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[robertcwp]

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

I agree a fantastic looking 4-CIG.

 

What surgery did you do to age the 4-BEP? Other than paint the yellow panel of course... The whistle is still there instead of replacing it with horns, but the headcode panel looks like it has the later smaller sized numbers. I decided not buy when Bachmann changed its mind and backdated it, but now I'm wondering how easy or difficult it would be to update it to the late 60s.

As I noted in my post, I found a photo of 7005 with yellow panels and still with a whistle. I changed the buffet car bogies to Commonwealth ones - the EMU versions are available as spares from Bachmann at £12 per bogie, so not cheap, but they go straight in. I added red and yellow bands for buffet and first class from an old HMRS transfer sheet. The end doors with yellow panels were spares from my two green 4 Cep units, which have the smaller headcodes. I changed the headcode on one end to 40 by removing the old one with T-Cut on a cocktail stick and making a new headcode to put in. The headcode assembly comes apart easily.

 

The other thing to do with any 4 Bep from Bachmann is ignore the instruction sheet about the buffet car position as they have it the wrong way round. It will go in the correct way.

[robertcwp]

A couple of videos. I changed a Bachmann 117 to have yellow panels and replaced my old and not to scale iron ore hoppers with tipplers.

 

Iron ore

 

117s

 

 

Edited January 14 by robertcwp

[robertcwp]

A few photos from today's running session:

 

34003 Plymouth - the train is modelled on the winter formation of the Bournemouth-York through train:

P1090146am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

A Phoenix/BSL LMS Sleeper Composite, recently acquired second hand:

P1090145am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

Station scene:

P1090144am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

Accurascale Manor:

P1090142am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

Bachmann 94XX pannier tank:

P1090141am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

Bachmann V2 on a pigeon special:

P1090140am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

DJH Standard Class 2MT, acquired second-hand some years ago:

P1090148am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

Gresley end-door SK - the body of this carriage was, I believe, built by Roy Jackson. It was swapped for a crimson and cream body from a carriage originally built by John Houlden:

P1090147am by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

[robertcwp]

Having previously stated that I had no interest in the new Hornby Black 5, I had overlooked the Caprotti one, which I have now added to my fleet.

 

IMG_0677_m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

The lamps are truly awful and look ridiculous, especially the one that is out of sight in this shot on the back of the tender. They will have to go. Other than that, the model looks good and runs well. It had no trouble with a 35-wagon freight, the longest train on my layout.

Edited June 22 by robertcwp
Typo.

[John Tomlinson]

On 21/06/2024 at 21:45, robertcwp said:

Having previously stated that I had no interest in the new Hornby Black 5, I had overlooked the Caprotti one, which I have now added to my fleet.

 

IMG_0677_m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr

 

The lamps are truly awful and look ridiculous, especially the one that is out of sight in this shot on the back of the tender. They will have to go. Other than that, the model looks good and runs well. It had no trouble with a 35-wagon freight, the longest train on my layout.

 

Having seen some photos and videos of these  Caprotti's, I'm also feeling incresingly tempted. "Silver Sidelines" on here did a piece about getting rid of the lamps, and I'm sure others have done so as well.

 

The only other reason I can see for "upgrading" ones Hornby Black 5's is that they appear to have corrected the error under the front of the smokebox in the earlier issues whereby the flat front was moulded inline with the corresponding parts of the outside running plate.  This should be recessed, but can be corrected by the individual modeller if they so choose.

 

John.

[robertcwp]

29 minutes ago, John Tomlinson said:

 

Having seen some photos and videos of these  Caprotti's, I'm also feeling incresingly tempted. "Silver Sidelines" on here did a piece about getting rid of the lamps, and I'm sure others have done so as well.

 

The only other reason I can see for "upgrading" ones Hornby Black 5's is that they appear to have corrected the error under the front of the smokebox in the earlier issues whereby the flat front was moulded inline with the corresponding parts of the outside running plate.  This should be recessed, but can be corrected by the individual modeller if they so choose.

 

John.

I hadn't been aware of, or had forgotten, about that error. It doesn't trouble me. At £200 or more a go, I'm not inclined to replace my existing fleet.