Class 57 DRS and Coaches...

dude2112 · December 15, 2016, 08:26:17 PM

Hi all,
Me bezzy mate has bought me a Farish class 57 DRS loco and two half brake coaches off santa.
However, neither of us can find any other coaches by Farish to go with these. Did Farish do any more or are we into R3 resprays territory ?

Any help welcome.
Andy.

njee20 · December 15, 2016, 11:09:47 PM

No DRS coaches, but the 57s haul all sorts - Pendolinos, FNA nuclear flasks (top and tailed), rail tours with mk1s or mk2s. Various TOCs mk3s. Or just run light engine, they're often off somewhere to rescue something.

Skyline2uk · December 16, 2016, 09:42:44 AM

Hi

Believe the DRS 57s did / do also run with the big IQA nuke wagons, a kit of which can be found here:

http://www.modernimagemodels.co.uk/page10.html

Skyline2uk

PLD · December 16, 2016, 10:41:34 AM

I believe those are the only DRS liveried coaches. They are not regular passenger stock, they are the Nuclear Fuel Escort vehicles...

red_death · December 16, 2016, 11:15:32 AM

There are (or certainly used to be) some DRS liveried Mark 3s but they have never been produced in RTR model form (and I'm not sure whether DRS still have them).

Also the DRS Mk2 sets + DBSOs are in DRS livery for the Cumbrian Coast but again never produced RTR.

Cheers, Mike

mr bachmann · December 16, 2016, 03:21:40 PM

during the floods I think they push-pull DRS stock (Sellafield) Workington to Maryport (free service) , on the Carlisle Barrow line .

red_death · December 16, 2016, 05:00:29 PM

Quote from: mr bachmann on December 16, 2016, 03:21:40 PM
during the floods I think they push-pull DRS stock (Sellafield) Workington to Maryport (free service) , on the Carlisle Barrow line .

Yes - those were the Mk3s I referred to (DRS were planning a charter rake at one point). The DRS coaches in use now on the Cumbrian coast are 37s with Mk2s and a DBSO (originally pairs of 37s before the DBSOs were ready).

Cheers, Mike

njee20 · December 16, 2016, 10:30:38 PM

I've been inspired, and I've dragged out 3 Dapol mk3s I was keeping for such an eventuality, removed the glazing and primed them, ready for a coat of DRS blue tomorrow! Not sure if they should have blue doors or grey ones though. Can find photos of both.

Better order some decals!

DELETED · December 16, 2016, 10:59:37 PM

Just a quick question:

I spoke to r3sprays last year at the Falkirk show and they were only offering DRS services from then on. However, regardless they said they stopped doing N gauge repsrays a while back before then so it was ngauge transfers, no re-sprays for N gauge. Is that still the case? I didn't get the chance to ask at this years show? Shame really as I think they're only a couple of streets along from my Mothers house so though I would have found someone I could have delivered and picked up from rather than doing it all remote.

Rich

dude2112 · December 23, 2016, 08:18:04 PM

Thanks for the replies,
Pre-ordered DRS nuke wagon from hattons. Nice to know i can finish the rake.

Again ta, Andy.

robert shrives · December 24, 2016, 08:29:46 AM

I was holding back until the planned MK2s and dbso land from Bacfar, pretty certain r3sprays had transfers a while back and railtec have something for M3 ocean liner rake that the mK3s started out on a while back.

Robert

dude2112 · December 26, 2016, 10:08:23 PM

I know this is off topic a bit but.....
Has anyone news or updates on the N-Gage Dapol class 68 in DRS ?
My '00' mates have theirs on order.
Would hopefully also present a chance for someone develop some coaches eh.....

Sorry if these topics are some where else on here.

Andy.

robert shrives · December 27, 2016, 02:36:29 AM

Hi,
68s now mid Jan for OO models - dapol digest has production pictures and very tasty!
N models subject to shrink ray and re engineering as required so best bet a year away given production and tooling slots available , 50, BoB, pacer all outstanding but in progress per digest reports.

certainly having seen development progress at open day the livery looks spot on, I think full halo lighting will not be possible give size of model and DCC chip functionality will be hard to match up to real thing but hope the ability to fit sound will make it a game changer.

njee20 · December 27, 2016, 07:02:40 AM

Looks like the OO one needs a 6-function decoder to do the halo lighting, which rules out any 6 pin offerings AFAIK. What about Next 18 though?

robert shrives · December 27, 2016, 07:36:26 AM

Hi,
Next 18 offers opportunities but I expect if it offers what is required it will be considered but I wonder about physical size of connection within the N sized shell.
On topic I have found some coach transfers which were R3spray but from a while ago not sure who originated them.

Robert