Dan Griffin

I find it difficult that a retailer like hattons are attempting to rip some people off. I look on their preowned site most days, today I noticed there is a Hornby terrier described 'like new' but its clearly missing its smokebox door. that's not 'like new'! and a Hornby sentinel, only a few quid cheaper than a brand new one, which comes with a years Hornby warranty, a second hand one doesn't.

so its back on? I canrt wait if it is. my three year loves the mallard and id love to build him this

With reference to the Scottish version, in motive power monthly issue august 1986, page 45, is a photograph of a blue/grey saloon with Scottie dog emblems on the bodyside mid way down. If thats any help.

The pick ups on the wheels are cosmetic and surplus really. Mine has no interior lighting. Unless it needs a decoder as I havnt opened mine up. I also noticed that there are holes drilled in chassis. Dcc sound option for a coach?

the blue/grey livery is correct, solebars and buffer shanks would have become weathered quickly and carriage washing plants wouldn't touch the dirt on these. the link above shows clearly the blue paint underneath the grime. also the second picture down in post 92, the saloon end on, I can see blue bearly breaking through on the buffer beam. its a fantastic model I picked mine up today from trains4u.

Thanks Byron. I'll put me airbrush away! No doubt an intercity one will be along in due course.

How long did blue/grey last in traffic? I model late 80's early 90's. I can feel a intercity raspberry ripple repaint coming!

The creature resembling a 47 has crawled from some lagoon, I suggest its put down immediately! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251602087059

I no, but just think how realistic it would be!

What about a laser scanning device at the entrance door to both the nrm and shildon? Laser scanning the general public so they can release an exclusive set of genuine oo scale figures that arnt all the same build/height/weight??

The inspection saloon is awesome. Due in the shops imminently isn't it?

Coachman Have you a link? I've done a search but couldn't find anything.

Thank you. Thats excellent news, and cemented my decision to preorder one. Is there any hint that maybe one day crouch or even jacks green May steam again?

Can anyone confirm if this is the same as 'Derek crouch' currently stored on the NVR??

Fantastic!

Ordered one today from trains4u. And us announcment in the Bachmann 2014 thread says these are imminent. I've always wanted one of these and I'm looking forward to getting my mits on one. I will prolly plumb for an intercity one too if its ever released.

Yet thats what I was thinking. Maybe the 9f is getting its upgrade.

I'm sure I read in a mag that the railroad scotsman had a re-tool/makeover. As I remember I bought an original railroad one for my son then the said they'd re do it. Typical!

Interesting if you take a peek in the 2014 catalouge that evening star is listed as new this year. Maybe the whole 9F range, Crosti and original are being retooled as they did the railroad flying scotsman last year.

3588 wasn't refurbished until the latter half of 1995 according to my platform 5 books. that was after the abolition of network southeast. also the review in Rail Express Modeller, September 2011, it states the unit carried NSE livery but not the branding or kent coast route stickers. apparently there is pictorial evidence. so I stand corrected. its a minor livery issue.

Good afternoon all. I apologise for raising this thread from the dead as it were, however I purchased a NSE vep, 3588. In march for my birthday. Having only just got around to having a play with it. My thoughts are this. Upon opening the packaging after reading all 60 odd pages on this thread, with some trepidation, I noticed the bogies are all the correct way round. The unit assembled well and look good on the track. I made the boo boo on wrong end cars the wrong way round but that was an easy fix. Fitted a 36-553 decoder and after some minor cv adjustments with my dynamis, off she purred. Taking the 4th rad curves with ease. However she did derail on the 3rd rad curves. Removing the coupling mechanism at each end quickly solved this and have been replaced with simple wire loops for running with me cep/EPB. A quick dab of flieschman oil on the axels removed a lot of the drag and improved performance. And the traction tyres are now on opposite ends of the motor axels. I must say it now runs sweet as a nut. And handles peco and Hornby ponts in my yard with ease. I'm happy with it. And for under a ton (£) I'm really quite pleased. It looks like a vep and performs very well now so I'm happy. Just one major?? Error I can't see that anyone's picked up on. I can't find any reference that 3588 was ever actually painted in NSE. Can anyone shed light on that?? The cab front maybe wrong but it looks like a vep and therefore in my eyes it is a vep. And I'm happy. Cheers

This layout never fails to inspire. Hope to see it at the BRM peterborough show one year

Tender tanks swapped. Its a straight forward unscrew-re screw job, ( wire handrails, buffers and real coal still to be added) the only problem is the GBL and Bachmann screw holes do not match so tank will be glued on. Also as the cab unclips I have an alternate running number now. Comparison between the two there's not that much in it at all, the tender chassis and die cast wheels have been binned.

Great a k3. That's ended a 5 year hiatus with mine running with a damaged by evo-stick tender. The tender tank will be replaced this week. Great stuff.

dont know if its related in a round about way. but the body screws in my 31130 have snapped in their locating lugs. all four with just a small twist in the correct direction.