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No I did not mean to sound overly critical. The website is not the biggest issue in the world by far, the models are fantastic! I just did a headcount and realized I have 16 steam/ baby GM or 071s already. I'm looking forward to the supertrain coaches that are coming out They will go well with some of my baby GM's I think. There will be a long wait to receive them here in the US so I envy you guys seeing them at the shows!

I wondered about that too and thought a whole lot of you DCC buffs would be straight on this:confused: Whether the locos are running on DC or DCC it seems unlikely that any given power setting would run this many locomotives at exactly the same speed due to slight individual variations in the locomotives (I have a number of 141s that run at very slightly different speeds on any given circuit with one very slowly catching another, maybe I need to service them, I don't know). I'm thinking 9 locos would have to be run on DCC especially with this load and back EMF might assist maintaining a constant speed when the locos climb the gradient over the bridge and back down into the spiral but still not sure if all the locos would run at exactly the same speed to start for any given throttle setting when they first start. Would they have to be balanced by trial and error? Or are we just overthinking this?

Dave, do you have any photos of what these looked like and are they available from time to time? CIE & especially PT of interest Kevin

May I please ask what scale these are, minister?

Although I am so grateful to Paddy Murphy for these great RTR models, it is disappointing how poorly their website is updated which is an important part of the business. More surprising given the attention to detail on the models themselves. Operating as Apple does is probably not the optimal business model in in this setting

Good call! I'm with RiverSuir on that one. The problem with getting people to pay up front is that they want to see what's on offer before committing funds or have a say in what the product is going to be. With a large group only a few really have decision making input making many more people feelling they signed on for what they hoped was going to be something else. I would like to see more RTR steam but I think the A classs would have much wider appeal to a group and I would go for it (at least before I buy some RTR kits)

Good call! I'm with RiverSuir on that one. The problem with getting people to pay up front is that they want to see what's on offer before committing funds or have a say in what the product is going to be. With a large group only a few really have decision making input making many more people feelling they signed on for what they hoped was going to be something else. I would like to see more RTR steam but I think the A classs would have much wider appeal to a group and I would go for it (at least before I buy som RTR kits)

Thanks, Noel! Tedious but worth it and a great help to the rest of us. I think that based on the number of people that this will be useful to, now and going forward, it is worthy of a sticky

Nothing on RBM. I'll PM IRoshbloke 77. Didn't know he was a vendor. Thanks for the tip!!

Great continental shots. What's that huge black 'doughnut' on the end of 481?

Great Shots, Wanderer! Nice to see Killarney:-bd

SUPER video, GM171 KK! Nice to hear the sound of that 071 and lots of little things like water towers etc, to help me with layout modeling!

I'm not unsympathetic to moving home which can very stressful. It might have been better to post these when he was in a position to communicate with buyers in a more timely fashion. I'm not the only interested party who is unhappy about the timeline here. Yes, I will seek them elsewhere, as you guys have suggested. Sorry, Gerard please proceed with the other members. Thanks.

I hate to point this out but it is October and members PM'd you almost three weeks ago about these. It would have been better to state what items were actually for sale per forum rules (running numbers were not included and were immediately requested by a member) and include some photos to confirm condition. I don't understand why sales have not been completed on these items as per your "first-come, first served" PM to us. It would have been preferable to advertize these when you available to sell in the first instance

Enjoy!

Unfortunate, something else to rewheel, straight out of the box. Will get some though...

Great tractive but doesn't really appeal...

Noel, this is really great detailed step by step on how to do something that seems somewhat enigmatic to the novice:confused: What a great series with photos of every step I am looking forward to the final installment whenever that will occur. Maybe a moderator will think this worthy of a sticky when it is done:tumbsup:

I wonder if some vendors make extra on the postage and don't want to send it to parcel Motel if they've calculated that postage markup into the original selling price?

I though that Parcel motel signed for the package and that was its final destination as far as the vendor is concerned?

I just wanted to remind everyone that I am still looking for these items and would be very grateful if you have any available that is surplus or see any for sale on eBay etc. please let me know thanks

I'm thinking of using Parcel Motel myself for the occasional items that I want but the UK vendor absolutely refuses to ship overseas! That way I can get someone else to send it or pick it up on the occasional time I'm back in the home country!

Anything in the Motel?

Which would be why it's relisted at £5 less http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm?itemId=261608801119

Keep the pictures coming as you go. I need to convert a Bachmann NCC J18 (that I haven't exactly acquired yet) to DCC. Reassured that the Bachmanns do a little better but watching with interest what I'm going to have to do with the chassis!