One for the NCC fans?

[Galteemore]

Rapido are launching a Midland 483 - not a million miles off an NCC Scotch engine….

[jhb171achill]

On 22/2/2025 at 9:07 AM, Galteemore said:

Rapido are launching a Midland 483 - not a million miles off an NCC Scotch engine….

Livery adjustments and you’re there!

[Mol_PMB]

Rapido have a track record of making their models available in 'what-if?' liveries as well as the accurate ones. Maybe someone should suggest UTA black?

Photo from Ernie:

 

[leslie10646]

As David says above, this is close, but a big difference on driving wheels - 6ft on the NCC and, I think 6ft 9in on this?

I don't think that even the most silver-tongued of us could persuade Rapido to do a UTA run - I'm aware of less than a dozen NCC modellers.

Hence the absence of NCC wagons among my kits - almost as bad as BCDR (sorry Patrick), but when I did BCDR wagons they were Dapol repaints (400 of them in all of four "prototypes") they sold very slowly and I think I sold the residue off cheaply. I've done two NCC RTRs - a LMS covered van with UTA lettering and a "Courtaulds" open both of which sold out. The Spoil wagon kits were more special interest wagons and continue to sell with 214 sales to date. Another example of people buying them in tens!

Now, IF Rapido DID a "U2" I'd grab one OK - "Carrickfergus Castle" please  - which ran on the GNR. I think that "Chichester Castle also did?

[jhb171achill]

I suspect - and hope - that from an admittedly microscopic base, UTA modelling is beginning to develop interest.

A few years ago, the CIE grey’n’green era was virtually ignored. But then came along IRM’s early A class liveries, Hattons genesis stock, OO Works J15s, and Leslie’s “provincial” wagons…

[Horsetan]

15 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

...IF Rapido DID a "U2" ....

...we still haven't found what we're looking for. 

[Westcorkrailway]

5 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

...we still haven't found what we're looking for. 

Stop with the dad jokes and go outside. It’s a beautiful day.

[Patrick Davey]

Nice - if pricey - but what about that tender?  Is it correct for York Road or would it require modification?

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Nice - if pricey - but what about that tender?  Is it correct for York Road or would it require modification?

I thin k a few mods...

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Nice - if pricey - but what about that tender?  Is it correct for York Road or would it require modification?

There'd be quite a bit of modification of both engine and tender:

Driving wheels and bogie wheels 

Frame width, and quite likely footplate width as well 

Boiler pitch - the U2 is pitched noticeably higher

Differences in cab front and roof curvature 

Tender outside frames are different from a standard Fowler - the 483 uses what looks like a Johnson tender which would be wrong for a UTA engine anyway 

[Galteemore]

In 7mm, I was intrigued to see that Gladiator have just brought out a ‘limousine cab’ Fowler tank. Modify that bunker and you’re well on the way to a very fair copy of a WT…biggest issue is drivers are 5’9” and not 6’….

Edited February 24 by Galteemore

[Patrick Davey]

That's a cracking model and a good lookalike!