GordonC

I'm amazed there haven't been more 37/0s produced, particularly in Large Logo Blue. When you compare how many 37/4s have been produced (and presumably sold) then you'd have to think particularly West Highland or Inverness steam heat 37/0s would be quite a rich vein of sales too

Were the Class 87s not all fitted with High-Intensity headlights from when they were built? presumably 1973-74

Also there might be quite a few folk who had the Hornby Large Logo one as a boy like I did and that one was always looked out for when in Queen Street! But I'd buy any of the Push-Pull 47/7s they produce anyway

I'd prefer one of the ones with a flush-fronted at one or both ends that are awkward to do without a full repaint - 47701, 47703, 47705, 47707. 47715 was already done by Heljan so would probably be one to avoid given a choice

That would be fantastic ... we haven't seen any of the Large Logo 47s for Eastfield, Inverness or Haymarket at all from Bachmann yet and its been a while since the Scottish 47s were produced as Limited editions

if they did I'd hope they wouldn't make the same solebar c*ck up from the Mk2e's again!!

Maybe not limited editions, but there are the Realtrack Class 156s and Bachmann 37401 in Large Logo Blue and 37049 as a Motherwell Railfreight Coal loco

Wow!!! now thats tempting!!! Are all the Area Limited Editions Class 47s?

None of those listed new tooling 'releases' have actually seen the light of day yet. The 450 may be due soon but the 166 and 319 have been very quiet.There is quite a backlog of things which have been announced but not yet produced so they may have been trying to clear more of that before announcing more to add to it.

Have any of the Class 31s been done with TTS sound yet? I didn't think they had

I'd noticed them all too and thought the same thing To be honest I'm surprised quite so many APTs still survive from the 80s to appear on Ebay and in generally such a good condition bearing in mind they would have been bought as kids toys

if that adds the best part of £100 then I'd think someone was taking the mickey and I'd be surprised at it being produced.

If might not be the early D400 though, there is some confusion as to whether its the later 1990ish repaint due to the refurbished bodyside in the catalogue image

modern locomotives illustrated have a website - pretty sure they'll have contact details there for back issues. or you can find them on stalls at exhibitions - DC Kits often have a selection of recent issues for example

hornbys VEA is to a much poorer standard and not up to modern expectations

I think the lights look a little deep in height and not wide enough. If you look head on at the model and head on at an actual HST the model doesn't quite look right. Different liveries perhaps show it up more with how the yellow meets the light clusters

I haven't been willing to shell out real cash for something that could self-destruct at any point

Has there been a Super-detailed BR Blue Class 31 without Mazak contamination yet?

I've seen pictures of a variety of smaller locos than you'd expect. Class 27s on Aberdeen to Carstairs portions of the West Coast Postal and Class 31s on the Barrow to Huddersfield one. I haven't been looking so much at steam era pictures, but those might show similar examples of smaller locos too

There wasn't gaps in the platform numbering at Waverley in the past, there had been more platforms there that were filled in so only the remaining ones were left with numbers.

It must be getting harder to find locos and stock that match up without treading on existing models. The Class 87 and Carflats wouldn't really go together anyway would they? Did 87s ever pull motorail trains with carflats? I'd have expected Classes 81-85 or at most a Class 86 for the AC loco legs of those services

So the question is ... which are we going to see in the shops first ... the Hornby Class 87 or the Bachmann Class 90. Despite being announced (several) years later my money would be on the 87

But if you've got 35 locos to choose from (for that livery, assuming only 87101 didn't receive it) why on earth would you pick the very first one for a new model to be the exact same loco and livery as one of the two most recently produced albeit to a lower standard. The Class 87s haven't been seen in regular service for a number of years so wont fall into the trainset category as much as Pendolinos or Flying Scotsman or Tornado or even units like Class 350s or 150s where kids will see or ride on them and want one in a set. It'll be largely 'modellers' that'll buy them ... I'm keen to see the model do well so wouldn't want there to be any obvious reasons that could affect sales. I'd have thought it obvious to pick another one for just now and if 87010 is so special to do then do it in another livery later.

Intercity Executive livery would make far more sense. Intercity Swallow would be a stupid idea duplicating the last Limby model

What engine is still in the Class 140? Would it be possible to get any useful sounds from it?