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Long extinct from Network Rail tracks, the Lord Westwood class locomotive was inspired by the designs of the Great Western Railway. The Accurascale Research Team paid a visit to a heritage railway near the Anglo-Scottish border to survey a preserved example with a view to producing a scale model.

I suppose in theory you could, but why would you want to if you are located within uk? From my location here in Scotland, most of my eBay sales are exported to England and a few to Wales. As I use eBay Global Shipping Programme for anything outwith uk these are the same as sales to England as far as I am concerned, since my responsibility ends when the item arrives at the eBay distribution depot at Lichfield, just the same as if delivered to a buyer's home address in England. Given the current mess with deliveries though, I have two eBay sales ending next week and probably won't be doing any more listings for the foreseeable future.

Me too. 1) Sold an item on eBay at the end of October, buyer wrote back after three weeks saying no sign of item. Tracking confirmed that post office had accepted it but no record of delivery. I refunded him and claimed from Royal Mail. I thought the 4.45 second class recorded delivery would provide adequate coverage. Initially Royal Mail asked me for proof of value and I sent them a screenshot of the eBay page showing the sale price. Then they came back and said they needed proof of what I originally paid for the item, which being a fairly rare Hornby Dublo coach I had bought years ago and no longer had the receipt. So the only compensation they gave me was 8 x first class stamps. I wrote to the buyer and said that I would trust his honesty to let me know if the coach ever turned up. Heard nothing further. 2) I had another buyer complain yesterday of non-delivery of a Hornby Mk3 which I posted two weeks ago, but he has agreed to wait another week. 3) On the other hand as a buyer, last month I had cause to contact a seller re 2 x Hornby wagons which I had bought for 13 pounds and which never arrived. When I had no response from him I got eBay involved and they refunded me in full. Two days after I received the refund, the wagons arrived. I messaged the seller to say I wanted to remove the negative feedback I had given and to re-send him the 13 pounds. He apologised that he had not responded previously as he had been in hospital since he posted the items. I arranged to send the money direct to his Paypal address, he thanked me for my honesty and eBay removed the feedback.

Considering Scotland holds most of Great Britain's natural resources, in my opinion England would be more likely to become a third world needy country. The constitutional argument is best left for Facebook rather than here, all I will say is let us all hope that none of our British Nations ever become third world and needy. Back on topic the 230s could have potential for some of Scotland's lightly used lines, to Stranraer, Kyle of Lochalsh, for example so it is unfortunate that the project appears to be floundering. Worrying times for the Vivarail staff and their families.

65 notes all but a penny, plus postage, for a basic 4-wheel 00 gauge Dapol van! If that's what they call "Weathered" it is a very light form of weathering. Also quantity shown on box label does not match quantity shown on certificate. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234770413214?hash=item36a968369e:g:HHcAAOSwVhdhyb2T&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4C3mRqW3Rk8848bdow%2F8EMDJTImk%2BLXj7QMJ1MaBlYRINsUxBGDDJ4RsGSr5I1tm%2FKwH3%2Ba8%2F0mL2QBSf5YRgnZyHx5U29KtUYpqEvgXCUlnJsHPaMfittSmdtUt5DBX0RS4VwwxCGSTQdRnWLbH4ZhihuiNlPIiRTGFvR2%2FG%2BV97e4p7vK6gZDRH7pqoLM9sIW%2BpZeXmMcMLCy90leEcS5dHLLUV9ml7Qc7OWDBbDydCFB2Gf45ixD1NRfQAOTEQFHYBPesP2dpYQ63guP4D67i2iOsaulpR1y4yQWaD3r%2F|tkp%3ABFBMjoyd4JRh

Sorry, but I can't see that any of these out of focus wagons are limited editions. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255841100825?hash=item3b91516419:g:PaoAAOSw8ZNjfOb-

From the same seller as the class 37 which went for a bargain twenty pounds. Prices are all over the place. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255842398687?hash=item3b916531df:g:EKwAAOSw-7djdKzW Reminds me of our local antique shop which currently has a lovely window display of 00 trains. Some current Hornby coaches, including Pullmans with working table lamps all for 29 pounds each, yet he is asking 175 pounds for a Lima class 50 in Network South East livery.

"Experience Something Special" being the return of the Hornby Roadshow to an exhibition😀.

Possibly worth checking that the centre axle isn't fixed too low in relation to the outer axles causing a banana effect. I have had no problems with my pair of Hattons six-wheelers, even on my Peco Setrack second radius curved facing point, but I have a Bachmann 47 which is very temperamental in that it will find the slightest irregularity at a facing point or on leaving a curved section as an excuse to derail itself.

I had another go at deciphering the small print in the daylight. I think it says "Produced by Bob Watt LEMON CREATIVE Assistant to Jonathan Case". I have absolutely no idea why the picture always rotates sideways when I try to upload it.

I always enjoy bringing out the magnifying glass to read the small print on 00 wagon solebars. Usually works plates, repairs instructions etc. I noticed that my Hornby Barkby Jolliffe 8-plank end tipper has a small plate on both sides with the main words "Lemon Creative" and smaller print above or below which I would want to study in brighter light. I googled Lemon Creative and discovered they are a graphics design company which does artwork for Hornby packaging. Has anyone else found this on a Hornby wagon and would care to comment?

I started a hand written stocklist when I started wheeling and dealing model railway wagons when I went to university in 1969 and backdated it to include my original Hornby-Dublo 3-rail acquired from 1958 onwards. I have kept it up to date ever since, now in its third A4 size book listing almost 9,000 items of 00 rolling stock which have passed through my hands, of which around 2,000 remain in my current ownership. Column 1 date acquired, column 2 a narrow column with s/h if bought second hand otherwise left blank, column 3 loco, coach or wagon, column 4 manufacturer, column 5 description, column 6 a narrow one with number sequence running from 1 (a wagon which I bought on eBay earlier today has just been allocated 8906) and column 7 details of disposal date and name of purchaser or donee. In recent years I set up a digital Wordpad inventry of currently owned stock on my PC, with back up on a memory stick. It only needs approx 135kb of memory. The downside is now having to keep three records updated if I buy or sell any items, however the search facility Control+F has proved a godsend in enabling me to identify exactly what I own and how many of each.

That has to be good news. When I had problems with the Dapol class 121 on which the warranty had only recently expired I was referred by Dapol to DCC Concepts. I could never receive any response from DCC Concepts and eventually sold the 121 as a non-runner.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304598909816 Oh Dear! "Some Idiot has painted a face on 1 of them"

Some people seem to think they can make a KILLing on Lego KILOware. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=Lego+Kiloware&_sacat=0

I have the same issue in reverse, as a seller. First attempted delivery address inaccessible Second attempted delivery no answer Third attempted delivery buyer received item from postman and we then exchanged positive feedbacks but tracking was never updated to confirm delivery. Showing on my eBay as Buyer Paid Dispatch Overdue and I spoke to an eBay rep on the phone a week ago who said this would be updated to confirm item sent but it is still showing this evening as Dispatch Overdue.

Hi Gremlin99, Correct, 402 is in the first batch. Err, isn't Lord Hinton 37 409?

😀 So, is that the anticipated Friday announcement we have all been eagerly awaiting?😀

I have tried Lanark (limited parking) and Larkhall (large free park and ride) in the past but both came in more expensive and slower. Avanti West Coast and Trans-Pennine gradually empty of passengers as they go further north so there always bargain fares to be obtained with either of those companies from Carlisle which are much cheaper than Scotrail. Besides on a day out I don't have the time for the long 20 mph crawls through Innerleithen and Peebles and then the railtour from Lanark around Wishaw, Holytown, Mossend east to south junctions, and the Hamilton Circle calling at all stations.

Pre-covid I would typically visit Model Rail in Glasgow as a customer plus attending two annual exhibitions nearer home with a vintage Hornby-Dublo three-rail layout jointly presented with a friend who was also our exhibition manager to our local show. We had already decided that 2020 would be our last local show as we are all getting older, then covid came along so effectively our annual show ended in August 2019. I visited the Glasgow show in February 2020 ( I am an AMRSS member being still an associate member of a Glasgow club where I was very active until I left the area in 1989 so i obtained discounted entry and had the option of volunteering, either operating a club layout or as a steward although I chose not to on this occasion). I went into my seventies during lockdown and have not yet been back to a model railway show. My Hornby-Dublo three-rail is currently in deep storage, not run since 2019 and probably some of the mechanisms have seized by now and would take some work and patience to free up. I have avoided attending most public events this past three years and whether I would attend Model Rail 23 in Glasgow next February is yet to be decided. In the current economic climate I would need to consider the cost of diesel for the drive to the railhead at Carlisle, parking charges at Carlisle station, the train fare to Glasgow, lunch and evening meal away from home and the risk of catching covid. Is it worth it for the sake of meeting up with old friends whom I have not seen since 2019 who may or may not choose to attend and possibly seeing a few new layouts which I have not seen before or picking up a really good bargain from a trade stand?

As I only have a small layout, I like to retain the packaging so that I can pack the wagons away neatly in their original wrapping after each time they have been taken out of their boxes for a run on the track. However these Accurascale boxes do take up a lot of space and I would be happy to see the size reduced. A whole shelf needed to house only 53 wagons.

Only time I ever saw Flying Scotsman as 103 was at the unveiling ceremony in York in 2011, and even then 103 on one side only. I recall several of those present commenting that it was a surprise and unusual livery for the event.

Flying Scotsman was going to be "The People's Engine" when the NRM bought it, making it affordable to all. I was one of the contributors to the Vacuum Brake Fund which was supposed to entitle donors to a trip behind FS on the NYMR once it was restored. Yet when the NYMR finally got a hold of the loco they doubled their fares. Still have my nice certificate telling me I will get a ride behind Flying Scotsman, still waiting. I have a tender drive Hornby 00 Flying Scotsman in Apple Green but it has long fallen out of favour and hasn't been out of its box for a while.

Congratulations @6990WitherslackHall.

My Accurascale class 37 will be analogue and I don't do sound. I won't be converting to DCC at my age but I'm certainly very impressed with this video demonstration.