County of Yorkshire

Perhaps this deserves a thread of its own. It's not eBay, but it's certainly madness...

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1081183.htm

Has anyone re-liveried one of these yet? I received mine today coiffed with the shirtbutton, but I am itching to apply the Hawksworth livery. Any tips? 

This is a worrying development. One wonders if the upcoming GWR Castle release will have 'design clever' principles applied to the existing model - moulded hand rails, smoke-box darts et al. I would be pretty annoyed it that were the case - I'm hanging fire on pre-ordering one as it is, let alone the new tooling Hall... 

Any chance of an out of area (?) 56xx on a short mineral working? 

CoY

I've been lurking and following this wonderful thread with interest, and it has given me a veritable platter of food for thought! I have for a long time been planning a post-war GWR layout, a project which still hasn't taken-off, due to lack of sufficient space, but I can for now live out my (hopefully) future endeavours by proxy of your wonderful layout! 

I have a couple of questions, if I may. What make are your cattle wagons? Am I right in thinking Bachmann? I am currently hunting for a rake, and the Bachmann efforts seem ever so slightly more refined than Dapol's, though I realise neither are of a correct diagram. Secondly, I don't suppose you possess any locos in GWR wartime black? I think it is a very attractive livery, especially on the 28xx's and panniers - as evidenced in recent years at Didcot. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been a livery available in RTR - but I suppose one could 'backdate' a BR black loco.

Finally, what are everyone's thoughts on the Hornby Hawksworth's in the divisive GWR livery? I currently don't trust myself to kit-build, and the Hornby Colletts are extremely long in the tooth - so I have half a dozen to supplement the Bachmann Collett's. Can I convince myself that all 6 Hornby diagrams made it out onto the network by December 1947? I think so!

Keep up the good work!

CoY