Yep, ridiculous.

I would prefer swaps to selling really, I have given it a lot of thought today especially after making this thread on this forum.

I must stress I'm by no means wealthy far from it actually & selling for money just doesn't interest me - this collection has been built upon 30 years and been looked after - with some older farish stuff as new from the old farish factory in Upton Dorset before Bachmann bought the company and moved all the manufacturing to China.

In all honesty I prefer N gauge to any other scale it's just unfortunate for me the trains that interest me the most and from my childhood just don't exist as ready to run models the closest I can get is OO gauge where there any a few ready to run models and a company called Brittany models based in the UK who make all kinds of emus just don't do N gauge

so from my perspective unless I can get something that interest me in N or OO gauge or unless someone was willing to purchase my whole collection as one then it doesn't really interest me and I know that limits my possibilities and may not make much sense.

While I do appreciate the offers & the many private messages with offers etc at the moment I will respectfully decline them sorry

That being said if anyone has in N or OO gauge these models and would be willing to part with them :

any slam door southern region EMUs network south East & south west trains - 4veps, 4cigs, class 442, class 444 etc 3rd rail etc

Then i would swap anything in my collection to a vast amount of even pay good money for such models - like if it's the right model and done well, I would pay top money especially if it were n gauge.

Swaps feels like it complicates things for me, just get them on eBay! FB is full of chancers and people somehow feeling they're owed a better price solely becase it isn't eBay!

Where are you in the country? I'm potentially partial to taking some bits if you did sell.

As Steven says, and I said in my original post - the vinyls work on the totally flush sided Farish coaches. They don't work well on the Dapol coaches becuase there's too much relief. They won't sit flat around the windows, the CDL lights, the door handles. All the relief that is present on a Dapol mk3 and not on a Farish one.

What you have in the Dapol ones is a coach you can disassemble, remove the glazing, and paint. Use a can of yellow spray paint. Railtec make the decals, as I said. Both new and old generations. The newer ones are much easier to apply as there are no bodyside stripes. If you start with two TGSs, a TSO and two buffets you're not a million miles off the configuration of the NMT anyway.

"Chris Code Three's" vinyls look attrocious IMO. I bought a 150 which had them fitted and they were hugely oversized, awfully detailed, with opaque 'windows' and they fitted terribly. That he sells any is astounding. His NMT pack (here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185958439386?itmmeta=01M0BF4MCG4RF5BT9D98WMNBK3&hash=item2b4bfc99da:g:D7IAAOSwj-JfuV7v) is a work of fiction, and poor quality fiction at that.

If you want vinyls, use Farish coaches, the result will be better. If you want to use Dapol coaches, don't use vinyls.

I've not used them, but thus ebay seller might do what you want.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/chriscodethrees

You're not getting the answer you want (vinyls for Dapol coach) as they won't work as well as on a smooth sided Poole/early Chinese Farish model. The seperate windows and raised detail doesn't sit well with a vinyl overlay.

Try a repaint and Railtec transfers - if you don't like the result switch to vinyl.

Whilst I appreciate all comments I do not understand why applying vinyls to Dapol coaches should be considered a non starter and almost heretical.

Vinyl transfers such as Adam Warr's for Farish coaches were very much appreciated by the modelling community.

Since Electra Mk 2 have ceased trading we have variable results from others at supplying suitable vinyl overlays. There is significant issues with quality and also an apparent lack of response to the differences in applicatio to Farish or Dapol coaches.

The vinyls for Farish are not suitable for Dapol as there are differences in coach body dimensions.

Does anyone cater for vinyls particularly for Dapol coaches?

I am conscious of the extra detailing now applied to some coach bodies but do know how to address this issue.

GE

Thanks Bob

Actually good advice there, I'm still going to hold on swaps for a bit even if it does seem very unlikely

I do get though people wanting things cheaper or as you put it "mates rates" As it's understandable people like a good deal, on the flip side the selling party generally wants to get as much as possible, so guess best to try find a middle ground

Hence why I prefer swaps if possible, in most situations it is straight forward and in my experience generally both parties end up satisfied

Selling them on eBay individually or elsewhere would take to much motivation at the moment, with work, family, not a great deal of free time as it is. That being said have been offered a large sum today for a bulk of it.

Ultimately I have bought too much over the years and kinda overwhelmed myself now and somehow ended up with over 100+ peco points and never used them

Back in January I made a list of the 30 or so items I wanted to sell this year. Tried to post them as a list on the forum. The administrators wouldn't allow it in the emporium because it was a list.

So I posted the list with indicative prices in the main forum. Sent pics if folk asked for them.

I sold six items. I know the buyers were happy. The rest went on EBay  and flew off the shelves.
I found that many forum buyers wanted mates rates for mint items. EBay buyers were probably more understanding of the required price, or less likely to make a ridiculous offer. It was a less personal experience on EBay but I got what I wanted with less drama.

Good luck. Price your items realistically and understand which items are desirable. Use EBay to find the going rate and sell on here without the buyer protection fee.

Bob G

PS I was selling N as I wanted an OO DCC sound layout of the models I wanted RTR . My N is now steam/transition era diesel and OO is 70s EMUs. Southern of course.

Quote from: GWR_XC on Yesterday at 04:24:58 PMEvery dapol HST set ever released inc multiple of same livery

Every class 47 Bachmann dcc ready versions released

Modern GWR stuff have it all for class 800s, class 43s, class 57s, DMU etc

Have all FGW stuff

Network Rail / rail track ballast wagons

Loads of Bachmann tt tankers

Revolution pendos inc sound

Revolution class 319 ? I think it's that - 2 of these dcc sound

About 100 locos dcc ready such as class 31,33,37,47,56,60, & more

Lots of older farish DMU & hsts

Lots of class 150/1 & 150/2 & 158s Bachmann dcc ready in multiple livery

Have all network Rail locos hst rolling stock & custom models

Have class 411s cep br blue grey about 6 of these, multiple class 350s with some sound, class 450s as well

Lots & lots of coaches & wagons/tankers

For example can make full hst rakes cross country, east Midlands, swallow, executive, blue/grey, FGW, GWR etc

Lots of brand new peco track

Lots of buildings, vehicles, custom vehicles, buses etc

Lots more as well

Majority of the stuff I purchased new and not even used it as I never got round to building a layout

Chances are if it's modern stock from 1970s era to present day from either farish or dapol I have it

Also have a bit of Kato track & trains

Blimey!!     

I don't think that you and @Train Waiting , Dean of the Faculty of Non-Collectors, are necessarily singing from the same hymn sheet...

Good luck with the sell-off.

Cheers,

Chris

Quote from: RailGooner on Yesterday at 05:09:48 PM

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Every dapol HST set ever released inc multiple of same livery
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Are you me?! 

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