ThaneofFife

Thanks goes to MarksG for his info on Amazon sales Now it makes sense.

Didnt mean to rattle anybodys cage over my thoughts on the Beatles stuff but those quick to suggest they must sell kibd of mussed the question. We cannot say they sell as fact u less we get a spokesperson to shed light hence why I wondered if ssles are evidenced by a lsck of such products in the bargain bins. Seems half a dozen webbers have similar thoughts on this and we all know we dont hsve to buy said items but it would be interesting to know the score.

Well glad I was at work today as "nothing in it for me" . If I was into long MGR trains I would however be all over those nice looking Railroad MGR wagons at just £20 a pop. Bit of a bargain. Seems to be about the only thing thats fits the BR Blue era. No intercity/executive era stock or locos. Im also in the "why" camp over the Beatles stuff. Does anybody recall seeing such items gathering dust in model shops or are the public snapping these models up at a highly successful rate of knots cus Hornby keep churning them out...... My spending money is safe for now.

Can those purporting to "not being surprised" by this news do me a favour. Send me your predictions for the 6 lotto numbers in the next jackpot draw.

Flood would probably know.

Another call here for some mk3a coaches in the older liveries or manc mersey lancs named Pullman stock silver window surrounds tinted glazing nems etc. Or intercity exec (not swallow) Id guess the bulled up white roof charter stock is even.more niche than the pullman stock! The mk1 white roof brake vehicle was AFAIK a BCK.

I bet we will see some new items of trackwork in TT120.

Would some manchester pullman mk3s in exec livery be too niche? I remember the old Lima ones from 35 us years ago but it would be good to see them using the new mk3 tooling now.

Please no,i want an 81 but not from Hornby. Bachmann or Accurascale or even maybe Heljan so that its full bells n whistles not some itll do half arsed attempt.

Class 81 AC electric - not many liveries but neither was the 85. Was the 85 a good seller???? Class 303 EMU - many liveries and I think refurbed mid life.

An update on where the catenary range is going or not going.

Flexible gangway ends on coaches. Rapido do this detail very well.

didnt get to warley this year. did they announce anything new on this front or any updates? just seems to have died a death yet weve got so many leccies available now for the british modeller..... ill wizz over to the Dapol section too see if theyve got any news on their catenary.

i dont expect anything whizz bang new that will shake the british modelling world up like their excellent HST and Class 56 and 60 etc did when those hi-fi models were first released 15 odd years ago...........seems others have taken the mantle now on that front as far as diesel and electric releases are concerned. Very wishful thinking here but a second stab at another Class in 87 in executive livery but with a uniform application of the red stripe 87 033 would be superb to make up for the cock up that we got on 87 009! Accurascale, Heljan and Bachmann can all manage to do it right, I mean what was Hornby thinking anyway? I sense a sly dig earlier at Pete Waterman not sure sure what thats all about but I like his endless enthusiasm for this hobby and think he is a great ambassador for this hobby IMHO.

that red stripe looks fine. hope they use the same method on the upcoming 'The Kingsman' unlike the terrible job Hornby made on 87 009. hope a decorated sample pops up at Warley......

That almost suggests we all just want locos and run a plank or depot scene and we dont want them to haul owt.

so is there no such thing as a "staple" model anymore these days? I was poised with credit card to buy at least 5 of these but no cigar again. love the Jaffa cake EMU but the price looks eye watering at RRP.

Has "the kingsman" arrived yet?

As the import cost is over £135 did you have to pay anything extra in taxes? what was you total cost?

youll have a game beating jenny kirks A4 collection !

is another class 40 in 00 gauge really needed, what with the fairly recent retooled Bachmann models?

Dug out my handset to test a new dcc loco and couldnt get the handset to come on. My fault as ive not used it for years and made the mistake of leaving the batteries in it so it was all corroded and furred up inside so Ive binned it. The new loco has 31 functions so im now looking for a decent mid budget controller that can handle it and change CVs etc. What do people recommend. I will miss the Dynamis as the operation seemed easy.

Time to dig out my old Bachmann Dynamis Pro controller and test my new 37.... Will it be up to the job in terms of function keys? Seem to think the Dynsmis is limited to 20 functions but the new,37 has about 30 on dcc sound. If the dynamis needs to go whats a good replacement mid budget?

Msybe next itll be a video of the DHL driver pulling up making the delivery of the box.......ho hum.

Plus thextrailers have interior wheel pick ups and through lighting and conductive couplings. I still think 589s a chunk though.