Thank you. That looks good. Definitely going on the list for Santa to "surprise" me with.

As I get medical appointments for long into the next year I probably tend to purchase a wall calendar well in advance of other folk, and it's always railway themed and not modern at all.
This year's arrived today and it has some wonderful pictures of paintings by Philip D. Hawkins.
I wouldn't put him in the same class as, say, David Shepherd, but they are certainly evocative of my time as a 'gricer' and I would recommend it to the house

https://shop.diabetes.org.uk/products/romance-of-steam-wall-calendar-2027

Oh good! I can enjoy mine a bit longer 

Quote from: njee20 on Yesterday at 12:01:47 AMThe 805s must be due imminently, and the Lumo/TPE units? I can at least keep relevant with a 7-car one!

Delivery has now slipped to February 2027.

Assuming it's their sound profile they do indeed specify that it's a GWR sound project.

Quote from: Kris on Yesterday at 01:47:56 PM

Quote from: Ski on October 10, 2026, 06:21:44 PMIt is the Zimo decoder and yes, the announcements are GWR related.

Kato provided a sound fitted version SKU during the first 9 car run...not sure if Kato factory installed it or they contracted it out. I purchased it when they first came out from a retailer in the UK, but am I am just now trying to troubleshoot it (life got in the way, you know, and frankly it's not that big of a deal).

I think that the chips were installed by Youchoos.

I will reach out to Youchoos.  Thanks!

Quote from: Ski on October 10, 2026, 06:21:44 PMIt is the Zimo decoder and yes, the announcements are GWR related.

Kato provided a sound fitted version SKU during the first 9 car run...not sure if Kato factory installed it or they contracted it out. I purchased it when they first came out from a retailer in the UK, but am I am just now trying to troubleshoot it (life got in the way, you know, and frankly it's not that big of a deal).

I think that the chips were installed by Youchoos.

Quote from: ScottishModeller on Yesterday at 12:54:45 AM

Quote from: Southerngooner on October 10, 2026, 04:43:40 PMThese now seem to have disappeared......

Dave

Hi Dave,

Won't have dissappeared...



These are all done in batches and sometimes- due to lack of time (apparently), there are none on his shelf to sell!

Phil H

His ebay page says that he is away until the 21st October. So I imagine that his listings will pop up again soon after.

Rob.

I'm not surprised, doing cottage industry scale resin printing at this level of quality is frankly backbreaking, especially if it's on top of work and family. Occasional periods of burnout and disruption is inevitable. Goodness knows I've been through it!

It's one of the reasons I'm trying move forward with plastic kits, which would also solve a lot of the shortcomings of even the best resin rolling stock. My plastic aircraft kits go produced and packed from the factory straight to the fulfilment service without even crossing my doorstep. Leaving me to focus on developing new products and marketing then, and actually attempting to scale the business. It's just much more costly to get a new range started especially when you need engineering infrastructure like wheelsets, NEM sockets and couplings!

Hopefully he'll be back, these are really very good wagons. I've had a few.

It's the Bathurst 1000, and apparently 994 is never enough!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP5PVwiOoWI

Ooops.

Mark