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Which layouts will be there?

I've just changed the title to the right date. Nick's punishment will be to stand outside on 20th June to explain. 😁

A press release from Hornby... All change at Hornby as Simon Kohler prepares to leave the Margate based company. After more than 40 years of service, Simon Kohler is to leave the company at the end of May. Having started as an area sales representative in 1978 for the renowned Watford based transformer and controller company, Hammant & Morgan, a recent Hornby acquisition at the time, Simon moved to Hornby’s Margate office in 1982 and took up the position of Hornby Railways Brand Manager. Over the following years he saw and adapted to many changes at Hornby and for several years was responsible for the Marketing of both Hornby and Scalextric. With a fresh focus on Hornby’s key brands towards the end of the last millennium and with the transfer of manufacturing to the Far East, the Margate based company’s fortunes changed dramatically. ‘Those were exciting times’, quoted Simon, ‘and from there we have continued to progress in both design and inventiveness and I am proud to have been part of that amazing journey’. In 2014 Simon left Hornby only to be called back in 2017 and over the following years with the investment in people and innovative product design Hornby’s fortunes changed and for the better. In 2020 Hornby celebrated its centenary year with a whole host of collectible models that Simon had assembled and just recently he was proud to have been associated with the introduction of the ground-breaking Bluetooth™ HM7000 app train control system and Hornby TT:120. Asked if he would miss Hornby Simon replied, ‘Hornby has been a major part of my life in one form or another for over 50 years, so of course I shall miss it. I have travelled to many parts of the World, not always in comfort, and made many friends but it is time that I moved over and let someone else bring some fresh thoughts to Hornby so it can continue to develop and adapt to the changing world around us’. Olly Raeburn, CEO at Hornby since January this year added ‘Simon has made an enormous contribution to the company, the hobby and the industry over the years and will leave a lasting imprint on all three. It goes without saying we wish him all the very best for the future, whatever that may hold’.

No, but I frequently look for the Back to Top button on virtually every other website. Looking at you BBC!

Other angles why digital can be better than print include the magnification which means you can look at more detail, useful with reviews and layouts but especially practical articles. When preparing images for publication I try and take a lot of care to get tones and details in the shadows right. On the digital platforms you see, dependent on your device settings, what's intended but with print some details can get lost especially when there is over-inking or someone decides on the print run to wind up the colours to 11. I did set free a string of expletives in a meeting this week about the colour of the grass in one layout feature. I'm careful to replicate tones as can be seen on the layout so I can get a bit humpy when someone decides nuclear green is a better shade.

Done.

Pocketmags doesn't have a search facility but Exact Editions has a very good one - this is what you get with Word of Railways Plus with an archive of all the digital back issues - https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/membership

Based upon the Prairie and Manor I feel this 28xx will have much more advanced features, better decoration and greater performance, irrespective of detail demands, so that when someone next wants to buy a 28xx they will have a simple choice. Unless they want to match the incorrect shades of their earlier stable. I find it a difficult one to anticipate the market demand for though.

I think it's all staged; can't see any tea mugs.

With glimpses of trains sitting in the beer garden.

Not publicly please. It is copyright material.

Jeez; picky!

If you tag @Strathwood it will flag up that they've been mentioned.

I specifically addressed the point, with images, at the time. Please don't perpetuate myths and misinformation.

Completely agree so I'll place a request for contributors to not keep going over the same old ground every time. If they do I'll just remove access to the topic.

Only because I thought the info I'd got was embargoed.

Sonic unveils 4mm OO Gauge 20T VIX Ferry Van Sonic Models, have today announced their new OO Gauge model, the 20T VIX Ferry Van. Sonic have been working on the project for a number of years, ever since they begun work on the N gauge version which has been produced for the N Gauge Society. The OO Gauge version is available from the exclusive retailer Rails of Sheffield The models are in stock now and available for immediate despatch. Ten versions have been produced including liveries in BR Bauxite, Railfreight and Civil Engineers. Vans are priced at £39.95 each. Features include: • Separately fitted detailing parts including handrails • Underframe detail • High quality livery application • NEM coupling pockets with small tension locks fitted • Turned metal wheels • Sprung buffers

It was loose and subsequently refitted but as the photos weren't needed I didn't retake them. Anyway, I'm sure there's something nice that you could say about them as well?

The digital edition of the mag should be out tomorrow but there was only room for a few pics so I thought I'd give you some thigh-rubbing entertainment. They're all O.33 (my others should be on their way soon).

Heaton Lodge Junction - ‘Britains Biggest Model Railway’ - is about to get even bigger. Having already wowed thousands of visitors at shows over the last two years, the giant 200ft long ‘O’ gauge layout is set to get even better. Owner Simon George commented: "Whilst the prototypical scenic side will remain much the same, work is about to start on creating new scenes on the 150ft fiddle yard at the other side. This area of the layout has always been very popular with visitors and it offers a blank canvas to model something industrial.” Simon continues: “As well as being doubled in size widthways, the fiddle yard will now become a fully operational marshalling yard complete with one metre high lighting towers. "We’re also adding a near scale size coal-fired power station loosely based on Eggborough in Yorkshire. Three huge three-metre high cooling towers will be the most striking feature of the new scene, plus a working merry-go-round coal train unloading facility, a large motive power depot and a nearby main road complete with moving vehicles." The new scenes are expected to take around 12-14 months to complete. Ben Jones, UK Representative of Danish model railway manufacturer HELJAN, which sponsors ‘Britain’s Biggest Model Railway’, added: “We can’t wait to see these new scenes come to life. The marshalling yard and loco depot will add even more activity and interest while the power station will be an awesome demonstration of what a skilled and dedicated railway modeller can achieve. They are the perfect showcase for HELJAN’s superb range of O gauge models, which have proved their quality over thousands of hours running on Heaton Lodge Junction.”

It should do. Good luck!

There may be ramifications.

Unfortunately we can't upload videos directly. Could you upload to YouTube and copy the link into here?

You're not narrowing it down much! Could it have been Baby Deltic?

Also see https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/178349-constant-consent-block/?do=findComment&comment=5167459