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    part 2:
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    Here are my pictures from Ontraxs show at the National Railway Museum in Utrecht Part 1
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    When I was on holiday in Dresden there was a model railway show here are my pictures I have to do it parts due to the upload limit. On the previous topic reply I have added 2nd and 3rd part, here are the last part:
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    Part 3:
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    Part 2:
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    When I was on holiday in Dresden there was a model railway show here are my pictures I have to do it parts due to the upload limit.
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    did you check you spam folder
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    So the fort willam section now has no lounge car from Edingburgh I thought the deerstalker was keeping its lounge car
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    Fran is there going to be a fort willam only sleeper pack two sleepers lounge car and one seat carriage as at the moment the fort willam section is part of the Aberdean pack. Such a set would be welcome to West highland line modellers
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    mm1 models former jltrt
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    when we click a topic on new activity stream it goes to first post not the latest post below the blue line is that possible to have as a feature
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    It has nothing to do with GWR but with the DFT not point putting up the OHLE and not using it also HST are reaching the end of the useful top link service as they are 30 plus years the mark 3s are not as fresh as they where. The IEP and spec and built to government specification not GWR they are not bad for a London to Bristol run. It is a government stipulation nothing to do with company vanity.
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    Redhill platform 1 was made into a bay platform due to the limitations of the Interlocking it requires TBASC to be converted or upgrade to put back to through platform
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    this is already on the Bachmann 2019 release post
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    if you are after pressflos the three pack for kenrow was going for under £30 at shows don't know if that will continue
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    more likey esu select decoders as that is what is in the europhoenix class 37
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    my view its a cost effective programme mostly using existing tooling and keeping traction going on the narrow gauge modelling scene, the class 205 thumpers are in the main range now which is good. Bachmann uk must justify there programme and problems to Kader Management if the planned models don't get made in the require programme, this will need to be explained and also Kader can reallocated resources and production slots Bachmann uk is the not the sole and main subsidy of Kader. China will get more expensive to produce but have made themselves the centre of model railway and toy production. If people want cheaper trains they will have to accept less detail and quality you don't get a rolls Royce car for the price of a MG. Bachmaan uk has been subject to various issues in the past years. Taking a pause on new items and use the majority of resources on catching up is in my humble view best for the hobby if Hornby or Bachmann leave it will cause a massive gap to fill that will not be done overnight. Hornby are getting the house in order and using market trends to dictate there programme as there profits have to keep the company afloat with Bachmann there programme has to be justifiable and realistic to Kader who are supplying the financial capital and taking on the risk. The two programmes of model release can not seen side by side due to the dynamics of the companies involved, Bachmann are making some very complex models that have a very large labour component to the cost not just in terms of production but engineering and design. As they products move forward to market the cost is effected by so many outside factors that the original cost plans get adjusted. It is good to see that DCC sound fitted Diesel and Electric models come in unsound flavours and that a wide range of repaints that cover most of the uk and its railway history. I see market trends being the more complex projects will be a one time run, complex liveries will cost more then less complex and this is seen now but will happen more in the future. When a new model comes out they may not be a second run in the following year allowing the market to have its first fill before its second. Wagons will be bring a more frequent cash flow per item than locomotives I am not suggesting Bachmann will stop making units and locomotives but I do see wagons and coaches becoming more the focal point of programme with locomotives being retools of life expired tooling. New entrants will come and some will go some will stay but costs will increase as economic scales of production change. The hobby will adapt evolve and survive it has gone from 3 new locomotives a year to what it is now they may be a reduction but not to such a level. Digital and sound will not go away as it has now mature and developed as liveries become less complex and ordinate then complex and highly designs will come back the world and everything in it is cyclic and so are model railways. No manufacture is going to please everyone or provide the answer or wants for everyone but covering the majority it will survive in business class 37 and 47s were at one point made by up to 4 manufactures now the class 66. The locomotive with most class members are more likey to get duplicate look at the USA where there is four different GP38-2 models yet one GP39 model
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    Question is there life left in the tooling one is a another run when they have been 1 to 2 it is too son for another, new tooling with a massive blacklog will cause the blackleg to grow and possible jam up the productions schedule
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    see andy post or check ehattons forthcoming release page
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    interesting to see that for diesel and electric modelers you can have the same locomotive with or without sound
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    Take a bus from Brighton to the bluebell railway if running. Route 270 will you get to horstead keynes, Scarbrough not far from york to have a day visit also the DVLR is a bus ride away from York. Edinburgh castle and palace of hoyrood is worth a visit both old and new towns in Edinburgh are worth a walk around. during your bath visit if you are up to a day trip to Dawlish or Netwton Abbot. ROyal crescent and the roman baths are worth a look.
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    What is the pack reference number many thanks
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    today Oxford Rail/ Golden Valley Hobbies Janus £69.70 https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/2556/advent-calendar-day-22 British steel BP Janus PLA
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    there were using dcc with the touch cab or jmri or roco z21 that allows smart devices to be throttles
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    here are my pictures:
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