Oh no, they sell locos too...
And they've a lovely 85 which looks so good
Must resist, must resist
HELP!
I like the sound of that as well, still plenty of boiler 47s in the early 80s at least. I think actually the last fitted example was Scottish allocated - surviving with boiler until '87, forget the number.
It would be so out of place, I have no intentions to erect any OLE!Give in to the dark side….
Probably no emotional regret, more financial!
I know how you feel - the number of times I've gone looking somewhere for something and ended up spending far too much time looking at locos doesn't bear thinking about...
And there's only a small* chance you'll regret buying an engine afterwards
-Peter
*(amount of regret may vary)
Welcome as well. Nice locos, though I'm more into the passenger side of North American railways with a particular interest in 1930s-1950s when you had all that magnificent streamlining going on
Rule 1 - it's my model railway, I'll run what I want!
That tooProbably no emotional regret, more financial!
That looks like a nice kit - just what you'd expect from Metcalfe. That SR stock looks lovely too
Surely the model sized cranks on your railway will be happier for an NB 47 to turn up than an ETH fitted loco?
Welcome to our little model railway chat forum! What scale are your locso?
OO/H0 Scale!
I'm with you on the livery front. There's such a wide range of really lovely liveries available in the RTR market.
Do you have favourite liveries? I find some loco / livery mixes work very well. Like original 2 tone green class 14 or maroon class 52. Some locos never lasted long enough to be relieved of drab colours, unlike the dull class 73 which made it!
I think the ScR was the last to employ steam heat on BR as well?
Oh that will be employed - my modelling licence will be renewed rest assured but my use of Rule 1 will always be more limited than others, its just the way I prefer it. (The furthest I'll go is extending the Deltics lives a few years and having slightly unprototypical steam railtours.)Rule 1 - it's my model railway, I'll run what I want!
I've got a Class 91 and 423 on my layout, without a bit of OHLE or 3rd rail in sight
But I need ETH to heat my model passengers in the harsh Scottish winters and keep cool the many cans of Tennent's littering the tables in the summer months...
One of my favourites as well. I did originally consider modelling the early 1990s as then I could have 156s, 158s, potentially 91s etc but then I fell in love more with the early 1980s as a period so I'm now firmly on the early 80s-mid 80s as the prime setting (really I model basically any year within 1980-89 but my stock is representative mainly of 1981/2 and 1986/7 specifically. Extension to 1989 is so I don't need to part with my sole 156 Sprinter, which is still in the shops for a repaint
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I like the look of that power car! Those vans are nice too - found myself doing some looking into OO gauge vehicles yesterday and it's surprising how cheap they are in comparison to other aspects of building a layout.
The 43 needs a fair bit of work, it's missing the cab interior, the bodyshell screws, and has a few scrapes and scratches that need attention.
Ah OK. But I suppose by having to do a bit of work on it, it'll make it feel more like your own? That's certainly been the case with my own models where they've needed fixing.
Definitely. I was looking on Hattons' website and there were loads of vehicles for ~£4/£5 - not bad if you'd like lots of them! I received a few vehicles from the Pocketbond range (I think) at Christmas and they're super.
Indeed, I'm sure there will be the odd "impulse" buy of something that just looks too good to resist.Excellent
And the best bit about model railways is that you can do that - want to extend the lives of some locos a few years? Go ahead. Want to model a fictional extension to a real line? Brilliant! Anything's possible (with plenty of money of course
-Peter
I have a GNER Lima one with working headlights on the motored PC, but it really doesn't pull the skin off the thinnest rice puddings even with its traction tyres.
Their Blue Pullman does look really lovely - especially with lights and sound. A main problem is, as you say, the budget!
). A bit problematic at times, especially if you get one from the first batch with the spinning roof fan, but apart from that, they're lovely.
I have a twin motor Lima HST set plus 7 Mk3s on DCC with LED lights and a tad extra weight so it runs fine at a scale 138 mph. It always seems slow but realistically isn't.
I switched to a Lima HST many years ago, trading in my old Hornby set which still had the short coaches and the guard's windows. The Lima one ran far better than the Hornby one, though with the classic Lima whine from the motor. Never did get a dummy car to go with it until this week, and I'll need to chip both power cars as well as replacing the cab and lighting unit on the dummy, but it'll be a fun project hopefully.The nice thing about them is that they’re chunky enough that you can add extra detail without breaking what’s on there already.
I did have a Lima HST on my old railway, I thought it captured the looks of them very well, although it was a little short on power.
I've bought from Scograil, online of course!!
