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  1. Mike Harvey
    The instruction leaflet for the 9 car LNER Azuma Class 800/1 is now available to view and download on the Kato webpage. Kato 9 car LNER Azuma Choose the ASSY Table button.
  2. Mike Harvey
    There is another risk related to the Dapol JHAs. If they are run without a spacing washer eventually the paint will wear off the underside of the metal chassis. The wheels can then create a short circuit through the chassis.
  3. Mike Harvey
    Rivarossi produced the Nord 231 Chapelon in N as well in the early days of the scale. Admittedly not an SNCF locomotive although inherited in 1938.
  4. Mike Harvey

    TT120: HST

    Mike Harvey replied to Phil Parker's topic in Hornby

    You might have 2 unpowered cars. 🙂
  5. Mike Harvey
    Typical Kato. Scheduled release date for the Paddington Bear set is 29 February 2024. As i type this it is 29 February in Japan. :-)🙂
  6. Mike Harvey
    Gaugemaster have published some photos showing the variations incorporated in the new coaches for the 9 car sets. https://mailchi.mp/gaugemaster/kato-release-new-images-for-9-car-class-800?e=dd155d2c05
  7. Mike Harvey
    N’Tastic seems to have become a very useful conduit for getting some talented designers work to the market. Some excellent choices in these 2024 new releases.
  8. Mike Harvey
    Drawing up a Belgian Railways Dms full baggage car and bar-disco for N 1:160 I needed some extra photos to check details of the real things and the LSModels H0 versions. However I searched it was always Hattons which came up in the results with useful links and good quality photos of the models. They probably never stocked the models new so the images of the pre-owned versions confirmed again what a valuable and professional outfit they were, and how accessible their product and directory pages were.
  9. Mike Harvey
    I was thinking of the more esoteric types like the sleepers and at a push royal train coaches. Maybe Farish would make them as spares too.
  10. Mike Harvey
    The re-use of the Poole Mk3s offers the opprotunity for some skilled 3D designer to make suitable interiors with a way of limbo-dancing their way in.
  11. Mike Harvey
    I have been looking at some of the Italian N pages and found this Iveco Daily van. Not sure if it is 3D printed or resin moulded. https://lk-train.com/product/iveco-daily-la-stampa-esclusiva-lk-train-scala-n/ Page 13 of the Pirata new items catalogue for N also lists a Fiat Ducato van and minibus, plus an Alfa Giulia and Fiat 128. Again not clear if they are 3D printed. https://www.piratamodels.it/pdf-cataloghi/Materiale2024/Cataloghi/PIRATA-FlyerNorimberga_PRINT.pdf
  12. Mike Harvey
    @osbornsmodels Are you planning to extend the K2 range to include the National Fire Service version, ideally with a trailer pump. Would sit well alongside the Parker Models Fordson pump.
  13. Mike Harvey
    There are several dutch versions already available as 3D prints in a variety scales from Shapeways seller Visser 3D. https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=austin+K2+Visser Kent Fire Brigade and the Kent County Council Ambulance service converted some K2s to service vans turned out in white and dark green.
  14. Mike Harvey
    Artitec’s 2024 new items include a number of Dutch vehicles derived from the Austin K2 Towing vehicle used by the National Fire Service in World War 2 and by county and city fire brigades after the war. There is an NFS version too. All in 1/87. Cover and page 4 of the catalogue:- https://www.trainsdepot.org/manufacturers/pdfs/download/1315/artitec_civilian_novelties_2024_pdf
  15. Mike Harvey
    For all my pre-orders of Arnold wagons for the past few years and including deliveries in December 2023, the default has been that postage is in the pre-order invoice for items under £50. When several pre-orders arrive at the same time they are normally sent in one package. A phone call to Hornby then generates a refund to my credit card of the individual postage charges where the parcel total exceeds £50. Bit strange that this seems to be different for some TT:120 pre-orders.
  16. Mike Harvey
    There seems to be a gap between the practice and the Hornby FAQ theory.
  17. Mike Harvey
    The later release of the 9 car GWR set will avoid it getting confused with the 5 car GWR Paddington Bear set. The original 5 car LNER set still seems to be readily available and more so than the 5 car original GWR set.
  18. Mike Harvey
    I have had the TPE set running for a couple of hours. The Class 68 has no trouble hauling at 125mph, and propelling at 100mph - tested just to see that the combo is fine for all normal needs.
  19. Mike Harvey
    I have a Class 68 waiting to be coupled up as soon as Royal Mail delivers tomorrow as per their email this morning.
  20. Mike Harvey
    Look up PLM/SNCF Type 23 Michéline railcar, well suited to slender Europeans but with 8 wheel bogies and articulated too.
  21. Mike Harvey
    I spent a lot of time at Whatley when these were first introduced. I would be in for 12 in ARC mustard.
  22. Mike Harvey
    I have been using my reward points and got a lot of value from using them for Black Friday and other sale items, resulting in some almost “no charge” transactions. Hornby are still promoting Hobby Rewards if my email inbox is anything to go by.
  23. Mike Harvey
    Whilst I agree with the general principle of needing rigid couplers to work with close coupling mechanisms I think it requires the shaft of the coupler to be rigid rather than the head. Certainly in N I can run and shunt my trains using Dapol Easishunts in stock fitted with kinematic close coupling mechanisms. 20 x 4 axle grain wagons work well with each other and locos with close coupling.
  24. Mike Harvey
    The trunk idea does exist in the diecast world but the one I am aware of (Modelmatic) is a 1/64 specialist and does not stock Oxford Diecast.
  25. Mike Harvey
    I pre-ordered an Amtrak RTG direct from Rapido UK. It only took a phone call. They do have a north american products page on the website. https://rapidotrains.co.uk/north-american-products/
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