it leaves the door open to revolution or rapido to make a correct height 37 maybe...

it's not the end of the world of course, but if it's really a band new tooling you'd expect it to be better than the previous 37s.

i think maybe they have used the old chassis and body dimensions as a starting point?  i suppose they want the old bodies to fit the newer chassis with speaker... who knows...

Doesn't help that it looks like it's got a drainpipe glued to the end of each nose. If they can't make that detail fine they should have omitted it - it looks ludicrous.

Otherwise apart from the height still being screwed up it doesn't look too bad.

I understand that the yellow triangle on the 24.5Ts was to enable easy identification between them and the lower capacity 21Ts.

Does anyone have a date in respect of when the triangle started to be applied?

Quote from: Suffolk Rob on Yesterday at 01:51:41 PMIt's all relative oo got one new retooling livery and a few reruns of rolling stock and some aren't half kicking off over on RMWEB.

I bet they are, 75 quid for a OO coach. Even more ludicrous than N prices.

But it's how things were in the old days - Hornby would have a yearly big reveal for one or two new items, nothing else but reliveries.

Quote from: Newportnobby on Yesterday at 01:37:58 PMAll pretty thin considering just a month to TINGS. No doubt I'll get some of those 24½ tonne minerals. After all, I keep being told I haven't got the minerals

There's always a chance of a new tooling announcement pre-TINGs but I'd accept less likely with 2 new toolings announced today. Maybe more 20 & 37 varieties?

It's all relative oo got one new retooling livery and a few reruns of rolling stock and some aren't half kicking off over on RMWEB.

All pretty thin considering just a month to TINGS. No doubt I'll get some of those 24½ tonne minerals, although I think they've missed a trick in not doing a weathered 3 pack. After all, I keep being told I haven't got the minerals

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Quote from: bluedepot on Yesterday at 11:59:50 AMstill no 25/3 

I am thinking the 25/3 is possibly the biggest class of diesel not yet available in RTR DCC models now. Perhaps this is Farish's next target, would be amazed if any other manufacturer did it as its a whole new chassis for one class, whereas Farish will share it with the other rats

Quote from: bluedepot on Yesterday at 11:59:50 AMstill no 25/3 

Perhaps if Francis B and his pal do a TV series about restoring one we might get one? 

Quote from: PaulCheffus on Yesterday at 12:15:29 PMThe usual reason for the larger gap is so it will go around sharper curves than the prototype.

This is a poor excuse - lowering the body (which I've done on 20+ of these) does not hinder them going round right down to 9" curves (i.e. tighter than Bachmann's recommended minimum R2 10.5").

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Alan