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Also, different shops had different Maunsell Greens. Phoenix offer Ashford (light olive) and Eastleigh (dark olive), for example.

It's not apparent on the prototype. Or at least not as apparent as Hornby might have us believe: Funny thing is that when I questioned Simon Kohler about this, he said that there was no seam on the model. Hmmmmm.

404 You weren’t kidding!

150 more updates along these lines should get this thread to 200 pages! Let's just hope that the stocks hold out

Brilliant! I must remember that.

The only B coaches that I have are the birdcages. I’d consider the Bulleids when available but, since I’m already 57, I may not still be around when they finally get here.

I expect that Graham is hardly surprised, accepts it for what it is, and is doing something far more productive with his time.

Presumably you’re referring to the rails being too close together?

As a doctor with poor grammar skills might say, patients is a virtue.

@GreenGiraffe22 FWIW I have no idea whether the path of that white lining is prototypical or not, but it looked weird to me even at the decorated sample stage. That’s when I started to have misgivings.

I’m going with the more commonly accepted definition of being born to the east of the Medway. The best of the best.

Pah! Balancing them’s nothing, it’s getting the little b*****s to dance that’s the trick! Men of Kent. So better’s a given!

I’m not sure of the specifics of your case, but importing into Switzerland, I only pay a handling charge if tax is levied. And that kicks in only above a certain threshold (which is low enough to catch any locomotive).

He says nothing of the millions in carry-over debt though.

The presence of traction tyres evidently rules that out.

Why not gripe at Bachmann over their site. What “plenty of other retailers” do is irrelevant. B’s site is their own, and their shop window to their customers. It’s in their best interest to get it right, and rise above the competition. Their site has a lot of usability problems, as noted elsewhere on RMweb. It’s a pity that they choose to do nothing about improving it. The previous site was better in some respects. It’s a pity that they used a designer to take them two steps forward, and one back.

They scanned the competition’s announcements, and then measured the length of time they had to beat them to market. I could keep this up all day!

Obviously no other company had made an announcement, so Hornby didn’t have to rush to market.

Not my era ect...

The original was a NRM exclusive with booklet and gubbins. This one isn’t. So, no, it doesn’t invalidate the exclusivity of the original. If you’re into that (like you, I’m not, but I’m not into this either).

@rapidoandy, thank you for the clarification. From a personal POV, which I'm quite sure not all will share, the cost seems just about right. The detail is fantastic! But, and there has to be a 'but', right? Given the level of detail, why are the buffers not sprung? I realise that they can be changed, for others in the user-fitted parts, although there's no indication that that they're sprung either. Also, it's not quite clear from the photos, but it looks like adding three-link couplings shouldn't require major surgery. Have I got that right?

I’m rather glad that I did. For different reasons, but it’s all been rather fortuitous in hindsight.

At last! Rapido have an announcement worthy of my money. I’m still going to complete my Cambrian kits though…some day.