RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 Interesting news I don't hold out much hope of the Kirk/Cooper-craft kits seeing the light of day any time soon, if ever, but at least part of the range is coming back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hamlin Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Fantastic news. No more scouring eBay for hoppers, yay 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Is this in extra time? Nah, just *Fergie time... *Football aficionados will understand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunslinger Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Any further updates from Slater's? I'm among those chomping at the bit for plastic Toplight kits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbowilts Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Any further updates from Slater's? I'm among those chomping at the bit for plastic Toplight kits I’ve tried to send you a PM re your wants but RMWeb isn’t cooperating. Can you PM me? Tim T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunslinger Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I’ve tried to send you a PM re your wants but RMWeb isn’t cooperating. Can you PM me? Tim T Hi Tim, I received your PM and I'm very interested. Edited February 15, 2018 by TheGunslinger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81E Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) I have been after a Mailcoach Monster with a view to 3D printing the alternative inside framed sides but to no avail. I also needed some of their American Bogies for a number of projects. However I have now given up with the bogies and developed my own 3D printed ones which I sell on Shapeways (see below) and https://www.shapeways.com/shops/stafford_road_model_works?=sem&=gp&=International_Search_Branded_Shapeways&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInLXRysO_2QIV5p3tCh0mpgHLEAAYASAAEgJeTPD_BwE The only downside to this is that a 3D printed item is more expensive that the injection moulded version once the tooling costs have been recouped. Given the success of my 3D printed Siphons (to replace the unobtainable Ks kits - see below) I might have a go at a monster once I have finished my Siphon J. The only thing is I must give some priority to finishing my layout! Edited February 24, 2018 by 81E 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecorbusier Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I have recently been advised by David White that they are just sorting out the instructions and the wheels at the moment And that in the near future the 4mm kits should be available again directly from Slaters. Fingers crossed. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I have recently been advised by David White that they are And that in the near future the 4mm kits should be available again directly from Slaters. Fingers crossed. Even the GWR toplights?! CoY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecorbusier Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Even the GWR toplights?! CoY No idea ... but assume it is the range which Coopercraft were supplying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I have recently been advised by David White that they are And that in the near future the 4mm kits should be available again directly from Slaters. Fingers crossed. This is good news. The NER wagon kits, the GW clerestories and toplights, and the 6-wheel Midland Claytons are all kits I would dearly love the chance to purchase and have an immediate use for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunslinger Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Huge shout out to Timbo for his help, I am now the proud owner of a quartet of Toplight kits. These kits are truly magnificent and even better than I expected! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Huge shout out to Timbo for his help, I am now the proud owner of a quartet of Toplight kits. These kits are truly magnificent and even better than I expected! Pray tell - are these new production or some old ones from Timbo's personal stash? CoY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunslinger Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Pray tell - are these new production or some old ones from Timbo's personal stash? CoY As far as I know they are from his stash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 As far as I know they are from his stash. Ok, thanks. If there are any other benevolent owners of unbuilt Slaters toplight kits reading this, and want to move them on to a good home, I can heartily endorse 53c as a good home for them! And if anyone from Slaters is reading - I would buy about ten of the toplight kits alone.... CoY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Even the GWR toplights?! If it is, that might depress eBay values for a little while. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2018 If it is, that might depress eBay values for a little while. Well we've yet to see what prices will look like but thanks to the availability of some wagons through POWSides I'm already beginning to regret my Ebay spree of D299 etc. buying last spring, as I've not worked through everything I bought then yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbowilts Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Ok, thanks. If there are any other benevolent owners of unbuilt Slaters toplight kits reading this, and want to move them on to a good home, I can heartily endorse 53c as a good home for them! And if anyone from Slaters is reading - I would buy about ten of the toplight kits alone.... CoY The back-story is that I retired at the end of 2017. We live in a large 4 double bedroom house that SWMBO is adamant that we swap for a two/three bedroom bungalow in South West Wales. One of the precursors is that I have to down size my huge holdings of model railway items that do not suit either the Cardiff Valleys in EM or British Columbia Railway in HO. It’s a slow process on ebay! Per Ardua ad astra, to use my late dad’s service arm motto. Tim T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 Just tripped over this thread.. Also very interested to see if slaters can start producing some kits again.. I'd take a few toplights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Just sorting out the instructions. Quite happy to go without instructions. I treat my Slaters kits as a pile of bits to get mashed together with the excellent bits from MJT and Bill Bedford, so I never read them anyway! However, do those in-the-know know if the resurrected kits will be supplied with the transfer sheets? Edited April 9, 2018 by sharris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2018 Quite happy to go without instructions. I treat my Slaters kits as a pile of bits to get mashed together with the excellent bits from MJT and Bill Bedford, so I never read them anyway! Indeed, and many others with experience too, myself included. But the Midland wagon kits were quite good as entry-level kits too; I'd like to believe they could once again become the starting point for budding Midland enthusiasts, along with the Ratio carriage kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 along with the Ratio carriage kits. I find the Ratio bogies fiddly, and the instructions come in quite handy for those! (come to think of it, better eyes and thinner fingers would come in quite handy for those too!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The back-story is that I retired at the end of 2017. We live in a large 4 double bedroom house that SWMBO is adamant that we swap for a two/three bedroom bungalow in South West Wales. Adamant should work two ways, can you not insist that the bungalow should have a large shed! Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Adamant should work two ways, can you not insist that the bungalow should have a large shed! Regards Bungalows normally have huge lofts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Adamant should work two ways... With all this talk of Adam Ant, Goody Two Shoes has wormed its way into my ear and won't go away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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