brossard Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 minute ago, F-UnitMad said: They certainly helped smash the long-held (& I think, long promoted, by those who wanted the scale to remain exclusive) myth that "If it's O Scale it MUST be expensive"!! Absolutely, a few seconds thought and mental math drove that point home to me. I do have a couple of expensive locos but most everything is affordable. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Signaller Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Money on a Class 68, they have the rights and have produced them in N and OO. A sweet spot of say £400 would be a show stopper if it’s right. Failing that, or maybe a better choice would be a 66? Heljan don’t seem interested after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2019 If you're chasing a modern O gauge market then a 66 is probably a safe bet if only for sheer diversity of liveries, although you've got almost as many variations to tool as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2019 I'd assume that "Massive" announcement means an announcement of something big. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I'm surprised no-one's yet proposed a transition-era 2-coach DMU - a Derby Lightweight, or maybe a 105 or 101. Equally, one of the 15x family might be a decent bet. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 18 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said: I'd assume that "Massive" announcement means an announcement of something big. Ironic announcement that they've taken over the LLC ruston 48ds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Fenman said: I'm surprised no-one's yet proposed a transition-era 2-coach DMU - a Derby Lightweight, or maybe a 105 or 101. Equally, one of the 15x family might be a decent bet. Paul Heljan have announced several versions of DMU. I'm quite interested in something like that. I'd prefer something from the early diesel era or small to medium steam (not stonking great pacifics). John Edited October 4, 2019 by brossard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2019 Love to see LLC’s Class 22 being produced by Dapol, given the prep work has been done and shame to let it all go to waste, but if I had to put money on what the announcement will be, I’d bet on the Class 68 or Class 66. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2019 What period do MIGO cover? A number of suggestions here don't strike me as "modern image", but I know it often means "not steam". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, njee20 said: What period do MIGO cover? A number of suggestions here don't strike me as "modern image", but I know it often means "not steam". Looking at the website it includes green diesels so quite a broad church. http://www.modernimageogauge.co.uk/gallery.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Legend said: Must admit O Gauge has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years . Was looking at an O Gauge Diesel layout at Ayr a few weeks ago and the models just had presence that you don't really get in OO. They looked heavy . No idea how much they actually weigh . No idea whats coming except as its at MIGO its got to be a diesel of some kind . Would people buy an HST in O Gauge ? Anybody got space to run one ? Sadly that's why I really cant consider it My Heljan 37 weighed in at just over 2kg. Scaled up, that would be 2 * (43*43*43) / 1000 = 159 tonnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 57 minutes ago, brossard said: Heljan have announced several versions of DMU. I'm quite interested in something like that. I'd prefer something from the early diesel era or small to medium steam (not stonking great pacifics). John You're quite right, of course - I was clearly deliberately blanking the western part of the country... Doesn't stop my desire for a Derby Lightweight. Though, having had a close look at Darstaed's suburbans (which are a step-change up from their already-decent Mk1s), I'm now hoping Darstaed will have a go at that or something similar (preferably eastern!). Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) Just spoke to a member of the Dapol team, he has rubbished the claims that Dapol are abandoning N gauge. Edited October 5, 2019 by MGR Hooper! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2019 Dapol have an exclusive deal on the 68 (i do not know if it covers O) but a 66 makes more sense. Otherwise I could see Hattons doing the 66 in O. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 16 minutes ago, MGR Hooper! said: Just spoke to a member of the Dapol team, hehas rubbished the claims that Dapol are abandoning N gauge. That was mentioned earlier. It seems to be just another nasty rumour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, atom3624 said: I'm just trying to imagine the tooling costs for a full-on HST set, in O-Gauge!! Another one for the 68, agreed. Al. Two vehicles: class 43 power car; Mk3 trailer car Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, njee20 said: What period do MIGO cover? A number of suggestions here don't strike me as "modern image", but I know it often means "not steam". A mute point, but MIGO is long gone. MIOG (all be-it a similar acronym) is an altogether new entity. As much as its a wide spectrum often discussed as to 'what is Modern Image' we've defined our cover as ranging from 1970 right up to the present day (whether that be Steam/Diesel/Electric etc). So essentially it is post steam era, but not necessarily not steam! The exhibition in November is all post 1968 layouts but there is a 'preservation era' layout so I wouldn't be surprised to see the odd steam devise, though they will be in the minority! In terms of the Dapol announcement, it'll be interesting to see what they have come up with. For me personally I'd like to see more modern freight stock or MK2 PV's. however I would expect something blown up form the current & proposed 00 range, a 59/68/73 would be my guess. Al 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) Well, there's four weeks to speculate before the announcement. Feet up, popcorn ready.... Edited October 4, 2019 by F-UnitMad Fat finger syndrome. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said: Well, there's four weeks to speculate before the announcement. Feet up, popcorn ready.... Your fat finger syndrome is caused by too much popcorn! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, Chris116 said: Your fat finger syndrome is caused by too much popcorn! I'll put 'spelling mistake' next time!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Dava said: Two vehicles: class 43 power car; Mk3 trailer car Are the other cars already available - buffet, etc ... ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl of Pembroke Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 The smart money is betting that Dapol will be announcing the actual delivery of some of the long list of models it has promised, but has so far failed to bring to market. That should be its priority, not the promise of yet more stuff that will take years to deliver. Charles 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padishar Creel Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 16 hours ago, D9020 Nimbus said: I'd assume that "Massive" announcement means an announcement of something big. Union Pacific 4014? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, atom3624 said: Are the other cars already available - buffet, etc ... ?? Not that I know of. So it requires tooling up 4 models to create a proper HST: Power car, TGS, Buffet & TF/TS. As mentioned earlier, 7mm does not lend itself to large layouts very well. I don't remember seeing a layout at Guildex on which an HST would fit. Edited October 5, 2019 by Pete the Elaner spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Fortunately for the family, I neither have the grounds, nor the means to 'invest' in 'O-Gauge', but that would be quite a beast to create - the HST. I reckon it's still going to be the Class 68. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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