Quote from: The Q on Today at 06:46:27 PMI suspect for those living in the USA, near the Canadian border, trips to Canada for some shopping will happen..

Prices in Canada have always been a lot more expensive so a trip north of the border wouldn't be that appealing even with tarifs being applied, not to mention the fact that our relationship with our southern neighbours is far frostier than is getting reported outside Canada right now. I'm seeing far fewer us licence plates than normal for this time of year and visits from Canadians to the us have cratered.

The other issue is that we don't have that many brick and mortar stores and most Americans don't live anywhere near the border, even if they do, they are still unlikely to be close to a store.  Somewhere like George's model trains in Toronto is still 160km from the closest border crossing.  Unless you've live here its really hard to appreciate how simply vast Canada is

Quote from: The Q on Today at 06:46:27 PMI suspect for those living in the USA, near the Canadian border, trips to Canada for some shopping will happen..

That's highly unlikely.

Before this all started it was far cheaper to buy UK outline stuff and Peco track from UK retailers and pay for shipping, the few suppliers in the US and Canada already had pretty hefty mark-ups.

e.g. a box of Peco flex track at Fifer Hobby is $232.99, the same box from Rails of Sheffield is $153.05. Even with international shipping and a 10% tariff it's still better to buy from Rails.

Regards,

John P

I suspect for those living in the USA, near the Canadian border, trips to Canada for some shopping will happen..

So to sum up the last few Posts in relation to the OP...

The reason Farish haven't re-released the Royal Scot in Crimson, is because the only previous model labelled as a Clan was from a different manufacturer (now not active in the UK market) and it was in reality simply a re-named Britannia (something that wouldn't be accepted in this day and age...)
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Quote from: Bigmac on Yesterday at 10:32:29 PMa couple of years after i got back into N gauge--2018/9--several minitrix " Clans" appeared on ebay ( Renamed Britts).  I was lucky enough to bag one.

Here is an example of a Minitrix "Clan" owned by @msr (scroll down to bottom of messages to see photo):

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=33941.15

Ian

a couple of years after i got back into N gauge--2018/9--several minitrix " Clans" appeared on ebay ( Renamed Britts).  I was lucky enough to bag one.

As they say "To err is human. To really foul things up you need a computer"

Now my laptop has stopped charging!! Stuff a pelican! The machines are ganging up on me. At least the laptop is still working (fingers crossed...). Yes I've checked the fuse. Hopefully it just needs a new power lead.

 

Cheers,

Chris

Newman Miniatures produced a 3D print of a BR 'Clan' boiler that was available on Shapeways before the demise of that platform.  It was designed to replace the Dapol Britannia boiler to convert the model to a 'Clan'.

Ian

Had a somewhat similar issue recently with my laptop which wouldn't charge. Took it to my local 'geek' who swapped the charger for a more powerful one and discharged a small build up of static from within the body of the laptop and, so far, all has been well.
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