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Word on the grapevine 2

Post by mhlr » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:26 pm

Thought it may be of interest, I was reading on GSC forum that one of the lads had overheard a convosation about why one of the suppliers had launched a new Talylln coach, and the supplier in question replied "To go with the new Roundhouse Tom Rolt"... Sounds promising?

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Post by MDLR » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:42 pm

Funnily enough, I heard the same conversation at Lincoln today.............
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Post by Sir haydn » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:43 pm

Already got one :p

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Post by MDLR » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:45 pm

Smartar$e!!
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Post by Sir haydn » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:46 pm

no doubt the roundhouse one will be bigger than ours as it will be 45mm-able

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Post by SillyBilly » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:52 pm

Would make sense as the Roundhouse running gear fits in quite nicely on the Tom Rolt.
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Post by Sir haydn » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:55 pm

so it does ;) that looks like bloomfield engineering number 6, the later version with the longer angled lubricator drain.
Roundhouse will be releasing it as its a century of tom rolt this year!

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Post by taliesin001 » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:07 am

MDLR wrote:Funnily enough, I heard the same conversation at Lincoln today.............
Actually so did !! That IP talyllyn coach ill go great with it. Do you know if he has built the coach to 16mm scale or slightly over?

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Post by R J Mitchell » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:39 am

That's interesting, because I heard elsewhere they were doing an FR Double Fairlie, using two Taliesin power bogies. I guess we shall see in due course.

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:56 am

Nope Roundhouse officially said that they would not be releasing a double fairly.
Tom Rolt has allways interested me. I wonder how one would look in dark blue with a white roof....
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Post by Hancockshire » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:00 am

I want one, I want one, I want one, I want one. I want to get one. Was it an Irish loco originally? If so, my dad's Irish girlfriend will love it
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Post by Endless, Nameless » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:15 am

Bord na Mona I think- IIRC it's actually a Barclay though (Andrew Barclay's of Kilmarnock), so Scottish built- but it worked in Ireland certainly.
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Post by mhlr » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:39 pm

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Too similar to 'Billy' I suppose.
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Post by Matt » Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:03 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:Nope Roundhouse officially said that they would not be releasing a double fairly.
Yeah, but lots of organisations say their not going to do something, and then end up doing it.

The government for example.
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:22 pm

How comes they don't model any of the LBNGR steamys  
Accucraft did though.

- something odd's gone on with this post.
- I didn't write that...
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Post by MTA » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:40 pm

I've always liked 'Tom Rolt', there again I seem to prefer locos which are built like brick s**t houses! I'd definitely buy one if they do release it.
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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:30 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:
How comes they don't model any of the LBNGR steamys  
Accucraft did though.

- something odd's gone on with this post.
- I didn't write that...
I know, I wrote that, this is very wiered.

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:46 pm

Did you edit my post? I made a post about roundhouse not making southwold locos.
Hmmm!
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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:18 pm

Maybe :? I duno TBH.

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:09 pm

Its the spookey post swapping gardenrailwayforum poltergyst!

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