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    Which Models would you wish from Dapol?

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    3 hours ago, Ben Dapol said:

    Hi everyone.

    Thanks for the suggestions, It's always good to hear what people have to say.  I obviously can't give too much away about what we've got in the pipeline, other than there are several exciting projects underway.

    You're all going to have to wait and see...

     

    Thanks Ben . From my perspective I appreciate Dapol's (and Lionheart) continuing offerings in O Gauge and that is where my interest and custom lies . 

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    An escape to Wales

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    A short break to Wales and an opportunity to see as many Narrow Gauge lines as practical whilst giving each some time 

     

    A pitstop enabled us to see the Earl in operation at Welshpool

     

    52293136312_215e123286_b.jpgPanned Earl by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    The afternoon was then spent at a busy Talyllyn railway 

     

    52294041918_d312b929f8_b.jpgTalyllyn railway 16th August 2022 by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    52294525100_b99a6eb168_b.jpgTalyllyn railway 16th August 2022 by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    Following day we went to the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway where I was able to enjoy a trip behind Russell

     

    52294538760_9c0917f6de_b.jpgWelsh Highland Heritage Railway by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    Stop at Boston Lodge 

     

    52294119538_4a27665bd4_b.jpgFfestiniog Railway by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    Final destination was Vale of Rheidol and a play with Margaret at Devils Bridge 

     

    52294565930_37c8a2b1bf_b.jpgHunslet 605 "Margaret" at Devils Bridge by Martin Creese, on Flickr

     

    A little video compilation from my two

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgfc34irF0k

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    Hornby cuts model shops' allocations of items due summer 2022

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    6 hours ago, JohnR said:

     

    I would say it was a reasonable and logical explanation for what has happened. Why else cut the supply of pre-ordered items now to shops? And by such large amounts? If Hornby knew they had more orders from shops than they could fulfil, why did they not say so back in January when those orders were placed with them?

     

    Or they knew based on preorders with shops the volumes and saw an opportunity to increase their margin by taking the x% retailers get and in effect hoping the majority of pre orders with retailers shift to direct website sales . Now we could of course not move any of those preorders leaving Hornby sat on a mountain of stock they have to fund until such time they release it back to a now totally tiddled off trade or heavily discount on their website 

     

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    Hornby cuts model shops' allocations of items due summer 2022

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    4 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

    We reap what we sow.

     

    A few years ago, someone started an online business called Amazon. Some said it was a passing fad and high street & retail shops had nothing to fear.  Roll on a few years ... I don't know about you, but my high street is beginning to look like a ghost town. About half of the retail shops have gone, replaced with charity shops and coffee shops. The retail shops that have gone could not compete with online and direct sales.

     

    Hornby is one producer in what is (dare I say it) a relatively minor industry that is irrelevant to 95% of the UK population. What's happening to retail model shops is just one instance of a much wider malaise that affects the whole of the UK retail industry.

     

    Personally, I don't plan on buying anything from Hornby anyway. I have enough locos and rolling stock already, a shelf full of kits still to be built, and the Accurascale/Bachmann/Heljan/Rapido models (and ScaleScenes scenery) appeal more to me.

     

    yes and no . I get the argument but what amazon predominantly sold was books and CD/DVD . Niche interests like ours still benefit from access to retail outlets and I buy things from a model shop because seeing something for real is often enough to swing my interest in buying . I also have a good friend who is a model shop owner so in my case I like to support him 

     

     

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    Hornby 2022 - Trains on Film

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    How much is Hornby's offering a spoiler to dent Rapido's sales , smarting as they are by not getting the rights to The Titfield Thunderbolt . There is a play that says we won't see the advertised product ....

     

    irrespective of the legal matters , to me this and previous steps are morally wrong . Q6, King, Large Prairie , Hornby have become a company which comes across as bullying 

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    Severn Valley Gala - 16th - 19th September

    in Preservation

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    Four day autumn gala kicks off tomorrow , featuring 4953 Pitchford Hall from the Epping and Ongar Railway and 9466 

     

    Message from David Postle at the Kidderminster Railway Museum

    He will be open for the duration of the gala and open overnight on Friday and Saturday night . The menu will only be the Covid menu they have had since April, but it will include hot drinks, and sandwiches, toasted or otherwise - and of course cake etc.

    Also the book sale remains on . Please do take the opportunity to support Kidderminster Railway Museum if you visit over the gala

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