Jock67B Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 The next model is up on the website - it's the Western. It's maroon but even at high magnification I can't get the name and number. It's as anticipated, so the next should be the J39. Dick,I take it the Stanier 8F is still due this coming week as per your last list? Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) The '8F' is listed on the website as the next issue, followed by the 'Western'. They've kept to this up to now, even if they've been a day or two late sometimes, so the '8F' is due next Wednesday and the 'Western' two weeks later. A further fortnight after that, we should see the 'J39' , but there's nothing definite on that one as yet. I already have both, so the wallet should be safe for now. true I wasn't going to get a 'Britannia', but SWMBO insisted and she** isn't too bad (considering her almost prehistoric origins (The prototypes were still in service when the model first appeared*) and it did come with a binder. * The GBL model is copied from the Hornby tender drive version, but this differs very little from the Tri-ang original. ** Refers to the Britannia of course! Edited May 10, 2015 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Does your wife mind you referring to her 'prehistoric origins'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Dick, I take it the Stanier 8F is still due this coming week as per your last list? Kind regards, Jock. That's right. And if anyone wants an extra one, mine's up for swapsies, when it arrives. I've just had a thought. The 57xx might look interesting in London Transport livery. The decals, including lining, are available as a set from Modelmaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2015 The '8F' is listed on the website as the next issue, followed by the 'Western'. They've kept to this up to now, even if they've been a day or two late sometimes, so the '8F' is due next Wednesday and the 'Western' two weeks later. A further fortnight after that, we should see the 'J39' , but there's nothing definite on that one as yet. I already have both, so the wallet should be safe for now. true I wasn't going to get a 'Britannia', but SWMBO insisted and she isn't too bad (considering her almost prehistoric origins (The prototypes were still in service when the model first appeared*) and it did come with a binder. * The GBL model is copied from the Hornby tender drive version, but this differs very little from the Tri-ang original. I thought I'd missed the 8F, seems more than two weeks since the Brit appeared! Nevermind, I'll be looking out for the 8F and the Western; the J39 looks like a potential purchase too....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Any suggestions of retailers in SW London/Surrey where I might lay my hands on an 8f please? After the cement terminal at Hamworthy closed there was a group rebuilding one of the Turkish 8F's based there... I quite fancy a model but only at the right price. Thanks Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I'll send you mine on a promise of a Lord Nelson later. Or a set of transfers for a LPTB 57xx... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Any suggestions of retailers in SW London/Surrey where I might lay my hands on an 8f please? After the cement terminal at Hamworthy closed there was a group rebuilding one of the Turkish 8F's based there... I quite fancy a model but only at the right price. Thanks Jon I get extras at WH Smith in either Wallington or Sutton, but you have to be there early. But see earlier post for simpler solution. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Buhar Posted May 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2015 Any suggestions of retailers in SW London/Surrey where I might lay my hands on an 8f please? After the cement terminal at Hamworthy closed there was a group rebuilding one of the Turkish 8F's based there... I quite fancy a model but only at the right price. Thanks Jon Hi Jon Are you going to do a British 8F or a TCDD "Churchill"? If it's the latter, I can help with some post-withdrawal photos. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spet0114 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Please. Any mention of a livery other than maroon for western diesels should not be made in polite society. :-) Anyone with a copy of the March 1987 edition of the toddler, turn to p114 for a very nice 'might have been' relivery project... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 You reminded me someone has already done photoshopped versions of a Class 52 in BTC Black, here http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?52075bk1.jpg, which does look rather nice. In response to earlier comments about NSE, http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?52075nse1.jpg Not for the faint hearted! Can somebody have a go at FGW livery on a Western? Just for a laugh? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twright Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?52075gw3.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?52075gw3.jpg That's actually rather good......hmm.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Or,more up-to-date: http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?52074_fgw2.jpg 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I'll send you mine on a promise of a Lord Nelson later. Or a set of transfers for a LPTB 57xx... Can't promise an LN but the transfers are a possibility - I have another iron in the fire for this that might also come through - when would you need to know? Hi Jon Are you going to do a British 8F or a TCDD "Churchill"? If it's the latter, I can help with some post-withdrawal photos. Its a specific loco that I know next to nothing about beyond an article in the railway mag of nov'91 that tells me its 45160 owned by the Churchill Locomotive co. So any info on what modifications where in Turkey would be welcome. Thanks Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Can't promise an LN but the transfers are a possibility - I have another iron in the fire for this that might also come through - when would you need to know? Absolutely no rush. Weeks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) Does your wife mind you referring to her 'prehistoric origins'? She's younger than me by a few years, so what would that make me? Edited May 10, 2015 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 She's younger than me by a few years, so what would that make me? One of the cast in Jurassic Park? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Buhar Posted May 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2015 Its a specific loco that I know next to nothing about beyond an article in the railway mag of nov'91 that tells me its 45160 owned by the Churchill Locomotive co. So any info on what modifications where in Turkey would be welcome. Thanks Jon My identified pictures are 45161 which is recorded as having worked Irmak-Cankiri north-east of Ankara. It seems this was a common area for the 45151 class. I have a few other photos of locos in traffic but none are identified as 41560. I suspect the modifications were standard at first, but locos will have had more local adaptations as the years went on. If you want what I've got, please PM your e-mail addy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 45160 was one of the batch built with right-hand-drive for service in Turkey. It runs today in British guise as LMS 8274. They led a very hard life, as is evident from 45161's very bent footplate. TCDD didn't spend much money on cosmetics! Local modifications would be the Prussian P8-style smokebox door with 4 "dog" handles on the door ring, the cowcatcher and the three headlamps, arranged German-style "Dreilicht-Spitzensignal". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I subscribed and get every issue sent to me. Ok, actually sent to my friend in Bromley since I am in the States, so I have not actually seen any of the 31 locos that I bought and I have waiting for me in the UK. All the postings have been great for me to read even though I will just be putting mine on shelves. Anyway, according to my friend who is graciously collecting them for me in his small flat, along with the 31 locos there are also 3 more that came, a Ty5 1947, a F40PH 1976 Amtrak, and a Seria 1200 1961 (Portuguese). I am told two of them area smaller scale. Does anyone know anything about these other locos and why I got them? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 If you took out out a subscription with the publisher you will have received 3 N gauge locos as a free gift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 That would be 3 N gauge locos that were left over from a previous partwork... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 ... the J39 looks like a potential purchase too... It won't take much for this one to go horribly wrong though, because a large proportion of the boiler underside is formed by the cast block of the mechanism. Either of scanning the body with the mechanism removed, or the mechanism slightly mislocated in the body, is going to produce something very odd. I bought my J39s s/h, and mislocating the mechanism is clearly very simple as all 3 were in versions of this condition; they came quite separately from 3 different owners over an extended period of time. She's younger than me by a few years, so what would that make me? Then again, we're all of prehistoric origin, with our assembly of 'useful parts' picked up along the way.The fine external appearance conceals some stuff not far distant from what is believed to have been floating around in the primordial gloop. Cautionary note: I can from personal experience attest that this sort of thing does not work as a chat up line for the generality of the female of the species. Best not to tell her that she's made of ancient salvage inside... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 along with the 31 locos there are also 3 more that came, a Ty5 1947, a F40PH 1976 Amtrak, and a Seria 1200 1961 (Portuguese). I am told two of them area smaller scale. Does anyone know anything about these other locos and why I got them? I expect those would be the delPrado models in 1:160 N. Ty5 F40PH CP1200 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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