sse

Rest assured that, as i tried to explain to a gentleman this weekend at a show i was attending, we will be producing more of the same as the months / years go on, and we already have ideas for further names / variants (thinking smoke deflectros and tenders here) which will appear in due course. This means that if customers miss out on the initial batch they will be able to buy one (if not the same running number and name) a few months further on.

Hi Dave

Thanks for your replies. Hattons have around 7 names on their website, not sure how accurate/up to date that is based on the above though!

As regards the business plan for limited release, yes it's frustrating but if that is the price to be paid for such improvements in quality then I think it's worth it. My only suggestion would be to reissue batches with the same numbers on occasion for very popular models, otherwise the profit is made by eBay speculators not yourselves.

SSE

What a fantastic looking model. I've had Oliver Cromwell on pre-order at Hattons for a while now. My only problem is that it will be pulling a rake of Freightliner spine container wagons until I can afford some coaches. I might give it a run on the oil tanks too.

Dave - which three are being released first - Britannia, Olly and Robin?

Thanks

SSE