Falcon in 7mm from heljan and other locomotives

[oldravendale]

I just loved the Warships!! When I think back to the, Westerns Warships and Hymecks roaring out of Sonning cutting....oh and also the 'Blue Pullman' It makes me understand how the guys felt when their steam locos were scrapped.

Thanks Mr Grumpy! When I saw the 15 guinea special leave Manchester that was the end for me. I don't think I did any serious railway photography afterwards. HOWEVER - that was a mistake. Fortunately, when steam was still around I had no aversion to photographing diesels, hence a reasonable collection of early BR diesels piccies.

Brian

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I have loads of 1970's pics, mostly at Reading General, but neither me or the Kodak Instamatic were much cop!!

 

[pete waterman]

Steve your stretching a point mate to get the 43. Think you should look a little closer at the 42 ! Brian's done as always a great paint job But the front end looks odd in the photos. But then these are not my favourite Locos I'm a little more D600

 

[Brian Daniels]

You know you want one Pete as a 43 Didn't they get delivered from Glasgow via Leamington?

 

[Phill Dyson]

Steve your stretching a point mate to get the 43. Think you should look a little closer at the 42 ! Brian's done as always a great paint job But the front end looks odd in the photos. But then these are not my favourite Locos I'm a little more D600

Looks fine to me?

 

[Compton castle]

The D600 will compliment this one smashingly!!
I shall be converting a 42 to the 43 & one to as built which will be the bigger of the two jobs.

 

[Cliff Williams]

Pete how long until we get the D600?
I thought you were doing a 43 as well?

 

[richard carr]

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Looks fine to me?

Sadly it doesn't look fine to me, it could just be the photos but the windscreen angle looks wrong and the curvature on the front isn't the same , the model falls away too quickly for me.

It still looks nice, a bit like the Heljan 40, it looks like one until you really compare it to a photo or the JLTRT one then you can see the errors, I know I have 3 of each of them

Richard

 

[Phill Dyson]

It still looks nice, a bit like the Heljan 40, it looks like one until you really compare it to a photo or the JLTRT one then you can see the errors, I know I have 3 of each of them

Richard

The same can be said of the Western Richard, I quite like the Warship though & unless JLTRT do one it's probably the best we will get

Phill

 

[Ian@StEnochs]

You know you want one Pete as a 43 Didn't they get delivered from Glasgow via Leamington?

They certainly did. I remember them running light engine on the Sou'West main line on their way south. I think I saw 3 of them but Kelly is the only one I can name. I never saw one pull a train. Still haven't!
Ian.

 

[mickoo]

Sadly it doesn't look fine to me, it could just be the photos but the windscreen angle looks wrong and the curvature on the front isn't the same , the model falls away too quickly for me.

It still looks nice, a bit like the Heljan 40, it looks like one until you really compare it to a photo or the JLTRT one then you can see the errors, I know I have 3 of each of them

Richard

That about nails it really, windscreen isn't quite the right shape at the lower edge and overall shape, the nose is a bit bulged around the mid handrails and I think the roof profile might be slightly out, the cant rail grills are curved for the lower half and pretty flat for the top half, Heljans look curved through out the whole depth.

It is nice and as you say without detailed comparison looks like a Warship, it looks more like a Warship than the 40 did a 40 so they're improving.

I have to agree with Phil, a JLTRT Warship would be something to look forward to, a Warship and a kit, ticks both my boxes The old DJH ones were pretty good shape wise as well, but finding one of them is hard work, only seen one MIB in the last three or so years.

 

[richard carr]

I know its wrong but I will still probably buy one, even if it stays in the box as a collectors item.



Richard

 

[mickoo]

I know its wrong but I will still probably buy one, even if it stays in the box as a collectors item.



Richard

That 's one way to approach it

I think Heljan have been in this game long enough to know that they will eventually sell all they produce, supply and demand, supply just below the expected demand and your going to clear the shelves

Which means in the future, yours will be a tidy investment

 

[Phill Dyson]

Not a lot to do with creative model making though Mick

 

[mickoo]

Not a lot to do with creative model making though Mick

Tis true, but we'd all be naive if we thought everyone was tickled by creative modelling.

Knowing Richard, I doubt it'll stay in the box for long, especially if he sound equips it

 

[Compton castle]

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[richard carr]

I'm going to have to have lime green one of those.

Does anyone know how accurate it is, I haven't a clue on this one ?


Richard

 

[Compton castle]

The only thing we can do is compare it to pictures of the real thing. I personally like it although I might be seen as biased having said that I'm the first to look and see what I would replace on the model for my self and I can't see anything except maybe the couplings but that's just me.

 

[Simon]

"How accurate is it?"

"Does it look like Falcon?"

Are these the same questions?

"Accuracy" is in my opinion overdone in our hobby. As far as this beautiful looking model goes (of a loco I used to enjoy seeing on Bristol - Padd trains running through Bath) the front top edge of the nose looks too square to my eyes - the "face" of a diesel is the most important (and difficult) part to get right I think.

That said I can't quite see why I think that from looking at the prototype pictures

Simon

 

[richard carr]

I have to say that its hard to compare the model photos to those of the real thing above as the angle they are taken at is so different. But it clearly does look like Falcon.

I shall certainly be buying one.

Richard