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Thanks Paul, we'll be delighted to sell them to you

I did some freelance work for a tech company in East London in around... 2012? For reasons I never established, Peco backscenes were used as framed artwork in the toilet stalls.

We can produce some PLA plates for stock if you can suggest what useful numbers (or ranges of numbers) would be.

James and I sent the first of our email newsletters recently (if you're one of the early subscribers, thank you!) - we thought it was worth sharing here as well as there's a hint of some very exciting news on the horizon. https://mailchi.mp/52fab15c0a63/coming-soon-big-news-from-planet-industrials Sign up for more at https://www.planetindustrials.co.uk if you're intrigued!

Tom Dauben's former 009 layout, Isle Ornsay, was based on the narrow gauge proposal on Skye and he conducted a fair amount of original research into the proposals. https://hlrco.wordpress.com/

Rob is correct here - the version on the right in the photo is the one on the website, the initial batches of this have sold through but we have more on the way. The dropped-cab "B" version on the left is the next one to be released.

This version will be available later in the year - hopefully not too much later!

They are now produced by Mosskito NG and available through the Narrow Planet marketplace. https://shop.narrowplanet.co.uk/collections/mosskito-narrow-gauge/products/mpd18 I think Dundas Models may also stock them.

Not necessarily. WebP is a smaller format both in terms of file size and memory footprint in a browser so an upload process might convert from JPG or PNG on the way through.

The forum is undergoing an upgrade, which has been advertised in advance for several days.

It's the 24.5mm wb / 10.5mm wheel version.

Looks great! Sorry about the mix-up with the chimney, we can send a correct sized one if you need it / for the spares box.

Sorry to keep you waiting on this one, unfortunately a three month production hiatus with our etcher for hopefully obvious reasons has messed up our custom order schedule somewhat. Not really related to the substance of this thread, but back in the mists of time we did take custom nameplate orders and produce artwork before requesting payment. However this meant an extra feedback loop with the customer awaiting payment, which slowed things down and created additional manual admin at a time when the service was getting much busier. Not to mention the (fortunately few) cases where work was done to prepare artwork and then the customer was never heard from again! After a bit of consultation with existing customers we decided that moving to a pre-payment system would be acceptable. I would ideally like customers to be able to see custom artwork much more quickly after ordering (or even at the time of placing the order, online), but we're still a way away from that. Hopefully April (ish) orders will be cleared through in the next few weeks.

Yes, earlier today. Further stocks are expected.

What else is there to do on a weekend?

As we can't go to any shows at the moment, I decided to create my own in Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch. Including a display of large scale camper van models, and typical signage to direct visitors from the airport. (if anyone else plays this game and wants to visit, drop me a message)

Probably use something like Gumroad.

This is adorable. If you laid a model railway out this way someone would call it contrived!

NAMEPLATE SALE As you may be aware, our etching supplier has suspended production during the Coronavirus lockdown so our popular custom etched plate service has stalled. However from time to time we end up with duplicate sheets of nameplates; either because the same artwork has been etched on different materials, or to correct a production error. So while new production is on hold we've had a dig in the cupboard and sorted out all the "spares", which are now listed on our website at reduced prices. Smaller scale nameplates are priced at £2.50 per pair, large scale £5 per pair. Generally there is only one pair of anything! https://shop.narrowplanet.co.uk/collections/spare-plates If you're waiting on a custom order and see something here that will do the job just as well, please feel free to order it and then contact us (preferably at info@narrowplanet.co.uk) with details of the custom item(s) to cancel - we will handle this asap. Hopefully custom production will resume in the near future.

We have Dapol-sized plates as a specific item now (assuming the recess on the Pannier and the 14xx are the same size, of course!). https://shop.narrowplanet.co.uk/products/npp-431

Yes this has been a long-stalled project, there was still a lot of detail to add. At the time it was also using Dundas bogies, although the later 1950s Hudson pattern with a strip added below the axleboxes. I would still like to realise the plan I drew up for a layout based on the New Park end of the line but hard to say when this will happen!

There are some notes on Michael Campbell's on sorting out his own WD Hunslet which might be useful. http://michaelsrailways.blogspot.com/search/label/War Department

Placed a small order with you on the evening of the 8th and it arrived yesterday - given there were only 2 working days in the interim I'd class that as great service whatever the circumstances. Thanks!

The outside frame Farish 08 will fit but you'll have to bring your own cylinders, connecting rods and valve gear. The Roco HOe HF110 is also possible but requires quite a lot of work on the footplate to fit.

Narrow Planet intends to continue mail order operations where practical, with weekly despatches. Unfortunately (but understandably) our etching supplier has paused production so we will experience extended lead times on all custom etch orders until this resumes. More details on our website: https://shop.narrowplanet.co.uk/pages/coronavirus-information