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Tell me what you think of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmEzqhFKJx8

I agree with you and I too enjoy pulling models apart and adding bits here and there it was after starting a new job that left me with less free time than usual caused me to forget how much fun it is to personalize models

I brought a Dapol FGW HST this morning and I'm happy with it and would give it an 9/10 rating because of the overall quality if any one has any questions about this model I'm happy to answer them

I think you are right. Look at the poor sales of the Peco Collett because people did not want to pay an extra £30 for the inbuilt decoder. I happily payed £130.00 for a Peco Collett because my only other options in N gauge would be a less detailed kit or a very time consuming scratch build. It is not profitable for a manufacture to do something to keep 10% happy and these days manufactures, model clubs, shops and at expeditions modelers are being encouraged to move to DCC for the benefits, as posted before "two LEDs feeding a single light guide" will work wonders for DC this is only my opinion but Dapol are experts at preventing light bleed so no problem there. having been to many model clubs and experience with different types of DC and DCC I am sure that some thing like that would sell Also did you know That the forthcoming BR western class 52 by Dapol will be the most accurate model ever due to the real thing being (LASER SCANNED) which took two days to completely scan the whole thing this is expensive to do and will be expensive to produce but if they go on the shelves at £95.00+ I'm sure they are guaranteed to sell because they will accurate and there will be no need for modelers to buy extra parts to correct it, I think some people will move from 00 Gauge to N just like what happened with the class 67 the Dapol version is superior to Lima, Hornby and Kits and look at the quality of detail then look at the scale difference, ok the price of the Dapol version is higher but for what you get it is well worth it, The only negetive I can remember was i a magazine review when it was stated that the light clusters look slightly over scale, in my case thats at an acceptable level can you get an of the shelf 00 Gauge class 67 with working top light no but in N gauge the answer is yes The main point is if I spend an extra £40.00+ I will NOT need to buy etched name plates I will NOT need to buy grills I will NOT need to buy extra paints I will NOT need to buy transfers I will NOT need to buy lights and wiring

Did the power cars ever have paxman motors in this livery? (A) No but there were about 2 power cars in the old livery and neon livery that had the new engine. I wonder if two LEDs feeding a single light guide might work here rather than a bi colour LED? Thats an excellent idea and would be easy to do with the amount of fiber optics available you can easily get bi colour LED's from DCC Concepts and other places, the LED come in differnt sizes some are small enough for N gauge here is the site that gave me the idea http://s374444733.websitehome.co.uk/class-66-9/index.htm

Thank you STU for replying I was going to but a HST set earlier today but was put of by the lighting also the shop staff were unsure about it too, I dont know why Dapol didn't use bi colour led red/white as they are widely used in model railways especially modern image

This an important question about the Dapol MTU HST's I looked at one being tested today it had 2 tail lights but only 1 head light I'm not sure if its because it was DC being tested on DCC or its a faulty HST or Dapol made them to only have marker/head light if so then thats very disappointing, the model tested Dapol FGW First Great Western HST ND122f, if any one has a MTU HST please can you give some info about the lights?

How did you relivery the class 150?

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That looks very interesting but be careful I made a hard standing once when the layout had a large freightliner container terminal it was strong enough to take a hammer smashed against it before finally showing breaks which was needed so a point could be replaced and siding moved most of the resent work is done over it now.

That Centro 150 looks very good in the sun light

i like the interior dietail it looks realy good