Mike Harvey

This site has a long list of different light effects with videos and instructions. N8042 looks suitable. https://www.ngineering.com/lghting effects for the railroad.htm

@Esmedune You might struggle with finding an accurate Procar 80 car transporter. :-)

A class 769 (ex-Class 319) is now converted for parcels services. One for Electra Rail. @Captain Electra Parcels multiple unit shown off at Euston (railmagazine.com)

Related to the depth of mortar courses, the scale realisation of detail in 3D printing of some features presents a challenge. One of my projects on a road vehicle requires the creation of roller shutters. To get them to print at all means the gaps between slats need to be overscale in width and depth. Printing orientation in a home resin printer may also produce a satisfactory shutter on one side of the vehicle, but a poorly defined one on the other side. In the end, for the N scale prints, a depth of 0.167mm with gaps of 0.10mm seems to work although way over scale at 25mm and 15 mm.

And a guarded "yes" to the Class 89.

It's in the Gaugemaster Collection:- Class 59 003 'Yeoman Highlander' GBRf-Gaugemaster-GM2210501 (gaugemasterretail.com)

Thanks for flagging those up. So that's three. Any more?

@fezzaSo who has the secret stash of EMUs? I cannot find one online, or in any stores around here.

The online shop is now here:- Art Printers - iD Backscenes – Scalology Ltd. (modelmasters.co.uk)

Of course I read what you typed right to the end when the quality control went awry. You are a skilled and competent modeller but your "reactions" on this topic speak for themselves. Take the trouble to read and check what you type and your criticism will carry more weight with me. Otherwise it is as sloppy as you seem to think KR Models are.

I tend to agree. I am often surprised that those criticising the accuracy of somebody else's work choose not to be bothered to spell check their criticism. Whilst I might admire their modelling capabilities, these commentators seem to apply the same standards to their posts as the ones they are criticising in the commissioners' work. Their hackneyed opinions carry little genuine weight.

This made an amusing read. Who would be a vehicle or train manufacturer. https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/blogs/news-1/a-question-of-scale

A bit of whimsy from Eloise Davies (MD of Oxford Diecast). The bit on Subject Matter made me smile. No wonder we never get exactly what we want. A question of scale — Oxford Diecast

Shedring Hobbies and TTC Diecast are now importing some Tiny items.

The Kato forward production programme is a rolling event with normally about 6-7 months of the production plan showing. https://www.katomodels.com/schedule To supplement that are the monthly new products flyers which appear here:- KATO鉄道模型ホームページ | Nゲージの製造販売 (katomodels.com)

There are video instructions on how to fit the new interior here:- https://youtu.be/dPbIcQtq6kU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPbIcQtq6kU

I must be missing something here. As far as I can see every item in a Shapeways shop has a price which is clearly stated. The price applies for sales into any market. What happens after that is that shipping costs are added, and then tax applied, or not, depending on the tax regime of the destination country. One tip is that if the items are being shipped from the Netherlands (as happens for most European destinations) it is best to view the prices in euros for an accurate picture of what the total price is, because the charge will be in euros. Like HMRC and many other businesses, I believe that Shapeways adjusts the exchange rates for displayed prices once per month, so sometimes the conversion from the displayed price makes the item apparently more or less expensive depending on the relative movement between euros and the user-chosen price display currency. Brexit FAQ – Help Center (shapeways.com)

Shapeways is registered for UK VAT, but, I believe, is limited to charging this where the total order price is below GBP135 or thereabouts. My recent order made up of 19 of my own designs came to under £120 and the VAT was charged at source. This also avoided any additional carrier clearance charges. I agree that Shapeways can seem expensive but my order was produced quickly and every item was dimensionally spot on. I had also designed things to minimise the support wax on visible areas, which meant that cleanup was minimal and everything fitted together precisely as intended.

All of my print files for SNCF Corail compartment coaches in N 1/160 are freely available. They cover bodies, interiors, chassis, and some ancillary pieces like gangways, with instructions on how to put together the various bits with the extra proprietary parts like windows, bogies, wheels and close couplers. I have a collaboration with a person in France who prints them for folk without their own printers or local access to one. He uses the proceeds to fund his website which is a comprehensive illustrated database of all the rolling stock ever produced for French N. I get that if you want to make money out of your CAD skills you are not going to give your work away. It is not all altruism from me though, as everything is on offer in a Shapeways shop, the modest proceeds from which fund the occasional purchase there.

@Barry OI am not in the market for any 00 gauge trains or a KR Fell in any scale, but I love the way you litter your comments with "easy-to-correct" spelling and grammar errors. KR Models have produced a model with a composite set of features which could appear on the different versions of their Fell. Even experienced commentators seem to find that difficult to comprehend, and they fail also to understand that not everyone has their kit-building skill set.

@Trewisin I think this link to the Tanker and Transit will work better. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57513965.amp

The first shot of the Oxford model announced last year.

Though you were much more likely to see Class 317s running alongside the Class 127s in their later Bedpan years.

Decorated samples now showing online. https://www.revolutiontrains.com/decorated-samples-are-mma-rvelous/ Decorated samples are MMA-rvelous... - Revolution Trains

There is a view of how it should look in this tutorial on decoder fitting. https://tramfabriek.nl/kato-800.html Probably worth checking that the driveshaft has not been damaged.