BachelorBoy

That is true, but it was a long time ago. More than a century ago for trains, and ninety years for model cars.

Existing Hornby managers seem prone to gaffes. It might be that the company culture is unreformable. The biggest opportunity is to fire everybody and sell the brands.

I suspect TT will be under the microscope. It's not too late to abandon it.

When did Hornby last bear fruit financially? It's lost money for years. Profits are rare.

Yes, but this could actually affect modellers' lives.

TheQ reckons you'd need 19m in OO That's 1444m in real life Or 4873.5 feet 4873.5 feet/30 feet = a scale of 1:162.45 Which is close to US/European N-scale of 1:160. But you'd have to build all the rolling stock yourself as, as far as I know, none is made in that scale for GB railways. UK N-scale is 1:148, so it would be too big. Of course, you could turn the layout on to the diagonal of the room, which would give you a max length of 39' 8" which would be just about do-able in UK N, and even make it a triangular roundy-round with fiddle yards next to the wall.

I hope he kicks some ar5e.

Salisbury Cathedral's spire in OO would be about 5'3" or 1.6m tall

That 19 metres in OO shrinks to 6.5 metres in Z, and just 3 metres in T.

Alternatively @Peak, tell us how much space you have, and we can tell you what scale you need.

What happened here?

Train Times of Eastbourne at 37 Seaside (aka Eastbourne Models and Collectors Centre) reopened earlier this year. https://www.traintimesmodelshop.co.uk/ From the owners: "Eastbourne's oldest model shop has an undocumented past and we would love to be able to cobble together a complete picture of its history. We're pretty certain that it was originally opened in 1963 by Mr Ken Morton - who was famous for wearing his pork pie hat and playing cricket for the town. "We know that it changed hands a couple of times before Trevor Hendrick took over the shop in 1994 and that he ran it for 19 years until he unfortunately passed away in 2013. "We are currently still in the process of adding products and descriptions to the site, in the meantime feel free to browse, and if you can't find what you need then call us on 01323 722 026 and we will be happy to help or visit us on www.traintimesmodelshop.co.uk"

You have hit the nail on the head. Thank you.

Original Photoshop conversion to B+W using default settings Photoshop colourisation using default settings

What happens in the future when there is no-one alive who remembers the colour? This is where I think colourisation will muddy the water.