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Is it too early to dream of a double Fairlie or NG16 Garratt?

At that scale is there, that much difference between the two? Some 3d printed parts could be used to represent the differences.

Class 92 with working panto in TT 😉 You know you want a challenge.

67 seems an odd choice unless they want to sell it with the royal train connection to the Europeans. 73 too, would a 33 not make a bit more sense? could you share a chassis for 26/27 then? Agreed 37 and 47 much wider range and livery's compared to the 50

I forgot about exports of BR locos. That could sell on the continent. class 66 and 37 make sense, class 20 and 58 also worked abroad didn't they? I know 58 did. Did the 20s get about in France or just near the tunnel? I can not see a 87 , bit to risky. WD 2-8-0 and 8f for early post ww2 Europe? wild card class 77/EM2 for dutch modelers 🤪 Would a eurostar set sell well for the Europeans?

The question is do you go in and represent an era region allowing some to start or do you do a scatter gun approach? Im not a TT modeler so some might have been announced already No brainer future releases LMS/BR LM 3f jinty-Can it share the j50 chassis? Black 5 -Announced? 8f mogul or 0-6-0 - ideal if you could share chassis with other models with similar wheel base even if wheels need to be unique GWR BR WR Castle King little tank engine - Panier mogul or 0-6-0 - ideal if you could share chassis with other models with similar wheel base even if wheels need to be unique SR Bulied pacific Re Built Bulied A popular tank engine N2? Slam door EMU - Br green through to privatization, lots of people would have taken one in london/the south at some point in their life BR Britannia 9F would be very impressive in TT (5 or 4 MT) Not sure about sale figures for these BR Diesel 20 37- Anounced 47-Anounced? 40 60- To complement 66 as well as other BR Diesels, lots of livery's plus they have one in the 1:1 colection DMU Hard sell compared to more interesting Locomotives, if anything class 101 large geographic spread and a fair few livery's Coaches mk2s teak LNER BR surburban or LMS equivalent that could be used in BR era as well GWR coach to go with castle or tank engine Wagons 16t mineral BR vacuum brake short wheel base van HAA Coal wagon 5 and 7 plank generic steam age freight wagon Brake down Crane VGA wagon for late BR and modern use Wild Cards Union Pacific Big Boy- A lot of people would buy for the novelty in UK and Europe, largest steam loco in the world Union Pacific Centennial - Probably less popular than a BIG Boy but the largest Diesel loco in the world

Something about this shot makes me think of a model magazine cover

Bus just missed the cliche bridge shot

you can fit a lot in N gauge, not much colour in corporate blue era though

Great weathering paint job, but questionable cant-rail transfer application

Not sure why any one would put a barn in the middle of no where, half way up a giant hill, probably to add a little interest to the scene.

i believe its in a modern barn type building, its big enough to host the layout, iv been to a wedding there. Class 89??

thanks

if the 323 is a success , i would like to see a 325 postal unit, wider geographical spread and something a bit different. Even if they only come in red

Hi all I have recently purchased two Trix EM1's from separate sellers and they both run on 2 rail DC however they run the opposite direction to which the controller is set. I.e left is right right is left. Any ideas why they would do this? I don't think they have been tampered with, and they are from separate sources so its not as if the same person has modified them , one has had extra pick ups fitted.

small update https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/Heljan-18100-gas-turbine

trying not to go to far off topic, but.... Could we see a resurgence in the cottage industry, with resin 3d printing a range of budget models could be created so all popular diesels could be designed, and use a common co-co motor or common bo-bo set up with just the chassis being different. so a class 25 and 20 could share the same components in the drive train but different 3d printed bogie frame sides and drive shaft/wheel base. sub classes would be easy and require no tooling just a different 3d file. It wouldn't be a full fat model competitor but maybe a railroad type niche, ship it in kit form and the modeler has to assemble and paint it themselves. Could open up the hobby for people put of by the price of modern models. You could go way out there and design by comity or a co op or allow it to be open sourced so you get the largest amount of input from experts or people that can have easy access to the prototype. Maybe a go fund me collective to hire a 3d artist to design your chosen loco, with design changes on the fly to get the best results. like him or not sams trains has an interesting video of him creating a 3d steam loco

Going back to the original question, are modern RTR locos and stock too detailed, or have reached a "peak" i think most people focus their eye and attention on the rolling stock and locomotives, after all this is railway modeling, not modeling static scenes like kit Armour or airplane modelers. Most people will have average scenery with the latest and highly detailed RTR loco, i think this is how most people model. The great layouts tend to have very good scenery mixed with well detailed or customized stock, in my opinion. There is a temptation to purity spiral, by some people such as, you can not be a "real" modeler if you just plonk a loco out of the box, you haven't scratched built all your buildings. You have not hand built all track to the exact scale, the locos have to be correct to that period and time of the 14th November 1937 in north west coast of Scotland. It has to be 3 link couplings and sprung buffers. You pick and choose where you draw the line, i would say creating a pastiche of a believable period of time and rough place is what most people aim for. Back to the original question after my own ramblings : ) Have we reached peak practical detailing in RTR? I would say yes. From an D+E OO gauge modeling perspective. Do we need a more detailed class 37 than the latest Bachmann or Acurascale one? No, is it even possible to make one? we already have some models with the brake chain becoming detached, whats the point in fitting more separate parts if they come off as you handle it. In 10-15-20 years will plastic molding come to a point where a company could successfully develop, market and sell at a profit a new 37 that is significantly better than what we have now ? A leap so significant that people will pay (i would imagine) significant sums of money for it? I would imagine there will be more accurate sound on models in 10 years but will they really be much better? The previous generation class 47,20, are enough for most i would say to get a good representation of the class. Is any one going to bother making a new all new model of 87,90,89,20,47,25,37? The models we have or are in development will be very hard to beat and harder to justify new tooling even in 15-20 years i would say. Your opinion may differ. just my 2 pence.

I was just about to post the same, some versions showing available at rails and hattons. Can not wait to see what the community and Andy Y think of them, they look very nice from the pics

I don’t see why you could not use thick plastic, it’s only going to be operated by your fingers/hand, you shouldn’t be swinging off the lever trying to break the interlocking, it should just stop accidental movements.

Was this wishful BR thinking at the time, or was it part of the sales pitch to government. In order that they would not be pure express passenger but more multi role locomotives in order to improve the odds of it being funded?

Yes they are to reliable for there own good, why would you order new with only marginal improvements over what we have, that said the 70 doesn't seem to be a run away success. The reasons for no more orders is purely political, due to the EU emission laws, this is why we have seen "rebuilt" loco class 69.

Its hard not to look back at late British rail diesels as being a bit of a failure if not a disappointment, or the very least missed opportunity. With class's 56 , 58 and 60 not the reliable power houses they should have been. Was the American take over inevitable? With so much more experience with diesels, much heaver trains over a much greater mileage and punishing commercial pressure to create a great reliable product that BREL or Brush just couldn't match. With vast majority of 56's and 58's scraped and a few upgraded 60's out on the network while fellow class mates have been rotting away in sidings for years. Compared to the 59 and 66 that apart from collisions are all still working out the box from coming of the ship as delivered. Have the early machines even been through a heavy overhaul? with complete tear downs as per BR practice?