marcusd666 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Just had the invoice from TMC the APT-E is almost here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 10 hours ago, marcusd666 said: Quick question. seeing that i have a small 9ft end to end layout so running in will be very hard. Can you run the power cars on there own i.e.. on a rolling road ? Yes, it's possible if you couple one of the E1T artic bogies under the rear end to support it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d46037 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just had an email from Kernow to say my APT-E is on it’s way and should be delivered tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d46037 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just had an email from Kernow to say my APT-E is on it’s way and should be delivered tomorrow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted March 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, d46037 said: Just had an email from Kernow to say my APT-E is on it’s way and should be delivered tomorrow. Snap My second Rapido product - the first being the Rails Dyno. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted March 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2022 18 hours ago, Bucoops said: Snap My second Rapido product - the first being the Rails Dyno. Curious, the DPD email says today but when you track it, it says they don't have it yet. Not too bothered, as long as it arrives at some point and intact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Model Centre Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Ours have arrived.Great artwork on the box. Sorry, too well packed to show contents. Impressed? We are. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidoandy Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 38 minutes ago, Widnes Model Centre said: Ours have arrived.Great artwork on the box. Sorry, too well packed to show contents. Impressed? We are. Glad you like it! We thought it deserved a box that would make it stand out. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2022 47 minutes ago, Widnes Model Centre said: Ours have arrived.Great artwork on the box. Sorry, too well packed to show contents. Impressed? We are. Looks like an album cover from Kit and the Tiltpacks. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d46037 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) APT is here! Friday 18th ; arrived about 1430 ish with DPD. Artwork on Box very nice.Had a quick inspection of contents ,all looks very impressive ,also looked at instructions about putting it together,I think that can wait for another day! Edited March 18, 2022 by d46037 Remove unnecessary text 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted March 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Bucoops said: Curious, the DPD email says today but when you track it, it says they don't have it yet. Not too bothered, as long as it arrives at some point and intact. Ah, updated to say they have it. I have a Hermes or whatever they're called parcel stuck in limbo at the moment but DPD are usually much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDH10A Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Mine arrived today. A beautiful model both mechanically and finish wise. Well done to @rapidoandy and his team. Other manufacturers watch out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleander Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Mine arived today. The Artwork on the Box is Fantastic. Top marks to Rapido. Not had the chance to run her yet. Looking foward to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisTramwayMan Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 7 hours ago, AY Mod said: Looks like an album cover from Kit and the Tiltpacks. Indeed ! Given that LPs were 12 inches in diameter, then you'd actually fit one inside this box. Limited edition anyone ? Seriously, mine arrived today courtesy of Parcelforce - well impressed with both the packaging and the model, although it looks to be one that you only put together once if at all possible. The price too looks relatively good value - £407 with twin powered cars, with sound. Compare that to around £326 being asked for Hornby's HSTs due later this year, 1 power car, one dummy, no sound...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusd666 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Still waiting on mine from The Model Centre hopefully I will get a dispatch email next week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) I agree, a wonderful package. The instruction leaflet is well written and also very entertaining Edited March 31, 2022 by andyman7 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Looks like an album cover from Kit and the Tiltpacks. We had a good lineup then, yes. Trevor Easton on pumps, Steve Rice on hand valves, Nick Breary on accumulators and me on servo-valves. Trevor and Nick could really lay down a good rhythm backing and Steve and I pretty well zapped it on vocals too. Our debut gig at Leicester's De Montfort Halls supporting Rod Stewart was a blast! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2022 So, I went full crazy person and picked one up at Ally Pally. Not ran it yet or anything like that but couple of things to look into: 1) Need to come up with a DCC address, did the real thing ever get a TOPS number or anything? I'm half tempted to use 152 in reference to its speed record for lack of better choice. 2) Suggestions for display case/storage that doesn't require to uncouple it all the time (can't store on layout as not permanent). Best I've seen is those trainsafe tubes but quite expensive without even considering the possiblity of import costs/taxes due to being an EU based company. Any alternatives? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 7 hours ago, Kaput said: So, I went full crazy person and picked one up at Ally Pally. Not ran it yet or anything like that but couple of things to look into: 1) Need to come up with a DCC address, did the real thing ever get a TOPS number or anything? I'm half tempted to use 152 in reference to its speed record for lack of better choice. 2) Suggestions for display case/storage that doesn't require to uncouple it all the time (can't store on layout as not permanent). Best I've seen is those trainsafe tubes but quite expensive without even considering the possiblity of import costs/taxes due to being an EU based company. Any alternatives? No, E-Train never carried a TOPS no. and one was never even . Its only 'identity' was 'APT-E' as shown on the Rapido model. Sounds like 152 would be very appropriate. I have one of the original batch of E-Train models and had the same problem as you, and as you say, the Trainsafe tubes are not exactly cheap, so I made a storage case of my own from a length of large electrical conduit. with a length of track glued to the bottom and strategically placed foam blocks inside to stop the model bouncing off the walls of them conduit. I couldn't just leave it grey though, so I painted it appropriately..... I'd like to upload some pics, but the current site problems won't seem to let me sadly. I did a write up on the case in the original E-Train model thread and there's a full set of pics there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) On 20/03/2022 at 23:33, Kaput said: So, I went full crazy person and picked one up at Ally Pally. Not ran it yet or anything like that but couple of things to look into: 1) Need to come up with a DCC address, did the real thing ever get a TOPS number or anything? I'm half tempted to use 152 in reference to its speed record for lack of better choice. 2) Suggestions for display case/storage that doesn't require to uncouple it all the time (can't store on layout as not permanent). Best I've seen is those trainsafe tubes but quite expensive without even considering the possiblity of import costs/taxes due to being an EU based company. Any alternatives? No, E-Train never carried a TOPS no. and one was never given . Its only 'identity' was 'APT-E' as shown on the Rapido model. Sounds like 152 would be very appropriate. I have one of the original batch of E-Train models and had the same problem as you, and as you say, the Trainsafe tubes are not exactly cheap, so I made a storage case of my own from a length of large electrical conduit. with a length of track glued to the bottom and strategically placed foam blocks inside to stop the model bouncing off the walls of the conduit. I couldn't just leave it grey though, so I painted it appropriately..... I'd like to upload some pics, but the current site problems won't seem to let me sadly. I did a write up on the case in the original E-Train model thread and there's a full set of pics there. Edited March 31, 2022 by Mr_Tilt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted March 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2022 Link to Kit's post with the APT carry case. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87114-the-official-rapido-apt-e-thread/&do=findComment&comment=4405302 Very nice job, sir! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Thanks for finding that. 👍 I've reloaded all the pics as they all vanished during the re-boot. ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted April 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2022 Got mine shortly before the server meltdown. Have to hand it to rapido it's fantastic. It really feels like no expense was spared. The twin motors and speakers are fantastic. The articulated and tilting bogies are simply amazing. The livery is spot on. The only parts I can find wanting is the fit of the front nose and screws visible through some of the windows. They are so minor however that doesn't really detract from what is a superb bit of engineering. Couple of questions 1. Any idea where all the bits go or are they spares! 2. Mine has 4 window wipers yet I believe one of the power cars only should have 1? What's the best way to correct this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 PC1 had two wipers, and PC2 had one, after the initial run anyway. Maybe just slice one off with a scalpel? Normally PC2's wiper parked to the left viewed from inside the cab, but it was equally likely to park to right when something went wrong. I know that's hard to believe, but things did go wrong now and then......... 🙂 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 As an aside, how do I restore my avatar on here? I can't find any reference to doing it anywhere. ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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