Mark C

..yes, and there are no holes in the cab front for the later-style/more common ETH jumper... Mark

By contrast, doesn't the face of the 47 on the front cover of the same Hornby Magazine simply look just right (I suspect it is a pre-2021 tooling Bachmann version)...

With or without (you) (apologies to U2): -

Ditto today (152/250) - their light weathering really lifts what is already an impressive model... Mark

Me too...and mine starts with a C!!

There's a fascinating sequence in the East Anglian By-Ways (sic) DVD filmed in the late-60s of a Brush Type 4/Class 47 fly shunting 16 ton mineral wagons in Cromer yard (fortunately it is D1565 - which has saved me having to renumber the Bachmann model). The skill of the shunter uncoupling wagons on the move is readily apparent. Mark

I second that: I had a happy 12 months contracting for Essex County Council in County Hall...just a few minutes' walk from John Dutfield (as long as you remember they're closed on Wednesdays!)...

See "Backscene" (page 130) from the current edition of Model Rail - there is a connection between them! Regards Mark

A bit late perhaps, but try H&A Models' own product - https://www.hamodels.net/4mm-steel-wagon-buffer-heads-pack-12.html ...they are also a good source of so many things and with an excellent mail order service too (and good to chat with too at exhibitions). Regards Mark

There is one doing just that (going round the curves bit, not falling to its' demise...) at Holkham Hall's Christmas by candlelight event, where there is a Christmas tree ringed by four circuits of track - one of which has a 15xx merrily towing three Gresley coaches... Mark

You will not be disappointed... Mark

I've got one of these in long-term storage (pretty much since the 70's, consequent to the arrival of the Mainline model, along with a Class 47!) - but I utilised MTK's own power bogies. They had a novel design utilising a layshaft that enabled 3-axle drive (or, by omitting the layshaft, unpowered) and pickups incorporated with the brass axle bearings. I'm sure that with a bit more work they would have performed well, but they never quite did for me - the frames, layshaft and gears were moulded in a greasy sort of plastic, which was probably not ideal. The Class 47 was powered by twin K's motor bogies which generally spun on the spot without much movement on the track. On Wright Writes there is a photograph of my MTK Class 03, which was much more successful (until the Mainline version, again). Like many others, I learned a lot from building MTK kits... Anyway, back to the original topic... Mark

I went from the panic of: oh no, have I ordered more of the same without realising, through to the hopeful: maybe my two Class 37s are en route and the wrong orders have been quoted, only to be told it's PayPal re-issuing old emails. No associated payment activity on my PayPal account...

...a PayPal problem we think...

Indeed, but a quick call and chat with the very helpful proprietor, and a by-return service will sort you out.