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  1. Hope you are well John - I still have the same Alan Gibson coaches awaiting attention along with a Connoisseur Adams O2 kit. I seem to have been sidetracked by the attraction of live steam so am working on several Gauge 1 projects at this time - I still visit this thread from time to time though ... All the best.
  2. Hi Andy, I discovered your rather old posts regarding O gauge IOW stock and availability, I'm going down the same road and now have several items of stock including ex SECR brakes. If my posts can be of any help to you let me know? Bear with me, I don't log on too often!

     

    All the best,

    Steve.

  3. Thanks for the heads up John - W9 Fishbourne purchased at a great price. I bought 2644 last year with a view to converting to an Island Loco but never got a round tuit !! Now the dilemma is do I keep it or pass it on? MMmmm Just noticed no buffer beam lamp irons on W9 - Is that correct?
  4. Very interesting topic Randall ... I am a recent convert to O gauge having moved house to an old railway station with lots of room for a garden railway. The recent release of the Dapol Terrier was also a factor. I intend to use radio control with on board battery power and have been thinking about how to incorporate sound. The bluetooth route seems attractive so I bought a small £10 BT speaker from Ebay, placed it behind the Terrier and played the sample link in a previous post from my laptop and YES .. very impressive. The next step is to collect or record sounds and as I am fortunate to live near the Isle of Wight Steam railway at havenstreet, I hope to record sound from Terriers W8 Freshwater and W11 Newport, however, do I record lineside or from different locations on the loco itself? The latter is my preferred option as the sounds originate from the locomotive. It will always be a compromise but I am sure the mind will compensate for any inaccuracies ... ? Andy
  5. Mmmmm - Not impressed with Hattons - Think I will stick to Tower Models ....
  6. Just received this from Hattons ... ! 'Hello This is an email to let you know that the following item has been cancelled from production, and, as you requested an email notification of its arrival, thought you would like to know that it is not now expected to be released. Dapol 7S-010-002, which you can see at http://www.ehattons.com/stockdetail.aspx?SID=58959 We are unsure of the specific reason for the cancellation, and will try to keep its descriptive text updated to provide any information which the manufacturer releases. You will remain signed-up for notification – so if it is reinstated and delivered then you will receive a notification. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. Regards --------------------------------------------------- Hattons Model Railways http://www.ehattons.com 0151 733 3655 Shop open & phones manned Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sun 10am-4pm' Yet the enclosed link states that the item is 'sold out' ..... Anyone else received similar from Ehattons? ...
  7. Just thought I would share this as I have only just realised it could be the artistic Bricklayers version of a Terrier. This wall is part of an extension added to the Old Ningwood Station in 2008 and shows the opening and closing dates of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway .. A nice touch to our new home
  8. C'mon Jon - With your skills, it would be worth modifying a Southern version - Especially if the price jumps after the first batch ....
  9. Just noticed that the coupling rods are fitted the wrong way round .. Easy fix though
  10. Forgot to mention that my Southern Terrier arrived today and apart from a couple of inward pointing buffers, which were loose and could be straightened, seemed undamaged ... I was a little surprised at how small the locomotive seemed, but having seen W8 'Freshwater' next to the Adams O2 'Calbourne' at Havenstreet, I guess I should not have been ....
  11. There is a downloadable instruction sheet at http://Dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=178_709- Not sure if this is the same as the printed item ..
  12. I, too will be adapting the Terrier to IoW config. and having sold many of my OO gauge stock have purchased 2 Alan Gibson coaches which, with the help of John Fitness' excellent workshop article will be built soon I hope ... Andy
  13. I think there will be many posts regarding mods to the Dapol Terrier and being new to this forum, I am not sure whether they should be in this topic or perhaps a new topic started in another forum group i.e. Southern Railways or Modelling in 7mm+ etc. ... Any thoughts?
  14. Just received an email from Hattons to say my pre-order has been processed and it should be on its way tomorrow ... Has anyone removed the body yet? I will be converting to Radio Control so need to find space for a decent capacity LiPo battery(s). Thanks .. Andy
  15. Probably been done to death but if Dapol can produce the O gauge Terrier for approx. 50% more than their OO diesels, why do the O gauge wagons cost 400% more than the OO equivalent? We are often told that materials make up a small percentage of production costs ! If there is to be fresh interest in O gauge modelling, I think this disparity needs to be addressed ..​​
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