westie7 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Mmm, wondering about an outer pair for conversion to FJA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Anybody else NOT had their pre-order (or delivery notification) of the modern containered ones from Hattons yet ? I had the same with the TPO POT, ended up cancelling my pre order and switched to MRD, it arrived yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2018 I don’t have this as gospel truth, so don’t hang me if I am wrong, but I heard it suggested that retailers at Warley may be fulfilled first, to give those attending all an even shot on the weekend. But Hatton’s are at Warley... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinC37LG Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I don’t have this as gospel truth, so don’t hang me if I am wrong, but I heard it suggested that retailers at Warley may be fulfilled first, to give those attending all an even shot on the weekend. We tried to get them for Warley, but they were unable to release them for us from the warehouse in time. There is only so much the Guys can do there in a week! and hats off to them for sorting the amount of new stock coming in, along with getting all the extra orders out for people attending Warley. We took delivery of 10k of stock from them this week, which wasn't "new releases" Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted November 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2018 New FFA/FGA on the Bachmann stand 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted November 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2018 Keep ‘em coming.You’re an excellent pathfinder for me tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice bit of photo-bombing there by the Tartan Arrow CCT - one of those is a must as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice bit of photo-bombing there by the Tartan Arrow CCT - one of those is a must as well Tartan Arrow containers in the future? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice bit of photo-bombing there by the Tartan Arrow CCT - one of those is a must as well Only one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Only one? I remember when this was dismissed as one of Lima's imaginary liveries rather like many of Triang's container liveries. Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Only one? There's a distinct chance an overnight company train of similar vans may have been diverted over the Waverley route, but several hundred pounds for a rake is a bit excessive for a one-off working, so one specimen will have to do, marshalled into a regular parcels rake, as happened later in the vans' lives..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Has anyone done any real research into Tartan Arrow as all I know is that this company became a wholly owned subsidiary of BR and that there were sets of Freightliner flats built for their traffic! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) There were several articles in Commercial Motor at the time. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/search?term=Tartan%20Arrow And a photo showing a crane and containers here https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im1966EnV222-p761c.jpg Edited to add link to photo Edited November 25, 2018 by markw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Davidjsmith Posted November 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2018 Wondered if the Chrysler trains to & from Linwood were similar to the wagon part of these products ?Would be nice to see someone do the containers if they do match the wagons.We worked them from Nuneaton.Also the Brick liners from Bletchley but again I don't know what differences to wagons there were ?Anyone know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Has anyone done any real research into Tartan Arrow as all I know is that this company became a wholly owned subsidiary of BR and that there were sets of Freightliner flats built for their traffic! Mark Saunders This thread is very informative; it seems that TA was actually nationalised into NCL by the then Labour government - it was principally a road haulage business that trunked some Anglo-Scottish parcels traffic: http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=33343 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2018 I’m getting ready to start fitting the details to my sets and I hope someone can tell me roughly what proportion of the flats would have had the splash plates still in place in 1983. The Bachmann paperwork supplied with the wagons claims they kept the splash plates at the outer ends to stop locos getting dirty but photos online clearly show end vehicles without splash plates. I’m also wondering how many wagons didn’t have the spigots 10’ from the ends, many only seem to have them at the ends and then 20’ from each end, and the central ones. Thanks in advance Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Just had a phone call from my pre order retailer, Orwell Model Railways, that the Freightliner livery versions have arrived today. They had a packing list from Bachmann last Thursday to show they were about to be dispatched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 Apologies if this is mentioned elsewhere, (I can't find it), but are there 2 more red/white liveried inners on the way with different numbers, or do I need to buy 3 of the current ones and renumber 2 of them? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2018 Apologies if this is mentioned elsewhere, (I can't find it), but are there 2 more red/white liveried inners on the way with different numbers, or do I need to buy 3 of the current ones and renumber 2 of them? Mike. No more inners announced so far. You do have a dilemma, though. Buy more now and have all the containers the same size (but perhaps not prototypical), wait and hope the next ‘inner’ release will give a better mix, or buy now (so pay less than for the next batch) and hope Bachmann releases the containers as a separate pack (quite likely, but when...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Both the Linwood- Gosford Green and the 'Fletliners' used standard Freightliner flats. The former seems to have used 30' ISO boxes, whilst the latter used 20' mesh-sided open containers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 No more inners announced so far. You do have a dilemma, though. Buy more now and have all the containers the same size (but perhaps not prototypical), wait and hope the next ‘inner’ release will give a better mix, or buy now (so pay less than for the next batch) and hope Bachmann releases the containers as a separate pack (quite likely, but when...). , or a further dilemna, carry on building the three Colin Craig set's I'm in the (slow) process of! The containers aren't initially a particular problem, I can leave gaps, but as you say, it's like playing poker, and I had enough of that with those Accurascale chaps! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Has anyone done any real research into Tartan Arrow as all I know is that this company became a wholly owned subsidiary of BR and that there were sets of Freightliner flats built for their traffic! Mark Saunders There were two builds of flats for them, separated by about 4 years. 6 inners and 4 outers were built in 1967, then 2 outers and 10 inners in 1971. They also had some 50' Stanier full-brakes in their livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Davidjsmith Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 Both the Linwood- Gosford Green and the 'Fletliners' used standard Freightliner flats. The former seems to have used 30' ISO boxes, whilst the latter used 20' mesh-sided open containers. Thanks for that information I just need someone to do commissions from someone for both then!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 NOW IN STOCK: Bachmann OO 38-625 FGA Freightliner Wagons (x2) BR Blue (Pre-Tops) with ISO Containers £84.96 Bachmann OO 38-626 FFA Freightliner Wagon BR Blue (Pre-Tops) with ISO Containers £42.46 https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/2523/new-freightliner-ffa-fga-container-wagons 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Nice to see that picture coming in useful for someone else Here's the full version: peak.jpg Also now in stock for us: 38-625 FGA https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153280289656 38-626 FFA https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163400933275 We have only had part of our delivery of the FFA's, so please bear with us if you can't get what you want. Our loco 37003 more than earned her keep for Freightliner, and I thought I'd share this "action shot" with you all from one of our recent members magazines. fl.jpg Hi, If you are referring to the images supplied from Bachmann which I stitched together, then yes Bachmann images are very useful. Once in stock we update them with our own images. Here are our images of the actual models: https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/2523/new-freightliner-ffa-fga-container-wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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