Darius43

Some Marklin (West Germany) diecast Porches from the 1970s. Cheers Darius

Current eBay pricing:- Class 201 River Corrib Another Class 201 River Corrib So between £300 and £460 on eBay. Cheers Darius

How about a BR 03? Cheers Darius

Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Cheers Darius

Another visitor… Cheers Darius

Looking at Google Streetview this looks like the location from the M2 side. The standard motorway crash barrier doesn’t seem to have been adequate to protect the permanent way - then again it’s prime purpose is to deform and absorb energy whilst preventing vehicles from crossing into the opposite carriageway, not necessarily to protect a railway. Cheers Darius

My understanding from the information provided is that, without Accurascale’s intervention, Heljan would have most likely gone under. Furthermore, part of the reason for their predicament were the actions of large retailers demanding big discounts. What has happened is that the big retailers have been cut out of the loop and now only Heljan and the consumer benefit. For some reason the big retailers are disgruntled. Quel surprise. I had preorders for a couple of Heljan locos - one with Rails and one with Kernow. Kernow were kind enough to inform me that my preorder with them was now defunct. As yet not a peep from Rails. I’ve just re-ordered them from the new Heljan website - simples. Cheers Darius

I tend to avoid the model railway “influencer” crowd on YouTube, preferring to concentrate on the fun of actually doing some modelling. The more cynical side of me sees the YouTube outrage as a means to monetise the opportunity presented by recent events. Cheers Darius

Most or possibly all of it also on eBay - see the eBay thread. Cheers Darius

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You could always ask (using this forum) for the specific measurements that you need for each model. That way there would be no need for the person to travel to meet you with the model(s) for you to physically measure. It would avoid the need for multiple meetings, assuming that no one person was able to bring along all the models for which you need measurements. Cheers Darius

Whilst I understand the principle behind the campaign to buy from my local model shop the reality is that most of my model railway purchases come from:- 1. eBay 2. Rails of Sheffield online (223 miles away) 3. Kernow Model Railway online (259 miles away) 4. Accurascale/IRM (direct) 5. Rapido UK (direct) My local (Worthing) model shops are the Sussex Model Centre (mainly RC stuff and limited model railway) and Gaugemaster (invariably full price as they are a wholesaler to the trade). Thus the reality is that there is really not a local model shop that I can truly support. Cheers Darius

It’s a rebuild of a partially completed layout that was under construction a few years ago in a large shed belonging to a friend of mine. He subsequently moved house and built a new, slightly larger, shed - the interior of which is seen in the preceding photos. A double track helix in one corner will connect the lower storage siding level with an upper scenic level, which will itself have two levels. The location will be “somewhere in the southern UK” but the era will be “flexible…” We got quite far along with the original layout. Cheers Darius

We reckon we have laid nearly 800ft of track so far - and that’s just the lower level storage. There will be a higher scenic level above this. Cheers Darius

Lower level storage area extended. Cheers Darius

I used the motor and trailing bogies from Hornby Class 101/121 DMUs. These were being sold separately on eBay by Silver Fox Models so I purchased those rather than a complete DMU chassis or whole DMU. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cheers Darius

Out with the plasticard. Cheers Darius

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Another visitor to Whiterock from an earlier era. Cheers Darius

I have kits for a Scout and a Puma to mix things up a bit… Cheers Darius

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Spotted yesterday. Cheers Darius

Static grass and flock applied. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cheers Darius