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!

Quote from: port perran on April 08, 2026, 06:28:39 PMThanks for that Steve.
It's rather disappointing that they are only producing the 4 models and if I remember correctly that's only a black modified hall with late crest.

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The black BR Hall they are producing in the first run is 7904 "Fountains Hall" which is indeed a Modified Hall, but it carries an early crest. I am happy to be corrected, but I believe that by the time Halls received the late crest they were in lined BR Green livery.

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 08, 2026, 02:26:03 PMI was never that hot on The Moodies. At school they were classed as a 'girlie' band

Maybe it was Justin Hayward the lasses were swooning over. Him and his immaculate hair do

I found The Moody Blues a bit of a something of nothing, impressive album covers but musically of little substance (IMO). Perhaps because I was listening to King Crimson, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Hendrix, Pink Fairies, Genesis, Pink Floyd, ELP, Caravan and Van der Graf Generator etc. at the time!!

Tim

i read somewhere the old farish poole hall looks more like a modified hall.

Who'd have thought Dr B would go to such extremes to close a line?! 

Thanks for that Steve.
It's rather disappointing that they are only producing the 4 models and if I remember correctly that's only a black modified hall with late crest.

I'll probably buy it to go with my two Dapol Halls (one green and one black) but wonder in N if it's going to be easy to identify the diffrrence between modified and original halls.

Strawbs were a great band live.

Currently listening too Jack-e Mcauley / The Poor Mouth, another band that were great live but are not really well known.

I was curious as to when the Modified Halls with a Hawksworth tender would appear, so contacted Bachmann-Farish.

Here is their kind and quick response, which I am sharing.


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Good morning Steve,

 

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

 

Currently we don't have any further versions of the Graham Farish 'Hall' and 'Modified Hall' Class locomotives planned for production beyond the four models that were announced in 2025 and are due for release this year. Future production will no doubt include versions with the Hawksworth Tender, however these would only progress through the development process once the versions that we are currently marketing have been delivered and have sold through.

 

Kind regards,


Richard

 


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