LGB pre-announcement of autumn novelty diesel new mold

I'm waiting for this little loco from Accucraft -

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Mine will be in brown, making it more like the Kambarka Carriage Works loco on the Brecon Mountain Railway. A slap of grey on the cab section, and set of suitable cab nameplates, and it'll be good to go.
 
Saw one at Llangollen..
It is VERY yellow.. Yours sounds more Blaster Bates 'Safari Yellow'! :worried: :wondering:
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

PhilP.
 
Here is the real thing at the last year's diesel weekend on the BMR - it's a VERY fine-looking loco, even if I am only approximating it....... I'll get a set of plates made, and Mr SLR can make the odds and s*ds on the running boards as part of his trade selection, he told me. I'll be seeing you all on Saturday! Bring some butter and suitable jam for the you-know-what...... ;)

 
Rhinochugger said:
Whilst at danger of moving into banned political debate, I have come to the conclusion that that the democratic, capitalist society is probably the least worst of all options.
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True, at least we can discuss the government of the day's failures and short comings without being thrown into prison!
 
Paul M said:
Unfortunately, no one can ever say garden railways are cheap
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I wholeheartedly agree with you Paul. Garden Railways were expensive 20 plus years ago when I started this hobby but at least we had a few more retailers about Glendale Junction, BacktoBay and Darren at Topslots to name but a few. Apart from starter sets I do not see Manufacturers or UK Retailers doing much to encourage new blood with limited budgets into the hobby. Not much in the way of marketing , competition or " sales"( Black Friday or January). They seem happy for 2 nd hand stock to languish on their shelves for months or years rather than reduce the price. Apart from ECR how many of them stock the Chinese rolling stock? Some people may prefer to take a hit on the quality and pay £50 for a bogie coach rather than several hundred , £26 for a tanker wagon rather than £70 or may just want something relatively cheap to kitbash. There is always the argument that the hobby has a relatively small customer base in the UK but it's a bit of a chicken and egg conundrum. Perhaps If the hobby was more affordable we would have a larger customer base? Rant over.
My concern is that it is moving from being and "expensive" hobby to an " Elitist" hobby which cannot be good for its long term future.
 
Paul M said:
True, at least we can discuss the government of the day's failures and short comings without being thrown into prison!
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but those rants are logged for the new regime to use now ! lol, ref what B brokenwing said, A large proportion of the country has a garden but not maybe a spare room or garage ! so the market should be huge !
 
When my German Uncle Micky taught me German, 'neuheiten' simply meant 'news'. It also has come to mean 'generic new things', as in 'announcements of new products'.
 
brokenwing said:
I wholeheartedly agree with you Paul. Garden Railways were expensive 20 plus years ago when I started this hobby but at least we had a few more retailers about Glendale Junction, BacktoBay and Darren at Topslots to name but a few. Apart from starter sets I do not see Manufacturers or UK Retailers doing much to encourage new blood with limited budgets into the hobby. Not much in the way of marketing , competition or " sales"( Black Friday or January). They seem happy for 2 nd hand stock to languish on their shelves for months or years rather than reduce the price. Apart from ECR how many of them stock the Chinese rolling stock? Some people may prefer to take a hit on the quality and pay £50 for a bogie coach rather than several hundred , £26 for a tanker wagon rather than £70 or may just want something relatively cheap to kitbash. There is always the argument that the hobby has a relatively small customer base in the UK but it's a bit of a chicken and egg conundrum. Perhaps If the hobby was more affordable we would have a larger customer base? Rant over.
My concern is that it is moving from being and "expensive" hobby to an " Elitist" hobby which cannot be good for its long term future.
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Hornby missed the beginner market big time when they marketed the so called G scale Harry Potter set manufactured by Lionel. The original Lionel ones were to 45mm gauge but for some stupid reason decided to rehash them to 52mm (approx) gauge. I believe it was to gauge match some other cheep Chinese Junky sets that they marketed.

A big missed opportunity that Hornby could have resolved by asking Lionel to do them to the original 45mm Gauge spec if they had even been aware of what they were or had been. Trouble is the Train Set mentality appeared to take over without the understanding of the many sales that could have been gained not only from G Scalers but Gauge 1 bods as well. At the price they would have been a great bashing resource together with some repainting a pretty fair model but there were issues with the proportions for a Hall, would have been a much better bash to a GWR 2-6-0.
 
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