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Littlethorpe

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  1. According to the Bachmann/Farish New Arrivals page it's due in the next 60 days... http://www.Bachmann.co.uk/new_arrivals.php?prod_selected=1
  2. Presumably this is the 4 ZJO's. I'll be taking one of each so that's 4 of the 1,000 spoken for. Indian Red next please.
  3. Hopefully they'll eventually bring out a sound-fitted Green Diesel so that I can try sound on my DC layout. Sound-fitted Class 40 would be good but a sound-fitted Class 25 would be even better.
  4. Bachmann/Farish used to produce a PDF Price List which I always downloaded but it appears that they have ceased offering this as the most recent copy I have is dated 2013. Perhaps the PDF approach would be a low-cost solution for Dapol if they don't wish to offer a printed version.
  5. Looks like the Product Progress page has been updated at last. Mermaids showing as in Manufacture. A few more weeks to wait I guess.
  6. For example last week I purchased a Farish loco from Osbornes that had been out of stock in the warehouse & unavailable from the big box-shifters for months.
  7. As per my post on the NGF; the only item of interest for me is the 8F, presumably available some time in 2018. Disappointed that there is no 25/3.
  8. Hi Dave Following your Posts concerning the class 71 are we still looking at Q2 for the Mermaids or will these slip as well? David
  9. 8F & 25/3 would be popular. And for something completely different, a Class 28.
  10. Hi Dave I notice that you are not offering any BR-built versions in Black livery with straw lettering. Will this combination be available later? If David Larkin's book (Civil Engineers Wagons Volume 1) is correct then the two that you are offering in Indian Red were actually delivered in black/straw and it was wagons from the two later batches that were delivered in Indian Red. I will be purchasing the Indian Red wagons but as I already have black liveried Dapol Dogfish & Grampus then I would ideally like to have some BR-built wagons in black livery as well. David
  11. The new Class 40 Chassis with the pony trucks removed would be suitable for the LMS Twins as the Bogie centres would only be about 2mm too short. I don't think anyone would notice.
  12. Presumably they can utilise the new Class 40 Chassis as the existing Peak chassis is not DCC ready. The bodies are perfectly OK. I would certainly like some more Peaks especially the split-headcode version.
  13. The 25/3 should be a no-brainer you would think. There must also be pent-up demand for an updated 8F. And a Class 28 please.
  14. Not quite... Assume Hornby pay £50 for a product. Assume that Hornby sell this to the Retailer for £100, therefore Hornby have made a £50 profit. The Retailer sells the product for £150, therefore they also make a £50 profit. Hornby decide to cut out the Retailer & sell direct for the same £150, they make a £100 profit. More realistically they undercut the retailer, who may be selling at a discount anyway, and sell the product for £120 thus making a £70 profit. In the above scenario Hornby make more profit by selling direct but they may be cutting off their nose to spite their face. As a long-term Hornby Shareholder I really hope that they sort themselves out.
  15. I have placed several orders with Hattons over the last few years and was about to place another when I noticed that one of the items was no longer listed on their website. The item concerned was a Farish DMU which is still in stock at Bachmann & is available from most other retailers. I used the online chat facility to ask if the item would be back in stock and the response was that it had been discontinued by Hattons. I can see today that another widely available item has also gone missing from their website. My order, worth several hundred pounds, will now be going to one of their competitors. Not impressed.
  16. I think the the Esso livery version will be most popular & I will be ordering the triple-pack Esso branded version. If there was a second Esso triple-pack, with different running numbers from the first, then I would order this also. Perhaps you could offer a six-pack? I will also be wanting a triple-pack of the Esso branded Class A tank if the project goes ahead. Regards David
  17. By coincidence I've just walked along the Medway adjacent to Fairmeadow to buy a ticket for Maidstone United's promotion play-off match. We moved to Maidstone in 2004 and Fairmeadow was certainly in existence then. It doesn't appear on the 1990 Ordnance Survey Map so Del's earlier post is almost certainly correct. The bridge still has the Railtrack notice attached but it doesn't show a date.
  18. Excellent subject matter let down by poor delivery style & tendency to be flippant. Classic case of choosing a presenter they think will boost viewing figures rather than for knowledge/interest. Portillo would have done it much better.
  19. Yes I have been thinking the very same thing during the last few days. I do have a picture of the Midland Pullman drifting beneath the overbridge! Most of my trainspotting was at Leicester (London Road) in the 1959-1966 period. I travelled in by train from Narborough although I ocassionally cycled in on a Sunday to stand on the Birdcage and creep round the Engine Shed. My current layout (N Gauge) is still under development and is based on the Midland Line between Wigston & Market Harborough but as always I am already thinking about the next layout. That is a fantastic photo, do you know the date it was taken? David
  20. I'll buy a powered & unpowered dummy version.
  21. Haven't read through all the previous posts so apologies if these have been suggested previously. All in N gauge in order of priority... Class 28 Mermaid Standard Class 4 (75xxx series) Unrebuilt Patriot David
  22. Let's hope that they update the Farish 4F, a 3F would be nice too (I know that UM do one)...
  23. I would like two Green liveried locos, ideally one unpowered and at least one with the Headcode Box. As they usually ran in pairs in the East Midlands (and most other areas) then I'm sure that a boxed pair would be popular. Currently if I want a green pair then I need to purchase two of the current model & renumber one of them or wait until they bring out a green headcode box model. David
  24. 67781 & 67782 were both allocated to Leicester Central in 1960 so would have been employed on Leicester-Rugby locals.
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