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My Settle & Carlisle style viaduct - OO Gauge Layout
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reddragon
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Time for a little update.
In January I decided to sell me rake of Hornby Mk2e coaches. I'd only amassed 4 and have no hope of making a full rake, so I decided to sell them. Nice coaches, but no good if I can't make a full rake! I even made a profit on the purchase price!
I also decided to sell my 6 car Class 395 unit. It's been a bit of a lemon since I had it and was my bottom scoring train. I made quite a loss on this one but hey ho!
I used the proceeds of the sale to get this beauty from Cavalex, DCC Sound of course!
Interesting to drive as the set up is quite different. You need to use F6, then F5, then functions off to drive it like the real loco!
I have listed more items in my annual refresh to fund some NY bargains too!
In January I decided to sell me rake of Hornby Mk2e coaches. I'd only amassed 4 and have no hope of making a full rake, so I decided to sell them. Nice coaches, but no good if I can't make a full rake! I even made a profit on the purchase price!
I also decided to sell my 6 car Class 395 unit. It's been a bit of a lemon since I had it and was my bottom scoring train. I made quite a loss on this one but hey ho!
I used the proceeds of the sale to get this beauty from Cavalex, DCC Sound of course!
Interesting to drive as the set up is quite different. You need to use F6, then F5, then functions off to drive it like the real loco!
I have listed more items in my annual refresh to fund some NY bargains too!
reddragon
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Last month I had some arrivals: -
73126 from Dapol. Nothing special, but so cheap it was worth the purchase.
From TMC and 50% off, a Bachmann class 410 with 411 7113 leading and TC 404 trailing. My other 411 unit 7134 is hauling 4TC 8022. Yes, I know that's a wrong formation but 7134 runs too slow to run in the set as it has a different chip, a future project!
And todays premium arrival are my A/S mk2B rake
Formed as siphon G + 6 TSOs + Mainline RBR + FK + BFK Absolutely outstanding!
My Hornby class 402 2-HAL unit has also departed last week
73126 from Dapol. Nothing special, but so cheap it was worth the purchase.
From TMC and 50% off, a Bachmann class 410 with 411 7113 leading and TC 404 trailing. My other 411 unit 7134 is hauling 4TC 8022. Yes, I know that's a wrong formation but 7134 runs too slow to run in the set as it has a different chip, a future project!
And todays premium arrival are my A/S mk2B rake
Formed as siphon G + 6 TSOs + Mainline RBR + FK + BFK Absolutely outstanding!
My Hornby class 402 2-HAL unit has also departed last week
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Iskra
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My Settle & Carlisle style viaduct - OO Gauge Layout
Love all the pipe work on the bogies.www.railforums.co.uk
You can see here with my other updates!
Nice, could you kindly photo an AS Mk2 next to a Bachmann Blue/Grey Mk2 (if you have one), or alternatively that 410 so I can look at the colour match?
That's an impressive rake. I think you could benefit from a 50 on the front
reddragon
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My Hornby class 402 2-HAL unit has also departed last week
Yes just imagine a LL class 50 at the front. I sold my Lima one & don't like the Hornby one, now where could I source one . . . . ?Nice, could you kindly photo an AS Mk2 next to a Bachmann Blue/Grey Mk2 (if you have one), or alternatively that 410 so I can look at the colour match?
That's an impressive rake. I think you could benefit from a 50 on the front
reddragon
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In recent weeks I've sold my Hornby classes 395, 401, & 402 plus my Mainline class 42 and 4 Hornby Mk 2Es - see a trend here . . . Still not sold my DCC fitted class 220 though! Also sold some DCC99s ex my Lima locos.
Coaches have been the thing, from Accurascale of course. To add to my rake of blue/grey ones I just got 3 NSE ones too. These are now part of a mixed Mk 1/2/2B rake in NSE / blue-Grey
Coaches have been the thing, from Accurascale of course. To add to my rake of blue/grey ones I just got 3 NSE ones too. These are now part of a mixed Mk 1/2/2B rake in NSE / blue-Grey
The closer you zoom in the more detail you see on those. They look incredible actually.
reddragon
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They also come with detail packs for all those fiddly hoses etc, plus tight lock coupling and curtains to hang inside the 1st class. The top also comes off to add passengers . . .
Try looking online on their website, the end coach details when packs are added etc, utterly amazing!
Enough to get you to switch back to OO eh?
Thread reopened for @reddragon to update.
reddragon
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Thanks @Cowley
It's been a while since I last updated due to other priorities.
I have decided to move to a more modern era in some ways, different area in others. It all started when I decided to do some load testing of freight rakes to identify which locos could pull which rake.
Locos
My Mainline locos are on the out with D823 sold & my 56 on eBay. Their pulling power was awful. The 56 is still listed, DCC fitted if you want a crazy loco!
I have also started the phase out of the BR steam era & will replace it with main line charter era, some locos will go with my GT 18000 listed, more will follow.
I have 3 locos on order, from Accurascale & Cavalex.
MUs
I have sold some units, class 395 & now 220 as their performance was poor and the class 401,402,403 as too old an era. I am down to just a 410/411 (12), 450 (8), 491TC (8) and a class 800.
I have also decided to sell a HST, the GWR liveried Castle set. The coaches sold quickly but the power pack has yet to sell. I still have my First GW set which I remember more.
I have got bored of units!
Coaches
I have cleared out my Hornby 2e rake as I had no chance of completing it to a full WR rake and a few Bachmann 2a coaches as I am switching to Accurascale 2b/2c rakes.
I also sold my GWR HST mk3s.
I am also downsizing my early BR blood & custard & Maroon rakes and have bought my 1st West Coast Railways coach to form the future charter set. Eventually these rakes will be one charter set with a small charter loco fleet.
Wagons
This has been an area of huge change. After 10 years of painfully trying to build full rakes, I decided on a change of tact than many could consider.
I have a 21 wagon rake of Dapol HIAs, all unique - great
I have 12 CDAs from Accurascale, under half a rake
My Heljan Cargowagons have been sold as they just keep derailing and I only managed to form a rake of 5
My Accurascale short HYAs have also been sold, just 12 wagons but like hauling bricks, far too heavy and unimaginably expensive & too heavy for a full 24 wagon rake.
My Dapol ballast rake is 19 wagons, but I might shorten this one
My Contaner wagon rake has reached 17 wagons and it's like pulling teeth getting good wagons for a decent price.
So what have I gone & done?
I discovered HO wagons from Roco, and others.
In a matter of just 1 month, I have formed 2 rakes of wagons, one of 20 container type wagons and one of 18 mixed wagons and they look great, have huge variety, don't derail, are easy to haul and aren't noticeably smaller than OO wagons. Costs are between £15 and £35 per wagon and wow what wagons!
Real concrete not plastic : -
Actual steel rolls: -
Articulated wagons
great detail
stunning quality
all sorts of containers, standard, tanks, curtain side, lorry trailers, bulk materials
all sorts of loading ways
And cargo wagons that are cheap at £20-25 and run well
It's been a while since I last updated due to other priorities.
I have decided to move to a more modern era in some ways, different area in others. It all started when I decided to do some load testing of freight rakes to identify which locos could pull which rake.
Locos
My Mainline locos are on the out with D823 sold & my 56 on eBay. Their pulling power was awful. The 56 is still listed, DCC fitted if you want a crazy loco!
I have also started the phase out of the BR steam era & will replace it with main line charter era, some locos will go with my GT 18000 listed, more will follow.
I have 3 locos on order, from Accurascale & Cavalex.
MUs
I have sold some units, class 395 & now 220 as their performance was poor and the class 401,402,403 as too old an era. I am down to just a 410/411 (12), 450 (8), 491TC (8) and a class 800.
I have also decided to sell a HST, the GWR liveried Castle set. The coaches sold quickly but the power pack has yet to sell. I still have my First GW set which I remember more.
I have got bored of units!
Coaches
I have cleared out my Hornby 2e rake as I had no chance of completing it to a full WR rake and a few Bachmann 2a coaches as I am switching to Accurascale 2b/2c rakes.
I also sold my GWR HST mk3s.
I am also downsizing my early BR blood & custard & Maroon rakes and have bought my 1st West Coast Railways coach to form the future charter set. Eventually these rakes will be one charter set with a small charter loco fleet.
Wagons
This has been an area of huge change. After 10 years of painfully trying to build full rakes, I decided on a change of tact than many could consider.
I have a 21 wagon rake of Dapol HIAs, all unique - great
I have 12 CDAs from Accurascale, under half a rake
My Heljan Cargowagons have been sold as they just keep derailing and I only managed to form a rake of 5
My Accurascale short HYAs have also been sold, just 12 wagons but like hauling bricks, far too heavy and unimaginably expensive & too heavy for a full 24 wagon rake.
My Dapol ballast rake is 19 wagons, but I might shorten this one
My Contaner wagon rake has reached 17 wagons and it's like pulling teeth getting good wagons for a decent price.
So what have I gone & done?
I discovered HO wagons from Roco, and others.
In a matter of just 1 month, I have formed 2 rakes of wagons, one of 20 container type wagons and one of 18 mixed wagons and they look great, have huge variety, don't derail, are easy to haul and aren't noticeably smaller than OO wagons. Costs are between £15 and £35 per wagon and wow what wagons!
Real concrete not plastic : -
Actual steel rolls: -
Articulated wagons
great detail
stunning quality
all sorts of containers, standard, tanks, curtain side, lorry trailers, bulk materials
all sorts of loading ways
And cargo wagons that are cheap at £20-25 and run well
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reddragon
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