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Strange Hornby is recommending the single chimney, while in this video with the double chimney it looks clearly there are two steam colums and more blast from the chimney maybe because the steam is under more pressure because the exhaust is smaller with the two holes. And no problems it looks like it. On Hornby YouTube channel about the P2, there is a text saying to use the single chimney for better resulsts, but the oposite looks better resulting.

When Sam is talking about the interiors, he even mentioned that the division walls will be decorated in art deco style. So these are gone be supercoaches in every expect Ihave a full rake on order, and hoping there will a West riding limited too in future

It is coming , just be patience

Don't think these will go by ship, they are samples one of each, so rather one big box, and no container. And it will hold up the production process for weeks, think these will go by plane if ready. As they say time is money

On Dapol 's site at the home page in the upper moving banner it says just arrived, so it seems they are at Dapol now

30:1 according Rails product informatio, so improved

I have just placed an pre order for SR green and black one. just on the edge of ordering. SECR plain green goods livery is still available.

I know what it is, 8 years ago I've experienced it myself when an Dutch department store chain after 125 years goes bankruptcy, and I after 40years working there together with more than 10000 employees lost their yobs. So I know what it is.

I placed an order on midnight just 10 hours after their announcement of closing, that was despatch a day later. 23 hours later I placed another order and between the first ordernumber and the new order number was an difference of 6722 orders, only placed in 23 hours time, so there maybe thousends more after that date. The first order I received this Tuesday , the second order I am still waiting for despatch. It must be an very big orderbook they are solving with, maybe thents of thousends, so can take a little while longer I think.

Jenny Kirk has done a review of these

The LNER B17/5 is great news, also the two bogie wagons from LMS ,GWR, and not my time period but the early 9F 92002 with sound looks tempting, have 92167 bought last year because it is the last steamloco series build in the UK, but this one looks great too. And if the Dublo Deltic will be as promised by Simon maybe this one too, missed out the Bachmann, but iconic loco. Further I do hope the promise of to catch up is holding for this year , still waiting for the Nelson class in malachite and Peckett W4 Crawshaw, both announeced in 2020 and time over time prosponed. All other releases old [very] stuff in new expensive coats as far I can see. Over the passed years my expenses were 80% Hornby 20% others, but last few years slowly this has changed to 20% Hornby and 80% others, especially the newcomers , Rapido, Accurascale, all this because Hornby did not deliver as promised over the years. Maybe this change again as they deliver what has been announced.

According Rapido facebookpage they rapported 7 hours ago these arrived in their warehouse , including dog😃, so soon by the people who directly ordered from Rapido and hopefully next week in the shops.

Just ordered another three, now there is some left stock a tri-composite , another 4 and 6 wheel third. Could'nt resist this. I did not preordered the tri-composite but it looks great too, so now I did, Have now a rake of 12 behind 4-4-0 City of London. Now awaiting for my SR and SECR ones.

Yesterday evening at 21.12 UK time got an email all my 9 GWR coaches were processed and put in my trunk, now awaiting for the SR 6 wheel tool van is processed. Hopefully the Accurascale Chaldron wagons next week and than order to ship. Now awaiting for the next batches till March

The original announcement Andy showed on page 1 of this topic was third class dining saloon numbers 7864 and7867 with an picture of the coach from Mike King. In Januari 2021 Hornby changed this on their site to third open 1363 and 1366 still with an picture of the original lined. And now they are coming unlined, you cannot depent on Hornby anymore because they changed their announcements over the time. I'm very dissapointed for the second time , the first time with the restaurant car unlined and now this one. I have over 80 lined SR Maunsell coaches and expected Hornby would extent this range with lined coaches, but no again plain green. Luckely I have a few of the open third from the other diagram they produced Lined first and second batch. This again dissapoint me. I'm buying more and more other makes they deliver what they announce.