spiket4 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Google weatherill as they made loading shovels in the 50s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Here is my album of coal yard shovels , the long arm Weatherill was the most common until the late 80s when telescopic handlers started to take over like the JCB Loadall. https://www.flickr.com/photos/seacoaler/albums/72157631680398858 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passed Driver Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Hi All. That is a very good picture of the staithes. And a hand bit of kit for loading/ unloading, but , how tall are the staithes by the length and width ? Maybe six foot high? All the best. Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Woodcock Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Hello I fitted a loader from the Airfix JCB kit to an Oxford yellow MF 135. It resides on our Towcester layout set in 1977. Took about an hour to do including making the loader mountings and painting. I also used one of the Airfix JCBs in the coal yard on my old Bedlam Heath layout minus the back-actor. Set in 1980 so it was probably affordable by then. Cheers George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2018 Oxford are bringing out a 1950's loader based on Fordson Major very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthnut Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Well, look what Oxford have just announced! https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/brm/information/oxford-diecast-january-2018-announcements?utm_source=Communicator&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=imageLink38&utm_campaign=A+surprise+announcement+by+Oxford+Rail&_ccCt=CCMcwRuh0obDylsrSog3G561Awbl_kaTuK2qNnItF7Tx1PcBMOkD7d%7egqpRqXqVn A few potential candidates here! I do wish they would have chosen a Hymac 580c as opposed to the newer JCB excavator though, already quite a few of those around and too late for my chosed era. The Hymacs seem to be a much overlooked make and were really the main machines until the Japanese units like Hitachi started to appear. TTFN, Ben Edited February 10, 2018 by synthnut 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fodenway Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Well, look what Oxford have just announced! https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/brm/information/oxford-diecast-january-2018-announcements?utm_source=Communicator&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=imageLink38&utm_campaign=A+surprise+announcement+by+Oxford+Rail&_ccCt=CCMcwRuh0obDylsrSog3G561Awbl_kaTuK2qNnItF7Tx1PcBMOkD7d%7egqpRqXqVn A few potential candidates here! I do wish they would have chosen a Hymac 580c as opposed to the newer JCB excavator though, already quite a few of those around and too late for my chosed era. The Hymacs seem to be a much overlooked make and were really the main machines until the Japanese units like Hitachi started to appear. TTFN, Ben Some interesting models to come, including one for which I have pleaded for years - the Austin A40 Somerset. I really hoped that Oxford would get it right, but I think the grille is too squared off at the "shoulders", the real ones having a continuous curve. They have also listed the 1/43 AC Aceca as an Aston Martin ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Well, look what Oxford have just announced! https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/brm/information/oxford-diecast-january-2018-announcements?utm_source=Communicator&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=imageLink38&utm_campaign=A+surprise+announcement+by+Oxford+Rail&_ccCt=CCMcwRuh0obDylsrSog3G561Awbl_kaTuK2qNnItF7Tx1PcBMOkD7d%7egqpRqXqVn A few potential candidates here! I do wish they would have chosen a Hymac 580c as opposed to the newer JCB excavator though, already quite a few of those around and too late for my chosed era. The Hymacs seem to be a much overlooked make and were really the main machines until the Japanese units like Hitachi started to appear. TTFN, Ben Hymacs (made by a subsidiary of Powell-Dyffryn in South Wales) seemed to be BR's preference for many years. I did notice Oxford had announced they were going to do one of the very early tracked JCBs; did BR use these at all, I wonder? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Some interesting models to come, including one for which I have pleaded for years - the Austin A40 Somerset. I really hoped that Oxford would get it right, but I think the grille is too squared off at the "shoulders", the real ones having a continuous curve. They have also listed the 1/43 AC Aceca as an Aston Martin ! And the 'Commer van' is a BMC J4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fodenway Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 And the 'Commer van' is a BMC J4. Well spotted Bernard, and whilst we're at it, the LWB Transit 'van' is a crew-cab truck - assuming they are going to put a body on it !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Well spotted Bernard, and whilst we're at it, the LWB Transit 'van' is a crew-cab truck - assuming they are going to put a body on it !! Yes Kevin, a dropside pick-up. Stobart and Network Rail the first two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fodenway Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Transit trucks - most of the ones around here seem to be full of Probation Service "guests", smoking and drinking coffee whilst their supervisors cut the grass and pick up litter.....!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Nice to see some older construction equipment from Oxford. Would be nice to see a Drott track shovel ,Hymac 580 excavator and a JCB 3C MK11 The JCB 3CX above was introduced in 1980 and this is the first version . Won't look out of place in anything 1980 to present though. Now for some Extreme Rivet Counting the JCB Fordson Major should have four hole front wheels , This is a very early 1950s JCB . The 1957 on Power / Super Majors had the three hole wheels earlier models had four holes , Sure many will point this out when it is put on a layout or maybe not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) This video shows at 2.09 min a Fordson Major tractor loader unloading a 16 ton coal wagon through the side door . It is not unlike the latest Oxford release minus the back hoe. Edited June 11, 2018 by jcb 3c 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Have you tried searching the various military vehicle range of kits? Gordon A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Just realised the original post was 6 years ago so he's probably found something by now ! But hey ho its an interesting topic ( to me anyway!) and useful info for others hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Corgi juniors made a tractor with a front shovel in around 1:76 in the 60s and 70s. Scrubs up well Edited June 13, 2018 by ianmacc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Image of it Image of it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Always thought that Corgi Juniors MF was quite a good casting for it's day but maybe a little crude by today's standards. Never understood why they put a rather big bulldozer blade on it when everyone I ever saw had a loader bucket on. The old Matchbox Weatherill loader was a model seen in many real life coal yards and about the right scale and again a good detail casting for a pocket money toy . 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2018 Always thought that Corgi Juniors MF was quite a good casting for it's day but maybe a little crude by today's standards. Never understood why they put a rather big bulldozer blade on it when everyone I ever saw had a loader bucket on. The old Matchbox Weatherill loader was a model seen in many real life coal yards and about the right scale and again a good detail casting for a pocket money toy . DSC04865.JPG DSC04869.JPG The problem with the Matchbox Wetheral is the vastly underscale driver. The Morris J2 pick-up has greater detail than the current Oxford and Corgi offerings, around the rear lights in particular, the current models just make do with a blob of paint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Matchbox accuracy and casting details were fantastic then , specially for two bob kids toys Detail on shovel is excellent even the two rivets on each bucket tooth can be seen. But agree the driver looks odd and why is he wearing a scouts hat ? and why did Matchbox put a dog in the MG1100 ? but I digress Edited June 13, 2018 by jcb 3c 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 I am attempting to upgrade the Matchbox J2 using bits from the Oxford model. I was surprised to discover that the wheelbase of the Matchbox model was approx. 0.5 mm shorter. Checking with published drawings it appears that the Matchbox one is incorrect in that they have moved the rear axle forward by that ammount. Easily overcome by cutting the corresponding ammount out of the Oxford chassis. Everything else seems to be a very good fit including the glazing. From the front both castings look as if they came from the same mould. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Sounds good please post some pics . Got some ideas about converting the Oxford Fordson Major into various construction vehicles that I am about to start and maybe even finish Edited June 14, 2018 by jcb 3c 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 There’s a lot of fun to be had upgrading the lesney husky and minix models. Slowly but surely they’re being brought out by Oxford though so the call for them is dwindling. Can anybody remember a layout in railway modeller a few years ago where many of the road vehicles were exactly that? Think it was a welsh seaside resort? The captions gave lovely descriptions such as ‘rover’s striker jogs along the farm track’ etc.? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 Sounds good please post some pics . Got some ideas about converting the Oxford Fordson Major into various construction vehicles that I am about to start and maybe even finish Haven't actually started yet, that is apart from removing the chassis from the Matchbox model. The 'donor' incidently was obtained from the Oxford diecast for £1 at a truck rally, they sell off any 'returns' like that, a good source of parts for such conversions. They will have a stand at the Warley show in November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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