No Decorum Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 13 hours ago, adb968008 said: Class 92 was supposed to be the answer to that.. Ah yes. That loco now hauling trains with cold showers and scarcely any food. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) On 10/07/2024 at 09:32, No Decorum said: Stupendous achievement! I expressed an interest in the model at EoI stage and then, to try to help things along, added one in GNER livery without even being able to put money aside. A bit of creative accounting required, followed by more as a sound project was announced! I’m not convinced that Hornby’s new 91 is all that it should be but a full train of GNER coaches sort of fell into my lap when they were deeply discounted. Somehow, it all seemed to work. I wonder if BR was right not to proceed with the 89 project. On its own, it could haul frieght trains which required two Bo-Bos to haul. Well on the modern railway, pairs of bo-bo class 90s have traction motors isolated to reduce current draw as the OLE and mains connections can’t cope. id think a massive fleet of 89s doing freight work (passenger wounds still have gone over to 390s) would have blown too many fuses (I like the premise though and maybe a Tesla rung of a model or 3 in sectorisation livery might happen eventually) Edited July 11 by black and decker boy Typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium LMSfan72 Posted July 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13 (edited) .. Edited July 13 by LMSfan72 Error Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Graham108 Posted August 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15 Well apart from the number of the Class 37 you could almost recreate this image : Full story here - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fE6G6WEndowjSxUM/ 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey28 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Any update on the arrival of the 89? Will it still arrive this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted August 15 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted August 15 48 minutes ago, Monkey28 said: Any update on the arrival of the 89? Will it still arrive this year Hi @Monkey28, Production is continuing and as per our last update from the factory they will arrive in stock this year. Cheers! Fran 6 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendle Forest Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I can't wait for mine to arrive. Seeing it made available was one of the reasons for introducing OHLE onto my layout. That was a nightmare to out up so I'll be damned if I'm not going to be overjoyed when the badger finally arrives to run under it. Now... could we have an 81 next? Pretty please :) a superb 87 would be cherry on the cake too. Ohhh and please make decent pantogrpahs available as spares... there's a dirth of these available for AC electrics 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendle Forest Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 And if you could do a class 304 too.... that would be a superb start to 2025... just saying 😉 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 90136 Posted August 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25 I’ve had the Gold GNER on order almost since announcement. Since Hornby changed from un-refurbished to later Mk4’s, I’ve been searching to see if it ran with Intercity Mk4’s, but it appears that only the White GNER ran with the Intercity Mk4’s, so have to order that one now and move the Gold one on later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeCoach Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 I got the entire rake of Mk4s (sans DVT) for this, and i am looking forward to the 89s as well :) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted August 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27 On 30/06/2022 at 15:11, Accurascale Fran said: We will monitor demand and see. Cheers! Fran Was any decision made on wheel sets? +1 for EM if there was! Sorry if ive missed something elsewhere in the thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted Monday at 22:44 Share Posted Monday at 22:44 On 25/08/2024 at 11:30, 90136 said: I’ve had the Gold GNER on order almost since announcement. Since Hornby changed from un-refurbished to later Mk4’s, I’ve been searching to see if it ran with Intercity Mk4’s, but it appears that only the White GNER ran with the Intercity Mk4’s, so have to order that one now and move the Gold one on later. What else would the gold GNER have run with other than Mk4s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted Tuesday at 06:19 Author Accurascale staff Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 06:19 Hi folks, All I can say is that it is in the hands of our legal team. As you can imagine we can make no further comment, other than we see no delay to the model. Cheers! Fran 13 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators AY Mod Posted Tuesday at 09:50 Administrators Share Posted Tuesday at 09:50 1 hour ago, Ajax50046 said: A quick peruse of said complainant's Twitter feed reveal the rantings of a self-obsessed lunatic. Voicing opinions won't help Accurascale deal with the issue. Let's leave those out of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted Tuesday at 10:46 RMweb Premium Share Posted Tuesday at 10:46 11 hours ago, Pete the Elaner said: What else would the gold GNER have run with other than Mk4s? The problem is that the GNER Mk4s that Hornby have made are in refurbished condition, with the red doors and the pod on the DVT for wifi. The Mk4s were refurbished after GNER had retired the 89, so are technically wrong to run with the 89. So you can ignore it like I'm doing and engage with a bit of rule 1 to run refurbished coaches with the 89. Alternatively the 89 with white GNER lettering ran with rakes of Intercity branded Mk4s, so you could run that as a consist. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted Tuesday at 11:22 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 11:22 (edited) 53 minutes ago, nightstar.train said: The problem is that the GNER Mk4s that Hornby have made are in refurbished condition, with the red doors and the pod on the DVT for wifi. The Mk4s were refurbished after GNER had retired the 89, so are technically wrong to run with the 89. So you can ignore it like I'm doing and engage with a bit of rule 1 to run refurbished coaches with the 89. Alternatively the 89 with white GNER lettering ran with rakes of Intercity branded Mk4s, so you could run that as a consist. or just buy the previous old tooling mk4’s… I found there to be precious little in it, I simply cut off the coupling, mounted a roco close coupling, glued the steps on, and span the bogies the opposite way around. Ive not really been convinced that the new mk4’s are that much better than the old ones, and tbh feels like the new one is a bit of a dogs dinner. I went for a new DVT though, colour match is very close. Before.. comparison.. New vs old mk5.. conversion.. (cut off the steps from the bogie, and removed the old coupling completely). Then glued the steps onto the frame. After.. (spin the bogie around). Effort about 10 minutes, cost about £5.50 a pair of couplings (though they are sold in bags of 12 for c£35). The old GNER mk4’s are virtually freeware on ebay. i’ll stick with my oldies until someone doesnt a decent mk4. Edited Tuesday at 11:40 by adb968008 8 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf27 Posted Tuesday at 16:46 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:46 10 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi folks, All I can say is that it is in the hands of our legal team. As you can imagine we can make no further comment, other than we see no delay to the model. Cheers! Fran Dammit Fran, I take a look at this thread I see there has been some activity and hoping for an update only to see some references to legal teams etc and start to panic! Hope everything is still on track! You know how much I am looking forward to this loco! 😁 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted Tuesday at 17:48 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:48 I have obviously missed something. Legal action about what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted Tuesday at 17:51 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 17:51 (edited) 7 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: I have obviously missed something. Legal action about what? Someone proposed adding snow ploughs to the badger and a riot broke out. offenders have already been sentenced to three years in Margate. Some GNER class 91’s were released early to make space for them. 😃 Edited Tuesday at 17:56 by adb968008 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted Tuesday at 17:52 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 17:52 2 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: I have obviously missed something. Legal action about what? Just look back a page! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted Tuesday at 17:57 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 17:57 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said: Just look back a page! Too late that threads gone. It was replaced by a Railroad class 90 and mk3’s. nothing to see here, looks like 89001 is to have any TB eradicated… https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/02/government-announces-tb-eradication-strategy-to-end-the-badger-cull/ 😃 Edited Tuesday at 18:00 by adb968008 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave75 Posted Tuesday at 18:20 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:20 I'm glad Frans post is still there , otherwise after reading the thread at lunchtime I would have had to assume my cheese sarnie had been spiked ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted Tuesday at 19:54 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:54 8 hours ago, adb968008 said: or just buy the previous old tooling mk4’s… I found there to be precious little in it, I simply cut off the coupling, mounted a roco close coupling, glued the steps on, and span the bogies the opposite way around. Ive not really been convinced that the new mk4’s are that much better than the old ones, and tbh feels like the new one is a bit of a dogs dinner. I went for a new DVT though, colour match is very close. Before.. comparison.. New vs old mk5.. conversion.. (cut off the steps from the bogie, and removed the old coupling completely). Then glued the steps onto the frame. After.. (spin the bogie around). Effort about 10 minutes, cost about £5.50 a pair of couplings (though they are sold in bags of 12 for c£35). The old GNER mk4’s are virtually freeware on ebay. i’ll stick with my oldies until someone doesnt a decent mk4. I've run both old Margate made and New China IC ones together. And agree not much in it. Picks on the appropriate Hornby thread. I picked up the new mk4s at £20 a pop recently which makes a better train than my hodgepodge of old Mk3s with a HST DVT. (though the mk4 DVT was a bit more). The new does have NEMs though, and I replaced the tension locks with roco style to allow for eventual push-pull. Looking forwards to the 89.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 90136 Posted Friday at 01:11 RMweb Gold Share Posted Friday at 01:11 On 02/09/2024 at 23:44, Pete the Elaner said: What else would the gold GNER have run with other than Mk4s? My point was the new Hornby Mk4’s are modelled on the Mallard upgrades with the orange doors, as far as I am aware, the 89 never ran with these. The only images I can see of the GNeR 89 with intercity mk4’s is the white lettering. I’m not disputing what they ran with, more the livery they carried. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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