deltic17

On 15/02/2023 at 21:15, rogerzilla said:

I'd be surprised if Jeremy Hosking makes much, if any, money out of his LSL fleet.  It's probably a money pit, but he can afford it as a hobby.

 

How much do you have to hire out a loco to pay for the next £1m heavy overhaul?  No volunteer labour likely, as it would be done at commercial rates by Riley or similar.

You could be right but they do operate a large number of charters from various stating points in the country using their Pullman HST which must be making an excellent financial return...

On 09/04/2023 at 10:26, 60526 said:

I got the impression from the Bluebell guys posting on their FB site that they had enough to do with the loco while it is at Eastleigh and that the intention over time when at the Bluebell would be to do something with the more modern marker lights and perhaps add back the indicator box/panel

Lets hope it can have the modern marker lights removed / indicator panel reinstated to improve its appearance

Definitely 45/46/47

Just personally - I can't say I'm a big fan of all these new builds - they do nothing for me - especially because as a result other genuine locos get pushed further back in the queue for restoration or back into service if the boiler ticket has expired etc.

Each to their own though....

Just saw the latest images - the newly plated headcode boxes are done very badly - do they not look at the prototype?

BR arrows too big on the white window ones

Cab windows the wrong colour on 55002

I have bought two of these in blue (one weathered). A nice model in my eyes and captures the van well. I'm not very convinced by the factory weathering on my blue one. It has been given a waft of reddish/pink brown 'dirt' but far too red/pink in my eyes. It looks like it has been confined to duties been Dawlish and Teignmouth as the 'weathering' matches the colour of the cliffs there. Was going to add to the factory weathering myself but it looks like I will be pretty much starting from scratch!

On 24/10/2022 at 18:23, keefer said:

Wasn't 1V93 the Edin-Plymouth in the L/H 1980s? Something like 8.50am, Deltic to York then a 45 onwards - or did 50s appear later on?

It was normally a class 47 forward southbound from York, but very occasionally a 50 appeared as a means of getting the 50 back to the WR from Doncaster Works.

Great to see these are to be produced. Will look forward to them.

Signed

Can't say I will be visiting as it's a bit of a journey but good luck with the new shop!

It's essentially the same model but updated for late 70's/80's + preservation

Yes definitely an 04 and not an 03 as explained above!

1 hour ago, Kris said:

That is a little hit and miss. Several of their recent offerings in N gauge have been dubious in the livery department. 

That could well be true re N gauge and I am sure you are certainly more of an expert than me but I was referring to my observations with their O gauge offerings

On 12/11/2021 at 10:05, tommyboy said:

There have been mutterings re. The walkway/platform position. This photo by Arran Aird (with permission) shows the design on the Dapol tank

Interesting photo because the first thing I also thought on seeing the Dapol release pictures was that the end ladders platform were too low/curved etc. When you look at most pictures, I believe the Dapol model as currently shown doesn't reflect the standard/traditional position for the platform/ladders and most previous models in other guages have the higher platform/ladders. Were the lower ladders a later introduction? (I am assuming that is quite a recent photo?). One thing I will give Dapol credit for is research and if things are wrong they actually take the time to correct them. I must have a look at more old photos the determine what is going on here etc....maybe someone can enlighten us?

I thought Grindley Brook (large O gauge) was superb. Regular train running to keep the audience entertained - an excellent watch - I must have spent 30 minutes watching all the trains go by on a full sequence.

No updates for a while - hope all is OK etc?

On 29/08/2021 at 11:16, WelshRailTog said:

Right, part number for the air tanks is W17 so you’ll need two of those and a W20 for the box at the front of the bonnet.

Just to say the air tanks and RHS box have now turned up from DJH so thanks for your help with this. 

A fair few made it down from Edinburgh (& via the Tyne Valley as others have mentioned) as the 1980's progressed. They were still very rare at Newcastle but they did appear every now and then....

Yes - had been expecting a new product announcement today - is anybody in the know?.....

13 minutes ago, Hal Nail said:

Its clearly an optical illusion given they are the same, but I don't think they are as instantly noticeable on the centre headcode version. I suspect the headcode gives your eye another feature to look at.

100% agree they are the same incorrectly angled cab windows - I think you misread what I was saying

Surprisingly, it has all been a bit quiet on here after the centre headcode 40's have appeared apart from one message above, even though they appear to be selling really well. Overall I think they have done a reasonable job (apart from the angle of the cab windows as ever but I will fix that as per my work on 40068 further up this thread). The one thing Heljan captured on the original disc headcode version was the slight tapering of the nose at the front (it slopes very slightly outwards towards the bottom) but the latest model is very straight down almost vertical (they made this mistake on the original centre headcode 37 too) - so I think at some point I will be making some additional cuts at the sides of the yellow nose to enable this to be corrected to hopefully make an even better 40. No guarantees of when I will start this work but I will take some pictures as I go this time as some of you requested last time when I showed my modifications.

I agree re wonky dominies with delticfan. On one end of my 40155 they are low but I always remake my own in any case so not a major problem.

My only other comment is that the yellow end seem a bit too orangey in my eyes so I will be toning mine down/fading it back with appropriate washes.

1 hour ago, WelshRailTog said:

The chap I bought mine off thinks he’s still got the email he sent somewhere and is going to have a look in the morning for me. 

OK - thanks for that - it would be good to get the appropriate part number

Spoke to DJH re air pipes - they can only supply them if we can let them know the part number from their kit apparently! Anyone any idea what the part number is? I think I will scratch build some myself.

54 minutes ago, brossard said:

 

Wait! What! "...the next few years ..."!  This made me smile and grimace at the same time.  You must be of an age where the road of life seems infinite and a perfectly maintained dual carriageway.  All too soon the road narrows into a bumpy cobblestoned section and just gets worse as time goes on.

 

If you think that Dapol might make your coach in "the next few years", surely the thing to do is to find an alternative, like a suitable kit.

 

John

 

 

Well they did say they would do the later window frames after producing the early ones first so I am also waiting.....

Nice work as always on a superb layout but shouldn't the number E3607 be on the other end of the Mk1 coach (assuming E3607 wasn't a one off?