Sonic announce Newton Chambers TCV Anglo-Scottish Car Carriers in N gauge!

[crewearpley40]

Totally agree Mike.  I spoke to Colin Albrighton who happened to man the stall and he agrees

The models did look lovely in both liveries that were available

[icairns]

I spoke to Colin Albrighton who happened to man the stall and he agrees

Possibly Colin Allbright?

Ian

[crewearpley40]

I spoke to Colin Albrighton who happened to man the stall and he agrees

Possibly Colin Allbright?

Thanks Ian. Appreciate the correction. He mentioned HMRS though I was admiring the contents in the display cabinet


Ian

[icairns]

Yes, I believe Colin has done design work for Sonic and I know he volunteers for the HMRS.

Ian

[crewearpley40]

Yes, I believe Colin has done design work for Sonic and I know he volunteers for the HMRS.

Ian

Correct.
Colin mentioned that he can be contacted via the HMRS website if you scroll down and find the stewards page. Thank you for this.

He did say and I have heard the models are due Q4

Let's wait and see.

[Roy L S]

It does look too dark a shade

In my opinion the photographs don't do the model justice compared to the samples at TINGS over the weekend.

I 100% agree, the models looked excellent. I hope they do well for Sonic, but much as I appreciate the quality of them, they are not a model that appeals for some reason and even if they did, not something that I could justify a Great Central layout.

[willike1958]

Seasons greetings to all.
For anyone interested in having an excuse to run the Newton Chambers Car Carriers away from their usual habitat, here is a link to photo of a Newton Abbot to Sheffield service in the early 70s that may be of interest.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/54230449782/in/photostream/

[Moonglum]

There are some photos here that might interest Martin @port perran .

Cheers,

Tim

[Foxhound]

Seasons greetings to all.
For anyone interested in having an excuse to run the Newton Chambers Car Carriers away from their usual habitat, here is a link to photo of a Newton Abbot to Sheffield service in the early 70s that may be of interest.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/54230449782/in/photostream/

Oh no, something else to add to the wishlist.....

[Crepello]

Is there any news of the TCVs' whereabouts at the moment?

[msr]

Good news: my TCV's have just been delivered by RoS. They are lovely coaches which really look the part. Included are lots of little pipes to fit for those so inclined (perhaps I'll just fit these on the rear vehicle of each rake).

[snitchthebudgie]

Agreed.  Very nicely done and ran very well out of the box.  I especially liked the translucent plastic roof panels that look the part.

[Carmont]

There's a report from a user on RMWeb which suggests that theirs are a bit draggy:

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/178974-n-gauge-newton-chambers-car-transporter/?do=findComment&comment=5729491

[cmason]

Was searching for information on Queen of Scots Pullman formations and was looking to acquire a copy of the Steve Banks book "LNER Passenger Trains and Formations 1923-67: The Principal Services" which is out of print and I cannot even find 2nd hand..... however there is a copy available to borrow from the Internet Archive at:

https://archive.org/details/lnerpassengertra0000bank/mode/2up

So I signed in and borrowed it to read for a few hours. Anyway as I explored I stumbled on pages 212 and 213 there is useful formation information for both the daytime "Anglo-Scottish Car Carrier" and the overnight "Car Sleeper Limited".

BTW - if anyone sees a copy of the actual book for sale anywhere please to point me to it as I will probably purchase,

Cheers,

Colin.

[cmason]

And of course now I see @NGS-PO 's post of May 2023:

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=796660

earlier in this thread which would have answered my question. Call me lazy for not reading all through...

Colin