DougN Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Andrew I hope you took it as a compliment because it was ment as one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Max Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hope to see the 4mm Finney range back in production soon with the new owner. Pen poised ready to order a V2 as soon as available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelester Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Hope to see the 4mm Finney range back in production soon with the new owner. Pen poised ready to order a V2 as soon as available. Was I email contact with Martin last week about delivery of my final order. Unfortunately, I was shorted a Dean Goods, and because I have the tender and an inside motion kit, I too am hoping for a rapid re-introduction. For one moment, I thought I was going to get the Ultrascale wheels before the kits arrived! Still, apparently the new owner of the 4mm side is expected to make an announcement this week. Here's hoping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 .... Pen poised ready to order a V2 as soon as available. You're not the only one after a V2......! Come to think of it, there are a couple of others in the Finney back catalogue that I'd like to collect as well..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Horsetan are you behaving yourself again? I thought you had all you wanted.... except a V2, may be a A3? I suspect that the new owner might be in for a run of kits in the short term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Horsetan are you behaving yourself again? I thought you had all you wanted.... except a V2, may be a A3?.... Already have an A3. Missing from the collection is a "Hall", a "47xx", a "City" 4-4-0, the Adams Radial, and the V2. I've got all the other ones that matter to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted April 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2015 and the V2. I had one of those recently. . . .now where did it go. . . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) I had one of those recently. . . .now where did it go. . . . It went to a land down under.... ....where women glow and men chunder.... Edited April 7, 2015 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ivan Has the range been sold or are we still waiting for a buyer to come forward? Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MPR Posted April 7, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ivan Has the range been sold or are we still waiting for a buyer to come forward? Mike See http://website.lineone.net/~cbwesson/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Apparently the buyer of the 4mm range will reveal himself / herself this week. I do hope they keep their clothes on..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Fingers crossed that the new owner makes more of the cast fittings available separately than did Martin. I don't know of a source of Cartazzi axleboxes as good as Martin's, and a Bradwell A1 chassis deserves the best. The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Max Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You can purchase excellent quality brass Cartazzi axleboxes from either Branchlines or Puffers, I have both types and they are both equal to or better than the Finney ones. Not that I am knocking the Finney ones as they are excellent also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You can purchase excellent quality brass Cartazzi axleboxes from either Branchlines or Puffers, I have both types and they are both equal to or better than the Finney ones. Not that I am knocking the Finney ones as they are excellent also. True, but it's the name that counts, and Finney has just that degree of cachet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Umm I wonder if this is going to become a wish list..... with a count down to the hour that the new owner appears on stage! Ummm lunch Buying bread from a man in BrusselsHe was six foot four and full of muscleI said, "Do you speak my language?"He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 A wish list? My logic has always been that if something I want is available and I can afford it then I buy it. Putting things off has not worked well for me in the past! The new owner is not likely to see my credit card given my stash as shown in the photo. Mr Finney however, has done well out of me - these are all from him not Ebay or second hand (I have a couple more that are this category). If he was to have the ability and interest to do a Saint to this standard I would certainly weaken. Regards, Craig W 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiggy1969 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 a saint is the one gwr loco that we really need a good kit for. mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Umm I wonder if this is going to become a wish list..... with a count down to the hour that the new owner appears on stage! Ummm lunch Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four and full of muscle I said, "Do you speak my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich It looks like it has (post #92), keeping the great tradition of RMweb alive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 ....The new owner is not likely to see my credit card given my stash as shown in the photo. As a willy-waving exercise, that stack is hard to beat! My own Finney department only runs to about half of yours. Mr Finney however, has done well out of me - these are all from him not Ebay or second hand (I have a couple more that are this category). I went the other way - only four kits were bought new from him, not including the inside motion kits; the rest were all snaffled at mostly bargain prices from eBay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45609 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 True, but it's the name that counts, and Finney has just that degree of cachet... Until you get told that the Cartazzi included in the Finney LNER kits is in fact the one made by ABS. I thought you'd have known that Ivan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nth Degree Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 ABS does (did) all of Martin's white metal casting. He's the best there is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Until you get told that the Cartazzi included in the Finney LNER kits is in fact the one made by ABS. I thought you'd have known that Ivan? Everyone is in each others' pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted April 8, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2015 A wish list? My logic has always been that if something I want is available and I can afford it then I buy it. Putting things off has not worked well for me in the past! The new owner is not likely to see my credit card given my stash as shown in the photo. Mr Finney however, has done well out of me - these are all from him not Ebay or second hand (I have a couple more that are this category). If he was to have the ability and interest to do a Saint to this standard I would certainly weaken. Regards, Craig W Nice. But how many have you actually built...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Nice. But how many have you actually built...... One completed by myself, another in progress, Three built for me. Lots to go obviously, but its a start. Craig W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lyonesse Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 A wish list? My logic has always been that if something I want is available and I can afford it then I buy it. Putting things off has not worked well for me in the past! The new owner is not likely to see my credit card given my stash as shown in the photo. Mr Finney however, has done well out of me - these are all from him not Ebay or second hand (I have a couple more that are this category). If he was to have the ability and interest to do a Saint to this standard I would certainly weaken. Regards, Craig W Blimey. Do you have stashes of Ultrascale wheels and RG4s to complete them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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