The York show looms, therefore in order to keep the 009 Society Stand as up to date as possible, I have just finished building two each of the new 009 Society rolling stock kits.
The new wagons comprise a single plank bolster wagon, a planked wagon and a steel sided wagon. These were amongst the last moulds produced by Richard Hollingsworh before his retirement last year, and what a good job he has made. The parts go together well, I used Deluxe Plastic Magic adhesive applied with a 000 brush ( no longer suitable for painting ) and construction is very easy, the only really fiddly bit being the brake levers, I snapped one removing it from the sprue.
No axlebox bearings are supplied, but these really are unneccesary as the completed wagons roll freely.
I've not yet added couplings, this will be done after painting --- so it's off to Games Workshop in Leeds today for a new pot of Abaddon Black ( or whatever silly name they are calling Chaos Black this year ) for the underframes.
Garry
sorry for a 'mini rant' but -
I no longer drive a car so can't get to any shows outside Greater London.
I keep reading about the exclusive kits, but, apart from the 'with compliments' kit I received on joining the club have never seen any of them.
could we please have some pictures and prices shown on here or, how about a mini catalogue included with the monthly magazine ?
Unfortunately there are no pictures of completed wagons available (but maybe Garry can help out here?) - and photos of bits of plastic in a bag won't be much help! - but there is some more information in the 'Where's the wagons?' thread in the 'Sales' section here on the forum (down towards the bottom of the home page).
The Sales Team.
Pete, lucky you. i never received a complimentry kit when i joined the society. i had to buy all 9 of mine from the 009 society stand at the shows i attended.
all went together really well by the way and i'm very happy with them. Paul.
Quote from: The Sales Team on March 28, 2018, 21:48
Unfortunately there are no pictures of completed wagons available (but maybe Garry can help out here?) - and photos of bits of plastic in a bag won't be much help! - but there is some more information in the 'Where's the wagons?' thread in the 'Sales' section here on the forum (down towards the bottom of the home page).
The Sales Team.
<ahem> http://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=3435.0
;D
Yes, acknowledged on the 'Where's the wagons?' thread, I see - unfortunately we seem to have two threads running simultaneously on this topic!
David.
Quote from: JulienW on March 29, 2018, 08:49
<ahem> http://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=3435.0
;D
Thanks Julien - there seems to be some serious absences of corporate communication affecting things more than they usually do at the moment. eg in this case: release of a kit, lack of "official" announcements about it, apparent comms gap within the executive part of the organisation and the sales team, who after all are the outlet that these kits will be released to members through, joined up comms to ensure that notification is made of events and etc in 009 News in a timely manner - which sometimes needs a reminder that this is what 009 News is supposed to be for as its prime purpose as the official "front desk" newsletter and notification facility of the Society. I think that this is something that the appropriate officers in the directorship / committee needs to address and maybe provide a "state of the nation" announcement to members at the AGM next week - which of course all able bodied members will be doing their utmost to attend..............won't they?
Mick