RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) The Golden Valley stock is HOm not HO (OO)Yes but they can get the HO too just not all in stock.Here we go blame the cold for clicking on the wrong link http://www.goldenvalleyhobbies.com/index.php?page=catalogue&cat=3118&toplevel=1 Edited December 22, 2016 by PaulRhB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Midland Mole Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) Thank you Kernow, just managed to order a Huntley & Palmers version. Happy times! - Alex Edited December 22, 2016 by Midland Mole 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big James Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) Not gonna lie I've succumbed. Ordered one just now and can't wait. I've really got a soft spot for small cute tank engines. Big james Edited December 22, 2016 by Big James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I may get this 10-year old project finished now. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) I may get this 10-year old project finished now. Wow he's building a railway Transformers - Optimus P4 Edited December 22, 2016 by PaulRhB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 I may get this 10-year old project finished now. That's a lot of work to do to get from one to t'other. Wouldn't it be easier to do a scratchbuild? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 That's a lot of work to do to get from one to t'other. Wouldn't it be easier to do a scratchbuild? 80% of the body is done and the Peckett chassis (although a compromise for this) is a lovely runner; when I can find which box I stored it in I can check the fit but it shouldn't be too far out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) 80% of the body is done and the Peckett chassis (although a compromise for this) is a lovely runner; when I can find which box I stored it in I can check the fit but it shouldn't be too far out.Should have started from that paint sample though, the only one that already had the coupling rod missing ;-) Roy Edited December 22, 2016 by Roy Langridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 My dad had a Ford Anglia too....bog-standard 2 door ( heater extra) reg,HB 9452( Merthyr Tyfil) circa 1957 Off Topic again! Ours was the bog standard one also, Dad fitted his own heater, windscreen washers were unheard of in those days and it had only one rear light in the centre of the boot lid. The day he got it he collected me from sitting my 11+ exam at Burnage Grammar School ( Manchester) ( I Passed!!), there were just 2 cars outside to collect pupils one my dads Anglia and the other a Ford Consul which disappointed me a bit as I though his may have been the Consul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 What a lovely little model! Had 18 wagons behind mine and it was Ok. 20 made it slip a little on the curves. Feels like it's a cast metal body - it's quite weighty for such a small engine. Means that the ideas we have for the Model Rail/Rapido J70 might just work. (CJL) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Lots of people saying how many carriages / wagons theirs can pull, but what is a prototypical load for one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Ha! Mr. Im in the UK. I live by the perils of International mail. But hopefully Dodo does fly, and flies fast. Sorry, Dodos were flightless! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Lots of people saying how many carriages / wagons theirs can pull, but what is a prototypical load for one? Quite a lot. Footage of a similar size Peckett pulling a passenger train with ease. Taken from the film The Virgin And The Gypsy. Locomotive is 1999/1941 North Western Gas Board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQl2nPyQ_LE Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 Lots of people saying how many carriages / wagons theirs can pull, but what is a prototypical load for one?Depended a lot on the business and the line itself. Anything from 4-5 on steeply graded lines like Foxfield Colliery to 12 or a few more on flat lines. In preservation I wouldn't expect it to manage more than a couple of coaches purely because of braking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian777999 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 They seems to be all sold out already...that was quick. Perhaps Hornby have found their niche in the market place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Does anyone know if one was ever painted in a yellow livery? Something like a Colman's PO wagon livery could look quite stunning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ruston Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 Does anyone know if one was ever painted in a yellow livery? Something like a Colman's PO wagon livery could look quite stunning. Paint it whatever colour you want! Just look through the books in the Irwell Press Industrial Railways In Colour series and you'll find industrial locos in just about every colour and shade you can think of. Well, I still haven't got my Peckett. Hornby must have the shop I ordered mine from at the bottom of the list to distribute them to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Biscuit just arrived, and it is good enough to eat I can see new releases becoming addictive as these are just so, I can't bring myself to use the Sw... or c..e words Back to Andys sacrilege maybe I should amend it to Optimus P4 Grime? I will not start another layout, repeat after me, oh why did I have to know about the tramway track? Time to dig out more boxes of unused stock and sell sell sell Edited December 23, 2016 by PaulRhB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian777999 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Did these small industrial loco use a brake van when pulling a rake of wagons ? What sort of brake van was it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well I took Virginia to bed last night to have a really good look at her. I am well impressed, this is one masterpiece of design that the design team at Hornby can be proud of. The execution is superb, the paint finish and the black and white lining is incredibly fine. Running qualities are impeccable, super slow speed control and quite even with old feedback controllers. Is this the best cab detail on a RTR model? But just as Andy said mind that whistle. screen shot windows 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Did these small industrial loco use a brake van when pulling a rake of wagons ? What sort of brake van was it ? In their industrial days? No, almost never. A few of the larger systems had brake vans but they were usually ex main like stock used as mess vans, breakdown vans, etc. Those passed for running on the main lines would have a brake van on those occasions, but on their own, internal systems brake vans were rarely required. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
70E Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 My H&P version arrived yesterday from Hattons. Then came the confessional to swmbo , 'how much was that, do you really need it havent you got enough locos already, how many locos still on supposed pre-order' etc etc. Having bought a Dapol O gauge 08 a few weeks a go and confessing about that came the question 'are you changing scale again what scale is it 'N' gauge? No dear its oo 'Are you sure? It looks like N gauge to me, its so small, Your not changing gauge again are you? ' No dear! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I ordered yesterday and I've just had an email to say it's in the post 1st class. Excellent service, first class. And it arrived this morning! It arrived at 7.15 which I could have done without, but it's here and looking very pretty! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well I took Virginia to bed last night to have a really good look at her. I am well impressed, this is one masterpiece of design that the design team at Hornby can be proud of. The execution is superb, the paint finish and the black and white lining is incredibly fine. Running qualities are impeccable, super slow speed control and quite even with old feedback controllers. Is this the best cab detail on a RTR model? But just as Andy said mind that whistle. screen shot windows Sleeping with a train.... slightly disturbing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 My H&P version arrived yesterday from Hattons. Then came the confessional to swmbo , 'how much was that, do you really need it havent you got enough locos already, how many locos still on supposed pre-order' etc etc. Having bought a Dapol O gauge 08 a few weeks a go and confessing about that came the question 'are you changing scale again what scale is it 'N' gauge? No dear its oo 'Are you sure? It looks like N gauge to me, its so small, Your not changing gauge again are you? ' No dear! You aren't talking correctly to her. "Don't you need another pair of shoes? or a handbag?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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