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Perhaps you have not seen the Hornby HST, it has very clear parting lines (lines created by plastic expanding out along a join in the moulding slides)? Such lines with todays tooling would be unnecessary and actually if honest with you, if Hornby had invested more in tooling in 2006/07 it would have been highly unlikely the current model would of had them either. It really is a basic issue and something that can easily be avoided on a small and realistic model. Have you explored models from either Cavalex or Revolution Trains, these are spot perfect models with out compromises. So sorry, models are not far too small to be realistic. You just got to be willing to pay for quality! I think we might agree though? Of course Hornby are not simply breaking even at the £339.99 RRP. But the are a PLC with significant overheards and demanding shareholders. With the HST you are getting poor quality/value for your money verses a competitors model in terms of detail and price. This is the very reason I stopped buying HSTs, too much for what you get. It’s a hobby after all, money shall be spent on my ever increasing wine collection.

Proud looney here! It's better to be fanatical about detail than generalised and normalised... I wish I never watched this series, I was ignorant in how 'off' the Hornby HST was. Yes the parting lines around the cab are just the start...this evening I have now counted at least 16 errors when compared to a prototype/drawing and the CAD (screenshots from their app) only addressed a third of them. I think I shall be selling my HST fleet and waiting for Rapido (a proven company, behind numberous high detailed models) or <insert another confident manufacturer not worried to take on Hornby>. My view, if you are already forking out £339.99 (RRP) then why not russell up another hundred or two for the definitive HST? Interesting observation from this series, we all know Hornby's competitors are employing fanatical types who care about the details. This is in a stark contrast to the members of Hornby on this series who seem rather bemused as to what a bogie is... hmm... I was not impressed. Is it just me rather alarmed now?

Anyone on the PT HO downlow might be able to give me a nudge to where I might source a single Sorefame split specifically from S1019. Seems to be a UK thing to buy a pack, then re-sell separates? I do not mind whether it's S2240024 or S2240035 and I would pay a good price for one - knowing these Sorefame's would never be made again. I never seen them on eBay and I've been told not to trust Olx.

It’s a ERTMS Antenna/radar plate. Not sure where the ETS equipment has gone, likely found space inside. Unless removed…

A poor choice of words there old chap, like Arpster, I am also a climate scientist at a renowned global top 10 university. And though I might be loud about trains, wasps and the lack of good stout in my local... I am very understated when it comes to my research and engaging with others. Until it comes to anthropogenic climate change/global warming within the climate crisis realm. As members of the civil society and custodians of knowledge we have an absolute responsibility to be as loud as we possibly can be in raising awareness of the climate crisis and teaching those who have (as of yet) failed to engage in comprehending how fundamental it is to our current society to do something about it. Today's youth are right to be scared about our futures and are utterly willing to engage and learn from the science. We clearly cannot stop teaching and instilling knowledge of the threat we face. The article comes from an Open Access journal - i.e. it is free for the public to download, read and join in the discussion. Check it out for yourself (warning it is scientific reporting, it is balanced and certainly no nonsense): https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2e6b. You shall note the authors are clear in stating it can happen IF flood defences and mitigations are not brought forward. I would utterly agree with their thesis. I have for the past decade taught my students examples exactly like this, how we shall see central London (inc. Buckingham Palace) being flooded in our life times as it has previously been a swap/flood plain/estuary and shall once again be so. There are various projections that if we fail to upgrade our flood defences along the Thames Estuary, we shall see the Thames Barrier being breached earlier than predicted (it was designed to account for storm surges and high spring tide until 2070). The UK Government is very much aware of this and there is a Thames Estuary 2100 Plan to ensure we bolster our flood defences. We must remember the IPCC projected sea-level rises are global and that relative sea level rises shall be different around the globe. The Thames Estuary, under the 'high' scenario, shall see the sea level rising 1150 cm by 2100. Remember we plan for the worse and hope for the best. I.e. the Thames Barrier was designed to account for 1 in 1000 storm surge events at 0.1% probability - anthropogenic climate change has smashed this figure out. To give this some substantive substance, during the period of 1911 and 2018 the relative sea level rose by 15 cm in the estuary against a IPCC global projection of 12-21 cm (1902-2015). So we can be fairly certain we shall see a significant increase of the sea in the Estuary by 2100. Now remember, it is not the rising sea that is the main risk, but that of storm surges (and to a less extent the mean high spring tide - a tangent I shall give you saw my parents boat's marina flooded(!!) by a high spring tide for the first time on record earlier this year), the frequency of these events are increasing (due to anthropogenic climate change) and when you factor in relative sea level rise by 2100 you have a flooded Thames Estuary including central London. So no, not nonsense. Science. You are welcomed to engage with the paper and how they have interpreted the data. How about you write us a 3000 word essay on it by next Friday? My students can easily achieve this, thus I am certain it would be a breeze for an RMWeb expert. Remember RMWeb is populated with experts. The very fragility of our hobby is attractive to such a mind and you would be wise not to make yourself seem so gaudy. Perhaps before you make silly comments, you engross yourself in the literature and then make only informed comments.

Before I say, I don't want the thread being hi-jacked about price. As for me, this is a hobby and money doesn't come into the equation... Now I have built that up, I can tell you they cost €39.95 for a limited edition. Ducks for cover and back to smiling at his rainbow containers. Annoyingly, my Pride supporting partner has already claimed the badge and 20ft as hers. (I am just happy Hornby didn't produce them on their incorrect container tooling). (You got to remember the PT market is tiny, PT Trains retail their 20ft for €15.95 and 40ft for €17.95). Honestly, I would pay more for my C-Rail containers as they are great models! And a bargain in 2021!

Picked up my PT Trains 'Rainbow Containers' today, utterly awesome looking containers. Limited edition, so if you want some I would rush quickly!

Please let us know how that works out as it would be nice to have something in UK scale. In the meantime, I have just picked mine up in Porto (they are a limited edition so selling fast). I would say PT Trains containers are on par with C-Rail's...luckily different scales

I don't see the issue here, as MGR Hopper said, it is an illusion. When scaled down and compared with the Hatton's 66 (bar any drawings of the 66), it looks fine.

Something similar for us OO modellers planned? PT Trains:

At last, some decent DRS Mk2Fs...I knew it paid off not succumbing to the Hornby offering Question though, these shall be my first Bachmann Mk2Fs. Do the standard coaches still have the Central Door Locking Light & Interior Lighting and to operate them all I have to do is fit a DCC Chip? OR Are said parts only installed on the DCC Onboard versions? If that is the case, are the CDL lights just painted on the standard release?

A wonderful gentleman Bob Tiller and a lifetime railwayman. The model is hand built, I believe by GBRf usual choice Dave Lowery (but it might be someone else). There's a good article in Model Rail this month too: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/model-rail-uk/20210801/281681142860533

What a fantastic looking (CAD) model! Stunning livery, and great to see Robin of Templecombe carry on in tribute. I owned a Hornby 56 in Colas for about a week until I decided something about it just did not look right - that and they got the Colas orange wrong… why they thought it was Red is beyond me! So an utter delight to be able to buy this! Hate to say it, but I now have a big “What could have been” thought in my head… the Cavalex 91!

Bachmann have given a very reasonable explanation behind the 20/3 light situation, I challenge you to design and deliver a tiny locomotive - mass scale - without a degree of compromise before it gets to silly money. I am sorry to say, yet the argument around 37099 is invalid in the context of my point. The Bachmann 37 is not recent tooling, even the class 90 is 4+ year old tooling (I merely used it to point out it was the first OO model to provide us with a DCC pantograph and naturally the AS 92 is an evolution...when delivered) and thus the technology/innovation then has been surpassed. Just as one fully acknowledges Bachmann's 69 shall have the latest technology and detail. Hence why I only mentioned their most recent tool items (forgot about the 24/1 - also an exquisite model). We shall only ever be able to compare the values of Accurascale against Bachmann when two recent new tool items...developed around the same timeframe, are delivered. Perhaps the AS Deltic and Bachmann 20/0 shall be the first (and of the same model vintage). I honestly don't think if all the manufacturers (bar a red one), all developed and delivered a locomotive in the same timeframe as each other, that you would notice much difference in terms of detail/tooling and technology/innovation. The only difference would be individual perception gained through history, experience and good public relations/marketing. Certainly as modellers, we have never had it this good.

There is now a very thorougher explanation on the Dapol Digest, won't be the first time a certain retailer has made up dates (and prices). I am of the school of thought, if you want to know what's going on, ask! Saves a lot of speculation.

That is a joke? I gave you a 'Funny' like... Bachmann have been at the forefront of detail for decades, recently innovation I have been impressed by has been the CDL on the Mk2Fs and delivering the UKs first DCC operating pantograph on the class 90. Their most recent new tooling releases of the 20/3, 158s and 121/117s are exquisite in detail terms. Personally, I have not had an Accurascale locomotive in my hand yet. So I think the class 69 shall be in safe hands with Bachmann. Just a shame I do not model the Tonbridge area, yet after shake down and the class has 'proven' itself I am told they shall work fairly in scope. Certainly the class has many potentially suitable flows widely across GBRf's operational area.

An utterly superb looking CAD, really puts the other 56 model to shame. Another vote for a Colas 56049 Robin of Templecombe and ideally a DC Rail/Cappagh 56103 with 'Devon & Cornwall Railway' crests.

I am intrigued by this comment. Dapol's 73 is a beautiful model...the second batch addressed the extensively commented on 'issues' to the original release and I suspect we shall see a number of years of future well received releases. The 7395x and 7396x (both strikingly difference from each other in the same TOPS sub-class) are an interesting proposal, yet very different from the 73/0, 73/1 & 73/2... If the Intercity livery w/syp is a popular model, I am sure it shall come along. Otherwise, have you checked out Rainbow Railways or Olivias's for some nice re-sprays? Could use the Olivia's exclusive edition of the Gatwick Express as your base to re-decal and add a red stripe?

Check out 'Sudexpress' offerings on the EuroDual. Back in OO land, wonderful to see our models being built to similar or even better standards. The full fat EuroDual is proving increasingly popular on the mainland, only time for the UK.

Have I missed that announcement, I cannot find any re-tooled sleeper coaches advertised anywhere. Would love to get rid of the crude old Hornby ones!

I thought you would be all over it. I shall reiterate I am looking terribly forward to these essential FL wagons.

Nope, this is the class 93 (basically a class 88 with new cabs): A Stadler co-co hybrid locomotive aka the 'Class 99' is currently being assessed by a well known FOC. Check the I recommend you follow WNXX for updates.

I know utterly nothing about cars, I cycle or use trains, but I have both the open and covered red IPAs on order. Thus, would it be prototypical to have an Oxford Diecast 'Discovery' for c.2006 era and 'Evoke' for c.present day? Have these transit vans changed between these times for the open IPAs? Are transit vans available as models? If I could be pointed in the right direction, I shall start buying up a fleet of cars. And planting a tree per purchase!

I am quite a modelling fan of GBRf, they originally took on 18 triples...then a year later 15 more triples.

I also vote for a LT maroon 4-TC! But the inspection saloon has had a new roof and a bogie swap since Bachmann last released. LTM at their open day, told me pre-orders have been very good for these two. I used my 10% to buy some other things, and within the box was a 15% off voucher. The LTM is a gift that keeps on giving!