Does that include the recent two car 158 in that god awful Transpennine with first vinyls livery? I've been requesting a two-car 158 in Transpennine livery from Bachmann regularily for three years and when they finally released one they decided on the vinyl covered one!
Fred X
"Fred X" wrote
Yup, sold loads of them and the WYPTE (Northern operated) version in red & silver too.
John.
Hattons
I just said that the era was interesting and that modelling it would be interesting, the trouble is (I suspect) that those who remember it prefer to model the early (green) diesel era when steam was still common if not King, those who can't remember the era probably only know post TOPS - It is, after all, only about a six or seven year period, I can understand why it's a 'minority interest', bit like the pre grouping period!
":::Jerry::::" wrote
It's a era which although interesting in retrospect was widely ignored by enthusiasts after the demise of steam in 1968. So many enthusiasts I knew simply put their notebooks and cameras away and lost interest when steam finished, as indeed did I to some extent. It was really the impending demise of the 'Deltics' in the early 1980s which got my enthusiasm going again, so the 1970s was a big black-hole to many enthusiasts.
John.
I think it is time to give the kettles a rest and let us have some 'juice' trains (EMU) as Bachmann have some with the CEP units. Steve
Oh, so it's an "emporium" now! "Shop" not good enough for you, eh? ;-)
"MartinS" wrote
If it's good enough for Aunty Wainwright then 'emporium' is good enough for me! :-)
John.
If you are modelling your business style on that of Aunty Wainwright there is no way I'm setting one foot on your door-step let alone inside the shop - go in for some track pins and come out with a ready built layout!..
Her what used to be Hilda Ogden, with flying ducks on her muriel?
":::Jerry::::" wrote
She's an amateur mate, I'd sell you the ready built layout AND all the stock to fill it! ;-)
John.
"MartinS" wrote
Hilda Ogden?
John.
Gee Martin, kids today know nothing about "history".
Hilda, her "muriel" and the flying ducks are famous.
-- Cheers
Roger T.
Home of the Great Eastern Railway
Exactly. And she only left on Christmas Day, 1987.
Does that include the recent two car 158 in that god awful Transpennine with first vinyls livery? I've been requesting a two-car 158 in Transpennine livery from Bachmann regularily for three years and when they finally released one they decided on the vinyl covered one! Fred X
Might become even more popular out of area. My mate told me yesterday that he'd passed an exodus of ex TPX units heading west (to Exeter depot).
Looks like 158862-5 have been reallocated to Exeter. Dunno what livery they are in though. Will they be vinyled in the FGW style I wonder ?
Contemporary models of the southwest scene will be flocking for Bachmanns latest offering.
I'd be happy with an all blue class 108 DMU !!!
Phil
Me too. And the Hornby all blue 101.
Fred X
If God had wanted 101s to be blue, He wouldn't have painted them green.
The Metro-camels were not that bad in all over Rail Blue, it was all the various liveries that followed that really looked hideous.
Anyway, never mind the colour, what about the Buffet intermediate car...
":::Jerry::::" wrote
What's wrong with this livery?
You mean that DMU attempting to look like a bus?!
Sorry but those contrived liveries just don't work IMO. An all over single colour, such as Rail Blue, works - even though it might look plain - whilst most of the original liveries picked up on body styling but most of the later 'sector' (for the use of a better word) don't take on that body styling at all, just the chosen corporate livery of the sector IYSWIM.
Is there a release date for the Hornby 101 BTW, also I assume this will be a re worked Lima model?
I agree with your comments 100%
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