Falcon in 7mm from heljan and other locomotives

mickoo

mickoo

Western Thunderer
Where's that second one taken from? Looks a bit like Doncaster but I don't recognise the large building in the background. In those colours it was mostly on the ECML as far as I recall. I'll dig out the Liverpool Street shot later.
 
Compton castle

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
I'm not sure of the location, she was also tested on the western in this livery. Dynamometer car test were carried out on the lickey incline & on the South Devon banks as well as some service runs
 
Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels

Western Thunderer
Doesn't show much on the pictures but Heljan have done a nice rendition of the nameplate as a moulding and an etch for the name under it.
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Just had a look at the likely price:eek:.........all I can say is don't hold your breath waiting for one on the Withercombe branch :rolleyes:
 
OzzyO

OzzyO

Western Thunderer
Looking at the two photos all I can see is that the front handrail looks a bit high in the middle, and that the roof vent looks a bit big ie. is a bit deep (tail).

OzzyO.
 
Overseer

Overseer

Western Thunderer
I don't usually comment on models of prototypes I know nothing about but I agree that the windscreen angle looks different. The other problem in this area is that the drivers drop down has been made wider so it looks like a square instead of a vertical rectangle. Have they lengthened the cabs to provide clearance for the bogies around the fairings?
 
JimG

JimG

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
Don't run. I agree - and I usually loathe it if people get really 'picky' about models, but sometimes things really do stand out at first glance as being wrong, without needing micrometers and overlaid lines on pictures to prove it. To me this is one such error.
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I agree as well. I looked at the shape of the smaller side window and I reckoned that the ratio of the length of the top to the bottom differed between prototype and model. But I would keep well out of arguments since it wouldn't really fit in a pre-Group layout. :)

Jim.
 
alcazar

alcazar

Guest
I no longer post on here, but felt I would reply to the above.
Having looked at quite a few photos of Falcon I reckon the driver's drop down window IS square, or as near as makes no difference. The "OO" gauge model got it wrong.

Comparing photos of the pre-production and the real thing from roughly the same angle, I can't see the probs with the windscreens either, if anything is wrong, the nose top may be too sharply angled, might be more rounded?
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
I hate getting picky about models too, especially when we haven't seen it in the flesh. The Heljans screens look a little too vertical to me as well , but this is on the evidence of a couple of pics, I would like to see 'side on' & 'end on' pics of the model and identical angled pics of the model to compare with pics of the real thing before anyone becomes judge & jury on this model though.

This loco was like the holy grail to a lot of us 1970's spotters & I did catch up with her eventually........


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unlike Jordan I have every desire to own the beast & see it making Maybach Music on the Withercombe branch.....I would rather have a good kit though if it is not right for £560'ish
 
adrian

adrian

Flying Squad
Heather Kay said:
The windscreens look too vertical.
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Overseer said:
I don't usually comment on models of prototypes I know nothing about but I agree that the windscreen angle looks different.
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It may well be just the camera angle causing the perceived difference. The earlier prototype photos from Steve seem to match of a more vertical windscreen
http://www.westernthunder.co.uk/ind...nd-other-locomotives.3593/page-14#post-120496

Not quite the same view but flipped for comparison - I think you'd have to see it in the flesh to decide.
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