cal.n Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 What happened to my passengers with flickering iPhones They've all picked up newspapers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 Happy Christmas from all at REALTRACK models 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted December 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2016 Many happy returns Charlie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Firstly Merry Christmas all. Also have just preordered 156444 as well Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Firstly Merry Christmas all. Also have just preordered 156444 as well Chris Thank you, your order states 156-111 (156445 Saltire) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Thank you, your order states 156-111 (156445 Saltire) Most welcome and oops typo. Can't wait to see the finish sample and also first model I have preordered as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Edit: My wallet was disappointed to see the Strathclyde and Regional Railways liveries being released. That's two more purchases on the way. Em - does this mean the SPT and RR versions have now been brought forward ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Em - does this mean the SPT and RR versions have now been brought forward ? I didn't mean they were literally "on the way" to me. Just that I'd be buying them once they're released, whenever that may be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I didn't mean they were literally "on the way" to me. Just that I'd be buying them once they're released, whenever that may be. Phew !! thank goodness for that - thought my CC was going to get hammered again...........! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On a scale of 1-10, How likely is it that a Central Trains liveried 156 would come out within the next 10 years? From the leaflet it doesn't seem you particularly like central trains (yet have a massive obsession with Scotland!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2017 On a scale of 1-10, How likely is it that a Central Trains liveried 156 would come out within the next 10 years? From the leaflet it doesn't seem you particularly like central trains (yet have a massive obsession with Scotland!) Current liveries usually sell more - hence the Scotrail Saltire as the first release. Bearing in mind that all is needed to do the Abellio and First versions is a tiny decal on the side denoting the incumbent FOC. It then makes sense to do the First swoosh version to accompany it. EMT is a popular current livery, so again makes sense to go with that fairly soon. (Justification - Have you seen how much EMT HSTs and 153's sell for on a well-known auction site?) Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Current liveries usually sell more This may be true, but I'm not sure I've seen any evidence for this Mick. To the contrary, I think that there is evidence to suggest that longer lived / wider geographic distribution liveries are more popular. Take this poll for the 92 for example: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96681-poll-for-a-re-tooled-Hornby-class-92-andor-a-new-hornbyarnold-class-92/page-?mode=show It shows RFD to be much more popular than any of the current liveries. Oxford Rail also conducted a livery survey for their Mk3s (another long-lived vehicle in a plethora of modern liveries). I don't think the survey results have been published, but Oxford Rail announced that they would use the results to inform the livery sequence. They've chosen long-lived liveries with wide geographic distribution: Blue/Grey and Intercity Swallow. Whichever is true, there's always paint and airbrushes available! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2017 This may be true, but I'm not sure I've seen any evidence for this Mick. To the contrary, I think that there is evidence to suggest that longer lived / wider geographic distribution liveries are more popular. Take this poll for the 92 for example: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96681-poll-for-a-re-tooled-Hornby-class-92-andor-a-new-hornbyarnold-class-92/page-?mode=show It shows RFD to be much more popular than any of the current liveries. Oxford Rail also conducted a livery survey for their Mk3s (another long-lived vehicle in a plethora of modern liveries). I don't think the survey results have been published, but Oxford Rail announced that they would use the results to inform the livery sequence. They've chosen long-lived liveries with wide geographic distribution: Blue/Grey and Intercity Swallow. Whichever is true, there's always paint and airbrushes available! Fair comment Guy. I suppose I should've qualified it with "current liveries sell more quickly to begin with". That's seems to have been the case with the 144, as the Serco-Abellio Northern one seemed to sell pretty well to begin with. I wonder if the older liveries have more of a trickle effect? I would concur that blue-grey and sectorisation and longer lived stuff is more popular than some of the relatively short-lived smaller geographical area privatisation schemes - maybe that has an effect, as it narrows the modelled era down less? As you rightly say, a larger geographical spread must also help in the case of the older liveries. I'm sure that the Regional Railways 156 will be a steady seller. As for airbrushes - I know the man who did the painting for Charlie's display models...................... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'm sure that the Regional Railways 156 will be a steady seller. Agreed! Looking forward to purchasing a couple. Honestly, if it was me doing it, I'm not sure which liveries I'd choose first: probably the ones I wanted most myself! Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mac Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 On a scale of 1-10, How likely is it that a Central Trains liveried 156 would come out within the next 10 years? From the leaflet it doesn't seem you particularly like central trains (yet have a massive obsession with Scotland!) Nothing wrong with having an obsession with Scotland!!!! I'm sure the guys will have an extensive list of liveries that they want to produce beyond what's been already announced, and the disappearance of the Hornby 156 from this years announcements can only be good news for them.... Don't quote me on this, but I think they can do smaller runs (200?) per livery, which opens up the possibilities for just about anything.... drop them an email requesting your interest in Central trains.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha230 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Nothing wrong with having an obsession with Scotland!!!! I'm sure the guys will have an extensive list of liveries that they want to produce beyond what's been already announced, and the disappearance of the Hornby 156 from this years announcements can only be good news for them.... Don't quote me on this, but I think they can do smaller runs (200?) per livery, which opens up the possibilities for just about anything.... drop them an email requesting your interest in Central trains.... He has said previously in this post that all liveries will be done eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha230 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 He has said previously in this post that all liveries will be done eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 A Regional Railways 156, Express liveried model Im sure would sell well. The added advantage here would be that you can do it in Express with Regional branding and again when they replaced this with Central trains. I am slightly confused when people mention 'Regional' when they are describing the first livery 156 was released in, being the 'Super Sprinter' branded Provincial livery, which was named as such even if that then became the format, layout and colour scheme for what then became standard Regional Railways livery as seen on class 121, 142, 143, 150, 153 etc. Other liveries that I'm sure would sell well would be the outgoing Northern Rail livery, with the possibilities of some of the ones that had destination pictures on the sides done as Limited Editions. Its worth noting that some releases that will prove to be good at selling will be those that match the models available in liveries and areas that are already well served. Northern is likely to be one as Northern Rail units are already available and modelled in 142, 144, 153, 150, 155, 156 and 158 - Northern's entire DMU fleet. Thankfully, 142 and 156 are being done by Realtrack to bring them to a much higher standard, but it gives us the chance to get most of thee Northern fleet in models which are fairly high-spec. Thus, attractive to model and thus generate cross sales. There are some other times and areas that look likely to get similar results. Regional Railways is one, Scotrail, EMT are others. The chance of things like Northern Spirit, Central Trains, or some Anglia liveries being done depends on just how many still model that time and era, but this is likely to be less. I'm sure Charlie will be able to gauge demand looking at requests and what else is available / flying off shelves. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 A Regional Railways 156, Express liveried model Im sure would sell well. The added advantage here would be that you can do it in Express with Regional branding and again when they replaced this with Central trains. I am slightly confused when people mention 'Regional' when they are describing the first livery 156 was released in, being the 'Super Sprinter' branded Provincial livery, which was named as such even if that then became the format, layout and colour scheme for what then became standard Regional Railways livery as seen on class 121, 142, 143, 150, 153 etc. Other liveries that I'm sure would sell well would be the outgoing Northern Rail livery, with the possibilities of some of the ones that had destination pictures on the sides done as Limited Editions. Its worth noting that some releases that will prove to be good at selling will be those that match the models available in liveries and areas that are already well served. Northern is likely to be one as Northern Rail units are already available and modelled in 142, 144, 153, 150, 155, 156 and 158 - Northern's entire DMU fleet. Thankfully, 142 and 156 are being done by Realtrack to bring them to a much higher standard, but it gives us the chance to get most of thee Northern fleet in models which are fairly high-spec. Thus, attractive to model and thus generate cross sales. There are some other times and areas that look likely to get similar results. Regional Railways is one, Scotrail, EMT are others. The chance of things like Northern Spirit, Central Trains, or some Anglia liveries being done depends on just how many still model that time and era, but this is likely to be less. I'm sure Charlie will be able to gauge demand looking at requests and what else is available / flying off shelves. The Earlier livery planned for 2018 is:- 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) The Earlier livery planned for 2018 is:- Our thought's are: Version 1 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Version 2 Leeds - Carlisle Version 3 Glasgow - Oban Your thought's please? Edited January 6, 2017 by charliepetty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Birmingham-Norwich (one of their earlier routes) Birmingham-Aberystwyth Portsmouth to Cardiff was mainly operated by Class 155 units, the 156s only really operated the route when the 155s had their door problems and were borrowed from the Scottish allocation. The Cardiff-Pompey 155s were replaced by Class 158s. As far as I can recall Cardiff never had any 156 units allocated permanently, 156s in the city worked in from the Midlands and were allocated to Tyseley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted January 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2017 I am slightly confused when people mention 'Regional' when they are describing the first livery 156 was released in, being the 'Super Sprinter' branded Provincial livery, which was named as such even if that then became the format, layout and colour scheme for what then became standard Regional Railways livery as seen on class 121, 142, 143, 150, 153 etc. Our thought's are: Version 1 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Version 2 Leeds - Carlisle Version 3 Glasgow - Oban Your thought's please? Any Scottish Routes are fine by me but would like to see a Glasgow Central to Stranraer version. Would really like to see the original Provincial Super Sprinter livery, with the 'running man' sprinter logo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Just checked the Class 156 website and the Portsmouth/Brighton - Cardiff route was operated by 156s temporarily between the end of 1988 and Novembner 1989 and Cardiff had a temporary allocation of initially Scottish units then new deliveries intended for other routes. There's a good synopsis of the allocations and routes worked by the units when new at http://members.madasafish.com/~dysgraphyk/156/class156_br-years.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium amwells Posted January 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2017 That's the same as posted above isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Our thought's are: Version 1 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Version 2 Leeds - Carlisle Version 3 Glasgow - Oban Your thought's please? Version 1 please! Or any of the routes from when they replaced the 155s in around 89: Birmingham - Hereford Birmingham - Cardiff Bristol - Cardiff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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