Garry D100

Was supposed to arrive Monday. Arrived just now. Very pleased with her.

Ive had a DPD email today to tell me mines due to be delivered on Monday.

Join the collectors club then. Youll get your loco. And a free 009 RNAD collectors club wagon. If you dont want the wagon sell it and that offsets towards your membership fee. :-)

If you go back to your account check your order history. I just did this and read the PDF attached to the order and it said goods allocated.

Had to purchase as this is how she was when i drove her. Keep trying. Took me about 30-40 minutes to complete a sound version purchase.

Looks great. Is it worth painting the inside of the telephone box with black paint to cut down the light bleed in the plastic ?

The blue grey text is just readable in the rails website image.

Was thinking of getting the runner set but not paying good money for that. What utter rubbish, nevermind bargain bin, straight to bin.

Reminds me of the VW Harliquin Palbrick Harliquin?

Lovely colour and sits well on Holy War. Wasnt sure if this will only be available from the railway or will be at other stockists. Either way ive placed my order there to support the railway. And a free trip if you order soon. Whats not to like :-)

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Some of the buildings are a lot cheaper here. https://hobb-e-mail.com/50-off-973-c.asp

Thank you again. I must admit I quite like the British Railways lettered version as its different to my other late and early crest liveries ive got. So now its between early crest and BR lettered versions. Im currently scouring my books on Railways in Manchester, Stockport and Macclesfield to see if i can find any relevant photos. And then I need to make a decision :-)

Hi Tramshed, Thank you very much for your reply. I was considering the early crest one too and then started to change my mind thinking the LNER red lined one might be best and probably still around. There is a Sonic version with British Railways on the side and that was under my consideration too. Its one of those isnt it, i'll never really know for sure but can only decide based on information, pictures and personal choice I guess. Its all very interesting to learn from you chaps, I always thought the NE branded locos were before LNER. And is the LNER white lined earlier than LNER red lined? I remember my father saying he remembered wood and varnish coaches as well as painted ones, im thinking these could have been teak suburban's hanging around still. He also remembered the loco as a tank engine, but not as big as Fairburns or Standard tanks I showed him. Wish id asked more questions, but the A5 model wasnt announced then to prompt the discussion. So im on the fence with early crest and LNER red lined. Thank you again, im finding it all very interesting :-) Garry

Thanks very much Jason. Lots of information there so I'm sure I'll be able to form a suitable formation now. Thank you. Garry

Thank you very much. Very helpful.

Hi, Im thinking of buying an A5 to recreate the service my dad travelled on to school from Bredbury to Macclesfield on the Manchester London Road service around the mid 1940s to very early 50s. Would I be best to go for the early crest version for this time period im thinking, I realise liveries overlapped a lot, but I cannot find a picture of an LNER version on the service. I have found this lovely photo in the 1950s which looks like a late crest version. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/4431201995/ Could anyone help me identify the coaching stock please and if its available in RTR form or any other that might have been used on the run. Id love to model this service in his memory :-) Many thanks for any assistance. Garry

My Cambrian red one arrive yesterday and im very pleased with it. One word of warning, be careful when opening the box. One of the buffers was rolling around inside and luckily I saw it drop out, doesn't look like there was any glue on it. Easily fixable, but just thought id mention it so none vanish into the carpet :-)

January sale at Bill Hudson Books https://billhudsontransportbooks.co.uk/sale/

There were some at the Ffestiniog Railway Harbour Station shop on Friday, but at full RRP of £314.

Was that caused by rough shunting !

I'm impressed and your post has inspired me to give it a try. Is the landscape photo printed in one piece or is it multiple smaller pieces joined. Thanks very much.

Ordered Railways around Manchester on Thursday after seeing the above. Arrived this morning, great service and wonderful book. Lots of pictures full of atmosphere and informative text. Highly recommended.

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Hi Jonathan, Thats brilliant, just as useful and no cost lol. Thanks very much. Garry