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If the GWR naming convention was followed, it would be 6027 named King Charles III. This is due to 6029 King Stephen being renamed King Edward VIII in 1936; then 6028 King Henry II being renamed King George VI in 1937. If we accept that Queen Elizabeth II would not and did not be named on a King; then the next inline to renaming would have been 6027 King Richard I.

And a couple of Pendennis Castle from me. Many thanks for all the crew at Didcot for taking the time to show us around.

I would love another tour. Can my little boy come along too. He is 9.

What's the betting that Royal Mail finds and delivers your original one tomorrow? Seems that you have received terrific service from Derails though.

Personally, I find such "meanderings" very interesting and informative and wish those knowledgeable people to continue to share their experience.

This may be a really daft question, but I'll ask it anyhow ... If Bachmann are viewing Hatton's as a manufacturer, and therefore as a competitor, and thus refusing to have them as a seller of their products; could Hornby and Heljan and Dapol all do the same such that Hattons just end up as a manufacturer/wholesaler as they would then have nothing much to sell in their shop as all the other manufacturer's would also view Hatton's as a competitor?

Seem like Morley have upgraded their Vector to a Zero Three version. It seems that these are same/similar price and have a centre-off knob. I think I'll be getting a MORLEY Vector Zero Three Crawler when the wallet allows it. I think they look much better than the Gaugemaster ones.

A Midland Compound (Number 1000) is a little more affordable and quite iconic if you would like a tender engine; or as adb98008 suggests, a 2-6-4T if you would prefer a tank.

This reminds me of when my wife ventured into the model railway room and admired all my GWR steam locomotives standing proudly in front of the engine shed. What does GWR mean she asked? Why are they all green she inquired innocently? Why don't you get a nice red one? She hasn't been allowed back since. But if I ever had to choose a red one, I think I'd secretly go for a streamlined Princess Coronation.

Morley have just brought out a Vector Zero Two Crawler. I assume that this is to refine the slow speed control. Anyone got one? Any good? I am thinking or replacing my H&M Duette with something a bit more modern; and this seems to fit the bill with hand-held untis and slow speed control.

Thanks for the information on the new sound chip. What will the sound be like on traditional DC? Can we easily change pre-orders from the DCC-Ready version to the DCC-Sound version?

What could be a nice idea is for all 4 coaches along with a large prairie as a GWR suburban train pack.

I found this all fascinating.

And even more pertinent to this thread, also the first 2-8-0.

As a comparison, I ordered mine on 01-OCT-14 and it was shipped on 20-FEB-18. They may have an awful lot of orders to wade through.