rob D2

I'm curious as to who is buying these sets

/ collectors

/ people who travel on these things

/ people who have LT layouts ?

I'm still eating fish fingers and angel delight !

Not sure if I prefer butter scotch or strawberry though.....

Nice peak !

Doesn't seem to have been such a problem at blue box as it was at red box for reasons already chewed over

Yes yodel are to deliveries what Austin rover were to cars

I think the modern way of doing things is great for the manufacturer but dire for the paying customer.

Years ago, I used to buy stuff from the long lamented motor books in Oxford. They always had a ton of Lima locos ( that dates it ) and if I couldn't afford or didn't know if I'd need it yet, I could always go back months later with a fighting chance of still getting the product.

Now with batch production that thought process has to speed up - if I think I may need something I need to get it like now. I could really do with stashing away some HST power cars but at almost £200 I can't stockpile for the future layouts. I've got a blue 4CEP I brought on a whim, but reluctant to move on as I may need it in the future.

The only way stuff hangs around is if it isn't popular - like some of the recent class 47s then it gets in the hattons bargain pile.

This isn't a criticsm of Bachmann, merely an observation , as it must be more efficient for them. And I'm waiting for my mainline 37 to come on the Shanghai express ......but I can wait.

Ooh. Bit of a minefield of detail then

109 was probably the rarest mainline one , as it was re sprayed in EWS very soon after changing to mainline. That's a split box one though.

It's good to know they are listening.

For some reason I just had an image of Father Christmas with me sitting in his knee pop into my head.

Nice wagon as ever !

I've just got my three VGAs out as my next plank is going to be around 96-98.

Maybe one day I'll finish something

Now I never spotted that on '032. Good eyesight !

I'm just thinking what I can renumber the Mainline 37242 too when it comes out......167,074 maybe.

A lot are ruled out by having headlight clips or marker lights.

Fairford is just up the road from me, but it's lost a lot of its appeal since the Americans pulled out several years ago.

I'm only interested in the fast stuff, not helicopters or trainers.

I counted 7 fast jets last year. Couldn't cycle over this year as it was the wife's birthdays and we were at IMAX

I was a tad shocked at how much I paid for the polybulks recently, £60 to me seems a lot for a wagon, but it is a very nice one.

I guess we are a bit loco centric - I need to move on from the days of Lima 37s for £39.99 ! ( 1999).

I'm looki gat the forthcoming class 37s and discounted they are £106.

I think that is a fair price TBH !

This is discretionary spending folks, if it seems too much for you, don't get it. It's not petrol, food, water, gas etc.

Good stuff,

I was toying with the idea of 248 as well, there were so many interesting 37s In that period before a tidal wave of sheds came and knocked them out.

It's kind of nostaligia about how I got back in modelling as well - in 98 I went to the legendary Toton open day and brought a Lima 37057 ' Viking ' in the new and funky EWS colours , this was followed by 37219 in mainline. They then sat in a drawer under my bed for a year and a half until I thought I needed somewhere to run them.

Mainline blue was my favourite colour and very relevant to the south east where I was brought up.

strangely there are many photos of manline stuff in EWS days, but not much when it was just mainline in its own

Well I make that about £3000 worth....

Seriously though ,mate, have you informed your house insurer you have a ' collection ' worth over £1500 , some of them need this info to put it separately in the insurance

Neil you've already got a 100 37s !

I've gotta say it's partially your work James, that has got me eyeing up the forthcoming 37s from Bachmann in EWS and mainline, ids there a place in my life for a mid - late 90s plank ??

I need these lead times to save up as everything seems so much more expensive these days....

Yours,

Angry of Swindon

It's a 100% profit they seem to be looking for.

I'm thinking that would only appeal to those with no knowledge of models , looking to see probably a deceased relatives stock.

Ah but don't forget, they didn't arrive at once.

Load haul, transrail and mainline appeared in 94,

Then Wisconsin Central brought the lot ( and rfd eventually ) and started EWS

And who in their right mind, thought, three different bidders would buy LH,TR and mainline to compete against each other for small slices of a small market...

The VOPAK police are watching

Blimey Neil, is EWS back in the day ? I feel old now....I was 24 when EWS was born....

Outstanding !

I think the model looks great.

If you are modelling something like an industrial area with limited operation, you have to get the detail spot on to make it interesting and you have definitely done that !

It's generally a waste of time trying to sell stuff to shops, they want too much mark up.

I tried to sell them a ltd edition 37 and 56, they offered a total of £70.

No thanks

There's plenty to choose from !