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  1. Horsetan
    You'd need to find out who supplies the factory in China with its paints. Good luck with that.
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    I'd be surprised if the chassis has been retooled already.
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    Probably the best one yet, albeit the centre window on each cab end looks a bit mad.
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    I have succumbed and booked a pack. It occurred to me that I seem to have quite a lot of IRM stuff to look forward to......
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    This is exactly the type of thing.
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    What I was driving at was that, if you designed the layout along the same principles as the Berlin Anhalter project, you would (or should) end up with a lengthy route arranged in a sort of oval spiral. In the space you have available to you, I'd say this is well worth having a go. It would achieve the two or three levels you want in an unbroken run. This would give you the sensation of seeing the trains appear to travel from station to station, running through open sections of line, just as they do when FREMO enthusiasts have a massive get-together and connect loads of different modules together to form a network.
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    Alternatively, instead of the merry-go-round ovals shown in the original plans, if he builds it as a relaxed spiral end-to-end, the eventual route would be more realistic whilst making his stock actually work for its living. It would be a bit like having FREMO modules all running together at home.
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    If you do a search on YouTube for BBM Berliner Anhalter Bahnhof, the creator of this quite frankly massive HO layout has built the thing on at least two, possibly three, levels to portray some of the 1930s route between Berlin and Basel, plus an extension to represent the journey to Milan (I think), so the locomotives really do have to work up the gradients. Looks like at least half a lifetime's work.
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    I expect some of those will turn up on eBay at a significant markup.
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    Sold out already, apparently. Two hours is a long time in Accurascale pre-orders.
  11. Horsetan
    Booked the Railfreight Construction one. Will be interesting to compare it to the very old ex-Triang 31 body I have and see how far we have come in the last 50 years.
  12. Horsetan
    I just like the way the roof over the left-hand cab has more overhang than all the others, hence the noticeable shadow.
  13. Horsetan
    The question you have to ask yourself is: "Do I feel lucky?"
  14. Horsetan
    I seem to recall that MSTS worked alright on Win7 and 8/8.1 when my previous PC was running it. I still have the original discs and packaging for both the Irish add-ons. North was quite accomplished for its day, but South struck me as being unfinished, especially once you got into Dublin. I'm not sure if Irish routes will be covered again for the existing TS/TSW generation. I have some of the Swiss routes (RhB particularly) and the general look and feel of these are streets ahead of what was possible on MSTS.
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    He'd probably get done by Hornby
  16. Horsetan
    "Keef" discovered, by process of experimentation, the exact combination of drink and drugs that would not only cancel each other out and prolong his life, but also provide a self-embalming treatment for when time is eventually called!!
  17. Horsetan
    Calling @Josef2000
  18. Horsetan
    Oh no I wouldn't.
  19. Horsetan
    That's some impressive corrosion!
  20. Horsetan
    I'm just after having an e-mail from Des today. I'm given to understand that he works in the theatre (as in stage) industry, so long unforgiving hours for stretches at a time, with very little in the way of rest. I wouldn't want to do his job, that's for sure!
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    SSM is not Des's full-time job, as far as I understand it. He does have a day job, just like most of us.
  22. Horsetan
    I think only the Belmond luxury tourist train would qualify in terms of passenger sleeping cars, given the very leisurely travel time.
  23. Horsetan
    No, the cab was kept at same width as the Southern Ns and Us. That's why there was a considerable width of footplate available alongside the Woolwich cabsides.
  24. Horsetan
    Right down the middle.
  25. Horsetan
    The Bachmann one is unfortunately too narrow over the footplate. Once you notice the width, you can't "unsee" it. If it's any consolation, even Tony Miles got it wrong on his scratchbuilt Woolwich for Adavoyle
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