Volvo 740 Turbo

I know someone else have pointed out and Charlie have replied cost as an issue but can we seriously have proper marker lights? Since 3 years ago I have been battling myself to get the provincial and still, I came to a conclusion of I can't deal with that, and the LED style headlight bigger than taillight effect is the worst, it just looks wrong. I don't think anyone would complain too much even the old light configuration would make the model 30 quid above modern units (they probably will complain and still buy), but as it is you have saved me hundreds.

I have been looking at the availability of Bachmann products, in the case of intercity swallow or intercity mainline livery stuff, the coaches are long gone while the 47 and 37 have been on sale for quite a long time and still plenty of stock available. Needless to say,it's the same for BR Blue stuff. Perhaps they need to rethink the strategy, loco may make more money but without available coaches the loco don't seem to sell that well either.

As I said no one is going to run a train with BSO only and would certainly make sure they realise the mistake by not helping them clear excessive BSOs. Not having good availability of rolling stock is going to drive new joiners off the hobby. And the 3 digits price per coach also indicate many hobbyist have not had enough TSOs. I was not living in the UK back then and the only way to shift them was to sell cheap. I sold a rake of 1 Hornby Class 50 Vanguard + Bachmann rake of 5 Mk2f TSO + 2 Mk2f FO 1 + mk1 BG + 1 Mk1 RMB for £595, which I would struggle to get 5 TSO these days. And 5 other proper formation rakes (i.e. not train formed of BSOs or FK only) of Bachmann mk1 mk2a mk2f and even Hornby full HST sets for an average of £15 per coach I like the 80s Dawlish scene which I find mk2 air con would be the primary stock used on the area so mk2 b and C aren't massively useful. I do hope accuracale would produce mk2d and e which Hornby has not a done a great job with.

As someone who has left the model railway a couple years ago and sold everything, I am very disappointed to come back and find that nothing at all is available. Bought a Hornby class 50 looking for some coaches to haul, and there's no mk2 air con stock available new anywhere and costing 3 digital on eBay per coach. This is absolutely ridiculous. I think I will quietly leave again but I do wonder why Bachmann or Hornby isn't jumping on the opportunity and produce another batch of blue grey mk2f again. The lack of sufficient TSOs has always been baffling to me no one would ever run a train with just brake coaches (except parcel trains of course but they don't run on BSOs and BFKs. It's easier to sell excessive TSOs than BFK so to speak. But oh well what do I know about business. At least this situation have saved my wallet from chronic thickness deficiency so it's not all bad news.