The R2398 body does - I was also under the impression that the Stanier 4P shared the same later chassis, but the rear fixing (at least) doesn't fit the R2398 one, so I suppose the very latest Fowlers might also be incompatible.
If they're going to revamp the 0-4-0 chassis (as the B4 appears to show), finally changing the 0-6-0 spacing to something more accurate with a basic body might still have some appeal though.
Yes, along with other classics like "Daleks can't climb stairs"... 🤨
I think we have to look to scheduling and one of the current Lords Temporal (ironically enough) as much as anything else.
Similar reasoning, Shirley? 🙂 I thought the CR Pug used the same chassis as the GWR Holden 101 - either developed at the same time or before - which despite the Swindon Golden Ticket was not only out of scale, but a unique and short-lived prototype? At least you can stick a scale chassis under the Pug if you choose.
As to Accurascale, I'd personally crave something pre-1955, units-aside something like a LMS jackshaft shunter.
I thought they looked like the little Shadow ships from Babylon 5, which (apparently) have been referred to as Spitfires - which was news to me.
Though quite why they would be the go-to image for AI rather than more common images of "spitfire", I suppose might be influenced by your preconceptions of AI software designers and users... 😉
I wonder if the new ticket office at Reading West will ever open. More to the point, I wonder if the barriers at Reading West will ever shut...
Still, I suppose one could go one station along to Reading Green Park in the meantime and enjoy the future (and the many local attractions - like a footbridge 🙃).
[Don't tell him, Pike!] Quite. After Only Fools and Horses, I can see Hornby getting a bit WW2 - and why do miniatures necessarily have to be military?
It appears there's now a limited shuttle service DID-OXF - I think I saw the first train come in as I got off the replacement bus this morning. A little miffed to miss being on it it, but that's far outweighed by seeing the project finished. Well done to all involved. 👍
I don't know - for their next one, I rather like the idea of a 66 666 The Beast that plays Metal, and if you wanted reality there are the various steam Morning Star namers... 🤘