Bachmann announcement

[Alan]

I know many of you here model at a rather larger scale than I, but amongst the Bachmann announcement of new products there is one which will interest wester nad Great Western modellers and that is a Dukedog. Shame I'm no modelling the Cambrian and I'm also modelling a slightly later era.

 

[28ten]

I know many of you here model at a rather larger scale than I, but amongst the Bachmann announcement of new products there is one which will interest wester nad Great Western modellers and that is a Dukedog. Shame I'm no modelling the Cambrian and I'm also modelling a slightly later era.

Im amazed at that  Frank (dukedog) will be pleased  they are a nice loco though, one of my favourites.

 

[Ressaldar]

It would have a very limited appeal - if a steam outline is to be done, why not complement the Standard 4MT tank with the tender version - especially as they do one in 00.

regards

Mike

 

[Alan]

Obviously Bachmann don't think so. Whilst not appearing at the top of wish lists it has alway been on them and after producing City of Truro they have the chassis, and alraedy have a tender. I also gather they are to produce the 2251 with a ROD tender, again using what they already have.

 

[Steph Dale]

Alan,

I don't think it's quite that simple!

There's a foot difference in the diameter of the driving wheels of the City vs the Dukedog, so although they may have the odd part they can use (driving wheel axles, bogie wheels) it's not a case of just exchanging the chassis.  The tender might be tricky too - have they re-tooled the Churchward 3500g tender from the ex-Palitoy version(s) used with the 43xx and Manor?

Interesting news though, for a minute you had me worried that you were talking about 7mm! And you might get away with one: my Dad saw 9017 at Old Oak just before it was withdrawn...

Steph

 

[Alan]

Whilst the drivers are different diameters the wheelbase is the same 8ft 6inches and the distance from front driver to back bogie wheel thereis only a scale 1mm difference 7ft 6 to 7ft 3inches. So the basic chassis blaock could be the same.

 

[The Great Bear]

I know many of you here model at a rather larger scale than I, but amongst the Bachmann announcement of new products there is one which will interest wester nad Great Western modellers and that is a Dukedog. Shame I'm no modelling the Cambrian and I'm also modelling a slightly later era.

OK, so none got as far SW as your layout, but looks from the shed allocations a scattering were elsewhere from the Cambrian - Swindon, Didcot, Gloucester? Presumably they were used on cross-country lines like MSWJR and DNSR along with Dukes and absorbed classes?

It's such a cute loco, I'm sure many will adopt modeller's license!

Jon

 

[Steph Dale]

Whilst the drivers are different diameters the wheelbase is the same 8ft 6inches and the distance from front driver to back bogie wheel thereis only a scale 1mm difference 7ft 6 to 7ft 3inches. So the basic chassis blaock could be the same.

Alan,
I take your point - so we've managed to identify about half a dozen common components then...! 

OK, so none got as far SW as your layout, but looks from the shed allocations a scattering were elsewhere from the Cambrian - Swindon, Didcot, Gloucester? Presumably they were used on cross-country lines like MSWJR and DNSR along with Dukes and absorbed classes?

Jon,
They certainly did; I'm starting work on a model of 9015 (Didcot) which ran over the DNS on the odd occasion (at least).  I've also got a 'Duke' for the same reason and one of the guys has a Bulldog (which could be simply a new body on the Dukedog chassis, if anyone was feeling adventurous in 4mm).  The layout is set just north of Southampton...

Steph