RMweb Gold 81C Posted September 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2017 I've got 4 of them to date they do seem a bit delicate one was a pig in the poke the brake rigging was bent and twisted and rubbed the wheel sets it must have been rammed in the box when first packed it's missing both door hand rails, a lamp bracket, has twisted hand rails and the aforementioned damage I corrected the faults now as I can't be @rsed to send it back just make sure you have a tube of superglue handy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2017 Sorry to hear about that, 81C, mine has been fine, lamp brackets apart. In fact, I gave up on my attempt to prise the roof off to get at the interior to detail it because it is so firmly glued on. Really very happy with it, and now I've replaced the lamp brackets with staples to attach Modelu lamps, I have can lamp it up properly! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Mark Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I've got 4 of them to date they do seem a bit delicate one was a pig in the poke the brake rigging was bent and twisted and rubbed the wheel sets it must have been rammed in the box when first packed it's missing both door hand rails, a lamp bracket, has twisted hand rails and the aforementioned damage I corrected the faults now as I can't be @rsed to send it back just make sure you have a tube of superglue handy. I think you have been unlucky to have one so badly affected. Does sound like rough packing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2017 Now I come to think of it, my brake rigging was out of kilter as well when I first unboxed my toad, but it was a very simple matter to put it back in the right place, where it has stayed ever since. It wasn't rubbing on the wheels, though. I'd agree with Clive about the packing, but to have more than one with problems sounds as if you've offended the gods of railway. You must appease them by buying a loco you don't really need but would rather like to have... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Something of interest in regards to the GWR Toad 17410 currently being overhauled at Bewdley. The wagon has got three RCH buffers and a GWR one. Been told it also has a LMS axlebox... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2017 The topmost of those photos is an excellent illustration of the use of 'scotches'. One is under the nearest wheel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Something of interest in regards to the GWR Toad 17410 currently being overhauled at Bewdley. The wagon has got three RCH buffers and a GWR one. Been told it also has a LMS axlebox... It was like that in 1971 http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/gwrbrakevan/e1c6792cb and although similar the two visible axleboxes are different. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) (There were differences within the AA15, which was a long-lived diagram, and Hornby's feature set is applicable only for one AA15 lot.) That makes it a pig to rebrand and I've so far only found Stoke Gifford [56701],Banbury [56698], Severn Tunnel [Junc.] 56683,Penzance [56715] as possible changes. Edited September 24, 2017 by gwrrob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The wagon has got three RCH buffers and a GWR one. Been told it also has a LMS axlebox... ... and a LMS coupling hook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 That makes it a pig to rebrand and I've so far only found Stoke Gifford [56701],Banbury [56698], Severn Tunnel [Junc.] 56683,Penzance [56715] as possible changes. None of those are represented by the particular Hornby AA15 lot. See http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/125030-gwr-goods-brake-vans-page-on-gwrorg/?p=2808606 The only AA15s of lot 932 that have known allocations are: 68608 Taunton 68624 Acton 68655 Southall 68656 Southall 68690 Dowlais Cae Harris 17955 Llanelly Dock is a possible (of lot 888) 17753 Llanelly Dock is not listed in the official list of AA15s. As previously noted, it is unlikely the list of brake vans in the official list is complete, or the list of allocations is incorrect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thanks to Miss P , CCT do nine different sets of brake van allocations in all scales. The code starts BL166A through to BL166T-Y and are alphabetical. Might be of use to those who want some beginning with the same letter.4mm price is £7.50 https://www.cctrans.org.uk/products.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2017 Yes. I will at some time when I acquire a round tuit be ordering some 'Tondu' ones, and will be quite happy to let anyone who wants the other 'T's have them for an SAE; keep an eye on my Cwmdimbath thread in 'Layout Topics', 'South Wales Valleys in the 1950s'. One of my older toads, a fitted Mainline over 30 years old, is branded 'Return to Port Talbot WR. and is used as the 'spare'; I will probably keep this one and have fitted new lamp irons to it. Lettering and numbering, something I always found faffy, is now beyond my powers of steadiness of hand and concentration, and it is as well that Cambridge and their like are there to help me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2017 Having just received one of these brake vans, I can sum them up in one word - stunning. Plus they go very well with the Heavy Tanks 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Purchased the latest BR issue from Derails. It is marked "Honeybourne RU" with further panels showing the van to work between Honeybourne and Cheltenham St. James and return. Superb model but the panels will have to go. Hornby appear to like to get away from run of the mill markings. One of their GWR shunters truck is marked South Lambeth and would therefore be restricted to the goods depot close to Battersea Park. Malcolm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 Purchased the latest BR issue from Derails. It is marked "Honeybourne RU" with further panels showing the van to work between Honeybourne and Cheltenham St. James and return. Superb model but the panels will have to go. Hornby appear to like to get away from run of the mill markings. One of their GWR shunters truck is marked South Lambeth and would therefore be restricted to the goods depot close to Battersea Park. Malcolm Despite exhortations to the contrary some RU brake vans did wander far from home so not too much of a problem. As far as Shunters Trucks are concerned it doesn't really matter what Hornby (or Bachmann) put on them as they're effectively only good for the place of that name or possibly languishing somewhere else after withdrawal because they stayed local and didn't run around in trains apart from very short distance trips. In any case for some unaccountable reason, unless things have changed, the Hornby BR version is in the wrong colour anyway so to make it correct it would have to be repainted and relettered. Fortunately a chance chat I had at a show with someone on the Bachmann stand resulted in their BR period versions appearing in the correct colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 I've rebranded 5 now Taunton 68766/68608, Acton 68624 and a couple of iffy one's Par 68571, Truro 68579 all off a HMRS prssfix sheet I think those CCT transfers would have been better if they were branded to a single division rather then A-Z and I tried Old Time transfers but could not get on with them there was far too much film on the sheet I had. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) I think those CCT transfers would have been better if they were branded to a single division rather then A-Z ... The list of allocations, provided by the person who requested that I produce the shunters' truck transfers, was a simple alphabetic list of allocations with appropriate numbers. Not having personal knowledge of which allocations were within each division, I produced the sheets in alphabetic format. The sheets that I provide include every wagon in the list, and took up a huge amount of design time. I accept that a divisional format might have been financially beneficial to you, but it would have required a great deal more research on my part, in order to reduce my own financial return. Sorry, but that's life - you can't satisfy some people, can you? Regards, John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. https://www.cctrans.org.uk/products.htm Edited January 18, 2018 by cctransuk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) The list of allocations, provided by the person who requested that I produce the shunters' truck transfers, was a simple alphabetic list of allocations with appropriate numbers. Not having personal knowledge of which allocations were within each division, I produced the sheets in alphabetic format. The sheets that I provide include every wagon in the list, and took up a huge amount of design time. I accept that a divisional format might have been financially beneficial to you, but it would have required a great deal more research on my part, in order to reduce my own financial return. Sorry, but that's life - you can't satisfy some people, can you? Regards, John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. https://www.cctrans.org.uk/products.htm There's no need to take that attitude with me I've done without your products in the past and I would certainly not be using them in the future now. Edited January 18, 2018 by 81C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) There's no need to take that attitude with me I've done without your products in the past and I would certainly not be using them in the future now. In the words of a famous comedienne - "Look at my face - do I care"? I occasionally produce transfer sheets at the request of modellers, for which I have no personal use. When I do so, I try to be exhaustive so as to cover the requirements of as many modellers as possible. Nonetheless, since these brakevan sheets were introduced I have sold forty-five copies in all scales. Frankly, the financial return on those would suggest that I would have been better off doing my own modelling, rather than spending days compiling transfer sheet designs. Fortunately, the majority of modellers seem to appreciate what I produce; unlike yourself. Regards, John Isherwood. Edited January 18, 2018 by cctransuk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 In the words of a famous comedienne - "Look at my face - do I care"? I occasionally produce transfer sheets at the request of modellers, for which I have no personal use. When I do so, I try to be exhaustive so as to cover the requirements of as many modellers as possible. Nonetheless, since these brakevan sheets were introduced I have sold forty-five copies in all scales. Frankly, the financial return on those would suggest that I would have been better off doing my own modelling, than spending days compiling transfer sheet designs. Fortunately, the majority of modellers seem to appreciate what I produce; unlike yourself. Regards, John Isherwood. You don't give up do you your no better than a troll as we have all seen with your nasty and childish postings in the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Craigw Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 You don't give up do you your no better than a troll as we have all seen with your nasty and childish postings in the past. As an outsider to this dummy spit, can I just say there might be a little bit of pot calling kettle black here? Does anybody know if there is any listings of allocations for the early 1920s? Otherwise, Didcot will be getting a few random vans. Regards, Craig W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Does anybody know if there is any listings of allocations for the early 1920s? No. I would have published it otherwise! Otherwise, Didcot will be getting a few random vans. Sounds good to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2018 There are literally hundred or more of allocations, covering hundreds of vans. Some are literally singular, to cover a particular diagram, to places like Maesglas (Newport, South Wales) to Pontypool Road (just up the road from Newport). Between these depots alone, we are starting to cover several hundred vans. That's without particular diagrams. A little research will yield much information. A fifteen mile radius of Cardiff brings in some 40-odd different allocations, covering some 1,500 vans. That's just Cardiff divisions, by the way. Ian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) A bit of a liberty taken [see Miss P's post 311 above] as I've rebranded mine to Stoke Gifford using Railtec transfers. Highly recommended indeed. Edited April 8, 2018 by gwrrob 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 A bit of a liberty taken [see Miss P's post 311 above] as I've rebranded mine to Stoke Gifford using Railtec transfers. Highly recommended indeed. DSCN3028 (2).JPG I do like the weathering on the roof. It looks just 'right'. ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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