To add a little more context to the OP's complaint - they asked us to delay shipping of their order as they were about to go on holiday.

As per the auto-reply on our general email (which I've realised you won't get if you use the contact form) I've also been on holiday. The packing team (by which I mean Ben and Simon) sent out a large stack of orders whilst I was away which I could only mark as despatched when I got back to a computer on Tuesday.

If you're sending an email and not getting a response (and we're not on leave) then please chase us as we normally reply same day (and have done for some time unless there's a backlog to answer like at the moment).

Cheers Mike

I'm trying to fit the provided snowploughs to a recently bought (new) Class 31. However, I'm not finding the instructions very clear - two arrows leading from the snowplough in the direction of the bufferbeam but, to what, I can't tell. I've looked on the model and can easily see the holes for brake pipes, etc. but I'm wondering whether I have to remove the bodyshell to get to the snowplough holes?

Three great tracks with Rod Stewart on vocal (before he discovered crooning to grannies was more lucrative). The first was later covered by Nazareth

Try scratching somewhere else next time Mick

Very influential on me Mark @Platy767 , my dad had two of their albums in the mid sixties which got a lot of play on our Dansette...



Ours was identical to this one.

Lani Hall (vocals) married Herb Alpert and is still performing. She also sang the James Bond theme "Never Say Never Again".

Tim

Sigh.

Sergio Mendes and Brasil'66.

Brings back wonderful memories of AM radio, 45s and of course, me mum!

Doesn't sound anything like AM radio now. (Actually remastered too hot)

Mark

As long as it's not a 'desperation' issue
I'll give 'em 'Scratch and win'. I scratched me arse and won nowt

Quote from: EtchedPixels on May 27, 2026, 04:53:39 PMProbably the best pub band that escaped being a pub band (except maybe Chas & Dave)

I wonder what Wilko Johnson's step count is on a gig

Quote from: Papyrus on May 29, 2026, 09:35:27 AMInteresting looking loco! But did the cab really have no forward-facing window in real life? How did the crew watch for signals?

No, they had roughly rectangular front windows about the height of the cab side windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Hudson

I suspect there is no human intervention so surveys are unlikely to feature, the e-mails are more likely a completely random mail drop sent to all subscribers and rather like the supermarket aisles they are looking for people to buy that "bargain" that they don't need and would never proactively look for.

I get the Rails e-mails but delete most without even opening them, most of the time the "bargains" are the same slow selling models as previously promoted, I guess I should really unsubscribe