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Short?? Just cos I'm not like the sugar loaf with a head!

Still good value though Des in fairness.

Think you have me confused with Dave Bracken Ray?

Thanks for the custom Tim, thanks for the feedback!

Nice Dave. Open it up to see a lovely model Merc 300 SL roadster. Must resist to go back into diecast car collecting again!

Top notch!

Nice pics Noel. How much are the coaches?

I thought of that Eoin, collecting one set at the moment but havent done anything with them. Have a second body and I see C&L might be adapting their parts for the body which will be another option for the 2nd one. All in the 'to do' pile of course!

Cheers Eoin, their A4 has a coating on it that'll need to be stripped off if I want to solder it. I think it'll have to be done as gluing is not an option on a working model like that as you say.

Have you been able to solder the chassis Eoin or did they cover it with a coating like they have with their A4 to make gluing it easier?

Have to agree with this. In fact, the only thing that really gets me lineside these days is RPSI specials. And I would always be more into diesels than steam. Freight and Dublin Cork/Belfast aside it holds no interest for me. We've also gone way off topic, think we need to steer it back onto the subject matter!

Only 8208 left men if anyone is interested? Thanks for the sales!

So in two weeks we've sold 40% of the run so far. Thank you so much for the support everyone! These are selling out fast!

Good to meet you too Karl

My three 141s sold out in double quick time that I placed on the site a couple of weeks back. Only thing to beat it was the MIR hunslet kit! Thank was gone in minutes and I had three messages for it within half an hour!

And the winner is............ John Reid! Congratulations John!

C Alas if only that simple. Remember, the A's were re-engined and gained headlights etc. You'd be talking a couple of mouldings at least, and a spare 150k of course! Keep dreaming!

I think Sean Ryan has the odd bit of N Gauge too Dave? Just a thought.

Now now, I never said they were more focused on a particular timeframe than us, I said more of them are focused on one theme, and that stands to reason considering there are move of them! There are plenty who still buy whatever Hornby and Bachmann churn out of course. I focus on two periods on BR myself. One I have memories of (late 80s to late 90s) a period when I spent a lot of summers over there, and one I have no memories of (60s steam - diesel transition) but find infinitely interesting. And as much as I love the sounds of a baby GM and 071s, Deltics, 40s, 50s, 56s, Peaks and 37s sound awesome to me. Diff strokes, but that's what makes this hobby great; diversity. At the end of the day it's not a 'my interest is more valid that yours' hobby which is great!

Personally I think production will move elsewhere. Hornby has stuff made in India for example. I think there's a real opportunity for an emerging economy to 'do a China' if they could get their act together. The demand for cheap goods built to a high standard is there.

glass cases Dave. A model should be like your woman; no other man should be touching them!

Thanks for the order Rich!

Excellent, we appreciate the support! We'll space out the payments on the bubble too as much as possible to keep the wolves from the door!

Hi Noel, Thanks for that and yes we're delighted that we've hit 40% sales in 10 days after launching. It's a fantastic reflection of the community that you were all ready to dig deep and support us. It's fantastic and a great time for the modelling community here. The Ballast wagons are definitely going ahead. There's no doubt about that. Once they're done and sold we'll move onto the bubble, we've done some work on it already but we're concentrating on getting the ballast as right as possible first. When they sell out we'll get the bubble underway properly and start taking orders. It's easier this way as we are doing it in our spare time and all have day jobs and are still finding our way in this new venture. At the end of the day, we want to get both wagons as accurate as possible so we're taking our time in getting them right. It also helps customers save up and spread the cost over time. We will most likely do future runs of the hopper in different liveries, markings, running numbers etc in the future depending on sales of this run. Not sure about weathered versions, as they wouldn't get near the standard of people like George Norman, Anthony, Seamus Graham's, Tony Mirolos etc. I personally cant wait to see wagons after those guys slap them with the weathering stick! Hope that answers everything!