Quote from: NOE 544R on December 09, 2025, 09:56:44 PM

Quote from: Roy L S on December 08, 2025, 06:55:23 PM

Quote from: Hailstone on December 08, 2025, 05:13:08 PMI couldn't resist another 600 warship at £89.50 from Rails of Sheffield, and added weathering. it arrived a couple of days ago and this is the first chance that I have had to show it off.


this is the first time that I have added basic weathering to a diesel loco and I think that it's not bad at all. as for the bogies? 5 minutes work with a swiss file - It took me longer to  get the body off to switch off the cab lights (I wonder why Farish ship DC locos with them on?)

Regards,

Alex

I received the replacement keeper plates for my D601 from Bachmann today - very speedy delivery. Simple enough to swap with the dodgy ones, and at the same time I popped the body off to fit a chip and permanently switch of the cab lights (as they wouldn't seem to turn off using F3 and 4 as shown on the instructions).

It has been running in for a couple of hours now, the mechanism is very smooth and quiet. Aside from the "hiccup" with the bogies it must be said it is a very nice model indeed.

Roy

Hi Roy,

How did you contact Bachmann for the replacements please?

Thanks
Mac

Hi Mac

I e-mailed Bachmann at service@bachmann-europe.co.uk requesting the redesigned replacement bogie keeper-plates.

They will require a copy of proof of purchase to be attached to the e-mail (receipt from Kernow in my case) and your name and address.

It was all then handled in a typically Bachmann way, very efficiently and professionally.

Regards

Roy

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 09, 2025, 10:08:50 PM

Quote from: Roy L S on December 09, 2025, 08:31:28 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 09, 2025, 07:02:56 PMI could feasibly use these for the 'Newport Nobby' but then, how the heck do I get it into either of my layouts when it only ran between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell?

Rule 1 is always your friend Mick!

Way too much of a stretch, Roy, unless they could have appeared on the Varsity Line in the late 50s/early 60s

Buckingham Branch maybe? I seem to recall it was DMU from Verney Junction to Buckingham but a separate steam service from there to Banbury until that section closed to passengers, still a stretch true, but...

Quote from: Roy L S on December 09, 2025, 08:31:28 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 09, 2025, 07:02:56 PMI could feasibly use these for the 'Newport Nobby' but then, how the heck do I get it into either of my layouts when it only ran between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell?

Rule 1 is always your friend Mick!

Way too much of a stretch, Roy, unless they could have appeared on the Varsity Line in the late 50s/early 60s

Nicely done! Which AI tool did you use? It's interesting to compare the merits/demerits of each.

Quote from: Roy L S on December 08, 2025, 06:55:23 PM

Quote from: Hailstone on December 08, 2025, 05:13:08 PMI couldn't resist another 600 warship at £89.50 from Rails of Sheffield, and added weathering. it arrived a couple of days ago and this is the first chance that I have had to show it off.



this is the first time that I have added basic weathering to a diesel loco and I think that it's not bad at all. as for the bogies? 5 minutes work with a swiss file - It took me longer to  get the body off to switch off the cab lights (I wonder why Farish ship DC locos with them on?)

Regards,

Alex

I received the replacement keeper plates for my D601 from Bachmann today - very speedy delivery. Simple enough to swap with the dodgy ones, and at the same time I popped the body off to fit a chip and permanently switch of the cab lights (as they wouldn't seem to turn off using F3 and 4 as shown on the instructions).

It has been running in for a couple of hours now, the mechanism is very smooth and quiet. Aside from the "hiccup" with the bogies it must be said it is a very nice model indeed.

Roy

Hi Roy,

How did you contact Bachmann for the replacements please?

Thanks
Mac

Yes, very tasty.

Really positive step from Dapol, they look really nice as well.

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 09, 2025, 07:02:56 PMI could feasibly use these for the 'Newport Nobby' but then, how the heck do I get it into either of my layouts when it only ran between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell?

Rule 1 is always your friend Mick!

In a possibly vain attempt to get this thread back on track, here is a photo of LNER Class J72 number 68736 that I took at Newcastle Central Station back in the winter of 1962 when I would have been nine years old. 

This locomotive acted as station pilot at York before transferring to Newcastle in 1961.  It has been painted in NER green and carried both the NER emblem and the BR crest. 

Dapol is planning to release this model in the same livery and I have already got mine on pre-order. 

Thanks to AI, I have been able to colourise this photo to remind me what the prototype looked like and I will probably make a print of this colour photo for my railway room.  This is what I see as one of the benefits of AI. 

It is a pity that I did not manage to get the entire loco in the photo.  Well, I was only nine! 

Ian

P.S.  I did specify that the loco be colourised in NER green but the result is possibly a little dark.  But I still like it!

Ooops, it's worse than that - that was my own doing, completely unassisted by spell check or AI!