Warbonnet

Cheers lads. Not much of my 20s left, going to make this year count!

Some fantastic recognition there, congratulations to him. I believe the designer of the HST also received an honour this year.

Nice one Mike, any background info on the models?

The lining would be a bitch to do though!

I actually quite like that!

Th tan bus livery looked okay until it faded, preferred the blue and cream and subsequent green myself. Mind you all are better than the current scheme! http://www.dublinbus.cc/ddfs.htm

Available in model form from Athearn, the sweetest running loco I own. They do the verandas and originals. I fitted sound to her. They're doing big discounts on the Verandas at the moment.

No problem!

Interesting, I was only aware of that trial livery. What did the other ones look like? Any pictures of them around?

The 141s do not have cab lights. The 3 function decoder covers all the needs for these locos. However, these chips do not support 'advanced consisting', so if you plan to double head your locos correctly then you would have to look at something like the TCS decoder. The 4 function decoder would be compatible with the loco (All Bachmann stuff complies with the NMRA standard) but I'm not sure if it does support 'advanced consisting'. Of course if you do not plan to double head your Baby GMs then the 3 function decoder is fine. Or you could just give both locos the same number and run them in tandem.

Not at all, a few Genesis heritage schemers are currently next to it too. I didn't get anything train related this year (yet!) but my beloved did facilitate my love of Star Wars and lego. I reckon this will keep me busy for a while... Nice loco Shinkansen, John Mayner should be able to provide you with prototype info on them.

It's the scale difference between Lego and HO, isn't it?

Wild Star Wars Christmas Party breaking out in D.22...

Happy Christmas one and all!

I must add my favourite two from the champion that is Malcolm Tucker. "If some **** can **** something up, that **** will pick the worst possible time to ****ing **** it up cause that ****'s a ****." If you want to see what the stars represent, see below; I had an incident of that in work earlier this week. And it's so true! And, the best analogy (okay, not a quote as such, but infinitely quotable) I have ever heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5iRmPBve80 Bad language is a guarantee.

I know they're both Mark IIs but it's not really comparing like with like. The MM coaches are specifically Irish, with the detail unique to IE and made in much smaller numbers. They also have a lot more separately applied detail and have nicer detail in areas such as the ends (a weakpoint of the old Airfix Mark II in my opinion). I agree though that the Murphys coaches have their problems (I gave out enough about them when they came out). Robert just put up a link on the bargain thread of a Bachmann Mark I for a tenner. With nicer detail than the Hornby coach that shows stunning value. Mind you if you're happy to paint up a rake of the Hornby Mark IIs then happy days! I'd shop around and pick up a rake second hand though, save yourself a fortune!

I think that's a scandalous price personally! I've bought Bachmann Mark I's for almost a third of that price. An all singing, all dancing BR Mark II aircon range would be super. Over to you, Bachmann.

Yep, the A4s look great in the case, I know A4Mallard will be lusting after those. Large Logo 56 is a must for me, finally. The Sentinel is a great choice, lots of colourful livery possibilities, small industrial layouts etc. Still no sector 60s, maybe next year.

Full range here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/Hornby2013/Hornby_announcements_2013.pdf Sentinel looks nice. P2 and Duke for me, two of my favourite kettles of all time.

There is an embargo Rich, Monday at 12pm apparently. However, as per usual the info seems to have leaked. Apparently there'll be a sentinel industrial diesel shunter and a 2-BIL unit too for the D&E end. No idea on modern rolling stock. Those Mark II air cons and decent class 59 are still elusive. Hopefully Bachmann will look after them come March.

What happens if the meat is a little too close to the veg?

Hornby plan to announce their 2013 range on Monday at midday. It will be interesting to see if they have a year of consolidation or if they bring out some new locos. If internet rumours are to be believed the range has been leaked all ready and if the rumours are true then I'm going to be shelling out for a LNER P2 in original guise and a Duke of Gloucester. I hope the rumours are true!

Very sorry to hear of your loss Anto.

With Varadkar deciding to withhold the subvention for CIE with the EU privatisation was always on the cards. Lets hope we handle it better than GB did.

Must agree, saw the 1st part last night and it was very enjoyable. Almost has me yearning for a bit of narrow gauge. I wonder if the Bord na Mona lines ever went would there be such a drive to preserve them?