I got me a few hours last night myself! 

Any further news on this topic's subject? Has a new NGF wagon been decided/commissioned?

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on Yesterday at 02:26:26 PMI made an order from Osborn Models on Feb 4th, 2026.

Haven't heard a word from them since.

I've emailed three times, just wondering about the status of my order. Nothing.

Currently Unhappy, veering towards the Angry Thread soon.

Unfortunately there are numerous threads on this subject on numerous forums. If it is in stock you'll probably get it quickly but if it's not you'll pay your money and end up having to claim it back. Their website has no bearing on what they actually have in stock and communication is non existent.

Well I looked on Amazon for a new soldering iron and bought one for £40 which had excellent reviews. I even had to get up early this morning because delivery was 7.00am to 1.00pm, it came at 8.15 am.
Well I am angry because, to start with the box looked like it had  been opened. The instructions were clear in good English(chinese made) and it looked ok. I brought it up to the Railway room to set it up, disgusted the power lead would not stay in the socket it was loose and obviously dangerous and a fire risk if I had plugged it in which I didn't. So its going back, so a trip down to Toolstation and I have bought one from there with a small tip and it only cost £14.99, only thing is it's not temperature controlled so I will make do with that one.
Chris H.

They have history Scott for not replying, seen lots of things I like on the site but would not touch them. Different suppliers respond in different ways, the best keep you informed despatch etc.
Chris H.

I made an order from Osborn Models on Feb 4th, 2026.

Haven't heard a word from them since.

I've emailed three times, just wondering about the status of my order. Nothing.

Currently Unhappy, veering towards the Angry Thread soon.

Quote from: Newportnobby on February 25, 2026, 11:43:12 AMAnother band not getting much of a mention - REM
(not to everyone's taste, I know)

I do like a bit of R.E.M.

Quote from: Trainfish on February 26, 2026, 10:31:20 PMAs for the trains, well, those kettles all look the same to me 

How many HSTs do you run? 

And while he was at it, I had my early Electro Diesels renumbered and weathered too.
So there is a reason for buying two of everything after all
All of these EDs could have been seen together, so despite the run down of steam in the 60s, the new guard electrics and EDs were brightening things up a bit.


E6002 started off as the Signal Box MU Stock Green version E6003. It was not right livery wise for either its 1960s condition or 1980s condition. So it became E6002 which did have a small yellow panel.


E6003 and E6004 are Gaugemaster versions without yellow panels.


E6007 and E6009 are Dave Jones commissioned early blue versions with lower stripe. Only E6007 - E6013 were done like this.


E6035 and E6039 are Gaugemaster commissioned models of the early blue with white roof livery. All of the last batch of EDs wore this livery before the 1969 mass repaint into BR banger blue with full yellow ends.

(Oh yeah. I have a couple of them too, E6005 and E6033, just in case...)

More like down in the weathering works this time.

@Ensign Elliott has done a splendid job on these steamers, both renumbering and weathering, getting Bishopstoke ready for the 1960s era.

All of these would have been seen together around the former LSWR in the Eastleigh/Southampton/Lymington/Bournemouth/Weymouth area:


The Standard 4MTs were the last tanks to run the Lymington-Brockenhurst Branch, after M7s, Ivatts, and Standard 3MT tanks.

The Standard 4 moguls were usually seen on the Southern with tenders of higher water capacity, but by 1965 almost anything was acceptable. This one was the last mogul on the Weymouth line in 1967.

The Standard 5MTs also generally had the larger water capacity tenders, but not all did. With careful research, this one cropped up in the 1960s.


The 9Fs were used on the Fawley oil tank trains in the early 1960s, and this one was based at Eastleigh in this condition at that time.