RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 8 hours ago, Andrew Young said: Yes, this one, I believe it’s a Chrezo production, the people who did the 2-8-0 that’s also available from Minerva. The launch of the O gauge USA tank as a joint venture between Minerva and the French company Chrezo was announced in the hall and streamed via YouTube in the link that you’ve found. Speaking to Chris Basten on the Sunday he said that it will be on the website this week. Here’s a photo of the CAD render they had on display. (Edit- It was a laminated sheet in a brightly lit hall, any distortion is due to my trying to hold it for a photo without it catching the hall lights) Due June 2024, to coincide with the 80th anniversary of D Day. Essentially Minerva will sell the Southern style one to the UK market and Chrezo will sell the as built version to the European market. If I get one, I fancy a WD version (as ran on the Melbourne Military Railway near Derby) so asked Chris and he said that he would be the person to sell me one. I suspect that they may well be exchanging a few between them as I suspect that some European modellers will want the Southern version. Before anyone bemoans the silence online about these, it’s worth remembering that the late Chris Klein was always the leader in the online presence of Minerva. A bit reveal at a show seems very old school to us now, but I’ve no objection to that. It worked just fine for years. Andrew Thanks Andrew, The Picasso railcar looks the part. Not cheap mind, €799, which works out at £680 ish on today's exchange rate. And, given the inevitable rush and froth that develops from an early announcement, there's a lot to be said for an old school approach. Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 The link from the French blog is interesting https://www.ree-modeles.com/historique-des-modeles/100-les-030-tu Does no one have copies of the two English language order forms that were available at Guildex , My friend was given them but I was noticeably ignored. (and the only purchase I made at Guildex was a GW van). Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 11 hours ago, NHY 581 said: The Picasso railcar looks the part. Not cheap mind, €799, which works out at £680 ish on today's exchange rate. As the owner of - er - more than one HO Picasso, and an occasional traveller on X3953, which lives about half an hour away, they are lovely railcars. The ride on absolutely terrible track is still comfy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, hmrspaul said: The link from the French blog is interesting https://www.ree-modeles.com/historique-des-modeles/100-les-030-tu Does no one have copies of the two English language order forms that were available at Guildex , My friend was given them but I was noticeably ignored. (and the only purchase I made at Guildex was a GW van). Paul Just for clarity, the above link is from REE Modeles, producers of a fine HO gauge model of the type and provides an overview, not only of those S100s in France but also alludes to those in Austria and Italy ( amongst others ) Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, hmrspaul said: Does no one have copies of the two English language order forms that were available at Guildex , My friend was given them but I was noticeably ignored. (and the only purchase I made at Guildex was a GW van). Paul The forms are on Minerva's website, Paul. They can be downloaded. I note they don't make any reference as yet to any discount for early orders. This was referred to in the vidjoe announcement and included on the 56xx order forms. However, they've not opened a heading for the model as of yet. I know the Siphons arrived late last week so they're probably currently concentrating on dealing with the pre-orders for those. Screenshots for info..... I sense an early crest BR Black shaped financial incident taking shape..........though the SNCF jobs look appealing as well........ Rob. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, hmrspaul said: The link from the French blog is interesting https://www.ree-modeles.com/historique-des-modeles/100-les-030-tu Does no one have copies of the two English language order forms that were available at Guildex , My friend was given them but I was noticeably ignored. (and the only purchase I made at Guildex was a GW van). Paul Couldn’t see any order forms when I was there on Sunday. As @NHY 581 says, the Syphon arrived late last week and Chris has said it’ll take them about a week or so to send out all the preorders. The USA Transport Corps one is tempting, there’s photos of them in that livery in the UK. Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 3 hours ago, NHY 581 said: The forms are on Minerva's website, Paul. They can be downloaded. I note they don't make any reference as yet to any discount for early orders. This was referred to in the vidjoe announcement and included on the 56xx order forms. However, they've not opened a heading for the model as of yet. I know the Siphons arrived late last week so they're probably currently concentrating on dealing with the pre-orders for those. Rob. You did well to find them, I couldn't even find anything for the Siphons or vans let alone these. The plain non British one looks like a suitable starter for a fictitious industrial which would be my interest - although I am only interested because of remembering, rather vaguely, the Guildford one. 3 hours ago, Andrew Young said: Couldn’t see any order forms when I was there on Sunday. As @NHY 581 says, the Siphon arrived late last week and Chris has said it’ll take them about a week or so to send out all the preorders. Andrew These were being given to some interested parties, after discussion. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 7, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2023 7 hours ago, hmrspaul said: You did well to find them, I couldn't even find anything for the Siphons or vans let alone these. The plain non British one looks like a suitable starter for a fictitious industrial which would be my interest - although I am only interested because of remembering, rather vaguely, the Guildford one. These were being given to some interested parties, after discussion. Paul Morning Paul, Home screen as above. Click on 'shop now' below the Pannier image and the screen opens up to include order forms for the Siphons, 56xx, S100s etc, etc. That's hopefully sorted that. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 4, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2023 A few days late but this was posted on October 1st. https://www.minervamodelrailways.co.uk/news/the-usa-tank/ Full specs etc, etc. Rob 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted November 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2023 This looks rather nice, I’d need one of the USATC liveried ones for operation on my little bit of the Manchester Ship Canal, and a US Army loco crew to operate it. There were others that worked in industry in the UK post-war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted January 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12 Does anyone know whether I should expect an acknowledgment for my pre-order from Minerva? I emailed them 6 weeks ago to place the order but haven’t had any response back. I was trying to order one of the ‘French’ ones. cheers, Mol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 13 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13 Try giving Chris a ring or email them again. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted January 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13 I’ve done that today, had a very quick and helpful response. Thanks all 😊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6332 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 62 125 in Bosnia is now the world's last I'm service 0-6-0T. Was active yesterday shunting wagons! Going to have to get one of these! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6332 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 In fact here it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyfaz Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 22 hours ago, D6332 said: In fact here it is That looks like the Yugoslavian version of the loco. JZ class 62. Slightly higher pitched boiler hence the angled steam pipes. Would make an interesting conversion to the Minerva model. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted May 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14 Minerva USA S100 tank loco Having seen the test body mouldings on facebook, they look well detailed. I’m one of the small number of North American prototype O Scale modellers in the UK, I’m interested in the S100 as a US designed and built loco which could have found its way onto a shortline or industrial line in the US. Like my fictional Grand Lake Railroad. The obvious problem is that the model is to 1:43.5 scale whereas US O scale is 1:48, ie smaller, so the loco could appear overscale next to 1:48 scale models. But the locos built for Europe & North African war service [see drawing] were built to a tighter loading gauge, especially lower in height. When I compare the dimensions in 1:43.5 scale to a comparable 1:48 loco such as a B&O C16 ‘dockside’ saddle tank, it’s similar. Unlike the old Hornby Acho 3.5mm scale locos on SR OO layouts! The only problem I foresee is fitting Kadee couplers into the buffer beams which are part of the frames die casting. Other than this, a ready-fitted DCC loco ideal for a compact shortline layout. Maybe Chris could pose the loco with its chassis next to an O scale boxcar for comparison Dava 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 15 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 15 (edited) I've taken the liberty of lifting the images from Minerva's update. From speaking to Chris at NEWGOG in April, they tried to produce the bar frames as close to prototype as they could but they were too fraglie and broke. They've therefore had to quietly beef them up which may account for the delay in the chassis being shown. Looking beneath the front edge of the tank, looks like there is now a solid web across the frames, something Chris wanted to avoid but has had to compromise on to improve rigidity. Rob. Edited May 15 by NHY 581 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 It looks like the original intention of a D-Day delivery has been delayed, but here's a video of one of the models in motion: https://www.facebook.com/100063470204952/videos/1605992416906750/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted June 25 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25 https://www.minervamodelrailways.co.uk/news/first-usa-prototype-arrives/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted September 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7 Short 30 second video of the prototype on display today at Guildex 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6332 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 So um thinking the JZ62 didn't have bar frames and neither does the model. The boiler will need raising slightly... and different pipes andand cylinder tops and the cab windows, and possible cab height... Does any one know if the boiler is a separate piece on the model? And harder one does anyone have a lined drawing of the Yugoslavia variant? All good wishes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrails Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 This is a better pic of the worlds's last working 0-6-0T in a now rare foray into shunting the coal trains, Bosnia, 2024 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrails Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 And a close up for detail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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