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Hey guys; for those who are interested, I've designed a kit to convert 'Rheneas' into 'Dolgoch' and I've put it on general sale in my shapeways store https://www.shapeway...ops/blue-models I'll also be doing some stuff for the TR/Corris in the near future

Hey guys; for those who are interested, I've designed a kit to convert 'Rheneas' into 'Dolgoch' and I've put it on general sale in my shapeways store https://www.shapeways.com/shops/blue-models

Just to note - the code applies only the first time that you use it, and the 20% is calculated on the price of the item, not on the item plus P&P

Yup, that's the gist of it - except click 'add to basket' to add everything and get it all done in one go

Just saved £35 on a veritable bevy of Bachmann 009 wagons. Woohoo

For running reliability, go for the largest points which fit your space - they will pay you back with trouble free running of locos and rolling stock, as well as avoiding unrealistic model overhangs on coaches and bogie wagons (my personal pet peeve). That being said, Peco products are generally pretty decent regardless, so you should be fine mix and matching the two diffenet kinds of points

My worry is the expense in removing said 'artwork' - any act to remove it will likely take off any paint and varnish beneath, possibly necessitating a repaint of the entire carriage. Very not good

I haven’t spotted any topic on here about this yet so I thought I’d take the chance to say Merry Christmas to you all, hope everyone gets the one thing that will make your model railway complete

I'd adore an S160, and Bachmann will be taking on the S100 (a.k.a the USA tank) from Model Rail in the future, so that would match at least. And the WD Baldwins - USA wartime locos appear to be something of a speciality However, I'd actually consider it to be a little bit more likely that we will see an expansion of their 009 range - maybe to include other wartime narrow gauge engines? or cover one of the few multiple engine classes in the UK (Vale of Rheidol locos, Fairlies, Quarry Hunslets)

Yes you can. However, if you are including more than two or three parts I find that its best to attach them to a 'sprue' of some kind. Material costs are largely determined by the volume of material used in the models, but each element will incur a seperate handling cost. Its often worth linking two or more parts with narrow pieces of plastic to ensure only a single model file is required. its a balancing act, because of the greater volume of machine space and materials used, but can be quite the money saver

Firebox glow? I like

I agree, certainly a true compound mallet would have been extremely hard to fit within the UK loading gauge. And the additional complexities (read expense) of such lcoomotives would have put them at a disadvantage economically to conventional locomotives like the 8F or 9F which could do the job perfectly well already

I've had the pleasure of having actually MET all three of these blokes and I can say the following with the knowledge of first hand experience: - Jeremy Clarkson is an extremely nice man (as long as he hasn't got a drink in him apparently) who has a genuine interest in engineering, technology and history. When someone disagrees with him, he is interested in finding out their point of view and debating those differences. His 'orang-utan' character is just that, a character. One which, in print and on the screen, has made him an exceptionally wealthy and famous man, so why on earth would he stop doing it? -James May is not as dull or as fuddy duddy as the series makes him appear. Again 'captain slow' is someone who he portrays on TV rather than his actual personality -Richard Hammond is the closest to his TV persona. He's a loud ex-brummie who enjoys fast cars and country life. Now, the entire TV series since they were together as a three-man band on Top Gear to the present episode of the Grand Tour has never come close to being factual. Its entertainment, and its entertaining to see three blokes mucking about in cars that most of us could only afford if we sold every other worldly possession in the world. it is fun above all other things - what does converting a VW van into a canal boat prove? Nothing, but I laughed until my sides hurt Besides, on those few occasions when they did become serious (looking in the window of the Jensen and TWR factories, The armed forces rally team, The aftermath of hurricane Katrina in the American special, the tribute to Ayrton Senna) the contrast to their usual tone make it all the more noteworthy. Its never going to be all things to all people, and rattling off a series of facts and figures instead of being funny will simply make people turn off the TV and then nothing gets made. Next thing is that people will be annoyed that zebras are stripey

Yeah, kind of like criticising Thomas the Tank for an inaccurate illustration of cylinder layouts - perhaps factually correct but somewhat missing the point methinks.

To be honest, I don't think you will EVER get to see The Grand Tour on free-to-air TV - Amazon has something of a deathgrip around its distribution and has come down like a ton of bricks on those people who have been pirating it. So they're not letting go of it for a good while - they haven't even done any DVDs to my knowledge. As for the standard of the new show, I'm glad that adjustments have been made to the format and I think theyre for the better. Episode 1 was fantastic and wonderfully entertaining - now lets see what they do with the other ten episodes.

For me the 3D effect was very impressive and certainly better than anything else I've seen in printed form, but the colours of Pendon were distorted badly by the 3D glasses, which rather ruined it for me I'm afraid.

I've ordered from several USA model shops (including this one) and have never been charged a single penny in customs charges. Maybe I've been fortunate, but there has never even been a hint of a charge needing to be paid

Hi Guys, Rheneas is now on sale, and for a decent price right here: http://www.advantagehobby.com/307823/BAC58602/58602-Narrow-Gauge-Rheneas-Diecast-Construction/?pcat=1322 I've ordered one and it works out to about £86 for the engine and delivery

Yup. Many is the time that I get on a train from Snow Hill and get all the way to Kidderminster without having the chance to buy a ticket at all (no staff at office, broken ticket machine, no guard on train selling tickets)

Its a bit of fun, I wouldn't change it at all, just treat it like as part of the Xmas decorations

Let's not overlook the fact that they have said 'yes' and not unreasonably are asking for a fee for their copyrighted materials. Dave runs on low profit margin as it is and both he and Stobart have been up front about it. Thems the terms, you're welcome to vote with your feet if you don't like it

To be pedantic, they did More precisely, Hiro’s steam engine was made in Roman occupied Egypt in approximately 70AD - in Alexandria to be precise. Apparently it was used to magically open doors in the temple of Apollo there But I think you’re talking about steam LOCOMOTIVES (sorry about the capitals, on my phone and no bold option on the mobile site) and answer would be that they had horses, which was good enough for them I don’t think that the idea of there being anything better at moving things about came along until the industrial revolution

Second day visit today and thoroughly worth it much less crowded than yesterday and I managed to stand at the Bachmann sales stand and pick up a 1F for £60 when I looked in the bag, they had chucked in a couple of Scenecraft market stalls for nothing.