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  1. No68 received today. What a superb model and well done for honouring the pre-order price. Model rail deserve to do very well out of this. Nik
  2. I always thought the 442 looked best in NSE livery and loved travelling to Portsmouth where I was a student in them. Are there any chances that at least one set will be preserved?
  3. Those wagons look superb. I think I will have to investigate the lifecolor range. Do you varnish or seal them in any way after painting/weathering? Thanks Nik
  4. And not even a hi vis vest on. Does hi vis work in black and white? Nik
  5. Thanks for the replies regarding the wartime black livery and the book recommendation. Nik
  6. Were any of the air smoothed Bulleids painted in wartime black? It would certainly be a livery that would appeal to me. If not produced in black did the Southern have such a stock of paint that they could coat a whole class of loco's? Nik
  7. What an amazing layout. Absolutely stunning. The only improvement I could suggest is to give the Southern running rights and run some of Bullieds finest.
  8. Bu☆☆er Having waited all this time for these, I had to cancel all my pre orders due to likely impending financial meltdown (job worries). Hopefully these won't sell out to rapidly and I'll be able to pick some up when fortunes improve. Rather narked off to say the least Nik
  9. Must've missed this before, what an absolute peach of a layout. Fantastic Nik
  10. I'd like to see Dapol do one of these in OO gauge. (Rather than just make announcements). Nik
  11. There's no need to cast insults like that about! Nik
  12. Fantastic modelling as we've come to expect. Those coaches, that track and the attention to detail is superb. Is the colour of the Highland stock green with envy. Just fantastic Nik
  13. I could resist no longer so gave in and ordered the Hattons GA 71 in blue, now to sort a Kernow 4tc. And maybe a 74 Nik
  14. Hi Dave this is probably a bit cheeky but if I buy the Hattons Golden Arrow version can I get discount on the class 74? Atb Nik
  15. That grey certainly shows more of the detail up. Thanks for the offer of the etches, but having had another look at the body of the 70 there not as many vents and those that there are, are much smaller than the ones you have replaced. Thank's for the advice on windows and painting, I was thinking of using glue and glaze for the windows but the body will have to be sprayed with rattle cans as I don't have an airbrush. Just need to find a suitable match for the southern green that was originally applied. Thanks Nik
  16. Really,less than 10 posts in and a number of complaints about price. Why can't people talk about the prototype or the model rather than the constant need to harp on about the price, it's like this on every new model released. Nik
  17. Yes the class 70 is the model covered in Hornby magazine, it was that article that convinced me I may be able to build a kit. I've only just found a railroad class 40 at a reasonable price but following you're posts I'm now looking for suitable etched grilles etc before starting assembly. Thanks for your reply Nik
  18. Well done to all those who guessed the 4TC. Hopefully this goes well for Kernow ando some clever joined up thinking to offer reductions on Heljan 33s when ordered at the same time. Atb Nik
  19. Those grills look great. Thanks for posting so much information on this build it's really helpful. I'm currently working on an Ayjay models class 70 in original condition and the changes you are making to the resin original are inspiring me to make similar mods to that. Thanks Nik
  20. These look very nice. I'm really trying to find an excuse not to get one,other than they're completely out of the timescale I model. Dave will the pantagraph be available separately as I think it would look a treat on my class 70 kit. Atb Nik
  21. These look very tasty, I will have to put an order in. Any ideas on what sort of formations they were run in? Atb Nik.
  22. Not tatty. It's known as "patina" in vintage car/clothing etc speak. Nik
  23. Thanks for the swift reply Rembrow. I does seem strange that no southern liveried engines were in either first batches. Nik
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