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    Aha! We do have an N gauge mailing list, although I will be honest our newsletters are very much demand based and our N/OO9/Garden Railway newsletters only get distribution when something juicy happens - our OO is a more structured, regular newsletter...when I get time to set them up. 😅 Sounds like you might be on the wrong list there, not a problem at all - that'll be our fault. If you drop me an email through this page I can get you swapped over to the right on. 😊
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    Good shout Chris, being a family business and holidays/special events etc (including one we have in the middle of May) usually mean we close the odd day here and there. We have a shop customer specific mailing list which we only recommend those that visit regularly or plan to visit anytime sign up to for updates on opening hours, shop only offers, etc. Anyone wishing to sign up can find that here.
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    Back again in 2024, the Lydney Model Railway show is a will feature over 25 layouts and traders with a wide variation in scales, gauges and eras. The exhibition features free parking, refreshments (Including our popular homemade cakes) and full disabled access. Location: Dean Academy, Church Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5DZ Dates and hours: Sat 28th 11am-5pm, Sun 29th September 10am-4pm. Organised by the Forest of Dean Model Railway Club. Traders booked as of 09/12/23: Herefore Model Centre (New and Used) Ron Goulding (Used) Avon Valley Railway (Used and Books) Abm Designs and Supplies (Crafts and Novelties) 2874 Group (Locomotive Owning Charity) Layouts booked as of 09/12/23: Los Tanimals (Usa, N Gauge) Dinas-Snowdon NWNGR (Uk, 7mm Narrow Gauge) Leigh Valley Light Railway (Uk, 16mm Narrow Gauge) Museum of Transport (Uk, OO Gauge) Snake Bend (Usa, N Gauge) Drive Thomas! (Uk, OO Gauge) Otterhampton (Uk, N Gauge) Iron Mould Lane (Uk, OO Gauge) Many More to be Announced!
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    However much I love Cornish Pasties I don't think I could managed that many... They can be traced back to the Dean Forest Railway who kindly save and flatpack those boxes for us upon delivery. Rapido were very nice and provided the box dimensions in advance so we could prepare and stock up as those flat style boxes are hard to find! The other one that's a problem for finding boxes is the EFE LSWR 3 and 4 coach packs and the Rapido APT-E...
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    Honestly, we're not peeved at all - in fact I didn't even know until I saw this thread. 😂 We're actually more flattered that this topic was created than if we were in the awards itself, so thankyou all for the kind comments. 😄 We often purposely hide away anyway, we rely on word of mouth and recommendations and only pay for very limited advertising so it's nice when we do manage to stretch ourselves into awards! Sure, being nominated for awards is great and we're always very appreciative, but not being on the list is fine for us and just means we've got to work harder to be nominated next year! 💪
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    Approaching fast is our local show on September 23rd and 24th at the Dean Academy, Lydney, GL15 5DZ. A good value local show with over 25 layouts and traders and fantastic catering, we hope to see you enjoy the medley of different eras, regions and even countries on display! More info can be found here: https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/y2023/25504-ForestofDeanModelRailwayClub_Exhibition
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    Do they have economy, business or first class tickets? 🤭
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    Thanks for posting the links above Mark, appreciate that. 😀 They are already selling like hot-cakes! Regarding the Berry Wiggins tankers, Dapol are helping out with that one albeit a general release and not an exclusive to us: https://derails.co.uk/4F-059-005-Dapol-14T-Tank-Wagon-Berry-Wiggins-Black?search=Berry Wiggins
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    Striking my best "platform end photo" pose of course, for anyone that wants a Little (Little) Dan on their layout 😂 Thanks for having me Chris, it was great to meet you guys. 👍
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    35mm on a flat surface. 🙂 39mm when sat on Peco track.
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    Hi there! Whoops! Looks like the listing team got confused on their classes, thanks for letting us know! Having just audited the orders placed so far and remaining stock on the site, we believe it was only the LNWR coaches that were effected - all of the other listings were and are correct (but please let us know if you think otherwise!). Please feel free to resume impluse purchasing... 😉
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    Thanks for the kind comments, as Tim alludes to both Saul and I were away at the end of this week, so I'm glad to hear the rest of the staff managed to live up to their promises... 😄
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    To add to the comments already, glad it's all back up and running! I know the pain data loss can cause first hand, so to be able to recover to this position is fantastic! Thank-you for your hard work Andy!
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    For those of you with retailer orders, I'm pleased to say our delivery of coaches and NDM's has been booked in for Wednesday so we know they are shipping to retailers this week! Look out for them arriving on the shelves of your local model shop soon!
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    The stock has now arrived, so they should be hitting the shelves of your local retailer very soon! :-) We're testing them all as we speak, they look wonderful! Unfortunately no photos today, apologies
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    Good News! We're able to announced this years list of attendees - we also have a couple of demonstration tables attending too, although not listed below! Reminder that the show opens on Saturday at 11am-5pm, and then back again Sunday open 10am-4pm! We can't wait to see you here!
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    Yes it's VERY short notice, but after jumping through MANY, MANY hoops we're glad to announce we'll be holding a show this year, albeit a little bit smaller (and a bit cheaper too!)... The details can be found on the poster below, and although we can't confirm the list of layouts or traders just yet, we know there will be 10 layouts and up to 5 traders attending! Adults @ £3, Children @ £2, FREE parking and full disabled access!
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    Haha! Yes we're most perplexed about that but it seems to be a production/packing error - we've checked the other models this morning and they all check out just fine. We have no idea what happened...
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    Apologies, it wasn't actually supposed to go out until next week on a co-ordinated email/social media/shop campaign but the social media man over here (me...) scheduled the wrong date and only noticed it had gone early when the orders started flooding in... We'll get a better link up on the site this morning
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    In the last day or so we enquired about the prospective release dates for these models, we've been told September for all of the variants (5/7 car and coaches). HTH :-)
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    Unfortunately overrunning building refurbishment has meant that today wasn't quite achievable but we'll be back open from 10am on Thursday! Going forward we will be open on Thursdays and Fridays from 10am - 3pm and then on Saturdays from 12:30pm to 3pm. The half week allows us to continue the building refurbishment alongside opening, but as soon as we can we'll be back open on Mondays and Tuesdays as well. As we can only admit one person at any time, pre-booking a timeslot is required and details will follow on how you can do that. We're really looking forward to having people back inside and browsing once again!
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    Haha! I like it, very good However it's all change on that part of the Norchard site right now - a small team of us has been doing a lot of work in just that area south of platform 3 over the last month to clear up as much as we can from that area and I'm pleased to say that when you are able to get back to the high-level with your camera you should be able to notice a pleasant difference to that part of the site - and specifically that photo opportunity.... Here's a drone shot that was taken a few weeks ago, we've still got some work around the ground frame to complete (a lot of that has been moved since this shot was taken) but you can see how much our amazing volunteers managed to get moved over the few working days we held: Photo courtesy of T. McLennan Sorry for the off topic, but I thought that might interest you
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    As they proceed through the testing area, it's looking good! Lovely looking models, couple of comments for those receiving them: Brake rigging is super fragile, watch out when you take the model out of the box. On a very small number of models the chassis keeper plate was very slightly loose, nothing to write home about, just a small screwdriver required to tighten the screws. We're most of the way through our large batch of these (the delivery has been split, most today and then more coming tomorrow/Monday) and we have had zero mechanical failures so looking like a cracking model all round! Well done Hornby! If you're after one, why don't you give your local model shop a call? I'm sure theirs have just arrived too!
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    Good news! If you've got one of the 20312 late DRS models on pre-order, expect a call from your local shop as they are arriving over the next couple of days! If you haven't got one on order, make sure you give them a call as these have pre-sold out at Bachmann so they probably won't hang around long....
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    Invoice received for the first A2/3's. Expect them to be at your local model shop from Monday onwards...
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