No Decorum Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Page 27 of Window On The Great Western (MF Yarwood). We must have had stronger bladders back then.In the days of Valleys Sunday School outings to Barry Island and Porthcawl most excursion stock was non corridor.International rugby matches at Cardiff Arms Park.....aka Wales Millennium Stadium .....were similarly supplied with the same.The tradition of pre or post match celebration/drowning of sorrows in your favourite Cardiiff pub had to be governed by individual bladder capacity.Makes your eyes water to think about it now.Hang on....must pay a visit...... Ah yes. One does not buy beer; one merely rents it. If reincarnation is true, I’d like to return as a washing machine. Imagine the joy of being plumbed in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Ah yes. One does not buy beer; one merely rents it. If reincarnation is true, I’d like to return as a washing machine. Imagine the joy of being plumbed in!Are you, by any chance, smoking an illegal substance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Slightly off topic: did the coachboards appear on secondary services, eg Mid Wales, or Hereford - Brecon , for example? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Are you, by any chance, smoking an illegal substance? Sad to say, my brain works that way without it. I have never dared try any such stuff for fear of the even more drastic consequences. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwd Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Or twice the sales from pre-war modellers who want the fully (panel) lined 1920s variety. Yes please 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john dew Posted April 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2016 Slightly off topic: did the coachboards appear on secondary services, eg Mid Wales, or Hereford - Brecon , for example? Thought I would give this a bump.....would quite like to know the answer myself! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Slightly off topic: did the coachboards appear on secondary services, eg Mid Wales, or Hereford - Brecon , for example? I think they must have done, if you look at the Roger Smith Boards, whilst somewhat Paddington dominated, they do include examples for trains not originating at Paddington, Birmingham to Kingswear being one. Whether shorter services within a region, for example starting and ending in the Midlands Region, would have had boards I suppose we'll have to look at the photos. One thing that has puzzled me is what length coach board to use. To explain the ones I bought for a couple of named trains from Sankeys appear half length - Are these suitable for GWR stock or only Mk 1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Slightly off topic: did the coachboards appear on secondary services, eg Mid Wales, or Hereford - Brecon , for example? Depends which boards you mean. If you are thinking of the 18 ft ones on the roof, I doubt it very much. My impression is that the roofboards were intended for the moe principal services and with the best will in the world that is a description that cannot be applied to the Mid Wales line! If, however, you are thinking of the smaller ones - about 2 ft 6 in long - then 'probably' is my best guess. Maybe there is a photograph somewhere that will shed more light. Chris Edited April 12, 2016 by chrisf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Depends which boards you mean. If you are thinking of the 18 ft ones on the roof, I doubt it very much. My impression is that the roofboards were intended for the moe principal services and with the best will in the world that is a description that cannot be applied to the Mid Wales line! If, however, you are thinking of the smaller ones - about 2 ft 6 in long - then 'probably' is my best guess. Maybe there is a photograph somewhere that will shed more light. Chris Thanks Chris: saves me having to make up 18' roofboards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I think they must have done, if you look at the Roger Smith Boards, whilst somewhat Paddington dominated, they do include examples for trains not originating at Paddington, Birmingham to Kingswear being one. Whether shorter services within a region, for example starting and ending in the Midlands Region, would have had boards I suppose we'll have to look at the photos. One thing that has puzzled me is what length coach board to use. To explain the ones I bought for a couple of named trains from Sankeys appear half length - Are these suitable for GWR stock or only Mk 1? The WR Sankey boards are the side boards for mark 1 stock. Personally, I now make my own on the PC Coachman/Larry Goddard style, which gives me the flexiblity to re-route some trains for my chosen layout. Mike Wiltshire 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 The WR Sankey boards are the side boards for mark 1 stock. Personally, I now make my own on the PC Coachman/Larry Goddard style, which gives me the flexiblity to re-route some trains for my chosen layout. Mike Wiltshire To be honest I was thinking of doing the same thing, especially since my layout (when trains eventually run) is intended to be a principal station on the mainline from London which would probably get a mention on any coach boards. Somewhat annoying about the Sankey boards, I know they weren't expensive but I don't recall it being clear when I was looking at the website that these were only suitable MK1 stock. Suppose I could have missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Depends which boards you mean. If you are thinking of the 18 ft ones on the roof, I doubt it very much. My impression is that the roofboards were intended for the moe principal services and with the best will in the world that is a description that cannot be applied to the Mid Wales line! If, however, you are thinking of the smaller ones - about 2 ft 6 in long - then 'probably' is my best guess. Maybe there is a photograph somewhere that will shed more light. Chris Would these be the short one sometimes seen just below roof level on some non-corridor stock? Presumably they only listed the destination rather than stations in between. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR8700 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hey, just tried looking to buy some of these and noticed that they are out of stock in most places. Will there be another run of these coaches in the same GWR livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted April 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hey, just tried looking to buy some of these and noticed that they are out of stock in most places. Will there be another run of these coaches in the same GWR livery? The GWR ones were certainly popular as they were the first 'decent' true GWR stock we have had. A similar sort if thing happened with the very 1st batch of Maunsells Hornby released. The big difference is that when the Maunsells came out before the big financial crash and Hornbys production / financial woes which meant that Hornby could quickly announce further batches and variants. Thus in todays climate, while its a pretty sure bet that they will be released again - this will not be happening until 2017 at the earliest. Even then its quite likely that the livery may be altered - the Shirtbutton style is a simple one to do as far as Hornby is concerned although I'm sure there are plenty of people who would quite like the physudo panelled livery or the post WW2 Hawksworth style. So if you do want the GWR ones released a month or two ago and cannot wait another 12 months or so, its very much a case of scour the internet and model shows to find a trader that still has the odd one or two hidden away somewhere - because, as you discovered all the main retailers have long since sold out of them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Depends where you are, but there are lots in stock at the (concession) James Pringle shop in Llanfair PG. Some in Hamleys in London too, and worth ringing Boswell's in Oxford. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Hey, just tried looking to buy some of these and noticed that they are out of stock in most places. Will there be another run of these coaches in the same GWR livery? 53a in Hull had quite a few of them in a couple of weeks ago, and it's not exactly GWR territory so I would imagine they still have a few! I believe they do mail order - maybe try giving them a call? Hereford MC also have both Composites in the GWR livery in stock on their website. A few eBay sellers have them at RRP with reasonable postage, so check on there too. I think with these Colletts it's a case of scouring the off-line model shops because many do seem to retain good stock levels for longer than the on-line stores - a symptom of the modern age I suppose! Still, this augurs well for Hornby's bottom line and the prospect of further livery styles/diagrams alike! Cheers, CoY Edited April 21, 2016 by County of Yorkshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Seen to be plenty on ebay at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR8700 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Thank you guys! I'll have a look in the places suggested, thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hey, just tried looking to buy some of these and noticed that they are out of stock in most places. Will there be another run of these coaches in the same GWR livery? There were a few on the shelves at Shildon a couple of weeks ago. Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2016 If you type the Hornby R number into Google you will usually source one that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21, 2016 There seems to be four types in GW livery available from Monk Bar Model Shop, York: http://www.monkbarmodelshop.co.uk/model-railways/oo-gauge-model-railways/Hornby-oo-rolling-stock?page=7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2016 These coaches are even more stunning with some work done on them. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted April 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Robin, Much prefer those roofs to the supplied white, what colour did you use? Have you also done the under frames? Thanks, Neal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2016 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69664-a-nod-to-brent/page-690 Thanks Neal, post 17229 gives some tips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinian Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I just received a R4683 (RH) composite in GWR livery from Hereford Model centre. My wife looked over my shoulder as I was taking it out and said "oooh, that looks nice". Hornby have clearly got it right . I've compared the chassis to my scrathbuild for the non-corridor versions I'm building (see GWR models and prototype area) and they match up pretty well (phew) although my 2.5mm channel underframe looks a bit undernourished. If they were a bit cheaper I'd just graft the sides I have onto the Hornby models (although if the chassis was available as a a spare I'd grab a few in seconds). As it is I'll continue building mine. Hornby will probably release the non-corridors before I finish . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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