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Very nice, Will It's lovely seeing pre-grouping stock amidst a well modelled enviroment. Rob.

Exactly. It’s not a drama. Funnily enough, my fortnightly 80% off message has landed................. Rob

For every £10.00 that's an additional fee of 3.5p on top of the usual fees. Or 35p per £100 plus the usual. So, spit dummy out and stop using ebay or carry on and cough up.... And there are always the classifieds on here. Rob

He will be, Al. I suggest a “pre-order” be placed with Brian ahead of the day. Rob

That sounds a bit like a model railway equivalent of "up skirting"*........... *google at your peril............. Rob

Hi Chris, They do indeed. Bachmann do produce a nice, deep finish but they seem to have doneca nice job on this. If memory serves me right these are due for March and I'll certainly be having a closer look upon their arrival. As I say, the main issue for me is the lack of a GSYWP livery from Bachmann at this time. The Accurascale release in that livery is a trip cock fitted example, perhaps a bit niche whereas Bachmann will hopefully do a more general version when they release their model. So, here's to hoping for a nice, mid 60s East Anglian example from Bachmann in due course. Rob

I had chance to look over the Bachmann versions last Monday at a Bachmann event in Bristol. They looked the part and I was particularly glad to see that Bachmann have continued with their excellent rendition of BR Green, which I will say is better than Accurascale's offering. All that is missing for me is the GSYWP livery but no doubt it's in the pipeline. Rob.

Rainbow in the Dark- Dio

Fingers crossed, the Royal Snail will be delivering mine this morning. Rob

I shall be in touch.......forth with and hence forth thereupon. R

With a good run up.....yes.

Why fix something that isn't broken ? They don't need a stay alive. I've never had any issues with mine moving at creepy crawly speeds over pointwork on a small industrial layout. Surely it's better to keep these at the price they are and leave it to the customer to upgrade or not according to taste. Rob

Morning all, Also had a nose around these yesterday.... They look very nice indeed......pity no examples with the small yellow warning panel but I'm sure it will come..

Evening all, Had a look over these today..........very nice. Set aside a rather incongruous forest of chimneys and we have a nice building around which to create a layout.

Should Rails consider a re-run or in fact Dapol do their own, I'd be very pleased to see correctly modelled L&SWR Terriers, 734 & 735 make an appearance. Rob

Looking splendid, Tim. Roll on April. Rob

Once again I'm on the hunt for some Caboose Industries Point Throws, preferably the 5218s variety. I'm aware they're still readily available from the states via ebay but I would prefer finding some a bit closer to home. If anyone can assist, please drop me a PM. Many thanks, Rob.

I think there's a lot of fun to be had using pokey finger acctuated points and signals. I'm contemplating repeating the use of Caboose Industries point throws on the next layout and as I only anticipate one starter signal, I may well use a HD example. Mindful that all my layouts go to exhibitions, I've yet to have any adverse comment made regarding the 'hands on' approach. Rob

Thank you, Leonard Sachs...................

You hum it son, I'll play it.............

Hi Tim, Hell yeah ! , the forum is from the colonies. For the avoidance of doubt though, the Bleat at Nailsea this year is NOT Bleat Wharf though BW does now live in Taunton with it's new owner as does this Bleat.........what are the chances of that ? Rob

It appears to be the product of one "MadHarry".......... https://modelersforum.com/index.php?topic=6354.0

Being Welsh, I think I've got a head start when it comes to sheep related matters. Rob

Nope, nothing to do with me oh Fungal One. I shall enjoy checking that out..........!!!