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Post by pauluni on Nov 12, 2013 15:21:20 GMT
Info from Model Rail Magazines Facebook page
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Post by metman on Nov 12, 2013 22:39:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2013 22:23:06 GMT
I think the surprise might be S Stock as both the Met Loco and S Stock were well rumored as going to be produced by Bachamm - wrong shade of blue box
Great news anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 14:22:55 GMT
Hi yes good news indeed !!
If it is in train red with underlined LT on the side that will be a must have for me
Heljan say there will be a 3rd loco announced at the show on the 23rd Nov
What will it be ??
LT battery loco, S stock, dare I say CO, CP, R or even Q I can live in hopes fingers crossed
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 11:52:56 GMT
Great news, All i need now is battery loco, A, C & S Stock and met number 1 and i be happy.
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Post by metman on Nov 17, 2013 17:30:13 GMT
I actually need two Met Electrics 11 and 12. 11 will be in wartime grey and 12 in LT Maroon. Looks like it will be a respray for no.11!
I done any other LT stuff will be done for a while.
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Post by metman on Nov 17, 2013 17:30:19 GMT
I actually need two Met Electrics 11 and 12. 11 will be in wartime grey and 12 in LT Maroon. Looks like it will be a respray for no.11!
I done any other LT stuff will be done for a while.
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Post by The Tram Man on Nov 17, 2013 21:49:04 GMT
11 will be in wartime grey and 12 in LT Maroon. I've never seen any real photos of that grey paintscheme and therefore assumed it's fake. You never stop learning. Are there any pics of it? |
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Post by metman on Nov 17, 2013 23:17:23 GMT
I have several books with colour photos in 'London Transport in Colour' (Kevin McCormack) and 'The Metropolitan Line' (Mike Horne). There are lots of black and white photos in other books. The trick to look for the lack of name and the circle on the front with the number on. Most locos ran well into the 50s still in Grey.
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Post by metroland on Nov 18, 2013 8:18:41 GMT
11 will be in wartime grey and 12 in LT Maroon. I've never seen any real photos of that grey paintscheme and therefore assumed it's fake. You never stop learning. Are there any pics of it? Pic here - it's in B&W but you can tell it's the wartime grey due to the way the number on the front of loco is on that 'shield' dewi.ca/trains/london/pix/n10_2_5.jpg |
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Post by The Tram Man on Nov 18, 2013 18:45:42 GMT
I have several books with colour photos in 'London Transport in Colour' (Kevin McCormack) and 'The Metropolitan Line' (Mike Horne). There are lots of black and white photos in other books. The trick to look for the lack of name and the circle on the front with the number on. Most locos ran well into the 50s still in Grey. Thanks for the advise. I'll keep an eye open for those details in the future. Thanks for the link. |
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Post by metroland on Dec 7, 2013 12:59:57 GMT
Another wartime grey one. www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/11240958516/Also of interest is the shoe beam on the Dreadnought brake coach. They were connected to the Met Bo-Bo's to prevent gapping. Some sources have quoted them as being ONLY on the south (west?) side of the coaches without showing photgraphic evidence. Most photters shot on the south/west side due to limitations of the film etc so decent pics on the 'wrong side for sun' are rare. This is only about the 5th I've seen showing clear detail and in all cases the shoe beam has been there. |
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Post by motorman on Dec 7, 2013 14:12:51 GMT
I would love to have one or two models of A Stock.
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Post by DWS on Dec 7, 2013 19:42:28 GMT
Another wartime grey one. www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/11240958516/Also of interest is the shoe beam on the Dreadnought brake coach. They were connected to the Met Bo-Bo's to prevent gapping. Some sources have quoted them as being ONLY on the south (west?) side of the coaches without showing photgraphic evidence. Most photters shot on the south/west side due to limitations of the film etc so decent pics on the 'wrong side for sun' are rare. This is only about the 5th I've seen showing clear detail and in all cases the shoe beam has been there. Shoe beams were on both sides of the coach, for the simple reason because the positive rail is not always on the left or right of the running rail . |
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Post by metroland on Dec 9, 2013 13:12:57 GMT
[/quote]Shoe beams were on both sides of the coach, for the simple reason because the positive rail is not always on the left or right of the running rail .[/quote]
I don't doubt you DWS as it always seemed an odd quote to me. I'm sure I've seen it in 2 different publications but can only find one at the moment:
London Underground Steam by Kevin McCormack. Ian Allan ISBN 978-0-7110-3406-8
P.14 has a shot at Amersham of BR 42089 arriving from London. The final sentence of the caption is:
'The shoes were normally fitted to just one side of the carriage (the down side, ie outward from London). Pic by Micheal Allen. (My italics)
So folks, just 'cos things are in print (or on the Web) you don't have to take them as Gospel.
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Post by metman on Dec 9, 2013 19:17:56 GMT
Perhaps that publication should have read ''shoes normally fitted just to one end'' rather than side?
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Post by metroland on Mar 19, 2014 15:02:31 GMT
Apparently there's a pic of the EP sample on Heljan's Facebook page. I'm not on Facebook so can't give the link.
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Post by phillw48 on Mar 19, 2014 17:25:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 17:40:30 GMT
Looks very smart. Hope it has lights and some one does sound for it.
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Post by pauluni on Mar 19, 2014 20:02:26 GMT
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Post by metman on Mar 21, 2014 7:18:46 GMT
Looks better than I thought. I wonder what it will go for?
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Post by metroland on Mar 21, 2014 10:04:49 GMT
Looks better than I thought. I wonder what it will go for? A good guide would probably be the RRP and box-shifter prices for current issues like Baby Deltic and Class 16 and then add say 5% |
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Post by rincew1nd on May 8, 2014 19:32:28 GMT
Due into stock January 2015. I've a day off tomorrow, I might have a wander down the road to see the guys and see if they can give us any more info. |
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Post by metman on May 8, 2014 20:39:17 GMT
That's my Xmas present sorted......
Looks good from the website though.
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Post by roythebus on May 9, 2014 7:41:20 GMT
The negative shoe fuse box under the bufferbeam, makes an ideal NEM coupler pocket. See, there IS a prototype for everything!
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