Mike Storey Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's about at 50% subscribed at the moment but looking at the figures I'm thinking of adding another green one and a green fywp E5010 to the list. What do others think? Cheers Dave Personally, I would only go for a blue one, but I can see there would be a market for more green in the transition period which seems to be ascendant currently. At this level of pre-interest, assuming a sell-out when the model gets better publicity in the trade press, does this make the 74 more of a probability than a possibility? best, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 It's about at 50% subscribed at the moment but looking at the figures I'm thinking of adding another green one and a green fywp E5010 to the list. What do others think? Cheers Dave Personally speaking, the extras sound good but I can only afford one at this stage - already ordered in green syp. Thanks for the quick answer too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi Dave If you do another green and green syp, I would probably change my current order for green + green syp to have the 2 different plain green variants Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted October 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Hello Dave. I have a Plain Green and Green SYP on order. I would definitely add anothe Plain Green to my order if one were going to be available. Might I suggest E5009 which, IIRC, went straight from plain green to blue in late 67/early 68. That would give you and your customers the widest possible time-span for a plain green 'un and maybe a few extra sales? Regards,Bob. Edited for important typo. should have read E5009, not E5003. Doh! Edited October 29, 2014 by Phatbob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I will agree that the green ones be more popular if only because they ran with steam era so certainly a wise move. That said I have one green on order which is enough for me at this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scott Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hello Dave. I have a Plain Green and Green SYP on order. I would definitely add anothe Plain Green to my order if one were going to be available. Might I suggest E5003 which, IIRC, went straight from plain green to blue in late 67/early 68. That would give you and your customers the widest possible time-span for a plain green 'un and maybe a few extra sales? Regards, Bob. I have ordered the plain green one mainly because I remember them like that when new - yes that old Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1023 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi Dave. I am very interested in E5010 in GFYE and I would pre-order BUT for financial reasons I probably wouldn't be pre-ordering until after Christmas now anyway. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesndbs Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 It's about at 50% subscribed at the moment but looking at the figures I'm thinking of adding another green one and a green fywp E5010 to the list. What do others think? Cheers Dave I've been trying to drum up support for this on my groups and at work (railway) but this NRM obstacle is causing concern. Really don't see why they have the right to block or delay things like this, after all one would think they would support interest in heritage and possible visits to see the real thing? Bachmann seemed to do ok with the NRM Deltic, what about calling this the NRM class 71? might sweeten things? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted October 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2014 It's about at 50% subscribed at the moment but looking at the figures I'm thinking of adding another green one and a green fywp E5010 to the list. What do others think? Cheers Dave Now then Dave, I've been saving my pennies and have enough to order an E5009 in plain green in addition to the two I've ordered already. So when are you/Kernow going to announce it, along with the green FYE E5010? "Cash waiting", as they say in the wanted adds. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Now then Dave, I've been saving my pennies and have enough to order an E5009 in plain green in addition to the two I've ordered already. So when are you/Kernow going to announce it, along with the green FYE E5010? "Cash waiting", as they say in the wanted adds. ;-) Hi mate, Soon, quite soon. I'm expecting to release some rather tasty information in around 2 weeks from now on this project. And maybe show a picture or 2 Cheers Dave 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Dave For those of us who have committed funds to this project, would it be possible to set up an e-mail newsletter using our e-mail addresses provided to Kernow, so that we can receive updates at the time they are announced, rather than have to rely on RMweb or other railway modelling media as our source of info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Dave For those of us who have committed funds to this project, would it be possible to set up an e-mail newsletter using our e-mail addresses provided to Kernow, so that we can receive updates at the time they are announced, rather than have to rely on RMweb or other railway modelling media as our source of info Hi mate, great ideas and one I shall talk to Chris at Kernow about. Thanks Not long until I let you all in on a few tidbits of information. I'm hoping by next Friday everything will be in place for 3 or maybe 4 progress announcements on this project, and all of them positive! Cheers Dave 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 A very exciting update here soon! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2014 Looking forward to it Dave. Not subscribed to the 71 but I wish the project well. If it morphs into a 74 you have a customer here for probably two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Great for the bit of news. I,ll second for an eventual class 74. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Looking forward to it Dave. Not subscribed to the 71 but I wish the project well. If it morphs into a 74 you have a customer here for probably two. Great for the bit of news. I'll second for an eventual class 74. And I'll third it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 And I'll third it. Hereby Fourthed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Anyone notice something unusual about the bogie? No, not the lack of shoes as they are off the real thing and inside the body for safe keeping. No prizes mind, just something interesting :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Anyone notice something unusual about the bogie? No, not the lack of shoes as they are off the real thing and inside the body for safe keeping. No prizes mind, just something interesting :-) I didn't say, as I thought it was common knowledge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Your not referring to the fact the preserved example is sitting on a combination of spoked and disc wheels are you? I asked about this at the Crewe open day many years ago, and was told it was due to when it went in for overhaul before preservation that was all they had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Nothing to do with the flanges is it? and the fact the loco has been numbered 234.......? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Your not referring to the fact the preserved example is sitting on a combination of spoked and disc wheels are you? I asked about this at the Crewe open day many years ago, and was told it was due to when it went in for overhaul before preservation that was all they had. Hi mate. Spot on! ( but no prize, lol) Indeed, in 1979 ( her last overhaul) it seems that she was given a set of disc wheels on one bogie and subsequently ran like this on the network in the following years. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesndbs Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Looking forward to the updates on this model! really need a 71 in my collection Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Class 71 in OO gauge. BREAKING NEWS Hi everyone, I'm delighted to announce that a 'tipping point' for the class 71 has been reached and surpassed and as such, the model will definitely go into production with a view to a first EP shot in early 2015 and production models June/July 2015 if no snags are encountered along the way. I took a chance and had the real thing laser scanned a few months ago when there was a big move round for the last Barrow Hill weekend, when I could be assured access to the loco in a clear area would be possible to allow for successful scanning. So apologies to those that like me were expecting to 'party' with the class 71 at Barrow Hill, but I hope you understand that it was an opportunity not to be missed. I expect to be able, with a fair wind, to show progress from the scanning within the next week to 10 days. How does this affect you? Well if you signed up, you now know the model is coming, and can watch this thread for any updates. Due to software and data protection rules, Kernow’s newsletter will have all written updates so that all subscribers get that directly, but they will also appear on my web site, RMWeb and in the magazines. Other than that, please be patient, its full 'spark' ahead now (i couldn’t use the word steam there now could i?). As the project is not fully subscribed yet, there will still be an opportunity to sign up for one or more until they are sold out or by the end of March 2015 under the same terms as the original appeal. May i thank you all for your faith in this product, and the style of fund raising, and i believe this is the first time that this has been used to fund such a large (financially) project. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Obviously you should never ever just rely on laser scanning so i went to measure the loco as well at the same time. Here are a couple of pictures of me accurately measuring the loco for checking against the plans and the scanned model. the measurements i made were particularly accurate with the wheel diameter coming in at 36ft, and the body length around 16 1/2 ft, so its going well 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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