In my experience, Farish 40s are a bit feeble. Dapol 22s will go anywhere and do anything. Excellent locos.

And another one, although a light service is required to get above a crawl (and my track needs a clean in fairness). D822 Sir Edward Elgar or something   

Obviously having a flipping lie down, before anyone says anything...

When it was announced that the GT3 was to be produced in N gauge I was interested, but got a bad feeling about the company so didn't proceed. As it happened they chose not to go forward with this product so I was never in danger of losing any money.

Quote from: eddief83 on June 18, 2026, 12:27:00 PMHopefully someone else will pick up the King they abandoned - but not buying the CAD's as they were a waste of their money it seems

I keep wanting to say "No Kings" but then we'd not have got Sharks or Mermaids either! (there are some political jokes in there if you look hard enough).

Bob G

Quote from: kusojiji on June 18, 2026, 12:03:02 PMWow, the owner of that house go play the lottery after that? Super fortunate that they didn't take damage. I'm guessing they live on the outside of a curve?

I bet you guys have the same sick sense of humor that we had in the Navy. One guy would get a pack of m&ms in the mail, sort them out by color and gather up the ones that had a cracked shell. At the end of the day, he'd go to the fantail and flick each one, one at a time, into Davey Jones' locker.

I get a kick out of this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lohU3b2yI8k

Yes, exactly. On a curve. 

Yeah, it's like living with a bunch of 13 year olds. 

Link Here:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/mrh-202606-june-2026-13849813

Jon

I feel for those who have potentially lost money in this scenario through paying for pre orders, but given the owners attitude towards us, lets not forget he actually said we N gauge modellers have "short arms and deep pockets" its hard to have sympathy for someone who runs a business that requires people skills and customer service in order to make a success of it when he clearly lacks them.

Hopefully someone else will pick up the King they abandoned - but not buying the CAD's as they were a waste of their money it seems

Same boat here being a pensioner. I normally wait for a review before pulling the trigger. I watch Sam's Trains and Jenny Kirk, mostly fast forwarding to the mechanism and running characteristics and decoder installation. I did jump on a Rapido Manning Wardle the second day it hit the market and then got worried that I may have jumped too early. Fortunately, it runs beautifully.

I did miss out on a Microace EF13-31 while waiting for any review. Luckily, after writing it off, I did find one a few weeks later.

I've fallen into the gotta buy it now before it goes out of stock syndrome and have to wean myself off.

Part of my day is going to the Kato Japan, Tomix, Microace, Rails of Sheffield, Kernow, Hobby Search, Hobbyland Pochi (used stuff), and getting myself into trouble.

Wow, the owner of that house go play the lottery after that? Super fortunate that they didn't take damage. I'm guessing they live on the outside of a curve?

I bet you guys have the same sick sense of humor that we had in the Navy. One guy would get a pack of m&ms in the mail, sort them out by color and gather up the ones that had a cracked shell. At the end of the day, he'd go to the fantail and flick each one, one at a time, into Davey Jones' locker.

I get a kick out of this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lohU3b2yI8k

Hi all,

To my pleasant surprise, I was invited this month to appear as a guest on The Shunting Yard Live. The episode will be streamed live on YouTube this evening (the 18th) from 8 PM.

We'll be talking about cutting edge model railway technology and where it might go in the future, and the topic list includes command and control, layout inputs/outputs, layout automation, layout networking and 3D printing among other related topics.


I'll be there alongside Ayberk (The N Gauge Wizard) and I hope it might provide some interesting food for thought for you.

I hope you will join us and drop a hello in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/live/G7rlVZl_LQk?is=UFoUMwRpLzVs-AC1

Will.