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Weather....No. Sound decoder in the tender....maybe. Upset the collectors by adding the detailing bits, electrification flashes, TPWS, OTMR, etc... I might even do a James May and throw the box away. Hang On, I could put that old Airfix model in it, and do an Aldo on eBay.....

It already has... I've not tried opening the smokebox door yet, and don't intend to. I'd rather have paid a few quid less and not had such a frivolity. I've not looked through the detailing bits for it, is the TPWS kit in there...?

Mine also arrived today...... I couldn't help myself, and had to compare it to the Kitbuilding attempt I tried aged 12....: I think my kitbuilding efforts have moved on since(?) Here's CoT with 298, as seen in the current Model Railroader..: Which begs the obvious question, if the NRM are to continue with these limited editions, will the next candidate also be a popular model that many people tried building from the Kitmaster range but has previously been unavailable as a RTR model...?

Like the Hornby Teak Gresleys, you have to pay alot for the complexities of the paint finish on top of the new tooling, so the price is justifiable. And prior to this model, if someone really wanted a City they's probably have to pay alot more for the basic Airfix kit to be reworked to this standard. I seem to recall there was a a kitbuilt (Airfix or Nu-Cast) one on here for a comparable price. It's was always going to be an expensive loco. Maybe in later years they might do a small run of a different City with simple lining and black frames, for less than ??100....?

OK, so they've done a Diesel, and a Steam loco.... Something with a pantograph, anyone...? The 76 keeps being mentioned, but I have a pre-started Judith Edge ES1 in the cupboard. And I was right about City of Truro...

Where's that...? I've only seen the one in Snoqualmie. I have a couple of SP&S boxcars, as i'm rather partial to boxcars from the Pacific Northwest: