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Yes , sadly it’s become an irrelevance !

I fear you have an over optimistic view on modern logistics !

Believe me Miami airports no great shakes . Checking in with BA is chaotic even without IT issues . 2 desks open for three flights leaving at night and of course no order or organisation so the folk on the earliest flight are at back of queue folk for later flight at front . Total farce

Isn’t it scary how everything is inter related though . One update affected people getting groceries in Morrisons (me , fortunately I had cash) airlines , banks . Surely we have to learn a lesson here .

I thought somebody’s cleaner had pulled a plug out to connect her/his hoover .

Completely agree . Both past their expiry date I think as to the point of model railways , I haven’t watched the clip , but for me relaxation . Absorption away from the realities of life

I’d like a Scottish Fleetline with Alexander D bodywork , but reckon very little chance . I just collect models of buses I knew , mainly those around Paisley in Scotland , so Western SMT , Grahams Buses etc . However I also have Blackpool Trams , Great Yarmouth and United buses as reminders of various holidays

It just says tooling . So could be wagon or coach . Maybe it’s the long anticipated 313 , but not holding my breath . Could also be narrow gauge !

All of these evoke very happy memories .

I’d give up on Bachmann . I think they are genuinely the least likely producer to join TT120 market. They identified 009 and now 0 16.5 as their outlets away from OO and N for growth, while Hornby are using TT120 as their growth engine . Bachmann in any case would be at the high end of the price range .

I still think Heljan made an error not pursuing the 31 . They would have produced it ahead of Hornby , who I think hadn’t even announced it in any of their original phases . Miraculously Hornby now seem to be designing it , but I think it’s still 2 years away . Heljan could still pursue a 25/26/27 . They have developed OO ones ,and maybe even O , so they have the research done . Announcing models not covered in Hornbys phases means that they must get it to market faster . In Heljan the thought process must be will I make more money out of TT120 model than producing something in OO . When they come up with models like 10800 in OO you’ve got to think they are scraping bottom of barrel in OO for subjects . Would a TT120 class 25 have given them a bigger yield ? Of course putting the cat amongst the pigeons they could announce a 47 . They’ve done the work for OO maybe they were developing TT120 at same time . The 47 will be a big seller . Heljan know all the different versions and liveries they can sell it in. It seems to have slipped back in Hornby phases , and I’m not sure Hornby appreciate just how significant a 47 would be. So there’s a good chance Heljan would get it out before Hornby gets round to it .

I just had a look at the Tillig website . To be honest I didn’t realise they had such a large range in TT . I like the look of some of their DB electrics , especially the iconic DB 103 . However most of the items were listed as sold out . Am I missing something here or is the range actually quite small at the moment , with only recent releases available

Is that really the market ? I thought it was primarily new entrants , they are unlikely to build kits . What would be good is if someone like metcalfe introduced building kits in TT120 . Let people extend beyond the trainset

Disappointing . I had hoped that they would have started turning the corner now , but seems that’s now next year . Undoubtably affected by late shipments which would normally have gone into 2023/24 but now in 2024/25. I think the two things that stand out for me are the drop in gross margin. This has been attributed to amortisation costs of tooling , but really they should also be getting the benefits of that tooling in sales . Costs are supposed to follow revenues . The other thing again is the high cost of overheads, most of it sales and marketing . I do still think that Hornby carry the baggage of being a big company , or think they are , whereas the reality is in company terms they are quite small

47s were all over the network , from Inverness to Penzance . Ideal pulling these mk2fs - not something 31s did regularly and a much more useful loco . The only reason the 31 is there is to stop Heljan . It suddenly accelerated in the development ladder . Still think that’s a mistake