Foreigner '4'. An album very much of its time but still worth a listen to now and then

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Quote from: madchadbrad on April 09, 2026, 09:17:48 PMApart from the numbering, are there any other differences between the push-pull versions of Dapol's Ivatt 2MT tank locos and the non-push-pull versions?

Yes - the push-pull version has extra tooling for the pimps and fiddly bits.

Now that's a really unfortunate typo

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 09, 2026, 09:17:48 PMApart from the numbering, are there any other differences between the push-pull versions of Dapol's Ivatt 2MT tank locos and the non-push-pull versions?

Yes - the push-pull version has extra tooling for the pumps and fiddly bits.

(Edited for spelling)

I did send an email the other day, as I was chasing up an order. He did reply and said he has received a lot of orders and volumes were very high.
An update is available on his website. I will put the link to it below.

https://www.railtec-models.com/service-update.php

Rob.

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 09, 2026, 09:17:48 PMApart from the numbering, are there any other differences between the push-pull versions of Dapol's Ivatt 2MT tank locos and the non-push-pull versions?

Yes, the very prominent push-pull equipment by the smokebox, unlike the GW locos which had mechanical linkages, LMS ones had a vacuum driven system.

Apart from the numbering, are there any other differences between the push-pull versions of Dapol's Ivatt 2MT tank locos and the non-push-pull versions?

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Quote from: scorpion_1925 on April 02, 2026, 01:04:44 PM

Quote from: Steven B on April 02, 2026, 09:01:10 AMI've not had replies to any recent requests to resize existing sheets. Shame as there's stuff in OO and TT120 that I need but the N Gauge version doesn't exist.

He does say somewhere that often re-scales are more complicated as he also reworks the colours of logos to simplify the design so the 2mm version isn't just a blurred blob, but most of what I want is simple single colour text.

the ones I'm after are for the Consett Iron Ore hoppers, its just white text and a white symbol, again, available in 4mm and TT but not 2mm.

He defo has those as I ordered and received:

https://railtec-models.com/showitem.php?id=11158

@scorpion_1925 - what I meant was he definitely already has in 2mm per the link I posted.

Yeah i saw those, unfortunately you were let down by my inability to read my own handwriting. what i'm actually wanting is BR ex-LMS 40t Stonebridge Park coal wagons reducing in size

https://www.railtec-models.com/showitem.php?id=5002

Quote from: cmason on April 02, 2026, 03:00:44 PM

Quote from: scorpion_1925 on April 02, 2026, 01:04:44 PM

Quote from: Steven B on April 02, 2026, 09:01:10 AMI've not had replies to any recent requests to resize existing sheets. Shame as there's stuff in OO and TT120 that I need but the N Gauge version doesn't exist.

He does say somewhere that often re-scales are more complicated as he also reworks the colours of logos to simplify the design so the 2mm version isn't just a blurred blob, but most of what I want is simple single colour text.

the ones I'm after are for the Consett Iron Ore hoppers, its just white text and a white symbol, again, available in 4mm and TT but not 2mm.

He defo has those as I ordered and received:

https://railtec-models.com/showitem.php?id=11158

@scorpion_1925 - what I meant was he definitely already has in 2mm per the link I posted.

Quote from: ScottishModeller on April 01, 2026, 02:38:20 PM

Quote from: scorpion_1925 on April 01, 2026, 12:57:34 PMThanks, I will give that a try, was asking if he could scale down a set of 4mm decals, but I also know I do sometimes have problems with my emails because I use an old Hotmail address.

Hi Scorpion,

In situations like this I usually add the wrong scale item to my basket and theen add comments saying what scale I want them to be.

It's worked several times in the past, albeit with a delay before delivery.

Phil H

Hi Phil

I can't see how to add a comment to my order, hopefully its just me being incompetent

Modelling in N is perhaps a strong word - all I've really done so far is play trains! Anyway...

Like others I had 00 models as a kid, although the layout never extended much further than the occasional operation of a track loop with my dad. Then one day he came home with a Minitrix digital train set of a Swiss train (we were living there at the time), bought as an early birthday present to himself, which was my first exposure to N. What superb little models! I found (and still find) the engineering of these tiny models fascinating.

A few weeks later we went to a model show in town and I spotted a British loco and coach in an old Minitrix box. That's odd, I thought Minitrix only did continental stuff... I convinced my dad to buy it, and even convert it to DCC so it could run on his loop of track. It did so quite happily, albeit not very often.

Several houses, two countries, various health issues and a couple of decades later, I remembered that little loco and made a LEGO model of it (that's my other primary moneypit hobby). During that process I found John Heath's superb Minitrix repository, which re-kindled the model train flame. But the straw that broke the camel's back was a trip to Miniatur Wunderland with my partner. Being a month before Christmas, I bought a souvenir N wagon for my dad, and couldn't resist getting one for myself... It was roughly then that I figured out I have Adult Money now, and with space likely to be limited for the foreseeable, going back to N is the obvious choice!