Quote from: Newportnobby on April 14, 2026, 11:33:21 AM

Quote from: PLD on April 14, 2026, 11:12:38 AMWhen the order book is opened, at that point you can make the decision of the precise items you wish to commit to purchase (which could be different or more or less than your initial EoI)

We have no clue as to what 'slack' there is in Dapol's purchasing so I'd like to think anyone making an EoI and sticking with it would have a priority over anyone changing their mind mid stream, as it were. If their change of mind cannot be accommodated by Dapol at that point in time, then they'll just have to hope they can swap with someone else

If Dapol follow the same convention as others such as Revolution, Rapido etc the EoIs determine if it is viable; then actual orders determine what/how many of each are manufactured...

I have a grand total of three Mk3 sleepers on pre-order.

I'm tempted by plenty of other models, but since the delivery of the class 45, FSA/FTA and Cartics I don't think my pre-order list has been this low.

Sorry, Martin

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 14, 2026, 11:27:48 AMI was speaking to @Hailstone and he told me he has 3 x Moguls on pre order + other stuff so Lord only knows what @Bob G has on order. He'll probably be having ½ a dozen light pacifics at the least!!

Of course, I'd forgotten about the BoBs.
They were regular performers on the sea wall with route familiarisation turns.
I have two of the old GF pacifics but they do look rather outdated so yes, I guess I'll need to order one of the new Dapol ones.

Quote from: PLD on April 14, 2026, 11:12:38 AMWhen the order book is opened, at that point you can make the decision of the precise items you wish to commit to purchase (which could be different or more or less than your initial EoI)

We have no clue as to what 'slack' there is in Dapol's purchasing so I'd like to think anyone making an EoI and sticking with it would have a priority over anyone changing their mind mid stream, as it were. If their change of mind cannot be accommodated by Dapol at that point in time, then they'll just have to hope they can swap with someone else

I was speaking to @Hailstone and he told me he has 3 x Moguls on pre order + other stuff so Lord only knows what @Bob G has on order. He'll probably be having ½ a dozen light pacifics at the least!!

An "expression of interest" is just that. At that point, there is no firm commitment to purchase the exact items you expressed interest in.

It may be that only aggregated numbers are recorded and not necessarily tied to individuals - that's certainly the case with some other suppliers.

When the order book is opened, at that point you can make the decision of the precise items you wish to commit to purchase (which could be different or more or less than your initial EoI)

If you did want to model a specific train and did the research, surely you didn't bin that as soon as you placed the EoI??

I am another who has already spent a tidy sum on a Rapido Peak, three sound fitted Farish V2s and a fourth non-sound one which has since had sound fitted (YouChoos). I have a sound fitted Hall due according to Bachmann June/July plus possibly 2 x Sonic A5s and a J72 before the year end.

I am yet to order (but doubtless will) a sound fitted Class 20 and possibly an EFE Baby Deltic.

So predicted spend this year on locos alone likely to be circa £2k possibly a tad more 

That said, it isn't every year a brand new and brilliant model of my fave loco (V2) with sound gets released..

Roy

Not so bad here.

I've already bought a second Britannia on impulse a few weeks ago then, the same week, I received one of the new batch of Castles which I'd had on pre-order for a while.

The only other items I'm waiting for at the moment are:

Ex GW Mogul
Modified Hall
New run Manor.

No doubt other things will tempt me at some point.
I was almost tempted today by ROS Black 5 for £99-50 but decided against it on the grounds that they were somewhat rare on the sea wall.

Similar here Mick, something like £650 of spend this year. Trouble is Mrs N hasn't a clue.

May have to bribe the postman to only deliver when she is out or leave the packages in a secret place.

Only problem is Mrs N has started looking at the credit card statement and questions like what's this Rails of Sheffield at £xxx.

Mind you she still owes me a birthday present which she said could be my present-orders trouble is they have grown somewhat since then.