Quote from: Newportnobby on May 28, 2026, 06:23:15 PMOh no, please don't start another wish list thread

"The list of classes of loco not yet produced is getting smaller along with the size of those classes. The chances of getting 'one offs' such as 'Lion', 'Kestrel' etc are virtually nil."

you never know--one might just take notice.

Oh no, please don't start another wish list thread

Quote from: Moonglum on May 28, 2026, 05:41:10 PMYep, I like that - just checked out his credentials, quite a pedigree! Slight hint of Johnny Cash?

Tim

Yup, and maybe an old Leonard Cohen 

i still cant understand why the larger n gauge manufacturers dont go all in for a really sure fire popular model that hasnt been produced before. IN my case it would be ex lms princess, or a patriot.  Ex GW would be King or county. Southern would be a Nelson. I dont model eastern region.
Of these i think a King produced in high volume and attractively priced would be a world wide best seller.

Quote from: Bob G on May 28, 2026, 02:09:53 PMWhen I started in N a Minitrix Mk 1 coach was £1.01 discounted to 96p. A Peco 5-plank wagon was 40p and a steel mineral wagon 44p. I think the 15' wheelbase tank wagons were about 65p. The Jubilee was £9.50. There were only a handful of UK RTR locos, and half of those were not to scale or in some cases even recognisable as UK outline! Britannia was £7.17. The Farish Holden tank and 94xx pannier were around a fiver.

We were poor but we were happy, and we made do.

Peco actually painted a Minitrix V200 to look like a Warship for one of its early N catalogues (a reverse of what was done to a real Warship in preservation, which was painted to look like a V200), hauling a block train of its 15' tanks (later to become TTAs).

i cant remember prices when i started--around '75 i think. First loco was the lima 4f--then the farish 94xx.  I quickly collected all the british outline stuff--then bought a fleischmann 38. That did it for me--i sold all my british outline and went all out for german steam and old electrics.

Yep, I like that - just checked out his credentials, quite a pedigree! Slight hint of Johnny Cash?

Tim

Tom Morello

Looks like a track gauge to me.

Not exactly full of info there, either, so far!

When I started in N a Minitrix Mk 1 coach was £1.01 discounted to 96p. A Peco 5-plank wagon was 40p and a steel mineral wagon 44p. I think the 15' wheelbase tank wagons were about 65p. The Jubilee was £9.50. There were only a handful of UK RTR locos, and half of those were not to scale or in some cases even recognisable as UK outline! Britannia was £7.17. The Farish Holden tank and 94xx pannier were around a fiver.

We were poor but we were happy, and we made do.

Peco actually painted a Minitrix V200 to look like a Warship for one of its early N catalogues (a reverse of what was done to a real Warship in preservation, which was painted to look like a V200), hauling a block train of its 15' tanks (later to become TTAs).