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It was the origional 317,s that ran out of Euston until replaced by 321's.

Its very much the same when ordering from the UK! Only Hatton;s seem to have it set up and are registered for VAT in Ireland and a few other EU countreis. They give you a few shipping options for under £135/€150 or if over €150 use DHL. I think Gaugemaster deduct VAT, not sure of any others.

Hatton's now offer additional shipping options with Evri/Fastway and DPD which are both cheaper than DHL. I have today received a parcel via DPD today, collected Monday afternoon with out any hassle. Good to have more options and avoid the Royalmail/Anpost lottery. Sample prices from Hatton's website. Republic of Ireland £3.50 Royal Mail. Zone 05. Airmail Untracked. Weighs between 001g and 300g when packed. Ave 3-5 day transit time. £5 EVRI International via Fastway. Ireland. Weighs between 001g and 300g when packed. Ave 2-4 day transit time. £8.96 Royal Mail. Western Europe. Airmail "Signed for". Weighs between 001g and 300g when packed. Avg 3-5 day transit time. £9 DPD Republic of Ireland. 2-day with tracking up to 10kg £23 DHL Express Priority. Insured, tracked & signed-for. Delivered 1 working day after despatch. Zone 1 - up to 1kg

Nice to see your layout in the December Continental Modeller, great work.

This is a quote from an email I had from Hatton's yesterday. Hope this helps. "With Christmas fast approaching, we are due to perform a warehouse stocktake imminently. This means that we will need to dispatch all Trunks by Wednesday 22nd November. We will automatically dispatch them from Tuesday 14th November if you do not dispatch it yourself. Thank you for your patience and understanding regarding this."

Could never understand why they put a plastic pnatogragh on a main range loco, they and Lima had working metal ones in the 80's. By the way I'm on a lookout for BW panto for my Lima 87.

Back in the day, thats what we 'Bashers' called the MK2 D-F air-con coaches, espesially if the air-con was not working. MK1's or MK2 A-C coaches being preffered with the windows fully open so you can hear the loco(s) working.

For me yes, now that there is no discount, it will be cheaper for me to purchace Hornby TT:120 items from Modellbahn Union or MSL lippe rather than direct from Hornby in future.

Still not available in the members ares of the website yet! Will be another couple of weeks at least before I recieve my printed copy.

Had another look at the Lima listings on Hatton's and it is now £52.00 rather than £267.00, does that make it a 'bargin' now? :)

Most expensive that I have seen a Lima DMU. https://www.hattons.co.uk/1477435/lima_l149816_po26_class_117_2_car_dmu_w51332_w51334_in_br_blue_pre_owned_noisy_runner_missing_p/stockdetail

Cant realy go wrong with the Lima models. Yes, they are not as detailed as todays models but then again they dont have fragile bits that fall off them as soon as you look at it. You can add extra details as you wish, thats called modelling :) . Lima motors are easily stripped down and cleaned, as an example, I have a Lima 33 which I completly stripped down and cleaned the gears and motor, reassemble and lubricated with Hobe-lube, added extra pick-ups to all wheels including the ones with traction tyres on and it runs a lot smoother then my Heljan one.

The download link in the TT club magazine, if you just print it out is for the 00 version, on the PDF pages it says to print at 63% for the TT version.

No problem, just run them with GWR power cars. Thats what I do to justify my short rake.

My 08 arrived today, Just tested on length of track, nice smooth runner straight out the box. Only issue is there is no instruction/service sheet. Should one be supplied with the TT :120 models or do you download on line? I shall send Hornby an email and see what they say. Anyway, happy with the 08 so far.

Has anyone ever used the DHL option with order value over €150.00 and if so how did it go? According to Hatton's it should be shipped with out any additional fees. Following is a quote from Hatton's website. DDP For orders placed via DHL to countries listed below. Delivered Duties Paid Charged on orders over €150 in value. We have VAT registration in the countries listed below, so VAT, admin fees and duties fees are included when your order is placed and processed using DHL. Royal Mail & DPD are not applicable, and are covered under the DAP section to the right. Countries affected: Belgium France Germany Ireland (Republic of) Italy Netherlands (Holland) Spain (mainland) United Kingdom If you are charged by DHL for your order to any of the countries listed above, please get in touch.

Latest update on my recent Hattons order, this is an email that I have had from them today. It seems that the IOSS system had changed!! This is the first parcel that they had already resent, the other is still floating around in the system somewhere!! "Dear John, I'm e-mailing in regards to order reference XXXXXXX, where I'm sorry to inform you that your parcel has been returned due to an issue with our IOSS number. Unfortunately, we are currently in the small interim period where the old IOSS service has ended and we're awaiting the new IOSS service to take over, where this is required for orders sent with DPD and Royal Mail. We do apologise for the delay in you receiving your items and for any inconvenience you may have been caused. We are working hard to get this resolved as soon as possible, and as soon as I have a further update, I send you a separate e-mail to keep you informed."

An Post are a joke now! They have stopped for a second time my parcel from Hatton's which they resent having previously been returned as 'supposedly' it did not have the correct customs info. Ordered 20th Feb, Anpost sent back to Hattons, they resent on 8th March and now going to be sent back again! Waste of time trying to contact An Post customer service as they just fob you off with feeble excuses! 14 March 2023 01:36 We could not deliver your post. We will try to return it to the sender. DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12 01 March 2023 01:12 Your post has left An Post DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12 24 February 2023 16:26 We could not deliver your post. We will try to return it to the sender. DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12

Having now had two parcels now on thier way back to Hatton's , Yesterday I phoned Hattons telling them about this problem, and they said for some reason they are currently having problems with shipments to Ireland. It seems to be when using Royalmail - Anpost, not aware of any issues with DHL, which is the only other shipping option, but expensive at £23.00!!! Anyway, once Hattons recive the items back I should get an email from them giving me options of refunding or resending the item, so watch this space and see what happens.

Just been looking at Modelbahn shop Lippe. Good new is they will be selling Hornby TT:120, not much listed at the moment but its a positive start. € prices seem reasonable too. https://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com/Manufacturer/Products/gb/overview.html?hersteller=Hornby

Is this genuine?, Reason I ask is that I have not seen anything on the Hornby website or anything in the TT:120 members area of the site. Will be a big bonus if we can buy direct from the EU.

For anyone in Ireland, looks like Anpost are back to thier antics once again! Got an order from Hattons posted on 20th February, say they were unable to deliver, but they have never tried or contacted me about it , it has not left Dublin and looks -like its now on its way back to Hatton's! 01 March 2023 01:12 Your post has left An Post DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12 24 February 2023 16:26 We could not deliver your post. We will try to return it to the sender. DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12

Keeping with their English Electric theme, could be a class 20 or class 40.

Issue 2 of the TT:120 club magazine is now available as a PDF in the members area.

Would it be worth contacting Hornby and asking if there should be any weights inside the MK1's?