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Horsetan
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I'd be waiting for the finescale version: Proto120 or ProTTo3
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Christ.
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I imagine it may have been similar to when Christ fed the 5000 using only loaves and fish....
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That's basically Lord Mandelson, no?
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The owner refurbished the shop front a few years ago, as it was visibly down-at-heel. The shop window display is still UV-faded, though!
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Be careful what you wish for.
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Some model shops go on for decades owing to the fact that the original proprietor may have bought the freehold to the premises. My nearest local model railway shop is Junction 20 Models, Kings Langley; in fact it's the only one of its kind left. Although most of the interesting stuff is in the secondhand area at the back of the shop, they do have plenty of new items out front.
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"Voiding the Warranty" - Mol's experiments in 21mm gauge
Horsetan replied to Mol_PMB's topic in Irish Models
Smethwick's isn't bad either. -
It's my view that the Class 35 Hymeks are still the best all-round that Heljan ever produced. Their Class 17 Clayton was the most realistic 'cos it kept breaking down, just like the real things. However, the spare parts were the best bit about Heljan - incredibly useful for lifting / modifying other models.
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I have two-and-a-half Heljan Hymeks, half a Western, and one of their 1366 class pannier tanks. All bought at substantial discounts, and all for conversion to P4. When Howes of Oxford were running the Heljan spare parts service years ago, I frequently hoovered up whatever they had available, including a set of spares for the Met Bo-Bo, as they were useful for detailing a resin Bo-Bo body. Likewise, the Hymek bogie casing is the correct overall wheelbase for a CIE Sulzer.
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I notice a fair few retailers - AGR, Rails of Sheffield, etc. - have come out with quite verbose "Support your local model shop" press releases on antisocial media in the last 48 hours. Could this possibly be related to the Accurascale takeover? I think we should be told..... The Markits wheel option is dead in the water as supplies are no longer available.
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I suspect Heljan spares will become unavailable. This is a shame, as they were useful for other things.
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It'll be waiting like a Quoiled spring
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World domination can come at considerable cost, as I'm sure the Middle East might agree at the moment....
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"Voiding the Warranty" - Mol's experiments in 21mm gauge
Horsetan replied to Mol_PMB's topic in Irish Models
David Geen kit? -
Visiting the Lough Swilly
Horsetan replied to Patrick Davey's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Yes, he's done practically all of the West Clare and much of the County Donegal -
Visiting the Lough Swilly
Horsetan replied to Patrick Davey's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
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Would it not be easier for me to just wait 'til 31st March and then pay? After all, the invoice is there now....
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Even then. Pay by 31st March, it says.
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*checks e-mail* Ah, I see I'm being tapped up to pay the invoice for the first of the two Park Royals....
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Has he?
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Introduced 1979 by Hornby, but disappeared from the catalogue by 1983.... Not a cheap system back then either, and you were limited to 16 locomotives - that was the maximum it was designed for given the state of technology back then. Nowadays, many people have five or six times that number in their collections.
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That's basically the RRP plus a top-up.
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'Tis only another variant of can-kicking.
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They will be delivered in Q1....of 2027. This aassumes that the various hostile elements in the Gulf region don't start taking potshots at shipping way outside the Strait of Hormuz.
