7mm Heljan news

[clarky]

Hi Tom

A 33 in Blue.

Reminds me of Exeter St Davids, because that's where I saw most of mine. I've been really temted to get a Heljan one for later, but I haven't yet.

Be careful with the 47/8. A lot of them had the chopped buffer beam fairing and lower cab mod. Lots of headcode panel variations too (some palted over and some filled in completely)

I'm sure you know that anyway!

Have fun

Clarky

 

[tomstaf]

Thanks Clarky,

It'll be a chopped buffer beam for sure as I prefer them, and I'm going for the rubberised headcode lights as I like them too. That narrows down my selection a bit But then again I like snow ploughs. Looks over at 47 767 'Mappa Mundi'...

Cheers

Tom

 

[Steph Dale]

The 47 parts are a work in progress but will appear in due course. There is a range of 7mm products listed on the Shawplan site: http://www.shawplan.com/extreme_loco7mm.html

Thanks for posting the link, Tom!

That's a bloody result; the JLTRT class 50 moves slightly closer to the top of the pile as a result of seeing the radiator fan listed. It now just leaves me to finish drawing up the replacement bogies...

Steph

 

[alcazar]

Anyone used Shawplan nameplates in 7mm scale?
How do they compare to Seven Mill, or Guilplates?

 

[clarky]

I've always used Severn Mill.

Never tried Shawplan or Guilplates.

 

[clarky]

Here you go CME.

As supplied and as fitted.

The DJH ones are £11.00 per set plus £5.95 postage per order.

I've never used the JLRT ones.

Graeme

 

[clarky]

 

[Cliff Williams]

This was interesting!
Tower Models supplied Guilplates with their limited edition D1000 but the lion on wheel etch let it down. Steve Fay encouraged me to try Seven Mill for a better etch, lo and behold look at the size difference on the plates. Think I will ping Dave at Tower about it.

 

[clarky]

Hi Cliff. The Guilplates definitely look wrong in terms of size, but also the lettering/font doesn't look right. Especially since Enterprise's plates were much taller (the same as the numberplates) wheras the rest of the fleet had narrower plates. I think Severn Mill are excellent!

 

[Compton castle]

Guilplates and tower didn't do there homework on the plates for D1000.
The Severn mill are miles better.

 

[Steph Dale]

Looking at the Guilplates versions, I wonder if they prepared the artwork as for a standard Western 'plate and then enlarged it until the height matched the numberplates. So doing would lead to an over-long nameplate and make a complete Horlicks of the font.

After recent threads I think most of us are now in agreement that the Severn Mill ones are the way to go. Which reminds me, I really need to order my set for Champion.
Steph

 

[Cliff Williams]

The top one is Severn Mill Steph. The bottom is the shorter Guilplates.

 

[Phill Dyson]

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Any chance could we see some bigger pics?

 

[Steph Dale]

The top one is Severn Mill Steph. The bottom is the shorter Guilplates.

Cliff,

Then that's even more of a foul up than I imagined. I had assumed a nieve mistake...

Steph

 

[clarky]

Steph

I think the view here is that the bigger Severn Mill plates (the top ones) are correct and that the Guilplates as fitted by Tower are where the Horlicks was made.

Or have I misunderstood you?

G

 

[clarky]

All my 52s have Severn Mill Plates (although they are the narrower ones as carried by all locos apart from Enterprise) and they look spot on.

 

[Cliff Williams]

The new larger plate is better. I should have checked before I fitted the Guilplates on the loco (Tower did not fit them they leave you to do it) as they do look too small.
One more pic I found http://www.flickr.com/photos/55184015@N00/85274064/

This is the loco with original Guilplates on it:

 

[Compton castle]

Here's mine from Severn mill temp fixed with blue tac.

 

[alcazar]

My book on the Westerns states that the plates fitted to D1000 were of a non-standard larger size. The rest of the fleet had the smaller plates.

 

[Cliff Williams]

Here are some shots of D1000 with the Severn Mill Plates on. Very pleased with them!
Apologies for the number of pics, a little bit of light came out on a windy day.