Monkersson

time for me to leave this forum, too many people getting stress over toys

Indeed he doesn't, the same he doesn't need to take to twitter to tell everyone that he's spent x-amount on overpriced junk. Too many people just want to moan about the latest models, justified or not. For the record Im not in the market for one, but if I was, I'd pay what is being asked and fix the problems myself

Well send it back then, no one is forcing you to keep it

London is a whole different ball game, spent 6 years there and couldn't wait to get out!

I see people jumping the lights in cars and vans every single day on my commute - and not just blasting through an amber. In contrast I could probably count on 1 hand the amount of I've seen cyclists do it.

Very true Phil! Back in the early 90's I used to do deliveries for a local kebab house, the place seemed clean, but you wouldn't touch anything the owner, who the rest of the staff christened 'Black Bob' (cleanliness related, not race!), had made!

I cant believe there is a grown adult defending McDonalds 'food' on here... My son and daughter were both fast food afficionados, both got summer jobs McDonalds, within days both stopped eating fast food and a few years down the line now, both haven't touched any fast food. To quote my ever-so-eloquent daughter "no wonder this place is full of lazy, unhealthy, brain-dead b******* from eating all that sh*t"

To save yourself much frustration, use a white primer. Yellow pigment has poor coverage and will require many light coats to be fully opaque on anything darker than white, that could result in obscured details Humbrol do a BR Yellow which you could use, with a little white mixed in, its only available as acrylic.

Click on the link in the first post for info

Really liking your layout Turtlebah, can I ask the dimensions please?

I didn't really notice the passing of Lima, I had all the stock I needed at the time - mostly Lima, detailed and resprayed throughout the 90s. When I started buying again in the late 2000's I still considered Lima, and to this day if I was looking for a 31/40/47/73/HST/101/156 I'd look at Lima first. I think that's because I cut my teeth on Lima, I learned how to detail and respray on their products, and I still enjoy doing so. Most Hornby products at the time I thought were rather toy-like with the exception of the 86/110/142. Newer tooled loco's have the central motor drive as a major plus point, but bodywise they sometimes arent too much of a step up (in my opinion). Having said that, I think Accurascale, Cavalex and RevolutioN are definitely pushing things forward and I look forward to see how their ranges develop.

Yes, you will find loco's that cost the same as a complete PS4 system. You can also find rtr loco's that cost the same as a new car if you need to be specific. But you will find many many new loco's that are much much cheaper than a basic PS4 system, never mind a complete system. You cant compare a PS4 (or any gaming system) to model railways. You don't need to buy a new locomotive every month, can you say the same for an avid game player who complete games in days if not quicker? I have heard the hobby is in trouble for the last 40 years. Usually the reason being there is no new blood and prices are too expensive. I would say the hobby is in a better position now that it has been in the 40 years I've been part of it. I was new blood, and I couldn't afford the top ticket items when I started out. This hobby is only as expensive as you want it to be, the same with the majority of hobbies. If you have a tight budget you can still get a new loco, it might not be all singing and dancing one, but it'll still be a loco that can still pull coaches and wagons. You don't need to have had an interest as a kid to develop an interest later in life. My closest modelling friends all started the hobby in their 40's and one of them had never even been on a train before he bought his first model railway items.

Yeah, sorry about that...!

I have to disagree with you Phil, and as been stated, those who contribute receive the state pension, which is not a benefit. Alas, that is not the case, quite the opposite in fact. Its those who have minor problems such as being overpaid benefits, or wrongly declaring part time hours (mostly by accident) that are investigated and hammered. I am sure there are many people on RMWeb who do the exact same things, like decent people, but there are a whole lot who have nothing wrong with them but think they are too good to wear a mask. Yes, those who will not work when the are perfectly capable of doing it Unfortunately there is a growing section of society who think only of themselves and think society owes them. Hence the panic buyers...

Those able bodied people of working age that cant work and wont work are the ones who should be the ones struggling. Why should the rest of us who have pride in ourselves by getting up and out to work, earning 5k or 100k, have to continually subsidise the workshy, who quite often have a better standard of living than those on low to medium wages? Why is it fair that the terminally lazy can afford a new mid-range BMW whilst a low paid early shift worker has to walk 3 miles to work each day in all weathers because there is no public transport at that time? I live in Scotland (though not a native), its regularly referred to as the sick man of Europe, I would refer to it as the f**kwit of Europe. The majority of people here are wonderful, but more and more all I see are utter f**kwits walking around with lanyards saying they dont need to wear a mask. As always, those in power continue to penalise those who contribute to the nations coffers...

Maybe the dips were to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible, or to create a bit extra length in the load area? Or both! I dont think I've seen any photo's of Cartics with the top deck removed, looking at @hmrspaul website I cant see any

I reckon the 303/311 would be picked up by a larger manufacturer - thought not Hornby/Bachmann or Dapol. Maybe Heljan as a toe in the EMU market, though I reckon it would be someone like Accurascale. 6 main liveries with fair number of variations, curved and flat cab windows, refurbished/original condition, and Scottish Railways are always popular with modellers (as is the North West, where 303's also operated!)

I find a proportion of people are made managers due to their inability to do day-to-day work. Easier to promote them 'out the way' than to get rid of them...

Give it up please, you only embarrass yourself further with each post on this subject

If the OP is building a layout that is to be long lasting and portable then avoid chipboard at all costs. I learned the hard way by using chipboard on my first serious layout and paid the price for it. Many wasted hours, materials and much frustration!

Rather ironic moment in work today... A woman I work with has been going on and on about her first electric car purchase (a Kona) for weeks on end, due to get delivered on friday coming. Yesterday she was going on about soon she'll be able to drive by and laugh at those queuing for petrol & diesel. She received a call today informing her she wont be getting her car on friday, as the transporters cant get diesel due to the panic buying...

Well thats true, however the 59 has carried a lot more liveries than the Peaks (Im a fan of the Peaks although I only seen one in real life) The gestation period for Dapol's proposed 59 is glacial, and the latest CAD's are showing cut outs on the solebar for flange clearance. Not exactly inspiring!

I wasn't suggesting that they use the 40 chassis as is, more a case of they have a chassis of the right configuration ready to go. I would hazard a guess that if/when they reintroduce the Peak, it will be a full blown new tool rather than a tickle over, not having to tool a new chassis/bogie block would reduce costs. There have been duplications in the past, but it doesn't seem to happen anymore, which is good because the N-Gauge market isn't really big enough for 2 hi-spec models of the same limited prototype.

The tentacles of the carpet monster reach far and wide...

If you really want a Peak then either find one on eBay or build the P&D Marsh kit, or wait on Farish retooling. It would be financial suicide for another manufacturer to proceed with a new Peak when Farish have a recently developed 1-Co-Co-1 chassis sitting there. We could end up with duplication, could the market stand duplication for a series of loco's which only carried 5 main liveries? It would make more sense to spend the money on something that hasn't been produced before be it an 81-85 or an MU