RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted April 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2014 Can anyone confirm his phone number? The one mentioned in post #90 above isn't recognised. Mike, It is all the right numbers, just in the wrong order The one I have is:- 01594 530405 This was from a list about a year ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frappington Jct Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Does anyone know whether Dean Sidings will have a stock of LNER L1/3's at Warley? (do they even make them anymore - I've only got a copy of the 2009 price list!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 It was still in the pricelist in 2013 priced at £59 sadly I've lost my copy of 2014 which I picked up earlier in the year... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frappington Jct Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 That's great thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 On another forum there are contact details - you can check - http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28548 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Dave will be at the Warley Show this year and may have a new product!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Further info from Dave. He will have L1/L3 kits at Warley plus a good range of body kits and some chassis for certain kits. Apparently there is a kit to make the round top version of the Super D bu you will need your own donor chassis. Please drop by and say hallo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 for those who can not make warley could we have an unvailing of what the new kit is on RM web after warley so that we too can think about purchasing it? Richard Based in the USA - otherwise i would have made the effort to go to warley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frappington Jct Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Is he going to have the basic Hornby 0-6-0 chassis and for how much? Just so I know whether to try and find one as I walk through the show on Saturday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 My fault I did not ask which chassis would be available but it might be easier to source your own. If I see Dave before he goes to Warley I will PM you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty1966 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Anyone know if the GWR County Tank kit is still available ? No presence on the web makes overseas enquiries more difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Dave's new announcement at Warley was the Barry 0-8-2T It will be available with the Mehano chassis for £100 plus p&p As all my reference books are packed for the move, I cannot confirm but I thought the Port Talbot had similar locos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frappington Jct Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Does anyone have a working email address for Dave? The one on Combe Barton's post above doesn't work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Nop sadly he used to then it got hacked and also he lost the password... so snail mail is the only way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenway Park Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 As stated in the Railway Modeller the Warley Show later this month will be Dave's last exhibition. He is taking "early" retirement, so if you want a particular item from his list see him at the show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 This trader's unwillingness to trade via a website was, alas, always an obstacle; he got one purchase from me where he could have had 10. Nevertheless, I am sad to see the demise of this, otherwise, innovative business. I guess we'll now never see that 517 and those printed coach sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 This trader's unwillingness to trade via a website was, alas, always an obstacle; he got one purchase from me where he could have had 10. .... How did we cope before the Internet? Well, we wrote polite letters explaining what we wanted to order, and included a cheque for the appropriate sum. Has the art of letter-writing been lost to "want it now, want it yesterday"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty1966 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 How did we cope before the Internet? Well, we wrote polite letters explaining what we wanted to order, and included a cheque for the appropriate sum. Has the art of letter-writing been lost to "want it now, want it yesterday"? Yep ! 'Fraid so ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synch Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 How did we cope before the Internet? Well, we wrote polite letters explaining what we wanted to order, and included a cheque for the appropriate sum. Has the art of letter-writing been lost to "want it now, want it yesterday"? Or you could live overseas where that method is the exact opposite of successful...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 If Dave wants to retire, then Good Luck to him. I was lucky enough to get out at 56 even though I had a very interesting job (it was the team leader who couldn't lead and the managers who didn't manage that pushed me over the edge). I can only feel sorry for those folks who can't find anything better to do than go to work (always assuming they have a choice of course). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseHead Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 This trader's unwillingness to trade via a website was, alas, always an obstacle; I'm afraid the 'via a website' bit is rather redundant in this case; he showed the same proclivity when he ran a physical shop, and even personal visits involving standing beside him while he wrote details in his 'order book' did not, in my experience, lead to the materialisation of goods. I wish him well in his retirement - I too can speak of the benefits of taking that 'early', courtesy of the Government deciding it no longer had any need of my services - but I do believe the occupation of 'trader' should be reserved for those prepared to trade. I would not, after all, expect to be referred to as a 'buyer' (or even a 'customer') if I never bought anything; and contracts for sale do need the willing involvement of both parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 What is added by these "what's wrong wi t'post. I dunno, the Youth of today. In them days we were grateful to live in t'hole in't' ground" comments I am unsure. Perhaps I made myself insufficiently clear; I spoke only for myself. I don't get to many shows, so, personally, I have found the lack of a website listing and illustrating products with updated prices, etc, unhelpful. The lack of e-commerce is also unhelpful; I think the last cheque I ever wrote was in guineas and I have no idea where my cheque book may be. It means that Dean Sidings has proved inconvenient but, and in a busy life this is probably the greatest disadvantage, Dean Sidings was very much out of sight and so out of mind compared with pretty much all other traders. Now, I am having a bit of a sabbatical due to suffering a life-changing financial hit. This, I realise, may leave me a bit too tetchy for civilised company for a while - apologies for that - but it also means that, had Mr Sidings just signed up £3M of private equity to go global, I would be unlikely to prove a regular customer, so, I am really the last person whose opinion is worth a damn, so I'll leave it there, if I may. So, I would like to end on a positive note. I liked what Dean Sidings did. It made interesting prototypes accessible and brought us back to those RTR bash and bodge days when remarkable and individualistic results were within everyone's reach. I hope he sells the range on and, if so, I hope it continues to develop. In any event, I wish a happy early retirement to Mr Sidings! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaym481 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 How did we cope before the Internet? Well, we wrote polite letters explaining what we wanted to order, and included a cheque for the appropriate sum. Has the art of letter-writing been lost to "want it now, want it yesterday"? We coped with the technology available. You may have noticed that things have moved on somewhat. You can still make your correspondence polite though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crantock Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I will pop by at the NEC and see if there is anything. I have always found the product display les than perfect. I guess I will never see the Stanier 3500 tender and will need to get a brass one. Hopefully he enjoys retirement but given the product had potential, and the problems were with delivery, it would be good if they could be taken up by someone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Has there been any developments on the Dean Sidings front? The news I got from Warley was that here had been more than one expression of interest in taking over the business and that things were looking optimistic, but if anything's happened since I, for one, haven't heard about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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