Guildex 2013

[daifly]

Big disappointment not selling the Pannier

Interestingly, David Nicholson (S7 Chairman) was running one of these on the S7 test track late on Saturday. He has used the simple expedient of pulling out the wheels on the axles to achieve the required B2B. Apparently the flange profile is such that it also negotiates S7 pointwork without difficulty.

A whole new market opens for (almost) RTR S7!

Cheers

Dave

 

[Dan Randall]

Wish I'd known about the Heljan 47 bodies - I'd have had one too!


Regards

Dan

 

[Steph Dale]

Well, I finally made it home after a lengthy, two part, detour...

It was great to meet everyone; those I've met before and a good few new faces too. After a hectic Saturday meaning I missed the meet I was very pleased to make the Sunday one. I won't mention names in order to save myself the embarrassment of forgetting one or two key people which would be inevitable. Those I saw on Sunday will be unsurprised that my voice only just survived through to close of play. But it was very good fun, with a few bits and pieces to talk around I soon found myself in the thick of it.

I scored a bargain too. My sole purchase of the weekend for the princely sum of £2:

I assume this for the Class 25, but at the very least it's the basis for some experimentation.

Roll on next year!

Steph

 

[40126]

Wish I'd known about the Heljan 47 bodies - I'd have had one too!


Regards

Dan

Phill (BrushType4) got to Heljan before we did

Steve

 

[mickoo]

Phill (BrushType4) got to Heljan before we did

Steve

Yes we did and at that stage there were only three 47 bodies left, Phil took two and I ummed and ahhed and left the third, what I am after are some class 26 bodies mind!

 

[BrushType4]

I left one for Onslaught

 

[BrushType4]

Great day Saturday. Was at the Heljan stand by 9:30 and no amount of banter would get them to part with the very nice class40. So a couple of Heljan 47 bodies would have to do.

After elbowing my way back to the bring and buy, I picked up a Big Big Train set, GW rivet press and narrowly missed out on a couple of mark I coach kits.

Wheels, a brass brake van kit and a few bits and bobs cleaned me out by lunchtime.

The SVR on Sunday was good, but not sure how we missed the 52 light running though ?!

 

[dibateg]

Really enjoyed meeting WTers, I still did'nt get to chat to everyone that I wanted to, as I had to fit everything into one day, and had to dive out of the meet for an emergency drink. Still mega thirsty after being under the knife. Spent a bomb on just bits and pieces.
Today managed to get access to 43106 to take a shedload of detail pictures.

Tony

 

[Osgood]

OK I feel compelled to ask -

What is everyone going to do with all those Class 47 bodies, other than maybe create a Class 47 variant of Vic Berry's Class 25/27 Jenga tower?

 

[iploffy]

A quick and cheaper alternative to buying the whole loco, make the under gubbings yourself it allows you to use low current motors in a Heljan body without scrapping a chassis

 

[Osgood]

I suppose it is also a neat way to have variety of locomotives in that you can swap bodies quickly and easily (can you?) to change the identity - exit offstage a blue loco, re-enter a green one

 

[Phill Dyson]

I suppose it is also a neat way to have variety of locomotives in that you can swap bodies quickly and easily (can you?) to change the identity - exit offstage a blue loco, re-enter a green one

Well that's what I intend to do with mine, although I may at a later date make another chassis for one of them which would be more suited to radio control.
You can make the body's quickly detachable by fixing all the lighting to the chassis rather than the body as Heljan do.....I did this with my Hymeks.

Cheers Phill

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Had a good day at Telford (Sunday) and it was good to catch up with those that I did manage to meet.
Rob Pulham, I'm sorry we didn't chat for long I was coming back to see you again but I did not realise that you only had limited time there on Sunday, JB told me you had only called in briefly to collect some castings.

Collected a GER bogie BK third coach kit from D&S for a commission, some drill bits but that was about it for purchases and I did pick up some turning jobs, thank you to those who have commissioned me to do the work.

Enjoyed the S7 circuit and I too thought the Yankee based layout was good.

Col.

 

[iploffy]

Great day Saturday. Was at the Heljan stand by 9:30 and no amount of banter would get them to part with the very nice class40. So a couple of Heljan 47 bodies would have to do.

After elbowing my way back to the bring and buy, I picked up a Big Big Train set, GW rivet press and narrowly missed out on a couple of mark I coach kits.

Wheels, a brass brake van kit and a few bits and bobs cleaned me out by lunchtime.

The SVR on Sunday was good, but not sure how we missed the 52 light running though ?!

Well you wouldn't sell me one of the 47's

 

[Rob Pulham]

Had a good day at Telford (Sunday) and it was good to catch up with those that I did manage to meet.
Rob Pulham, I'm sorry we didn't chat for long I was coming back to see you again but I did not realise that you only had limited time there on Sunday, JB told me you had only called in briefly to collect some castings.

Collected a GER bogie BK third coach kit from D&S for a commission, some drill bits but that was about it for purchases and I did pick up some turning jobs, thank you to those who have commissioned me to do the work.

Enjoyed the S7 circuit and I too thought the Yankee based layout was good.

Col.

No Problem Colin, at least I got to say hello. If it wasn't for Laurie Griffin not popping some bits in my order I may not have made it at all - and thanks to Richard for confirming that they were indeed missing (showing my ignorance of Joy valve gear components here). I also got to meet Paul Penn-Sayer (locomodels) and Fred Lewis too

 

[ZiderHead]

I love the description the S7 boys have written for their Test Track!

That made me laugh too

 

[SteveO]

That made me laugh too

It was a lovely Guide with some good copy written by the contributors. Did anyone notice any typos? I helped proof-read this before print production so would be good to know if I missed any!

 

[daifly]

Other than Brian Daniels being spelled Bryan, none at all. Great show and thanks to all who made it happen.

Oddly, Jon Denning's American layout Flemingsburg Junction was a favourite of mine too. His previous layout was/is Vine Street which was the layout that convinced me that DCC and sound was the way forward. Jon was also using a wireless Multimaus Pro controller at Guildex which gave him the freedom to walk around the outside of the layout to follow his trains to the fiddleyard when necessary - a feature that several WTers are familiar with.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Arty]

There seemed to be less Traders this time, and / or some of them had smaller stands

12ft = £315 stand rent

 

[John D]

Even with tatty second-hand wagons, there still seems to be an "it's O Scale so it's Expensive" mentality.

Errmm... not quite so ....there was a stand near Tower Models (I think) selling s/h wagons e.g. Slaters for £10 , £25 bought you a brake van or van, in need of a re-paint and a bit of tidying up but definitely not expensive,