RMweb Premium MJI Posted November 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2015 Email bounced, I need another siphon G detail kit, and I can't find one. So emailed them. and it bounced, site not touched since 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Taz Posted November 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2015 Coopercraft own these now. Beware though that lots of people have had issues with mail order. Probably best to give him a call. I know he has the etches normally in stock (always on his stand at exhibitions) but I don;t think the associated castings are available anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 From what I recall (many years ago) the detail kit was almost all etched. I'm sure David Geen might be able to help with castings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted November 3, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2015 Coopercraft own these now. Beware though that lots of people have had issues with mail order. Probably best to give him a call. I know he has the etches normally in stock (always on his stand at exhibitions) but I don;t think the associated castings are available anymore. Were no castings in my original set I need another )62 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2015 Didn't Jackson Evans do an kit for this project and if so their bits are now available from Classic Trains in Leamington.A long shot maybe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted November 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2015 David Geen produces a siphon detailing kit with variations depending on which lot number you want to make, variations include gas lighting, electric lighting. If you email him it is sometimes a while before he replies as he travels a bit either to visit relatives or holidays, I don't have his email address to hand, but it is in one or two threads on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted August 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Both Coopercraft and David Geen were at yesterday's RailWells. There is a thread elsewhere that deals in more detail with the problems that people have been having with Coopercraft's misleading website. He had plenty of the various parts available yesterday but almost no complete kits. David Geen is looking to sell up and retire apparently. Worrying that such a comprehensive range of kits might disappear. Edited August 14, 2017 by Joseph_Pestell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2017 Sadly par for the course for the once thriving UK kit market; everybody's retiring and selling up and who can blame them, and ranges are rapidly becoming unobtainable and/or hard information difficult to come by. If it is difficult to find out if something is available, and what it actually is, most people won't bother beyond picking stuff up from trade stands at shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 David Geen is looking to sell up and retire apparently. Worrying that such a comprehensive range of kits might disappear. Buy while you can. He has my future proof shopping list ( though I will have forgotten some thing.) Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Buy while you can. He has my future proof shopping list ( though I will have forgotten some thing.) Mike Wiltshire Not to be too forward - and appreciate it if you can't disclose anything - but any idea of timescales Mike? If sooner rather than later, then I may need to make my first, last, and biggest order from David Geen - I could quite easily see myself ordering £1,000 to £2,000 of kit if all my future needs were bought in one go! CoY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) I emailed David recently (buying a 517 kit) and he seemed to suggest he's aiming for retirement about the end of the year. The loco kits he said will go back to Pete Waterman, the rest of the business will be for sale (successfully one hopes). Edited August 14, 2017 by johnarcher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Buy while you can..... I would if the "Manor" kit was available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) I would if the "Manor" kit was available. Manor films still not surfaced. When the films were transferred to a different etcher the Manor body and intermediate tender films were mislaid and a recent look has been unsuccessful. Annoying as what has not been a big seller, has suddenly had renewed interest with a healthy number or recent enquiries. David Geen intends to retire Dec 2018, however after his 'for sale' notice at Well's, this may be be earlier as there has been interest in taking over the business. Mike Wiltshire Edited August 19, 2017 by Coach bogie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2017 (edited) I would if the "Manor" kit was available. Gosturde might have one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=manor&_ssn=gostude&item=362023894338&_osacat=122604&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xmitchell.TRS0&_nkw=mitchell&_sacat=122604 Edited August 19, 2017 by gwrrob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Manor films still not surfaced. When the films were transferred to a different etcher the Manor body and intermediate tender films were mislaid and a recent look has been unsuccessful. Annoying as what has not been a big seller, has suddenly had renewed interest with a healthy number or recent enquiries..... If it's lost, I suppose that's the end of the affair, then. Maybe one day somebody might design a new etched kit. Who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Manor films still not surfaced. When the films were transferred to a different etcher the Manor body and intermediate tender films were mislaid and a recent look has been unsuccessful. Annoying as what has not been a big seller, has suddenly had renewed interest with a healthy number or recent enquiries. David Geen intends to retire Dec 2018, however after his 'for sale' notice at Well's, this may be be earlier as there has been interest in taking over the business. Mike Wiltshire I've only spoken to David on the phone and over email but always found him very helpful. Hopefully the interest includes established trading businesses who will nurture the work David has done. No doubt, I'll still take an insurance policy of ordering a couple more things though! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted August 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2017 Clicked on the "Ordering" button but nothing happens. Is it best to email David? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Clicked on the "Ordering" button but nothing happens. Is it best to email David? Yes, I recently bought a 517 kit that way, with no problem at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2017 If it's lost, I suppose that's the end of the affair, then. Maybe one day somebody might design a new etched kit. Who knows? Probably not while there's a chance Baccy will re-introduce theirs, which they will eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Probably not while there's a chance Baccy will re-introduce theirs, which they will eventually. Cynically, one might suggest that even if Bachmann announced tomorrow a refersh of the manor, any kit manufacturer still has 4-5 years to get their product to market... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yeah, but who's going to buy a kit when there's a tidy rtr in the pipeline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cram Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 (edited) me but not a great western one Just bought a Bradwell Q6. Edited August 19, 2017 by Paul Cram 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yeah, but who's going to buy a kit when there's a tidy rtr in the pipeline. As discussed elsewhere, it seems the Venn diagram of those who would buy RTR (and/or prefer to wait to see something RTR) and those who prefer to build a kit is fairly limited. Per the High Level 94xx thread, the imminence of an RTR item can stoke some interest in an equivalent kit. Personally, I have two slightly knackered old mainline manors. I own one Comet chassis to put under one at some point. If a quality manor kit was available, I may well 'invest.' In any event, unless you know something the rest of us don't, it doesn't appear imminent in Bachmann's pipeline. The same argument can be made around the Churchward/Collet mogul. Given that has more variants than the Manor, I'd have thought the Mogul would be more attractive to Bachmann to bring back. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yeah, but who's going to buy a kit when there's a tidy rtr in the pipeline. Me, for a start. A decent kit means I can make my own mistakes rather than having them imposed on me. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yeah, but who's going to buy a kit when there's a tidy rtr in the pipeline. I would too, but, as I suppose you mean, in that situation there is unlikely to be a kit produced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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