Dazza 50 015

Heads up for anyone who has had there Pre order of Evening Star cancelled. Hornby now have a few extra and are available now to order on there site. 

Chris Woods = top fella.
Cheers mate

17 minutes ago, Legend said:

Oh dear . After I said Hornby were delivering the goods .  No blame on Rails of Sheffield here  this is firmly in Hornbys court . Not satisfying allocations , not good enough Hornby .

I agree Legend, not Rails fault in anyway.  I had my order in several hours after it was first advertised and was showing pending for about a week before showing confirmed........   I understand this loco was very popular so would of thought Hornby could of increased the production run and not decreased it.

Yes not a very nice email

Just had an email from Rails of Sheffield saying my pre order is now cancelled.......... Happy is not the word!!!!!!!!

No, not been running for a long while.  

May have an orange and black Freightliner livery on the real ones soon.

Light loco is being dispatched on monday to fetch the wagons at Trowse.   Will not be me, im off to Broxbourne on another stone job....

Normally I pick the train up at Peterborough but on thursday I went to Loughborough by van only to be informed the ground staff could not get to Trowse (again) so the job was cancelled....... Back in van to Peterborough and home by 10am so not a bad day for me :-) 

Hello beast66606.   More stunning pictures :-)     We had trouble with the ground staff getting to Trowse on time from Leicester so unloading time was cut very short and due to us having very old wagons with buckeye couplings the whole train had to be empty in order to run back to Tunstead rather than split the train and run the empty half back and leave the full half to be emptied another time......      So tomorrow the loco will run light to Trowse and return with the second half, thats if a driver is available to cover the job. If not it will be me again light loco on Thursday :-)

Amazing looking pictures. Thank you 

Hi looking for a class 86 in Freightliner livery oo gauge....  Does any one now if any company are making a new batch or just got to find old models??

Many thanks and Happy new year all.

Darren

Does anyone know if Kernows are still doing the coaches for this weedkilling train? I purchased the class 20 loco pack and the water tanks under the impression the coaches were to follow, but its all been a while and its gone very quiet.

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Tip: get a Kadee height gauge - it'll save you loads of time and will ensure you get your heights spot on! (quote)

Hi, im looking to buy Kadee couplers for my stock, but every shop i have been in and phoned dont sell them? Is there a dedicated website that you buy these and the under track magnets from???

Hi Dazza

There are already 6 vids of BWYF on youtube. Just search for brush47337 and you'll find them.

Brian

Just seen the "link" and will be watching very soon.

Thanks Brian.

Hello Brush47337. Just wanted to say what a fantastic layout. I have been watching your progress for a while now and think your attention to detail is a credit. Would be great to see a few clips on you tube??

http://50027lion.fot.../p52159831.html

http://rail-photos.f.../p14390583.html

 

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

 

Bruce

They are spot on Bruce, thanks very much for sharing. They are superb photos i can clearly see the errors of the Hornby model now.

I should add the photos i have looked at so far, none of them has been 50 048.

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.

This could get complicated....

 

First NSE Livery was the one with the upswept ends, two subtely different variations though with the top white cantrail stripe either above or below the guttering (easiest way being to see if it goes across the bottom of the former headcode box). These used the light first shade NSE blue.

 

Second NSE Livery introduced a short while later, eliminating the upswept stripes (which was also discontinued on Class 121 bubble cars and Class 47's as well for looking too 'busy') initially these too were also done with the lighter blue but it faded awfully quickly so a darker blue was subsequently introduced.

 

Coaching stock was initially painted using the light blue but later changed to the dark blue on later repaints (mostly Mk 2's, have not seen many pictures of Mk 1's using the darker blue but they did exist.)

 

NSE blue however is not an exact science as it tended to fade to different degrees depending in weathering, paint application, etc. etc.

 

Hornby's utterly rubbish weathered NSE Mk 2's from a while back used a shade that was way too dark, Bachmann's look to be fairly spot on but again be aware that in 'real life' they varied enormously due to the aforementioned factors.

 

Hornby's 50048 in original NSE is generally not liked as its shades are dubious and the application not really all that accurate, indeed combine that with the dodgy dark shades of blue on the earlier releases and so far Hornby have to my knowledge never managed to get any NSE model right!!

 

I well remember when 50048 came out, I was looking forward to picking up a couple but was so disappointed with the livery application that I passed on them and painted up my own one (since rather regrettably sold on!) Hornby's NSE Class 73 was equally disappointing for much the same reason.

Thanks John M Upton.

I came up with a plan, i was going to buy 50 048 and then heavy weather it, but looking at lots of real photos of the 50s it seems they was always kept really clean (with the odd exception). So maybe if i was to purchase it, just give it a touch up with a darker shade of blue and repaint the side grills and vents the proper colour. Once again thanks for your help.

Darren

Hi everyone.

Can i ask a few questions about the Hornby class 50s. Firstly i have several Bachmann mk 2 NSE coaches which are Dark blue, and i noticed in the shops there is a Class 50 048 in NSE light blue..... Is this just a difference between Hornby and Bachmann blue or was there different shades of blue on the real locos?? Secondly, i have noticed on here it has been mentioned 50 048 is an unpopoular model, any reason why?? and lastly (thank god i hear you cry) the difference between origional NSE and the revised NSE, were they different periods of livery or were locos mix and match through out there career??

Many thanks in advance Darren.