Dick Turpin

8 minutes ago, SimonF said:

 

Why is it limited to BR Layouts? I have 2 No. in LNER livery which Hornby have released - Thompson had the O4's rebuilt as O1's 1944-49?

Sorry, I should have said post-war. 

12 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said:

Its a good model at a very competitive price when it was new but its not well known and its quite niche unfortunately.  

It is also limited to BR era layouts only; anyone like myself who is more interested in grouping or pre-grouping isn't going to want one.

I can imagine the furore if you do get a retooled Saint, but with those horrible oversize working lights! Aaargh.

33 minutes ago, CWJ said:

Christmas IS a birthday, isn't it? 🙂

Yes - Mithras, and Sol Invictus, might be others too...

45 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Had there not been a changing of the guard at Hornby the Raven pacific (two boiler options) and 'The Great Bear' were the only pacifics left for Hornby to do.  So in view of 'their' love of the wheel arrangement those two struck me as potential candidates although there was something of a 'GWR sell' attitude on the part of someone at the company   (which seemed a bit odd considering the various GWR classes they had done!).

I am really surprised they haven't done the Great Bear already. That and the Raven pacifics would make great additions to any collector's glazed cabinet. Let's see now, what else seems to be missing?  A real beast like the U1 Garrett perhaps, a P1 maybe, there really doesn't seem that many options other than the more exotically liveried pre grouping types. We'll find out sooner or later.

You are all forgetting the Caravan Train one, filmed on the Great Central if I remember right! Hilarious.

I always liked the opened door jokes:

 

COQ JOLI YOGURT AUX FRUITS - COQ YOGURT

RESTAURANT PETIT ENTREE - ANT TIT TREE

AMERDEA DU FROMAGE - MERDE DU FROMAGE

SOPHARTEL INDUSTRIE - PHART INDUSTRIE

C'EST LES BIEN CHAT - LES BIEN HAT

All very infantile, but made us all laugh. There were others I recall.

19 minutes ago, Helmdon said:

....please can I have a GCR Class 8/LNER B5 fish engine? Preferably in BR black...

I think hell would freeze over before anyone does you one of those (though I would join you in rejoicing if they did).

16 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said:

I own two shirts and some neckwear that used to belong to a guy who was in 'The Mamas & The Papas'

 

All the sleeves are brown, and the tie is grey.

 

 

You swine, you have got me singing that now! 😄

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One shoots but can't hit...