Well, you never know what's next in hospitals, do ya. Nurse came in yesterday morning and said, "You're going home today"  just like that.

Bloody hell, a very fragile Bealman scrambled through a mist of pain and got himself ready for extraction.

Anyway, he is now back home for better or for worse (PICC line hanging out of arm, etc), but at least after six or so weeks is reunited with....



Happy days!

I've managed not to buy very many new toys this year (so far!). I have mostly been spending money on track, which has seen me purchase 2 sets of scissor crossings and 28 turnouts. Another 8 turnouts to purchase and I will have enough to finish building the fiddle yard. Once these are all purchased it will be time to buy the point motors and then it will be on to the boards to control these and monitor the fiddle yard ready for automation.

My job this week is to build the 3 main boards for the fiddle yard and start to lay track. I have managed to cut almost all the ply for this today, so there is hope.

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 14, 2026, 02:13:37 PM

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 10, 2026, 11:30:17 AMMaybe this from Peter's Spares?
EBay.uk item #314587589414

I asked "Peter" of Peter's Spares fame and all he said was that all the items pictured on eBay are included in the item.
Which doesn't tell me whether the Push-pull apparatus is part of the selection!
Not very helpful I'm afraid.

Well... The link shows as invalid, but...
Look at the picture;
Is the Push-pull gear in the picture?
If yes, it's included in the selection. If no, it's Not included in the selection.

Seems perfectly clear to me... 

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 10, 2026, 11:30:17 AMMaybe this from Peter's Spares?
EBay.uk item #314587589414

I asked "Peter" of Peter's Spares fame and all he said was that all the items pictured on eBay are included in the item.
Which doesn't tell me whether the Push-pull apparatus is part of the selection!
Not very helpful I'm afraid.

I have no interest in these coaches, but my experience with the prototype HST was that Dapol had registered my interest, and when the project reached the point of pre-order, I received an email invitation. As others have said, the EoI is just a survey, really.

Expressions of interest are typically taken by a manufacturer to establish whether a project is viable, they are not in themselves pre-orders, do not establish a "place" in a queue and are in no way binding on anyone even after a manufacturer confirms the minimum order quantity threshold has been met.

We know that Dapol has said it is satisfied that enough people want the coaches and based on that they commenced tooling, I would expect that at some stage further down the line they will invite people to place orders, maybe at that point they might ask for a payment, either a deposit or in full but possibly neither.

On the subject of availability, I would think it is inconceivable that they wouldn't order sufficient from the factory to cover known pre-orders, probably with a (possibly small) margin.

Roy



 

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 14, 2026, 12:29:43 PMA selection of singles by Fine Young Cannibals.
I'd forgotten how good they were

I have a couple of their singles on playlists.

Spare a thought for those for whom buying these expensive new toys can only be dreamed of.

 

And that's why I started out with...........

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 14, 2026, 11:33:21 AMWe have no clue as to what 'slack' there is in Dapol's purchasing

What if they only ordered smaller quantities based on EoIs + a little?

I also stated............

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 28, 2026, 12:57:44 PMI'd like to think that, paying £40 for a coach, any left unsold are not discounted as, having supported both projects from the get go, I'd be seriously brassed off