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I know Hornby and Bachmann have policies to do such (allegedly in a probably ill-fated attempt to save local model shops), but whether or not such is legal is a different matter.

I believe this was around Gauge 3, with the narrow gauge engines themselves definitely running on O gauge track - as they did when originally built to Gauge 1 scale. The primary reliability issue, from what I've heard, was that there was not enough room in the small-scale engines for the battery for the eyes, so they had to be pulilng a van or carriage with the battery concealed inside at all times. The servos for moving the eyes also proved uncomfortably cramped.

I'm afraid wiping it did not help, so either the residue has stuck in or it's a paint flaw. If it's a paint flaw I can live with it, it's only if it was somehow my fault that I'd feel compelled to fix it.

Yes, its lower half is darker and "fuzzier".

I'm afraid I don't know if the packaging caused it, as I bought it at least several months ago and it has been in a display case ever since. I only noticed it a couple of days ago when I took it out for a running session. I will try your suggestion of a damp cloth. I'll edit this post if it works for future reference to others who may also have the same problem.

My Hornby D16 has a noticeable flaw in the paint on the smokebox (see attached image). Is this factory error or wear, and is this possible to fix?

My Oxford Radial has a slightly bent front bufferbeam. Have others had this problem, or is this somehow the fault of my clumsy fingers?

I believe the new BBC/Netfilx miniseries is to be toned down a bit visually compared to the film, but not lose any of the actual events - the makers have stated it is "never going to be for young children" and that they "won’t shy away from the darkness in the book". (On a side note, the film (and I believe the original book) of Richard Adams' other animal novel The Plague Dogs features both Eskdale and Ravenglass stations heavily (including River Irt)). They've been reduced from main characters to supporting characters. They still appear and speak.

The problem is that the CRM are having to make decisions on what they have the resources to maintain and what to give to others who hopefully can take better care of them, and 4498 and Waddon are going to be at the top of the "give-away list" considering their irrelevance to Canada (though 4489 might be considered to draw in the punters enough to worth keeping). This is just a repeat of the old "not enough young volunteers" debate, and like it I think it is perhaps overly cyncial. Steam locos still have a large appeal to many who don't remember steam working in commercial service (and that's pretty much everyone under 55), it's heritage diesels that are more at risk of people not being interested in them. Regarding SANRASM, perhaps any efforts on getting back 4489 should instead be focusing on repatriating the last surviving British 3 ft 6 in gauge steam loco from Eskom? (Admittedly that's local bias ) Edit: corrected numbers

I expect it being OTT was the point - while they didn't really want to give up 60010, if Marchington was going to give them a very large sum of money to do so, they weren't exactly going to say no.

There are several British-built steam locos preserved in Japan (including the very first to operate there), however I don't believe there are more than ten or so and the NRM already has the KF as an example of British-built locos for export.

The T3 was rather infamously a year ago removed from the NRM's collection and gifted to the Swanage Railway. As for representing the A4 class as it was post-war, that is too fine-detail for the NRM - that's of interest to the history of the A4s, not British railway history as a whole. If the NRM wants to acquire new locos there are much more significant gaps - I don't believe they have a rack loco for instance.

Can't imagine them being that interested in a second A4 when they have THE A4.

I am looking at Kato Unitrack for my new layout - my question is what is necessary for control? While a feeder track, controller, and power supply are obviously required, are these all that is necessary? I see that Hattons sells "Power Joiner/Feed"s - are these necessary or are they for other purposes?

Is that the case here though? The article states: Which suggests that suicides are included in the trespass death number of 499 over ten years.

I have had a look through the NGRM forums and the only post I can find about your claims is your own post about the claims.

They already are making steps into OO9 with the Baldwin 4-6-0 and WD wagons. Talyllyn, despite only operating on one railway, is arguably one of the most famous NG locos, and would be a logical next step, seeing as they already have the tooling. If, as Paul says, the contract doesn't forbid them from that. Indeed. I just mentioned the CGI model to explain where its inaccuracies came from and to confirm that reference photographs where indeed taken for it. If Bachmann had gone with the CGI model as a basis however, the only real differences between that and the model we got would be the loss of rivet detail and undersized buffers. The fact that they didn't, and took the extra effort to make it accurate to the real Talyllyn, suggests to me that they have something more in mind for the model besides selling it to TTTE fans, even if it's just extra grey import sales.

You cannot copyright a licensed toy, model, or any other sort of artwork, at least in the US, that does not differ in some creative way from the original artwork that it is licensed from. Bachmann's Skarloey would fail this test, and so the only thing stopping Bachmann from releasing it as Talyllyn in the UK would be whether they own the moulds and such, which they probably do. With regards to the accuracy of the TV series' CGI model of Skarloey, photographic references were indeed taken by the then-animators of the show, Nitrogen Studios. I doubt they made a 3d scan, as I imagine that would have been very expensive. The undersized buffers on the CGI model are from the two physical G scale models used before the CGI switchover. These models in turn got the undersized buffers from the Gauge 1 model used when Skarloey first appeared in the TV series. Thus the CGI model of Skarloey used currently is a combination of the fairly inaccurate physical models previously used on the show, and the real Talyllyn, which gives it such details as handrails and accurate sandbox lids. The Bachmann model on the other hand has none of these inaccuracies present on the CGI model. It is basically a model of Talyllyn with a face slapped on. The oversized cylinders on the Bachmann Skarloey seem to be an invention of Bachmann with no relation to any of the TV series models, physical or digital.