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Something L&YR would be nice, I don’t care if it’s just a break van! But something anything please for the love of god!!!! A retooling of the pug wouldn’t be unloved so it’s usable on a dcc layout. Though the Barton Wright ironclad would be a low blow as I’ve not long built the LRM kit. However I think the 8f has to be a a no brainier following on from the other retools of LMS stock. with the Fowler tank as an outside chance,

Dooh! I see sorry Chard, learn you to suck eggs meant it was not.

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Thank you for your hard work putting the list together, ✔️ most of the LMS and all the L&YR models hopefully they won’t release them all in one go otherwise I’ll have to sell my dad again, I’ve only just managed to buy him back.

Priorities, well that’s simply sales! If they think it will sell well it is going to get pushed. We don’t know the mind set at Bachmann, they could have lots of wonderful goodies planned but are keeping them quiet for now. I’m sure in time something will come along that will keep you awake at night with excitement. Personally I’m still holding out hope for a L&YR model a nice 0-6-0 please. as the only thing available to modern standards is the 2-4-2t. It is the season to be jolly after all! so be happy for those that will be thrilled with the latest announcement. Our time will come, now where’s the rum.

I wouldn’t worry if it’s the same guy then he’s done streamlined Duchess of Hamilton before. Maybe the NRMA are not telling us something.

Still no sign of the wheels. So Re did the roof, which I think is much better. Managed to do the destination head bored and the little signs done the sides. Fitted some working lamps just need to see how to wire them up to a dcc decoder which will be fun. Other than that I redid the Fowler tank now on the newer Hornby chassis which improves the look of the model. The dirt on the top seems more noticeable in the image then it is in real life. Cameras are strange things.

Still waiting for the wheels and got a little bored so I thought I’d try a little painting I think the cream is a little too yellow especially in the image. Might be the lighting what is making it worse. I’ll have a look for another cream tomorrow when out and about. now looking at the images on the screen it is far to yellow for my liking. But the model isn’t too bad. The wheels are a bit crude and some separate bought wheels might be in order depending how much space is available to fix them securely when the thing is on the rail chassis. Have to wait and see.

Thank you Andy, thats got it now

Well I don’t know if I have signed up. Did everything Press the button and nothing! Tried again and it said email is already used so I’m guessing something has happened.

I was thinking of using 1/8 internal tube for the wheels and just being lazy about the chassis using the flat plate show above. But I got a thinking about the possibility of the tube not being square and how to fit the motor etc. so I decided not to mess about and build a parallel frame chassis saves on the thinking and makes things easier in the long run.

Well after the great excitement of Hornby’s announcement today still no L&YR 0-6-0 I thought I’d look at the L&YR coach. It went well I built a motor and cut some metal for a rail bus. Still trying to work out how I can fit everything including a DCC decoder and some representation of the interior. Well adding weight to help with the running image of the real thing added.

Oh yes finally something I’ll be ordering a few of from Rapido.

Hornby’s just spent millions on preparing to bring TT120 to market. There’s no way you can expect a company to repeat that type of announcement in such a short time. I was expecting a loco possible new but probably just in a new a paint job. before switching to pre-war LMS I would have been over the moon with a big blue Princess Coronation class. I’m sure some people will be happy. That’s a big ✔️ On the plus side on other sites people have been rising questions about a model especially for collectors club. That’s a big ✔️ Hornby hasn’t announced a all new class 50 which is a Big ✔️ Not to mention this hasn’t fallen into ‘ Hornby the bad guy’ category but we can’t please everyone all the time. Big ❎ 3 out of four isn’t bad is it.

Well they haven’t released a terrier for a fortnight.

And what’s up with code 75. I don’t mind detail and have happily burnt many a finger trying to add a little more detail a bit batter. But if the company feels a flangeless wheel set is the way to go. I can only guess that they feel it’s the best way forward to make the model user friendly for those with toy like curves. I could probably live with that or I could do some butchery if I can’t it’s just another little project to add to the many. I do like the idea of a extra set of wheels with the model that would seem the best way forward. sorry I don’t recall who mentioned it first.

I can’t because I am, A. not that skilled nor have I ever stated I was. and B, happy to live with the Compromise of what OO is. But if you want all flanged wheels with larger curved track then Why not branch out into TT120. Or take up P4 yourself. To want a company to produce a model that more then half its customers wouldn’t be able to use is frankly ridiculous. The company wants sales of its product. It’s down to the modeller to enhance the model to their own high standards if the model doesn’t score a perfect ten in their eyes. Especially if such standards would affect sales.

What’s the point of getting in a tiss over flangeless wheels? It’s OO! It’s not to scale!

Sorry not posted for a while, the layout hasn’t been abandoned. Just haven’t had much spare time of late. Though not much has happened even now on the layout and a L&YR coach is sitting on the workbench half finished, decorating took up much of the spare time but the Hall kitchen spare bedroom and bathroom are looking much better then in years! Not all bad then. On the layout part of the reason I got board with Rothley was the lack of a fiddle yard. So it seems a good place to start and can be tested. I am thinking of fitting surface mounted points with a mimic board with a pen switch. Though I could use a dcc controller I think the mimic board would be simpler. How to power it is something I’ll need to look into. Well I admit it’s not exciting but a couple of images still needs finishing.

Don’t know about FFAs, I’m bettering on the FFSs, never found them in the BR reference books. But have hard a lot of people mentioned them.

For many years I have had the Corgi static model of the Flying Scotsman which i do love. Yes it’s not got all the detail of the OO model but has it’s smaller I don’t think it matters, and had often thought if it could be motorised. I won’t bother now. I’ve put a order in for the Mallard set, there’s really only one way to see how good something is. Detail can always be added, and is probably easier to add detail then to re-gauge a OO to P4.

There’s a thing called the internet, you may have hard of it. All the youngsters bang on about it. You want young blood in the hobby you go where they are.

I’ve got a horrible feeling it’s big bertha, as KR models have just announced it. Well I’ve just found on Facebook anyway

A OO scale Sun to hang from the Ceiling, also available form those modelling the Uk rain clouds (in a range of colours)

Well the diy plans went out the window, so spent many a happy hours well 1 and half putting hinges in holes either only partly etch or not there at all!. And have tacked the main coach together to give a idea how it will look. I would say look at the instructions, though they are more of a rough idea really. But I think the kit will make a decent model once complete.