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Title: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Adam1701D on April 24, 2012, 07:47:26 PM
http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/37935/RW3_Peco_Diamond_Jubilee_Commemorative_CDA_Clay_Hopper_Wagon (http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/37935/RW3_Peco_Diamond_Jubilee_Commemorative_CDA_Clay_Hopper_Wagon)
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: port perran on April 24, 2012, 07:52:06 PM
Believe it or not they sold plenty of the Royal Wedding commemorative coal hoppers last year !!
Not sure who buys this sort of stuff though!!
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: 4x2 on April 24, 2012, 07:58:31 PM
Quote from: captainelectra on April 24, 2012, 07:47:26 PM
http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/37935/RW3_Peco_Diamond_Jubilee_Commemorative_CDA_Clay_Hopper_Wagon (http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/37935/RW3_Peco_Diamond_Jubilee_Commemorative_CDA_Clay_Hopper_Wagon)
bring it on !!! only another 28 wagons to go to make the worst rake of CDA's ever.... Dapol's lovely Class 66 in GBRF Euro "Childrens" livery is the loco of choice....

Pass the bucket  :evil: :evil: :evil: !!!
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Adam1701D on April 24, 2012, 08:02:34 PM
I've just got the hump because my oh so tasteful Royal Wedding Class 153 failed to sell!

This year, I shall be looking at commemorative :computerangry: and 100% unofficial Jubilee and Olympic rolling stock - any nominations?
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: K-N-Gauge on April 24, 2012, 08:15:18 PM
I shall not buying this wagon :p
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: OwL on April 24, 2012, 08:24:04 PM
How about an Olympic themed HTA hopper wagon? Or a jubilee liveried dogfish wagon.......what will they think of next!?
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: EtchedPixels on April 24, 2012, 08:26:06 PM
I'm tempted to buy one because I've got some good idea for the weathering and then covering it in appropriate graffiti...
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Dock Shunter on April 24, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 24, 2012, 08:26:06 PM
I'm tempted to buy one because I've got some good idea for the weathering and then covering it in appropriate graffiti...

:smiley-laughing:  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Irish Padre on April 24, 2012, 08:43:56 PM
I just don't get this at all. HM is an absolute phenomenon who commands respect wherever she goes - how on earth does this honour her? What would have been far more meaningful, and which I would probably have bought, is something like a limited edition horsebox in 1952 BR livery as used to transport some of her equine assets. It would be a low key but meaningful tribute to her, and a genuine replication of her involvement in rail transport.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Kipper on April 24, 2012, 09:02:12 PM
Or a Southern Railway Schools, named for one that her kids went to.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: OwL on April 24, 2012, 09:17:53 PM
Or Dapol could release a liveried 67 of class 67026 that has recently been painted by DBS in real life for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: tgv_obsessed on April 24, 2012, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: OwL729 on April 24, 2012, 09:17:53 PM
Or Dapol could release a liveried 67 of class 67026 that has recently been painted by DBS in real life for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.

by the time it actually got released, it will be George VII's jubilee of some sort
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Newportnobby on April 24, 2012, 09:52:07 PM
Quote from: Irish Padre on April 24, 2012, 08:43:56 PM
I just don't get this at all. HM is an absolute phenomenon who commands respect wherever she goes - how on earth does this honour her? What would have been far more meaningful, and which I would probably have bought, is something like a limited edition horsebox in 1952 BR livery as used to transport some of her equine assets. It would be a low key but meaningful tribute to her, and a genuine replication of her involvement in rail transport.

Does equine assets = horse's arse? ;D
Anyway, on the Kernow site it's out of stock (phew)
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: SymonC on April 24, 2012, 10:35:06 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on April 24, 2012, 09:52:07 PM


Anyway, on the Kernow site it's out of stock (phew)

It's OK you can pre-order from Rails!

https://railsofsheffield.com/diamond-jubilee-celebration-commemorative-cda-china-clay-wagon-rw-3-JJJA19534.aspx   ;D
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: OwL on April 24, 2012, 11:02:01 PM
Quote from: tgv_obsessed on April 24, 2012, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: OwL729 on April 24, 2012, 09:17:53 PM
Or Dapol could release a liveried 67 of class 67026 that has recently been painted by DBS in real life for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.

by the time it actually got released, it will be George VII's jubilee of some sort

Fair point TGV............... :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: SD35 on April 25, 2012, 08:26:25 AM
Quote from: tgv_obsessed on April 24, 2012, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: OwL729 on April 24, 2012, 09:17:53 PM
Or Dapol could release a liveried 67 of class 67026 that has recently been painted by DBS in real life for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.

by the time it actually got released, it will be George VII's jubilee of some sort

...which would still probably be before the Mk3 buffets.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: H on April 25, 2012, 10:02:01 AM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 24, 2012, 08:26:06 PM
I'm tempted to buy one because I've got some good idea for the weathering and then covering it in appropriate graffiti...


No need . . . . . the 'official' 2012 Olympic logo is basically graffiti.  :evil:

H.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: trainsdownunder on April 25, 2012, 10:15:27 AM
This is one of those times when I know it was right to abandon all BR stock and go American.

Pass the sick bag Alice !   :-[ :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: EtchedPixels on April 25, 2012, 10:23:41 AM
I did this a while ago for the Royal Wedding:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/79/entry-6440-making-the-freebie-easier-to-build/ (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/79/entry-6440-making-the-freebie-easier-to-build/)

Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Newportnobby on April 25, 2012, 12:06:10 PM
"Return to the people". I like it ;D
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Karhedron on April 25, 2012, 04:25:33 PM
Quote from: OwL729 on April 24, 2012, 09:17:53 PM
Or Dapol could release a liveried 67 of class 67026 that has recently been painted by DBS in real life for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
The possibility has been mentioned but it depends on getting permission from DBS to reproduce the livery.
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: tgv_obsessed on April 25, 2012, 06:07:44 PM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 25, 2012, 10:23:41 AM
I did this a while ago for the Royal Wedding:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/79/entry-6440-making-the-freebie-easier-to-build/ (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/79/entry-6440-making-the-freebie-easier-to-build/)

well i was going to suggest that a rake of these dreadful things could be pulled by a loco called "Guillotine" , but I imagined such talk contraversial!
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Donkey on April 25, 2012, 07:12:32 PM
Very good EtchedPixels, I like it  :thumbsup:. As and when my modelling skills develope I must build that  :)

Marty
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Adam1701D on April 25, 2012, 07:39:35 PM
(http://www.warr.biz/erg/Royal%20153%20001.JPG)

Here's Electras' patriotic 153 from last year.  ;D
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: edwin_m on April 25, 2012, 10:24:33 PM
The 153s were of course created by "divorcing" the two parts of a 155 unit.  Which suggests a whole series of royal-themed namings...
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: bluedepot on April 25, 2012, 10:45:37 PM
Britannia Pacific 'Oliver Cromwell' would be my loco of choice to haul a rake of these CDA wagons...

Honestly though... who buys this s##t!!!!


Tim


:Class31: :Carriage:
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: OwL on April 25, 2012, 10:57:57 PM
Quote from: bluedepot on April 25, 2012, 10:45:37 PM
Britannia Pacific 'Oliver Cromwell' would be my loco of choice to haul a rake of these CDA wagons...

Honestly though... who buys this s##t!!!!


:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: Japanese tourists who model N Gauge of course! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: moogle on April 28, 2012, 04:03:26 PM
If you modelled the Royal Train and then added some of these, would it become a Royal Mixed Goods train?  ;D
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: BobB on April 28, 2012, 07:31:53 PM
Having left good old blighty some years ago, you get to realise how the Queen (if not all the others) generates support and, shall we say, envy ?

From a commercial point of view, exploiting an anniversary is as natural as voting for the next politician. I suppose most people ended up sympathetic to P. Diana, so it's not to surprising about Katherine, but explain Pippa (without referencing her rear figure) ?

Just get used to it folks. It's a passing phase which will soon be forgotten by us who try to emulate the prototype. As for me, I just hope that the current diverse liveries will become more conservative so that I feel comfortable moving on from corporate blue !
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: EtchedPixels on April 28, 2012, 08:19:12 PM
Quote from: BobB on April 28, 2012, 07:31:53 PM
I just hope that the current diverse liveries will become more conservative so that I feel comfortable moving on from corporate blue !

There has been considerable argument about the continual cycle of relivery work. The Scots finally got fed up of it and from 2008 used their own powers to decree that

- The franchise will always be called ScotRail regardless of whoever operates it
- The livery is going to be fixed by Transport Scotland with just a little space for operators to add a small 'is operated by' vinyl
- The uniforms are staying the same across franchises

It will be interesting to see how the Welsh Assembly handles this after the Arriva franchise ends. So far the only attempt at a Welsh Railways logo has been for a comedy film (Ar Y Tracs). Images at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14589121@N00/4351620272/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14589121@N00/4351620272/#)

Alan
Title: Re: Oh please, God, no!!
Post by: Pengi on April 28, 2012, 09:17:08 PM
Our liveries are way too conservative  :evil: - check out these links:

http://www.wejetset.com/magazine/2008/12/2/445/city_innovations:_jap (http://www.wejetset.com/magazine/2008/12/2/445/city_innovations:_jap)

And these:

http://blog.thomasrepro.com/2010/08/10-tips-for-great-vehicle-wrap-advertising-tips-1-3/ (http://blog.thomasrepro.com/2010/08/10-tips-for-great-vehicle-wrap-advertising-tips-1-3/)

Hope Captain Electra is preparing the vinyls for these :smiley-laughing: