DJ Dangerous

Try @WRENNEIRE here on the forum.

Dapol have announced a new run of their KQA / KTA Container Pocket (CPW) Wagons: https://www.dapol.co.uk/blogs/news/oo-gauge-kqa-kta-wagons https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/dapol-announce-new-batch-of-kta-kqa-container-wagons May be of interest to @raymurph, @MOGUL, @Robert Shrives, @Arran and @Rob. Dapol say: OO Gauge KQA / KTA Pocket Wagons During the 1990's the growing use of 9'6" tall (High Cube) containers was causing problems for freight operators transporting them on height restricted UK railway lines using standard intermodal flat bed wagons. The Tiphook approach to solve this problem was not the conventional solution of lowering the platform and using smaller wheels, instead they designed a latticed platform that sat low down, below the top level of the bogies and a pocket was formed with the slab sides that gave the wagon strength and rigidity. In total seventy five of these wagons were built by Rautaruuki in Finland. They were delivered in two batches between 1997 and 1998 and bore a blue Tiphook livery. We are please to be able to offer the later Touax livery in this production run. Specification Highly detailed body moulding Accurately applied livery NEM pockets and couplings fitted as standard Previous models shown for illustration only Containers sold separately Proposed Liveries 4F-048-001KQA/KTA Container Wagon Tiphook Blue 4907 033 1 4F-048-002KQA/KTA Container Wagon Touax GERS 97752 4F-048-003KQA/KTA Container Wagon Touax GERS 97763 4F-048-004KQA/KTA Container Wagon Tiphook Blue 4907.011-7 Recommended Retail Price Project Update We anticipate these models being in shops during the first quarter of 2026

Not wanting to overstep or anything, but if you tweak the design now to be 21mm-friendly, you'll only need one variant in the future, not two. Might be something as simple as having a small block inside the axlebox / irons that supports the shorter Hornby axle, which can be removed by anybody wishing to use longer axles.

I don't really notice how over-sized or not the grilles are, but the bogies I do. The Sutton Class 25 seemed to polarise RMW like Marmite fans and haters...

It'll be interesting to compare the two runs side by side. Think they're about a year away.

Rails of Sheffield have another run of the outstanding Cavalex Class 56 listed: https://railsofsheffield.com/search?filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=360&filter.p.m.custom.class=Class+56&sort_by=price-ascending&q=cavalex&options[prefix]=last They also have a DCC sound upgrade kit for anybody (like me) who bought a DC version from the first run: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/cavalex-cav-56-sound-cavalex-models-oo-class-56-esu-v5-0-sound-upgrade-kit-with-speaker-21-pin Nice video showing some Cavalex Class 56 info and action here: A video that I probably shared before in the general Cavalex thread but is worth sharing again here: The locos just look and sound incredible!

Road transfer of the RPSI's "S Class" no. 171 "Slieve Gullion" from Whitehead to Inchicore, and their "V Class" no. 85 "Merlin" being trucked back to Whitehead again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvAIpclGdY Unable to embed the video, sorry, so you'll have to click the link, but I attach a screenshot of the thumbnail (and one of the error message for @BosKonay).

No, not blind dates with the eye coverings removed, but transparent tension-lock couplings: https://www.accurascale.com/en-eu/blogs/news/saddle-up-austerity-decorated-samples-arrive @Mol_PMB mentioned these in another thread but they deserve their own thread. My first reaction was "Why not make the whole coupling transparent?" but then I thought that it may look rather odd with stock rolling along individually, apparently unconnected. Plus, it's possible that for moving stock, the dark hooks and transparent loops will actually look like some king of taught coupling between stock. I wonder if they'll be made available individually as accessories?

I thought that was an "lol" at the end of their username at first glance. Would have made sense.

Just looking through the last page of this thread, and as @derek said, there are no words, it's simply overwhelming, the time and energy input, and the stunning models being finished. Just, wow.

I'm enjoying the updates on the evolution of the track plans here, and the graphics, apart from being well done, really help a lot!

Customer service shut down about three weeks ago and hasn't started back again. They vanished in the middle of trying to fix an accounting cock-up in their software, charging me an extra €20 for a loco already paid for, and also grouping four January orders into one shipment, and haven't replied to any emails since. I'd guess that there's a problem with their websites again, as both IRM and A/S sales websites have been unreliable over the years. A prominent currency vanishing sounds like something caused by the same kind of bug that's trying to change the price of my loco. I'm sure all will be sorted when they get back from the Christmas break. On the plus side, I received a shipping notification for my Ruston yesterday. The lads were grouping that, the Class 31 with the cocked-up bill (and additional retroactive postage charge), the H Vans and the Heljan Fuel Tanks, into one shipment just before they vanished for holidays, so I assume they shipped all four together yesterday, yay!

You should try stand-up!

Same seller has a load of curiously-priced Irish stock...

Forum security certificate has expired last night. I'm sure @BosKonay will renew it on seeing this thread. These things happen at the most difficult times.

Through the jigs and the reels, I met the owners of TTC Diecast while they were down her on holiday a few weeks ago. Very nice people, very knowledgeable, and they may have one or two surprises for bus lovers over the coming months...

I'm a bit slow, you see.

Unless we get an IRMascale O Gauge wagon announcement before the Dapol ones hit the shelves! That would divert the funds there instead.

Dapol announced their O Gauge PFA / KFA 60' Container Flat wagons back in October: https://www.dapol.co.uk/blogs/news/o-gauge-pfa-kfa Rails of Sheffield have 12 variants listed: https://railsofsheffield.com/collections/dapol-o-gauge-pfa-kfa I like the look of those VNH-1 bogies!

Pushing €300 EURO when you add on tax and postage.

Eight minutes to go, currently around €200 plus postage plus tax for the IE livery autoballaster twinpack: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256770293019

It's gotta be strong and it's gotta be fast and it's gotta be fresh from the fight?

Hot And Wet...

Very punny, I mean funny...

Where's that @Patrick Davey fellow? He's mad for the speculation! Maybe change the thread title to match last year's "Speculation" thread and it'll dredge up the battle-weary...