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Shame there was no rerun of the Drax wagons, given how quickly the last batch vanished and the prices they now fetch on the Bay.. who is responsible for their market research?

I had the same thought, you can see the 'indent' on the 2nd mans side.. This photo I found on Flickr shows the real things protrude ever so slightly..

The 69 has already been announced and EP were shown at Warley, which looked very nice!

Perhaps the aforementioned container flats will appear that have been hinted at to go with the 90s..

I'm looking for a Loadhaul model with sound, I was going to hold out until Model Rail Scotland but feel I may miss the boat by then, does anyone know of anyone with any stock left?

I know its the first EP but will the buffer beam issue be resolved? There is no gap in reality, the buffers are snug to the base of the 'body'. As can be seen in this lovely photo I found on Flickr..

Surely this is basic DCC logic, things like lights you want to latch and horns momentary or have I misunderstood your question?

Acquisition to closure in roughly 4 months? Surely sufficient due diligence would have to have been done, this could have been going on for 12+ months if the process is anything like the UK. A very strange set of circumstances for sure.

If an EWS liveried one lands with anyone, pics would be appreciated! 😃

The obvious point being missed here is that the signalling system for his many layouts runs off the bus, so when the layout starts up - yes the Accura stuff is "heavy" but you also have x amount of signals running, maybe 1 or 2 not too bad, but these layouts have 30? + signals on the go, that must be adding up. I understand "they" were advised this wasn't the best idea but decided to go their own way.

Thought it was best to ask here, I am planning to build a model based loosely on somewhere between Crewe and Cheadle Hulme, there are a number of "gantry" style portals dotted about, are these drawn to specific site requirements or is there a generic design that is just adapted? I don't seem to be able to find many dimensions, other than height, for 2 track "half gantry's". I've measured a couple on Google Maps and they appear to be roughly between 9.7m to 11m in width across two tracks. Cess to Cess measurements appears to be anywhere between 9m to 11m, so I guess they can't be much bigger than that?

Very true and having visited most recent large shows, it’s clearly evident the hobby is far from “running out of steam” on the contrary, there are lots of newcomers. Look at the recent rise in O gauge and the recent entrant of Hornby in to TT, clearly things are not all what they are made to be in the tabloids.

I have a friend from Liverpool who is a model enthusiast who has bought all the Beatles stuff since it started appearing, claims his friends also have “for the collection”. So I know of at least one confirmed sale lol

Interesting to see some of the GNER coaches sold out on pre-order already !

Sorry if it’s been asked elsewhere I couldn’t see it, but are all models on the same boat or are they arriving in batches?

Interesting to see another HAA run considering how many are still floating about from the last run. The price of the Seacows looks like it’ll be fairly reasonable too. Shame there was no more TEAs in earlier liveries.

Such terrible news, have been buying from them for nearly 30 years. I send all my condolences to the staff.

Popped into MCC Hinckley this weekend, Standout models EFE Class 58 in Mainline £101 EFE Hymek in Green £101 Still plenty of DCC MK2F BSOs in Intercity Building pile seemed to be diminishing but still plenty of Bluebell stuff there.

Maybe worth caveating this that fees of 34.74% Inc.VAT/sales tax apply to every sale, so in this case almost an extra £18 is added to the price,

Ah superb!! That's the timeline I am collecting for ! Thank you!

These look great and have captured the 'might' of a Grid well, Are there any samples of the EWS or Loadhaul liveried models around at all? There doesn't appear to many pictures if so, Also for the "suggestions box" - Transrail livery would be great if there's a re-run in the future 😁

I wonder if we will ever see a rerun of these? The "inners" seemed to sell out very quickly, I am looking for a couple of sets of 5 of the later maritime variant but not really seeing many protoype rakes of just 2 outers, I'm not even sure that configuration was possible?

Have to agree on the 175 door seals they are definitely flusher in reality, the initial CADs show this, then the 3D prints at shows (?) didn't but now the initial EP does. The top light lens on a 175 is also flush to the exterior rather than indented, the overall shape looks good though. I assume some silver paint will be used around the light lenses which will help these appear less bulbous. Such a shame no original FNW liveries yet in OO, especially with 323s now coming, that would certainly widen the net as to who may be interested.

Catalogue style was fine when everyone else in the market did that, the factories could guarantee it and the market was large enough; even Bachmann have moved to the 'little and often' model. Still no Electrostars, or reruns of the 466s. Seems like a number of lost opportunities in the pursuit of by-gone eras.

I think the issue is that on the model the door rubber isn't as "flappy" as the real thing, this gives the impression the distance between top of the corridor connection and the roof is too high on the model.