Has anyone here used the hawk chassis - what do you think of it? I was thinking of using it to convert my parkside Blanche to outside frames, and also improve the running by using the branchlines 38:1 gearbox and a new mashima motor. The wheels will also be better than the ibertren beasts.
worth a go?
Colin
The problem with the Hawk chassis is that despite being described as an ibertren replacement it isn't!
The kit uses Pug wheels which are probably too big for Blanche (or Linda or Charles) as is the wheelbase - it is better suited to a L&B Lyn!
Golden Arrow do (or did) a chassis kit specifically for the loco, and I have a feeling that Dundas may be working on something themselves...
Quote from: JulienW on October 13, 2009, 16:27
Golden Arrow do (or did) a chassis kit specifically for the loco, and I have a feeling that Dundas may be working on something themselves...
This was reported in the news, issue before last I think. If I remember correctly it being produced by Avalon Lines for Parkside Dundas but the body kit is being revised with some new parts. This means that in theory the new chassis won't fit an exsisting kit without some degree of butchery, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Darren.
I think a test version was seen running on Dduallt at Porthmadog in May, so it might not be too much longer to wait...?
What is the Hawk chassis please?
Quote from: Snowdon Ranger on October 13, 2009, 21:18
Quote from: JulienW on October 13, 2009, 16:27
Golden Arrow do (or did) a chassis kit specifically for the loco, and I have a feeling that Dundas may be working on something themselves...
This was reported in the news, issue before last I think. If I remember correctly it being produced by Avalon Lines for Parkside Dundas but the body kit is being revised with some new parts. This means that in theory the new chassis won't fit an exsisting kit without some degree of butchery, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Darren.
Photos of the new Parkside Dundas locos (with chassis) seen in the 009 Society display case at Expong:
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd239%2FMick6126%2FDscf0239s.jpg&hash=feb29a1e8863bda2ac5ebb3655a6092a180cac7c)
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd239%2FMick6126%2FDscf0240s.jpg&hash=2c4c82c81f878b2799b743cfb9dfd9a1dcc7eedc)
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd239%2FMick6126%2FDscf0241s.jpg&hash=12507d51ca590d1421921a7cbc4d54d726084710)
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd239%2FMick6126%2FDscf0242s.jpg&hash=d39908ca9ed76ddc0e134943352d2b80c5a78a8c)
Sorry if this has taken this thread a little off topic but I thought the PD locos were better known than they appear to be from this discussion, so these pix might be of interest.
Mick
Quote from: pilotfriend on November 14, 2009, 12:32
What is the Hawk chassis please?
It is an etched nickel silver outside frame chassis kit produced by Branchlines was (and I think it is still produced). It uses L&Y Pug wheelsets, and the chassis can be built as an 0-4-0, 2-4-0, 0-4-2 and 2-4-2 as it is supplied with a pair of pony trucks within the etch. Advertised as an ibertren replacement the wheels were much bigger than the 6 mm diameter ones on the Ibertren 0-4-0, the Hawk being more suited to locos like "Lyn", and I suspect that quite a few found their way under the Langley kit in place of the Farish compound.
I cannot believe that Branchline's idea of a website is a blog. Impossible to trace anything in it. Why on earth do they do it that way?
Quote from: pilotfriend on November 15, 2009, 20:46
I cannot believe that Branchline's idea of a website is a blog. Impossible to trace anything in it. Why on earth do they do it that way?
Quite possibly because using a commercial blogging website is a quick and inexpensive way of having some presence on the inter web thingy.
I can see the wisdom in this in that it is easy to come across a number of small independent model shops and manufacturers who have been persuaded to pay someone to produce them a bespoke web site and then find that updating it is expensive and inconvenient. Some the more cautious or better advised simply have a single page that gives the shop name and basic contact information. You see the same thing with club web sites. Someone has great plans and an internet-savvy member produces something overly complex and then leaves the club or gets bored updating it.
Many small businesses have used Yahoo groups in the past to stay in contact with their customers. Doing something similar on a "blog" using one of the free or low-cost commercial providers is similar and does not require the customer to subscribe to a list to receive information.
Quote from: pilotfriend on November 15, 2009, 20:46
I cannot believe that Branchline's idea of a website is a blog. Impossible to trace anything in it. Why on earth do they do it that way?
The previous owner had it set up that way, so I can imagine that the new owners would want to keep the known address (although I have to say, I'm not impressed with the new look and am absolutely not impressed with the automatic translation of the navigation bar to Dutch (in my case - I live in NL and this sort of thing just irritates me, even if I can speak it)). Having said that, a new setup would probably be a good idea - it doesn't have to be overly complicated, just easily navigable(*).
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Rod
(*) Yes, I have done website design and yes, I do know what I'm talking about - 30+ years in the computer business does that to you :-)
PS It was nice to meet the two of you at Genk the other month!