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Hopefully it will dispatch in due course during the backlog clearing process anyway but should it not thanks for the clear advice Fran.

Hi Fran, In the case of two fully paid orders, and the later ordered one has been dispatched but the earlier one hasn't been, will this be caught by the warehouse team and caught up with in due course or is this something that needs to be brought to your attention after a specific amount of time has elapsed? Thanks, and apologies, just don't want to be sending an email and clogging up the system if unnecessary.

Thanks for the update

Hi Fran, Any further indicator on how the shipping is going with the 121's i.e. are you through the pre-orders yet or what stage are you at? I imagine you're fairly well snowed under there with orders (but not the worst complaint!). Thanks.

Thanks for coming back and the clarification.

Guys, Just noticed on your website, under Support - FAQ - Ordering, Payments and VAT - What payment options are available? that under 'Instant Checkouts', Amazon Pay is mentioned and their logo appears. Yet when you go to your basket and to checkout, this logo doesn't appear and there is no option to pay by Amazon Pay. Was there a plan to use this method initially and since it is not there now, do you have plans to implement it shortly? Thanks.

Thanks Jason. Can imagine the queues when they come into stock! If I was them I'd try to arrange an approx collection time at the time they're calling people, to try and space things out for everybody. But then we know human nature and understandably most will want to get their hands on them as soon as possible

Thanks Spudfan. Some liveries do look better than others, there are a few which could feasibly be seen in geographical area I'm interested in.

What a sound! Really miss that. Were a fair few NOHAB's (and similar) in Belgium (Class 52-54) and Luxembourg (Class 1600) also. I think Luxembourg have preserved a fair few of them.

Thank you very much for that Edo. This is why I asked, just incase someone here had queried already and you have been most helpful. I'm also quite happy to give them more time, as you say even once they arrive, it's another story getting things ready for collection/dispatch/shelves.

Been on quite a few of these in Latvia and Lithuania. Memories of trundling (at a good speed!) through forests, country villages and meadows on beautiful summer days! The ones in videos 3 & 4 are Class DR1's (various variants/modifications of the class subsequently) and were built by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR), originally in 1963, in Riga, Latvia. They were/are used quite heavily across various Eastern European countries. Estonia withdrew theirs in 2014 though after transference to their Stadler Railcars and the discontinuation of the Tallinn-St. Petersburg route.

Does anyone know/have been informed as what is to happen regarding those who have placed pre-orders 'in-store' in Marks Models? Many of you maybe aware that old practice (before all current restrictions) was that you could put your name on a list in-store at the Hawkins Street branch (and maybe the others) to pre-order a specific MM loco and the kind staff would put one aside for you and call you when it came into stock and you would then go into pay for/collect it. Given the bricks and mortar shops will most likely continue to be closed when the first batch come into stock (and maybe beyond) is the advice to pre-order on their website now or are they going to operate/honour this list format somehow?

Thanks Dave, you've been a mine of information over the past two days! Its good to get to know some of the other good shops around. Will be certainly looking at them. Hopefully they take non-paypal-based credit card orders too. Just don't want to be registering with them (you have to before you even place an order) and then find out it is only Paypal! My own reasons for not wanting paypal, I know many people like it though and thats cool too.

Thanks irishthump and richrua. I see Wickness and Coastal use Paypal, not a big fan of it for own reasons. As for Digitrains, it doesn't appear obvious on their website, but since you have all used them, from memory, do they have a regular C.Card payment system or do they only use Paypal also?

Just what I wanted to hear! Thank you very much for the feedback irishmail.