RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2021 There's this one on ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265401310847?hash=item3dcb269e7f:g:RvgAAOSwd4Zhi9yV Regards Lez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2021 The other one is showing as in stock on Cooper Crafts web site Chris. Regards Lez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, lezz01 said: The other one is showing as in stock on Cooper Crafts web site Chris. Regards Lez. Can you still buy direct from Coopercraft? I thought they no longer traded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Can you still buy direct from Coopercraft? I thought they no longer traded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2021 I thought there were issues, thanks for looking anyway @lezz01 it’s appreciated 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2021 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: At least the Sten gun is deactivated. You know that and Miss RRH knows that but does the gun know that? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Probably not, you can still hit someone over the head with it. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 Yeh I too have heard that there were issues but the web site is still up so I guess that you can at least ask them if it's still available. If they don't get back to you then that's an answer of sorts. I do know for sure that Slaters took back their wagon kits and I believe their coach kits as well although the coach kits have yet to be reissued. I think there is an issue with instructions but hey that's just what I've heard I don't know for sure. Regards Lez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Should anyone need any instruction sheets for the series of 4mm scale GWR wagons that Cooper Craft did back in the 1980s, I kept a lot of them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 I too keep all my instruction sheets...well you never know do you? For instance I'm real glad I kept the instructions for the Craftsman 1F as I scored one on eBay that had none. The drawing isn't bad either. Regards Lez. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, lezz01 said: Yeh I too have heard that there were issues but the web site is still up so I guess that you can at least ask them if it's still available. I tried to place an order on the webshite and it wouldn’t take me to the payment page so I don’t think they are trading I did wonder if it would be worth doing a drawing based on what I have and see how well they would 3D print Edited November 14, 2021 by chuffinghell 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 Then they should take down the website and sell the tooling to someone who can produce models. We have lost too many excellent products by people who can't walk the walk taking over small concerns and failing to produce. Regards Lez. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 That was pretty much the gist of the thread that I forwarded. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 Coopercraft have an appaling reputation as of late. Best avoided. Rob. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Coopercraft have an appaling reputation as of late. Best avoided. Rob. Absolutely and just not worth the risk. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 It's a damn shame. When I was a teenager in the 1980s, Cooper Craft, under the auspices of the original owner, provided me with the opportunity to build "proper" railway models. Otherwise, if I had to rely on RTR or unaffordable finescale kits, I'd probably have found another hobby. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 31 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Coopercraft have an appaling reputation as of late. Best avoided. Rob. It’s a real shame because the few kits I have managed to get in the past have been really good and more importantly easy to build 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 13/11/2021 at 12:27, chuffinghell said: I’ve spent too much time worrying about things not being prototypical or right that it’s actually slowed/stopped me doing what the layout was originally intended……as a hobby for fun, enjoyment and to allow me to escape the reality of the working week Obviously I want it to look feasible but not to the point where I end up stopping because of concerns about how ‘those in the know’ would condemn my efforts as ‘wrong’ I deal with this by creating a completely fictional line in an alternate version of 1910s-1920s Britain. I find it both very cathartic and immensely liberating to model this way. I still enjoy keeping to UK railway practice as regards safety, BoT rules and all of that, but the rest of the fine detail is subservient to my enjoyment. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 13/11/2021 at 07:28, NHY 581 said: Makes me think of some of my fellow countrymen... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2021 Well it’s that one and only time of year that Sarah joins me in playing with trains 2 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2021 Steady on, it's not even December yet. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Steady on, it's not even December yet. My thoughts exactly but I know better than to point this out 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I think that she's shown a great deal of restraint. Christmas started in the shops August bank holiday weekend.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2021 This time last year I had a plan to make a layout involving a circle of track to go around the base of the tree….oh well maybe next year 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 It doesn't need to be prototypically accurate or anything. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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