SomethingTrainLover

Dang, ah well, a shame but understandable.

Will say to follow, friend was able to get in contact with him and Dan, thankfully, was able to piece me together a 4mm Wisbech kit, which was sent off to another friend who's stockpiling stuff to ship to me eventually lol.

There's a fair few resin printed kit and part sellers around now, Should in theory be able to find one that's available. I'll talk to a few friends who are in the line of 3D modeling and printing kits and parts about it. I do know that Shapeways is...really not great, price, quality, etc went down the drain a while ago.

Small update, Bachmann US have confirmed they'll be addressing the issues with the red and green liveries in particular after a fair amount of feedback.

Mmm, suppose I'll have to inquire to a few UK friends again, if he isnt big on phone calls based on what, well, didnt happen last year.

Has there been anything in regards to contacting D&S in the last year or so? A number of people, myself included, are curious if he has anything in regards to his 4mm W&U Tram coach kits still. A friend called him up a year ago and i believe he was told that he'd be contacted again in a couple weeks and be informed if they could find anything but nothing ever came from that.

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Got my Britomart in Friday. Given it's a Christmas present, figured it would be wise to inspect it and give it a test just in case. Sadly, Noticed a glue stain on the tank, the funnel was loose and not seated fully in the base so sat at a noticeable angle and with a noticeable gap between the base and funnel. And the left hand cylinder was glued slightly wonky, so it pointed inward and this then brought the crosshead awfully close to the crankpin. Running was a bit lumpy and there was definitely a sort of rubbing-friction noise that while not horrible, was, again, noticeable. I mean as far as quality control slips, it could be far far worse lol. But I have decided to return the model and ship it back for a replacement Britomart, as I do still want the engine. In spite of the example I got, I still think it is a lovely little model and I'm looking forward to my replacement one, even if I probably won't get it in time for Christmas at this rate.

You'd be surprised given it's Bach US doing this lol, so there's still a decent chance of those changes. Let me have hope :P

I mean, the thing is Skarloey is a solid 90% accurate to Talyllyn anyway? I'm hoping they at minimum replace the cylinders and crosshead etc parts with new tooled components and that it has proper handrails.

That's cause, again, it's Bachmann US ;). So they just said it in a way that US modelers will understand. At the absolute bare minimum, and I am hoping they go at least a little beyond the bare minimum, this will be a recolored Skarloey or at least it'll be a modified Skarloey tooling using the base Skar as a strong base. Either way, Skarloey is scaled 009, as with the rest of the NG range and indeed the entire main "HO" range all being actually scaled OO.

1:76, they just copied the Bachmann US description, which mentions both HO and OO as the vast majority of US modelers have no idea what OO is, let alone that it shares the same gauge(s) as HO and 009.

Well, hopefully next year, probably in 2 years lol

Oh I tried everything, literally everything. 99% isoporpyl, acetone, un-cure, freezing, freezing and then one of the previously mentioned methods.

Fair few people have also been modifying the Chivers/Five79 ET kit to fit the chassis as well.