hayfield Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have just won 3 Comet tender chassis on Ebay, 2 older ones (blue packing) and one newer. But they do not match the newer product codes, please can someone confirm my thoughts I have a T1 kit 6' 6" x 6' 6" is it a TC1 I have a L1 kit 6' 6" x 6' 6" is it a TC1 I have a T3 kit 7' 6" x 7' 6" is it a TC3 (I see the new lits have both LMS & GWR brake shoes which mine does not) and has 2 rectangle etchings both with 3 holes etched into them, what are they please Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Pictures would be useful. Gordon A Bristol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan100 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 You're going back a lo........ng way there, but T1 is definitely a TC1, and T3 is definitely a TC3. I would think L1 is what is now a TC1 as well, but a photograph would remove doubt. Geoff Brewin Comet Models Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Is this photo any good The top one is the T3 and has 2 extra rectangle etches, each with 3 holes, the center one being oval L1 looks the same as T1. I haven a feeling that the seller bought a job lot of items. I paid £4.23 no postage as I also bought a MPD 3F in P4 from him st the same time. Anyway 3 Comet tender chassis, a Comet 2251 chassis, 2 Bristol Model chassis ( 63xx & a Dean goods) and an Eames LNER valve gear set. Last night I also won a Wills etched King. Arthur chassis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan100 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I think the label on L1 might be a bit of a giveaway...looks like a tender chassis to me! These are very early designs - before tender chassis came with two different spacer widths to suit EM/P4 modellers as well as 00. No idea what the extra pieces with three holes are. Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 The spacers with three holes in look like the braces you have at the bottom between the wheels on later LMS and BR tenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2013 Brake pull rods? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think the label on L1 might be a bit of a giveaway...looks like a tender chassis to me! These are very early designs - before tender chassis came with two different spacer widths to suit EM/P4 modellers as well as 00. No idea what the extra pieces with three holes are. Geoff Geoff Thanks, they are all tender chassis, good thought about EM & P4/00 as the 2 Bristol Model loco chassis are in EM, but all 3 have s width of 11 mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 The spacers with three holes in look like the braces you have at the bottom between the wheels on later LMS and BR tenders. No mention of them in the instructions or any locating positions and look too big for going between the wheels unless horizontal ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan100 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Sadly., Steve Woof who was the original Comet designer, departed this world well over ten years ago, and so there's no easy way to ask him what he had in mind. Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60526 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I wonder if the L1 label was a mistake? I was looking for something else and came across a 1996/7 Comet catalogue. There's no L1 but T1 is just shown as a 6'-6"x6'-6" tender chassis, T2 7'-0x7'-0", T3 7'-6"x7'-6", T4 5'-3"x5'-6"x5'-3", T5 7'-3"x6'-3" LNER Group standard and another T5 probably T6 6'-9"x6'-9" LNWR. So the T and TC range match up to No.5. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 No mention of them in the instructions or any locating positions and look too big for going between the wheels unless horizontal ? They go from side to side across the bottom of the proper frames on the tender underneath the cut outs, which are between the wheels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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