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On 06/10/2020 at 12:13, red death said:

I was researching some sample flows (which I must publish) 

Please do get them up, they usually inspire me to get the models so I can model trains loosely based on formations that happened

On ‎19‎/‎09‎/‎2020 at 14:16, red death said:

Yes, Crepello is correct - the wheels are chemically blackened. 
 

cheers Mike

Does this mean they are not actually painted? Just a treatment like the edges of wheels normally receive

I bet Ben and Mike can't wait till all the 92's are shipped out to custoemrs, the number of messages they will get will probably decrease by almost 3/4

Great shop to visit, not just trains but airfix kits, plus for the better halves craft supplies. Easy to send them into the crafting section to get bits for them while you spend your money

On ‎04‎/‎09‎/‎2020 at 12:48, Roy Langridge said:

 

Blimey, that is such a subtle difference it could be argued that there are ten different liveries as they all have different names/numbers!

 

I bet most people wouldn't spot the difference.

Roy

To be fair I never spotted the difference till they mentioned it, certainly wouldn't show on an N gauge model. Either way lets hope they find a 3rd livery, TPE 88 anyone?

This was asked at the Dapol Open Day last year and the response was there is 2 liveries at present (the compass Logo has either Crewe or Carlisle at its centre) to be viable they need a 3rd livery so hopefully that turns up soon

Bala Lake show that was due to go ahead at the endo f the month (revised from May) is cancelled now https://bala-lake-railway.co.uk/events/model-show/

14 hours ago, Norton961 said:

 if you scrapped the green paint of the previous lining was revealed underneath.

I seem to recall that in the late 60's Black 5's were painted plain black but the lining was still underneath the black paint and using a coin with a rough edge would remove the paint and bring the lining back , whichever coin was used - I cannot remember now - was the term given by enthusiasts to doing it

I can see the FO's getting done maybe in the next release quarter - I hope so as a charter set would be great behind my Mallard

One Welsh show is still at the moment going ahead - Bala Lake in September. Last email from them was they are planning to use experience in reopening the railway to put the show on, could this be the first show since cancellations started?

Out of curiosity here, I am presuming the target figure for EOI is based on selling X units at a specific cost to at least cover the costs? On the chance it fails is there potenmtial to look at the price to see if all those interested would cover the cost increase to get the model produced

For those who are not on his Facebook page, he posted on 14th July to apologise for "not being around or himself for the past few weeks or months", I won't go into full details but something happened in his personal life and he is "not dealing with it well" and he asks that "please be patient with him at the moment with orders and enquires he is truly doing all what his head will let him do"

20 hours ago, Tricky-CRS said:

 

Correct me if I am wrong but the Class 90 has been done by Graham Farish, not sure about liveries or how recently released or how well. This I would suggest would deter Dapol from doing a class 90 as Graham Farish could quickly release some.

The 90 from Farish is an old tooling so not up to modern standards, IF Farish were to do more 90's it would undergo a complete retooling first. To be fair Farish did an A3, A4, 33, Western,  HST and 57XX Pannier amongst others yet Dapol did them

15 hours ago, adb968008 said:

The last Railtour was supposed to be a trio, but they could only manage two.

Though they did say they were going to be parked up and may come back.

 

The 57’s on the tour had also been rested quite some time, and we’re sent to stretch their legs before that trip too.

 

I suspect that many locos are idling around waiting on HS2 construction work contracts and are just in quiet reserve.

The 2 20's used on the tour have been out on route learning for the new Car flow contract https://www.directrailservices.com/news-articles/2020/01/13/new-year-new-ford-contract-for-direct-rail-services/ since the farewell tour so are not fully gone yet. The 3rd 20 is still at York as can be seen on this screenshot from railcam website

Couple of picture s on Facebook today show Caroline working with 37421 - which is in Colas. So something else to work our Caroline's when they come

On ‎03‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 15:15, JR_P said:

 but i note still nothing for Greater Anglia, who had a large fleet of mk3+DVT.... just sayin’ (no skin in that game on my part)....

 

 

I wonder if the lack of Anglia is due to no locos for it - they did an intercity and virgin DVT to go with the 86,  they have already done the management train 67 and DVT In EWS and the 67 in DB on its own, the Chiltern Mk3 set will go with the 68's. But Anglia used 90's with the Mk3's and DVT's which is non existent in N gauge, perhaps Dapol could make the 90 to complete the set

Not an exhibition as such but Dapol has confirmed the club open day  on Saturday 26th Sept has been cancelled

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is planning 4th August

Saphos Trains have announced their return as the 15th July so slowly we are coming back

1 hour ago, tomparryharry said:

 

There is a luggage carousel going around, and around, and around.......

 

Inside contains a brand-new 4mm APT, in full working order.  

Don't you mean several versions in 5, 7, 9 and 14 cars

My expression of interest was submitted straight away and I went for both intercity and the GNER. My next planned layout should allow for all 3 to be used in different era's with a bit of modellers licence so hopefully I can get all 3. Might be pushing it to get all 3 with sound though

8 hours ago, mdvle said:

 

No, Rails of Sheffield might produce a Class 89 in OO.

They are taking expressions of interest to see if there is sufficient demand for a Class 89 in OO, much like Revolution has done Revolution products in the past.

 

Now, while I suspect they will get enough interest the fact that Rails is being cautious enough to measure interest before committing in OO might be an indication that it could be a tough sell in N.

To be fair the 89 is obviously a one off so people will struggle to buy more than one - unlike a 92 where I for example have 3 on order - so a 2nd run will be hard to justify so doing a "gauge of interest" will help determine if it is viable and how many of each to make. I am guessing it won't be an even 25% split across all 4.

Based on this Revolution could announce the same with the 89 in N, didn't they do it for the APT-E as well? Given their business model is the end user funds models it would be a no risk venture to announce plans to make it If demand is right.

On ‎08‎/‎05‎/‎2020 at 17:20, John M Upton said:

And for N scale there is...?

Be nice if the same coach came out from them as if people claim this will match the Kernow RTC 31 it will go well with Farish's own RTC 31

I just clicked your link and its down as £20 wit hthe new version £28 - 7 in stock. So the 2nd hand is £8 cheaper, not sure where you got £36 from

3 hours ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

According the my last copy of the collectors club magazine it was meant to be on the 5th of May at a hotel (not putting full details as it  was only meant to be for members who have registered their attendance) but of course with hotels closed and the restrictions I can't see it happening now but can see it being released online at some point. 

It has already been cancelled, I was due to attend but they have emailed previously to say its off

Durham Trains of Stanley is closed for the duration, hopefully all these shops that are closing will be able to reopen afterwards