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7 minutes ago, Legend said:

Have to admit the whole train does look nice . I wonder if anyone can tell us how it runs over uneven trackwork as that was an issue with the first GWR batch which I recall required plastic shims installed . All sorted now? 

They are about 1mm higher than the power cars, there's a tiny bit more space between the bogies and the body compared to the two older driving units.

1 hour ago, JackB95 said:

The middle coaches for the 800 test set are now available. Just in time for the lock down 

Been a long wait for these, got mine the other day...

6 hours ago, Dixie Dean said:

 

Thanks for that Hilux5972, I haven't seen that before.  TBQH it doesn't look half bad, but if it's the same pantograph as the 87 I'm not that impressed that it can't be posed.

Yes, the top picture is from Hornby's website.

Hopfully they update the coaches and DVT too. They should have updated the DVT at the same time and sell them as a pair like the HST and Hitachi 800 packs

I was curious to see how the new one compares to the old, so I took a picture of mine...

The body lines up with the old one perfectly, only the front buffers stick out further on the new one.