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That’s why I take the train . Exhibition centre seems to cost the same as if I’m going to Glasgow Central

Another one gone . Sorry to hear it .

Often the case , I quite fancy a loco long after it’s been out of production ! I’d hope the 28 makes an appearance . With the demise of Hattons presumably someone has bought the tooling or it has reverted to Heljan . Maybe an EFE release like the Hymek , although I’ve never really understood why Heljan just didn’t launch the Hymek itself , do Bachmann have such a bigger reach than Heljan ?

At one time weren’t there a lot of GWR branch terminals on the go at the same time ? Ashburton springs to mind . I think as long as you enjoy it build whatever you want . I’ve certainly taken inspiration from other layouts in the past .

isn’t the announcement likely to be the 0-6-0T that they really should have released at the beginning . I can’t remember what it is now . The obvious one to release would be a Jinty but is it a Pannier or J94? Given that this is supposed to be opening new markets I would have thought a train set featuring the 66 and some container wagons would be ideal . You could do it in Red DB , Blue GBRf or Green Freightliner ( I suppose orange now!) liveries . It’s what people see on the real railway

Glasgow Central- Bishopton about 14.5 miles £4.70 return

Ravenser you’re wrong here . Dapol are heavily invested in OO you only need to look at GWR Mogul . Prairie and I think there’s a forthcoming 28xx for that. . Their class 68 I still rank as one of the best diesel models produced and price wise these tend to be more reasonable than most suppliers . There’s also the 52 Western . For coaches there are the top lights but these are fairly high spec for £55. Wagons is where they really do score though , with lots of ex Hornby Dublo wagons at very reasonable prices possibly even lower than Railroad . So while Dapol do have a wide ranging remit covering O , OO and N to say they are not very interested in OO is clearly wrong .

Yes the few times I was on one they did seem lively performers . It was a shame we couldn’t have kept a few as I understand they are currently out of use

You could even run them in Scotland as they did Edinburgh - Glasgow before the 385s arrived . Still looking forward to the 320 though

You probably need a steam generator belching out smoke from the tunnel mouths ,not forgetting smoke rising up from the low level pre 1961 . It is looking good . I don’t remember the signal box it must be before my time . I think Queen St had been remodelled by the time I took an interest . It was certainly dieselised

ahh cheers Phil you are exactly right . Didn’t realise the wand was supposed to have a handle . Looks ok as is, but checking the other ones you are correct . Not an issue .

Received my first class 2bs tonight , following on from the second class ones last week . They are all superb looking coaches . Very happy . Howevet,, at the bottom of the box of the BFK as well as the usual accessories was this . There is nothing obvious missing from the coach . It’s a bit big for an air reservoir . It was at the bottom of the box not in the plastic casing , so I don’t think it’s fallen off the coach . Any idea?

Yeah I got excited too ………but it was playtrains !

A bit concerned as he had medical issues , before disappearing . He has taken his channel off air a few times , so hopefully if all ok , he will be back

Awe no . I knew he had cancer but hoped for the best . Very sad . I think the Hairy Bikers did bring something original to the screen with down to earth cooking we could all relate to . He will be much missed , but of course thoughts with those that were closest to him

I would have said that was unnecessary duplication until I received the 2bs . Absolutely agree . A 2d to this standard and not Bachmann prices would be superb . This elevates coaching stock to a new level . Mind you think of what they could do with Staniers or Gresley stock !

Just received , right on time per DPD /Accurascale notification, absolutely stunning . Going to have a loft day tomorrow !

Very nice indeed . I saw them on the stand on Friday but then had to check what I’d actually ordered . Fortunately it’s number 113 in a more restrained green livery ! Checked it again on Saturday . Looks superb . Any idea when these might be delivered ?

Interesting thought . It could be that actually you need more liveries the less sales there are to maximise the potential of the tooling, hence more liveries in N which must have smaller sales than OO. Never thought of it that way . My thinking was the more popular the loco and more units sold then the more liveries would be available . I know the Crimson and Cream 320 was slower to sell , but I think it was only marketed by AMRSS , so maybe that was the reason .

It will be even more impressive when Queen St is added . That’s a lot of floor area for Perth , possibly most of one hall . To be honest while it was visually impressive , in terms of movements it was lacking . I know they had issues on Friday, not sure if it ever got fully resolved . Certainly there seemed to be traffic looping round , but the distance is so great that there were long periods of inactivity . While I could understand this on DC , I would have thought DCC could have had more trains running , with a decent signal spacing . I did see some movement in the yard , but it was sparse. I got the feeling they couldn’t have too many trains running at one time . The max I saw was two . If they can simulate trains arriving at Queen St , station pilot moves , and locos released going back to Eastfield then it truly will be a visual feast but I think there really needs to be more action for Perth . While O is clearly the differentiator for this layout , I did think to myself how impressive this would have been in OO , with Queen St added . Unlike O I think all the stock required has been available at some stage in OO , while with O there was a noticeable lack of DMUs . I did see a 101 , but I think that was the only one . Eastfield did have lots of dmus with the trains to Stirling, Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston and Cumbernauld all dmu operated . There were usually a good few of them stabled on shed .

Some TT pics from Model Rail Scotland

They announced it just ahead of Model Rail Scotland . There was a poster about it on their stand but order book not yet open . I was hoping for a Crimson Cream 320 but apparently the n one , available I think through AMRSS took a bit longer to sell than the others . So if you want a crimson cream one better let them know

From Model rail Scotland . I’m not an expert on the class but to me look pretty good . The green with full yellow ends may be a possibility , as it’s a variant I don’t have . Sorry for the reflection of my stripey jumper , but I was just passing so didn’t take a lot of time on pics

Some pics from Model Rail Scotland . Not sure what the difference is with the two red stripe one . They had the same manufacturers ref but I noted they actually were two different class 31s 31149 and 31180 I think

Good figures Arran ? Looked very busy on Friday , less busy Sunday . It was very good exhibition though - I did all three days . Interesting on how the demographic changes . Friday , is men of a certain age , Saturday , younger enthusiasts and Sunday families .