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Jensen CV-8 enjoying the London snow - Its minus 2 degrees and she starts on the first turn of the key! Jon

aaah the Interceptor - beautiful to look at but about as exciting to drive as a dentists chair - made of house bricks - oh , and who thought aluminium wheel nuts were a good idea - Jensen did . The threads were stripped by heavy handed mechanics with windy guns and then your wheels would fall off. But , ill say it again, beautiful looking cars Jon

Fantastic looking models - although I don't quite see the logic in Hornby producing two models of trains that you'd imagine people would want to operate alongside each other - the GWR HST and the GWR 800 in contrasting finishes - the HST models are glossy and the 800's are matt? I thought the gloss GWR HST models looked great and being shiny (like the real things) really lifts them away from looking like mass produced plastic - its a shame, and a bit confusing as to why the 800 in the same livery wasn't done to follow suit . All the depth of that lovely shade of green is lost in a matt finish. Jon

yep - the glove box fills up with water when it rains too - a useful feature

Well spotted - the BMW is a 1976 3.0l CSI - quite a rare beast with RHD and a dog leg gearbox - i must admit its not my thing looks wise, but the gearbox is nice and the signature bmw straight six music is nice too. Jon

Hi Steve - the door handle in question belongs to my favourite car a Triumph herald 1360 - aka 'Gerald' the tiny free revving engine is just so plucky and it always starts first time , every time, it doesn't weigh anything so the steering is beautifully light and quick , and the boot is massive - a ridiculously practical little convertible, perfect for rattling down country lanes. Love it. The wire wheels aren't original and the grille I think is technically from a Vitesse - but i think they suit the car jon

I do love a P5B - and as it happens this ones arrived at my 'Workbench' for some electrical work , and a service . Lovely car, and this one still has all its very original seatbelts with labels on the webbing, and secret toolkit Jon

Or better still - compare them to the real things Jon

A chiltern 168! - very s*xy! - will go very nicely with the Dapol 68s... Jon

Well its not remotely '153' shaped for a start - the old Dapol 155 actually had a more accurate body/roof profile, and thats saying something! Jon

I'm the proud owner of a Scotrail 68 - Do i model Scotrail? Nope. Do i model Modern image? Nope. Do i model in 4mm? Nope, But the model (and the full size ones!) is so nice I just had to own one - it's just stunning and looking a million dollars in my display case. Can anyone explain further what the difference is between the first and second batch of models (mine is the second batch) - I've spotted the brake discs are now painted and the revised speaker space in the chassis , but there's also mention of different handrails and horn grilles - what exactly has been changed? TFN Jon

Very pretty. Wow . Love the etched horn grilles- have Bachmann spotted that some 90s have three air horns though Jon

a quick snap from some jltrt instructions - these are production loco noses, but there's one more version not shown with different headcode boxes, and as mentioned before , the pilot scheme locos are different again. Jon

Definately about 8 , if you include the pilot scheme locos - theres two very distinct sizes of headcode boxes , at least a solid six variations on the production locos - then of course there's a few that that were different at each end - a rather unfriendly class of locos for RTR manufacturers- but they are charming looking things. Jon

Hope Shane doesn't mind me drawing on his image - but hopefully this does a better job of explaing what I was saying about the door profile around the windows - I've drawn in red 'missing' bit. Jon

Nice - sort of - the Oxford version seems to be lacking the recessed area around the top and sides of the door droplights - clearly visible on Jouefs - Id be interested in a clearer view of the underframe pod too as it seems overwidth at its base, so doesn't tuck under the body a far as it ought to - suggesting the sides of the pod sit at too steep an angle. The pod also seems to sit too low to the ground - especially if you look at it in relation to the spring carriers on the bogies - and then look at a real mk3 - It doesnt instantly scream 'Mk3' to me im afraid - lots of nice twiddly separate bits but im not sure if its accurate. Jon

enlarging the photos of the latest 08s, on here and on various other online retailers pages it looks as though the brass bushes have been removed http://www.hattons.co.uk/259392/Dapol_7D_008_011U_Class_08_shunter_in_BR_blue_without_ladder_unnumbered/StockDetail.aspxGood news! Jon

Slightly topical - Id also like to nominate "Atomic Train" - hilariously bad.. Jo

Guy Ritchies 'Revolver' - awful . although , without it , we wouldn't have Mr Kermodels wonderful rant: Jon

One from my day job Jensen CV8 at Goodwood that I delivered for a photoshoot. Lovely on the eye and lovely behind the wheel thanks to a huge 6.3L chrysler v8 coupled to a Torqueflite auto transmission. A real gentlemans express! Jon

A couple of piccies that D6xx fans might like - - Not kernows I'm afriad but a larger scale kit that I'm finishing off It's a shame that (unless I've misread) Kernow aren't doing 'Bulldog' in Blue with small warning panels as above - I think it really suits the loco - much better than the full yellow ends on D600 - they looked orrible! Hopefully Kernow will do us a nice D602 in blue later on. Jon

I agree, there's something not quite right in that area - the curve of the cantrail seems to start too far up the bodysides and/or is far too sharp. The cantrail grille towards the no2 end of the loco should have a gentle curve throughout. On the CAD its got a sharp 'kink' in the middle. The cabside windows and the cab door windows look too deep - easy to spot if you look at how they relate to the bottoms on the windscreens on the real thing. The rain strips should drop towards the ends of the loco but they appear horizontal on the CAD - that in turn will affect the position of the cab side windows. The rain strips also determine the correct shape and position of the windscreens. If you fudge things up in those areas it then makes livery application a bit awkward. Somehow there is not enough space between the rain strip and the top of the bodyside louvres - it suggests the tops of the louvres are too high up the bodyside (are they too tall perhaps), along with the windows, as a result of the cantrail/roof curve being wrong. The the 50s tumblehome doesn't seem prominent enough on the CAD , and neither does the ledge below the windscreens. It still looks a little flat fronted like the old Farish one I'm not sure I like the look of the CAD at all I'm afraid - and that's before even thinking about how you'd then get a stripey livery - NSE for example, to sit on the model correctly if everything on the bodyside is in the wrong place. Jon