gear. For my late green I bought the early and swapped logos. (they did swap the format round for the 2nd run)
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Perhaps they are keeping this as one thread until the frothing and wishlisting dies down.
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The gap between tracks is referred to as "the 6 foot" which would be 42mm so you could get away with less given space is tight. Having said that I'm not convinced it would look right even if technically it was.
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Peto recorded this for 14xx - it was discussed on the thread for the 7mm version when we were debating how many miles various locos had rattled up.
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Yes goes without saying I discovered by accident rather than going there for a bargain!
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Now £449 at Olivia's.
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I see they have corrected the whiskers on the 121 which makes a big difference to the appearance. I don't really want 2 but I might be tempted to get another and sell one chassis since my old one ran well and then swap bodies for different periods. I could live with generic dark grey seats.
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Another one reduced at Rails
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Thanks. My proposed one from Par is from the final lot. I think actually I'd decided it probably had normal springs based on SVR's 68501 which is also from that batch.
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I could have sworn I read somewhere (I thought on the GWR.org Toad guide) that not all AA15 had J hangers and that either the earliest or latest lot had the usual type, but I cant now find that anywhere. Have I made that up?
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where has this come from?
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Was the GWR set in use? They had some problems because they aren't slam door - you have to actually turn the handle. People arent used to it so doors got left open and last year they were withdrawn but I don't know if that's been resolved.
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easy but the little retaining lugs are easy to break and never quite as effective after its been taken off.
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Express Passenger Service Formations GWR/BR (W)
Hal Nail replied to kyle.lennard's topic in UK Prototype Questions
Similarly in the BR chocolate and cream era the Cornish Riviera was mk1s with a 2 coach ex GWR dining set and the Royal Dutchy mk1 with a Collett restaurant car (H57 I think). -
Class 47s on unfitted coal trains - when did they cease
Hal Nail replied to 18B's topic in UK Prototype Questions
If a picture is worth 1000 words, presumably the fact we haven't come up with any is equally true! -
As a case in point, the buffers and underframe look exactly the same as the sides and the ends and they can't all be the same colour!
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Class 47s on unfitted coal trains - when did they cease
Hal Nail replied to 18B's topic in UK Prototype Questions
Browsing your site earlier I did think a train on the way to Woodhams might be a plausible excuse, although whether they would use a 47 is another matter!
