Quote from: njee20 on Today at 11:22:19 AMHave been meaning to do a LNWR 350 for a while, and at £400 I'll keep thinking about doing one I've already got

That was exactly my reaction. I think I paid about £100 for my Class 350, and a lovely train it is too.

But £400 for essentially the same model? At first, I was like, "Okay, a bit steep, but presumably it's been rejigged to have a single DCC decoder, electrical connections between the carriages, and a built-in loudspeaker". But nope. It's the same model as far as I can tell. Needs three DCC decoders (one for the power car, and two for the headlights in each cab). Livery application looks lovely, in all fairness, but some of the weaker aspects of the first release (like the crudely-modelled high voltage cables between the cars) aren't any different.

While I am really pleased to see a LNWR-liveried 'Desiro', an RRP of £400 doesn't seem (to me) priced to sell.

I guess time will tell!

Cheers,

NeMo

No problems here, but it looks like you're using a mobile phone not a proper computer?    Maybe it's a fault with the mobile version of the site.

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 04:05:44 PMMy post was not a criticism of your source, more an effort to 'put some flesh on the bones' as it were. BachFar have slapped an 'Era 4' on the whole lot, but era numbers can be open for discussion as who is to say the BachFar ones are a 'standard'?

Didn't take it as a criticism. Was just adding where I'd got the info from

Will most likely snag myself at least one of the RF Brakes, thus adding even more choice / variety to the nuclear flask rakes I can run.

However I am still disappointed by the lack of Swallow livery class 47.

The last time this appeared under the Farish name it was still being made in Poole. It's a gap that they tried to fill with a Virgin one (you can easily justify running that with a complete Swallow MK2 rake), but they were so common around the county on Cross-Country duty...

Oh well patience is a virtue

Skyline2uk

Quote from: Ch4lkst3r on Today at 02:47:29 PMBenzene and FINA not sure.  Any ideas?

That FINA logo seems to be 1954-1960 - so should be ok for early 1960s, assuming they didn't all get repainted overnight.

Neil

My post was not a criticism of your source, more an effort to 'put some flesh on the bones' as it were. BachFar have slapped an 'Era 4' on the whole lot, but era numbers can be open for discussion as who is to say the BachFar ones are a 'standard'?

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 03:05:24 PMIn the announcement at 20.34 in they show all the 14T and 20T tanks as being Era 4 (1948-1956).
These would have lasted into and past transition era but the info on the Gulf blue livery doesn't tie up with your 'Gulf blue wagons were obtained by Gulf in 1960 so would be 1960 onwards' as 1960 is Era 5

(All Era references are quoted from Bachmann info)

I'm always unsure on the eras for rolling stock as things didn't get repainted overnight and their era specifications sometimes seem slightly dubious to me.  Here's the info on the Gulf wagons on the TMC website albeit for the 00 version (TMC Gulf Wagon)

In the announcement at 20.34 in they show all the 14T and 20T tanks as being Era 4 (1948-1956).
These would have lasted into and past transition era but the info on the Gulf blue livery doesn't tie up with your 'Gulf blue wagons were obtained by Gulf in 1960 so would be 1960 onwards' as 1960 is Era 5

(All Era references are quoted from Bachmann info)

Can anyone help with livery dates for the anchor mounted tanks?  My layout is transition era 60s so trying to work out which ones would fit. What I think I've found out so far!

The National Benzole logo changed in 1959 so these would have been painted before then but obviously would continue past that date in service as they didn't repaint overnight.

Gulf blue wagons were obtained by Gulf in 1960 so would be 1960 onwards

Shell/BP and ESSO fine for transition era.

Benzene and FINA not sure.  Any ideas?

Flippin' 'eck - where was the 'PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED' warning?