Cavalex Models All new RTR BBA wagon in 4mm scale

[Grimleygrid]

The 2022 London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace

 

Photo courtesy Tony Woof

 

This weekend we are pleased to be attending the 2022 London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace.

 

If you are attending the show please visit our stand, number 76, and say hello. We have 3D prints of the forthcoming new decks for our BBA project which will include the BWA conversions with six cradles fitted, two examples can be seen in this excellent photo of 37048 passing Melton Ross on the 10th of September 1991.


 

[bazjones1711]

For those interested in the forthcoming Cavalex cradle fitted BBA wagon here is some information on them ( Although these were not coded BWA as far as i'm aware , BWA was for the same wagons converted in 1995 with five ex BZA cradles )

BBA wagon pool 4225 Various to various stainless slab / coil .

Total 33

910003 , 006 , 112 , 170 , 179 , 216 , 223 , 234 , 235 , 258 , 264 , 269 , 275 , 292 , 307 , 413 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 440 , 441 , 447 , 450 , 461 , 465 , 469 , 484 , 489 .

These 33 wagons were fitted with 6 traverse cradles for carrying stainless slab cast from Tinsley Park steelworks to the East coast ports like Grimsby for an onward sea journey to Germany for rolling , only to be brought back on the same wagons now as coil to Tinsley and Panteg , slab also ran from Tinsley to Lackenby and Port Talbot to be rolled into coil , but as these plants dealt with normal steel , the process of rolling stainless was not best suited to these two plants , hence a switch to European plants . These wagons ran with BDA , BMA with slab and SPA , BAA , BDW  etc with imported coil either as semi finished coil to Tinsley and Panteg or as wrapped finished steel to the likes of Wolverhampton , Brierley Hill etc..

Liveries of these were black with railfreight logo and red cradles or original bauxite brown with brown cradles ,

[bazjones1711]

Link to great photo of 37225 at Tinsley with a rake of BBA fitted with six cradles loaded with imported semi finished stainless coil

https://flic.kr/p/2iLmBkm

 

 

[andythenorth]

Anyone else's BBA's squeaking? 

 

Lovely model, bought a rake of about 10, but the squeaky wheels are driving me nuts.

 

I appreciate it is quite realistic, and could be relabelled as a feature, but eh 😉

[YesTor]

3 hours ago, andythenorth said:

Anyone else's BBA's squeaking? 

Lovely model, bought a rake of about 10, but the squeaky wheels are driving me nuts.

 

Perhaps a light dab of grease on the axle bearing might resolve?    🙂

 

cheers

Al

[Grimleygrid]

 

Our post London Festival of Railway modelling update is now available to view on our website via the link below. We have updates on all our projects - view the update in full here:

https://www.cavalexmodels.com/allypallyupdate

[KAR 120C]

I may have missed it but I can’t see anything on the PHA/JGA hopper wagon.  Is there any news on this model at all?

 

Thanks.

[Grimleygrid]

10 hours ago, KAR 120C said:

I may have missed it but I can’t see anything on the PHA/JGA hopper wagon.  Is there any news on this model at all?

 

Thanks.

 

Good morning KAR 120C, the factory are currently preparing the first decorated samples of the PHA/JGA for review. We hope to have these next month.

 

We will of course provide updates as soon as we have more information.

[Trains4U]

We are now producing steel coil loads for the BLA wagons

 

 

These are 3D printed in resin.

 

Painted and finished sets are £20

unpainted sets £10

 

these will be available this weekend at GETS in Milton Keynes and directly from us afterwards 

[Trains4U]

We have also been weathering up BBA and BLA wagons

these too will be available to buy at the show

 

[RBE]

Those look great Gareth.

[mevaman1]

I am the lucky winner of a set of 6 KMS EWS limited editions. 3 x BBAs and 3 x BLAs.  I am chuffed to bits (excuse the pun).

 

I unpacked them this afternoon and realised (again) how exquisite these are.  They’ll go with my Bachmann BZAs and Accurascale JSAs.

 

You’ve got to be in it to win it

[SHerr]

Just wondering if anyone knows of and stockists that still have the Railfreight BBA’s available? I’ve searched quite a bit and can’t see any but wondering if I’ve missed anything.
 

Alternatively, when did Bauxite ones last until in traffic? There seems to be a decent amount of those still available, my need will be 1986/7 period.

 

unless of course there’s any rumours of a batch 3 - just all R/F ones, you know you need to.

[Going2theDogs]

Hi All (& especially SHerr),

If you are looking for Cavalex BBA Trains4U appear to have these in bauxite & weathered brown liveries.
Collets, KMS and RoS are showing the BLA in Railfreight livery if that helps.

Aside from that, try John Dutfield in Chelmsford as their web presence is quite minimal so a phone call would be best.

Failing that keep your eyes out on EBay.

Good luck.

Edited March 25, 2023 by Going2theDogs

[RBE]

5 hours ago, SHerr said:

Just wondering if anyone knows of and stockists that still have the Railfreight BBA’s available? I’ve searched quite a bit and can’t see any but wondering if I’ve missed anything.
 

Alternatively, when did Bauxite ones last until in traffic? There seems to be a decent amount of those still available, my need will be 1986/7 period.

 

unless of course there’s any rumours of a batch 3 - just all R/F ones, you know you need to.

I believe that the Railfreight versions are now rather scarce. They sold out in double quick time on both previous batches. 

 

We are looking to do further batches though so watch this space.

 

Regards

Cav

 

 

[SHerr]

15 hours ago, RBE said:

I believe that the Railfreight versions are now rather scarce. They sold out in double quick time on both previous batches. 

 

We are looking to do further batches though so watch this space.

 

Regards

Cav

 

 

Brilliant news, thanks. I will hang on rather than go for Bauxite on that basis as that’s what I’m really after. 

[hmrspaul]

20 hours ago, Going2theDogs said:

Hi All (& especially SHerr),

If you are looking for Cavalex BBA Trains4U appear to have these in bauxite & weathered brown liveries.
Collets, KMS and RoS are showing the BLA in Railfreight livery if that helps.

Aside from that, try John Dutfield in Chelmsford as their web presence is quite minimal so a phone call would be best.

Failing that keep your eyes out on EBay.

Good luck.

I've plenty of recent photos of BBAs and many don't look like they've been near a paintshop since the day they were manufactured in the late 1970s. Some have a DB sticker stuck on the side. But few have original ends or original floor girder arrangement. 

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/bba  They are a mess!

 

Paul

[Trains4U]

We are clearing the last remaining stocks of Cavalex BBAs and BLAs.
Numbers are limited, so get in now if you want a fantastic wagon at a bargain price!

We have BBAs in Bauxite
20% off. Was £45.00   Now £36.00 each


BX(1) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53467/Cavalex-Models-BBA01-BX(1)---910100-Bauxite
BX(2) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53468/Cavalex-Models-BBA01-BX(2)---910191-Bauxite
BX(3) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53469/Cavalex-Models-BBA01-BX(3)---910202-Bauxite

BBAs in plain brown
20% off. Was £45.00   Now £36.00 each



PB(2) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53473/Cavalex-Models-BBA01-PB(2)---910344-Weathered-Brown
PB(3) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53474/Cavalex-Models-BBA01-PB(3)---910231-Weathered-Brown


BLAs in plain brown
20% off. Was £45.00   Now £36.00 

 

PB(2) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53478/Cavalex-Models-BLA01-PB(2)---910314-Weathered-Brown
PB(3) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53479/Cavalex-Models-BLA01-PB(3)---910217-Weathered-Brown

BLAs in Railfreight
15% off.   Was £45.00 now £38.25 each 



RF(2) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53475/Cavalex-Models-BLA01-RF(2)---910009-Railfreight
RF(3) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53476/Cavalex-Models-BLA01-RF(3)---910228-Railfreight
RF(4) - http://www.trains4u.com/p/53477/Cavalex-Models-BLA01-RF(4)---910481-Railfreight

Edited May 8, 2023 by Trains4U

[Eddie the dog]

Hi,

Bit late to the party, but wanted to ask whether BBA’s & BLA’s would appear in the same rake together ?
Cheers.

[Mooresby]

24 minutes ago, Eddie the dog said:

Hi,

Bit late to the party, but wanted to ask whether BBA’s & BLA’s would appear in the same rake together ?
Cheers.

They do on my layout! :)

[Eddie the dog]

Thanks for the reply 😁

[Magna Junction]

4 hours ago, Eddie the dog said:

Hi,

Bit late to the party, but wanted to ask whether BBA’s & BLA’s would appear in the same rake together ?
Cheers.

Yes they did, I think some BBA's were converted to BLA's around 1994 so there were mixed rakes around that time, found a video on YouTube of 60034 hauling a mixed rake.

 

British Rail-Newport September 1994 - YouTube

[Steadfast]

You can still get the mix today. Whilst the long distance flows tend to be slab or coil, the South Wales trips between Margam and Llanwern can have a variety of steel products (and wagon types) on one train, so BBAs with slab and BLAs with coil could run together, or a mix of one type loaded and the other empty.

 

Jo

[JN]

On 03/08/2023 at 14:44, Eddie the dog said:

Hi,

Bit late to the party, but wanted to ask whether BBA’s & BLA’s would appear in the same rake together ?
Cheers.

Sure. Along with BAAs, BDAs, BNAs, KIBs...

 

Rarer is. The 'Tubeliner' (Lackenby - Corby and back) was the odd one out as far as I can tell being all one steel-carrying wagon type. Possibly IWBs (the big Cargowagon wagons and the cargowagon flats) being the exception to the varied wagon type rule too (in the context of steel conveyance by block trains). I do not know everything about everything.

[Jack97m]

With the 56’s being in our hands now I was just wondering if there was any news on the modified BBA’s with the different decks and also the BXA/BWA’s?