Jon Harbour

I was thinking exactly that Pete. My setting is urban but I was thinking a couple of trucks, maybe the occasional car and sometimes a bus. It would purely be something to add an extra bit of interest. The other thing of course is that the Faller Road System is not cheap! The Aussie Dollar is tanking which means purchasing overseas is now much more expensive. I may well start with one mobile model and build from there. Although not directly related to the thread, I thought a track plan with some basic ideas for scenery was in order. The idea is to have some vehicles run back and forth along the high level road and then have trucks come and go on the lower level. The main fiddle yard is behind the low relief buildings with a non-scenic board either side of the scenic area to connect to the fiddle yard. I wanted something where trains could arrive off-scene and then drop wagons off or pick them up to allow shunting.

When I looked at this software today (having read of some of the RR&Co shenanigans going on) I noticed that it doesn't appear to support the NCE DCC system. Is this the case and is there any likelihood of NCE support being added?

Thanks to everyone who has responded so far. I'm very grateful to you for sharing your knowledge and suggestions... I'll be mail ordering a few vehicles shortly... but as to when they might reach Australia.... interesting times ahead.

G'day Everyone, At the last exhibition in Sydney to be held (Forestville in Sydney's North Shore), I got the shunting bug as a result of helping with my local club's HO American outline layout. Since I had no US stock of my own, a friend lent me the use of a switcher of his and few wagons which I proceeded to move around the front goods yard of the layout to keep things moving and be engaged with the public. I had a ball! As a result, I now have a Heljan 1361 class and a few private owner wagons winging their way from a certain Yorkshire on-line retailler and plans for a modest 1930s layout based around an urban area, a wagon works and a smallish goods shed. I'd like to have a few vehicles appropriate for the era and am even considering the use of the Faller system to motorise them. I confess to very limited knowledge of vehicles of the era but have found a few hints in the form of some of the Oxford diecast range (the Austin 7 for example), some Road Transport Images kits and John Day models. I'd welcome suggestions as to suitable options (kit builds or RTR) and also some ideas about their suitability for conversion to the Faller system. Thanks in advance! Jon

Sincerely hoping that it gets close to the target number of customers to make it viable, whatever that number may be!

Discounted 'early bird' prices are still in play at the moment. I doubled down on my 56xx order and added a second locomotive to my collection.

Probably because it wouldn't sell enough of the individual coaches for the project to make money. It's a shame as it an iconic train, but that's the financial reality of the situation.

Inserted my details. My order for an N Gauge King Edward IV was order number 2076. I have also e-mailed cg-recovery to let them know.

Any news on when and where we shall be able to order these?

Could well be. I agree that previous N locomotives had the 6 pin socket, so it will hopefully be a straightforward fit for the Next 18 in this.

Any news on when the web site will be accepting orders for these? I just received my Type B tankers and have been convinced to order a couple of these.

Those buildings look amazing Grahame - I find this thread so inspirational.

I'm not at all surprised at the number of views this thread has racked up Grahame. It's full of useful tips, inspiring 'how-to' guidance and some spectacular modelling. It's one thread I regularly visit on RMWeb to give me ideas for my own N gauge layout. Can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge, skills and experience!

Meh!

I've got my order in too - another 17 on their way 'down under'.

Hopefully the N Gauge interest level is steadily growing.... I've done my bit!

So looking forward to receiving these models. Bring on the Type As now!

If you are worried about loading the sound file to the decoder, you can buy the Zimo decoder pre-loaded with the class 40 sounds from various places such as YouChoos, Wickness Models or Coastal DCC. I got a Next18 sound decoder with the speaker for my Farish Castle Class from Youchoos.

Absolutely! We are desperately in need of some of the other 1st generation DMUs!

Any thoughts of producing some of these excellent products in N Gauge? I'm sure there'd be a demand for them!

Totally not my era, but I passed the test too!

This is very useful to me thanks! I am working on the same kit but in N Scale and was wondering about the interior design, as the N-scale version has no interior walls. This visualisation really helps!

Couldn't resist this. Order for one King placed!

I'd be up for at least one Dave - although I'd prefer a BR transition era model (not as preserved).

G'day Anthony, Are you still working in Sydney at the moment? I've just stumbled across this thread and it's taken me two nights to read through it from start to finish! It is truly inspiring to see the journey you have embarked upon and the rapid progress made. The only word I can think of to justify the scale of it all is biblical! I'm really looking forward to the day when a train can complete a circuit of the whole layout... What I find most inspiring is that you have managed to maintain the momentum despite being 1100km or so from home most of the time. Working away from home like that is a massive sacrifice for all concerned, yourself and your family. I have to travel interstate regularly for my job (mostly from Sydney to Melbourne) and generally I am not away for more than the five days of a working week, so I can only imagine how difficult life has been for you. I love the choice of prototype and the incredibly ambitious nature of what you have taken on. Please keep the updates coming.