Fair Oak Junction

Utterly fantastic! I've enjoyed following your various MTK builds so far, but this one has been especially enjoyable as I have a great love for the Nelsons (both the EMUs and steam locos😉) Amazing work creating such a marvellous looking model from a rather unpromising kit 👌

I guess it's their way of encouraging direct sales without actually butting heads with retailers like they were before?

According to Wiki the 322 had a larger first class area in the DTCO which led to different window arrangement. Other than that they sound the same as the 321.

Great announcement, I can see those being really popular! I don't want to speak too soon, but it does feel like maybe MUs are being seen as possibly more viable in OO than they have been? Who knows, but we can hope as there are a wealth of ones yet to be touched 🤞

Doesn't mean it didn't, after all a lot of 50s were used on such trains. Can anyone prove conclusively that it never did? 😉

Fair enough 🙂

I've been following the Crook Street YT channel for a good while now. It's always a pleasure to see a new video posted. Content like that is why I love model railways on Youtube.

Excellent! Good luck with the move, and I hope you enjoy your new place. Looking forward to seeing what you do with CR Mk.II 👍

Are there any plans to upscale the L&MR Twin Sisters to OO?

I'm glad we are finally getting a 57xx without a top feed. I never liked the thought of doing surgery to such a visible part of the loco.

On the flip side, I've had nothing but good running experiences with locos from Accurascale and Rapido on DC. Even my two DJ 14xxs run like dreams. I feel like consistency is an issue across the whole hobby, and the old guard are far from immune. Also don't forget that we tend to hear about problems far more than the positives, simply because most people who get locos that run well wont bother taking to the internet to talk about it. But I agree, I don't see the AS Panniers leading to a glut of Bachmann ones being sold off. I see them as complementing the Bachmann ones, not necessarily replacing them.

For the full 50 experience, will the DCC sound fitted version have a cold start feature that takes 5 minutes and belches out enough smoke to hide an advancing army? 😉

Oh yes!! I was already really looking forward to the NSE one, and this has only strengthened that feeling. Superb! 👌

That is very true, unfortunately most big companies don't care that much about such matters. Hornby are one of many big companies, across many different hobbies, that have a famous and beloved enough name to weather things like this. They'll ignore it, and after a while people will move on and stop talking about it.

Sadly, that is the most likely outcome. It's the option that costs Hornby the least in time, effort, and money.

That is excellent!

There definitely was, just like there were pre-grouping liveries still running around in the late 30s.

The LMS was notoriously slow at repainting stock, so yes you'd be absolutely fine 😉

Yup, that is a problem with being in an age where all sorts of earlier prototypes, interesting & experimental locomotives, etc are being made. It does put a strain on the old wallet 😄

Aesthetically pleasing and/or practical I'd always say is more important than accuracy for things like this.

I found his eBay shop, where he sells imperfect prints. So maybe drop him a message via eBay to enquire about buying the actual prints? https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/heraldcoupe

Also a shot of the cab:

Well, about that....😉

I think the NBR Ks, or the GNSR V/Fs, would be better Riverside residents to be done in RTR. At least those were classes of multiple locos that had proper working lives and made it to BR. Caley 123 is a lovely loco, but not the most useful for average layouts. Plus we've already had that in RTR even if it is old now.