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The lamps, at least the front ones, are interchangeable as discussed at length on this thread iirc

Presumably based off of this image, although interesting to note the caption does list the loco as 'shunting' with them fitted, so if they can do it in real life presumably no bother when aided by the hand of god (or electronic equivalents) https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/57/884/

Well, when the Princess, 50, 66 and J50 are released, all supposedly by the end of the year I think that'll be an equivalent size range in 1/3rd the time if I'm not mistaken

But they did, and do have a viable TT range? You can view it here if you like: Hornby TT:120 Catalogue | Hornby UK As for driving suppliers out, I'm not sure that's fair. Fair enough they announced some of the same things as Heljan but the choice to pull out was theres. If their 31 was at CAD stage it would be out now if they had carried on with it and we've seen not a peep of a Hornby 31. A range that isn't as big as you'd like =/= a range that isn't viable.

How long do you think it takes to design, tool, check, modify, approve, produce, ship and market a single product, let alone multiple out of interest?

Has anyone said "Nothing in it for me" yet?

That's the loco little Timmy knows and by extension (and probably much to their annoyance, his parents. Additionally, while you or I might see it as just another steam loco it is special to a large group of people. Every version they do seems to sell out, so why not make them while they can?

Commotion Lotion, which fittingly I assume must be consumed by the bucket load prior to record being hit ;)

The same youtuber who is banned from being linked on the forum I believe

I would imagine that with the double chimney fitted some vapor would collect on the plastic middle moulding, which would form a bead which could drop onto the pad which creates the steam, causing the flow of steam to stop.

They've grown a bit then ;)

Sounds like that's the plan

An announcement of an announcement which has already been announced it seems...

Not sure what this guy's issue is, seemingly just trying to pick fights with every manufacturer since his Bachmann video got smacked down

One model is marked as 'Last Few' on the Hornby website and I guess we'll see if the other is close behind it. In terms of 'shouldn't have made it into production' that doesn't look true going off sales of at least one version?