Scott B

I would agree with that Peter, and I am sure that Jeff would certainly be better off using a Class 40 or 45, as I am sure he said he will be running these than, rather than a Mk1. They would certainly be a lot closer to a Mk3 as well. Scott

Agreed, thanks for the list Dave, it does clear a few issues up seeing as some retailers sites still seem a tad ambiguous. Looking at the list I see no blue/grey buffet with an E prefix to match the E prefixed 1st's & 2nd's, is this the indeed case or will it come at a later date. No big deal, but dont want to renumber if I dont have too. Scott Ju

Thanks for the detailed explanation Tom, most of which I was aware of on the real life item. My point is that as far as I recall, Dapol will only be producing a single catering vehicle. Obviously for the HST this will be without buffers and with buffers for the loco hauled, so two catalog numbers per livery ? Hattons show three catalog numbers for the blue grey, one with buffers, one without, and one with no comment that is £2 dearer as well. I think you are correct and maybe Dave can enlighten us. I suspect Paddy is correct in that Hattons are getting confused with Dapols renumbering exercise. Scott

So, can anyone enlighten me as to what the difference is between these two please, other than the second one being £2 dearer and having no comment as to if it is with or without buffers ? 2P-005-010 Dapol Mk3 Coach Buffet in Blue Grey livery without buffers (ex-NC055C) N Gauge £17 NC216A Dapol MkIII coach buffet in blue and grey livery N Gauge £19 It cannot be as simple as NC216A having buffers, as that is covered by NC054C Dapol Mk3 Coach RFM Buffet in Blue Grey livery with buffers N Gauge £17 Regards

Lightly magnetised screwdriver Jeff ;-) Scott B

Squires sell them if thats any help. Scott

Hi Gary Great to see an update, and 027 looks great. >>>The one I picked was 37027, Loch Eil, this was one of the first to receive the Eastfeild treatment and just fits in to the time base of the layout. Done for the St Rollox open day IIRC back in 1981(ish) and origianlly looking like this http://nigel-parker.fotopic.net/p62061534.html http://jpgrailphotogallery.fotopic.net/p59028297.html I think it was early (April time) 1985 that it got the "standard" large logo treatment. Keep the updates coming, and congrats on a top quality layout. Scott

Neither 148 or 048, so 097 will have to do !!! 20097 about to shunt the sleeper ecs and Ethel onto the arrival from Mallaig, 19 July 1985. Keep the gen coming ;-) Scott

Hi Mark, All looking good. Not so sure about having the transformer with 240v mains attached to the board though. Would be more inclined to build a box around it and have as freestanding with only the low voltage wires running to the board itself. Just food for thought, no point in risking anything on the board becoming live with mains after all, no matter how small the risk ;-) Keep up the good work Regards Scott

Trackwork & ballasting looks great. Who's ballast did you use, it looks to be well proportioned & doesnt seem oversize. I am stugling to find a ballast that I feel is the right size for my N gauge layout, we all know the OO boys & girls use N gauge ballast, but what do us smaller scale modellers use ??, struggling to fins a Z scale ballast anywhere LOL Regards Scott