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It's a trap point incident, not a major event for god sake

No need to be an impatient child

Why don't you just cancel your order, get your instant fix elsewhere and stop moaning like a petulant child

There you go, you've identified the gap in the market that Hornby have missed, so start your own company and deliver all these models.

I'm sure a new model could be more finely moulded, though there dont appear to be any glaring issues with the HJ model. If anyone was to do it though, I think it would be more up Cavalex' Type 5 street who have made a fantastic job on the 56, and the forthcoming 60 looks just as good.

Except for me! The HJ/EFE model seems fine, what's so wrong that we'd need duplication?

Why is it a vile practice? It's not food or medicine, it's a model train, a completely discretionary purchase. No one's life will be changed if they don't get one. If it's priced too high, no one will buy it, if it does sell for whatever price then that's what the buyer has chosen to pay. I'm pretty sure if the bids were going very high and you were going to rake the money in, you wouldn't end the auction early and sell for a lower price.

Grow up

Solution for who? For those who are too impatient to wait? SLW are 2 man team, who have day jobs too. They produce their models to extremely high standards and thus are not mass-market by any means. People need to learn to be patient.

You think that is rude? It's not as rude as jumping on a thread and expecting an answer to your question because you couldn't be bothered to check previous postings. Do you go into Tesco and ask the first person you see where the soup is? Far too many people are just jumping in and asking questions without reading through the threads or performing even a basic search. That is disrespectful to all those who take their own time to share their thoughts and knowledge on the subject being discussed.

What's wrong with looking it for yourself? People have taken the bother to post on the colour debate, the least you can do is go and find it yourself.

AS sold direct at first, then opened up to retailers after many requests from them, so why would AS try to make a point by delaying their allocation?

A bag search may have stopped me from losing my leg a few years back. I'm all for them.

And you know this how? AS started off selling direct, that doesn't fit with your narrative does it? I suggest you stop posting your fantasies until you have the full insight of Accurascales business practices.

One thing I really like about foreign layouts is the fact that you don't see repeat copies at show after show after show. I've grown quite tired of the same old diesel depot with every privatised operator represented, along with multiple preserved locos all revving away but going nowhere. 20 locos on a single road shed, all straight out of the box, volume hiked up, all lights on like Christmas trees, yard lamps and emergency vehicles with flashing lights. It just gets quite repetitive and makes me want to walk past without looking. I'm aware that I could be missing out on some fantastic modelling, but the same old same old just turns me off. Yes you do see swiss layouts with curved viaducts and american layouts with small freight yards, but they are more individual in approached and are generally 'modelled' rather than a shake the box diesel depot. I've recently seen @long island jack and @YT-1300 american yards and the amount of actual modelling that has been done is brilliant to see, overcoming necessary compromises to present believable scenes. More please!