Great to have you back George even if it does mean a return of the BV or VB on drip 

Quote from: Yet_Another on April 14, 2026, 01:58:18 PMAs others have said, the EoI is just a survey, really.

Yes, I've assumed that Dapol have used the EOI process both to assess demand and to build a mailing list to invite orders when production starts. By expressing an interest you've committed yourself to nothing and I doubt Dapol have retained any lists of precisely what each person expressed an interest in - just the aggregate numbers which allowed them to make the decision to go ahead with production.

Good one, Mick.

Quote from: PLD on April 14, 2026, 02:48:37 PM

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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... 

That might be true if I knew what I was looking for: I have no idea what the push-pull gear would look like as a separate spare part!

A beautiful train 

There's less and less which tempts me these days, so my wallet remains largely unscathed! A couple of 66s and the FSA/FTAs this year, and I must put deposits down for some Electrostars, but I don't think there's much else out there!

Tonight I got to run my 1920s SECR freight train

1920s freight on the SECR hauled by Wainwright C class No. 4 by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 15, 2026, 09:29:17 PMThe tube stock looks great but I have absolutely no reason for that although I do have the matching 05 shunter.

I admit to buying the tube stock purely for the memories.
It will, however, hopefully create a stir if I run it on our club layout at any shows we get invited to

So far it's been a fairly cheap year including landing some half price (ie sensibly priced) virgin mark 2 stock at last.

Baby Deltic is tempting but I have a rather nice kit built one, and the other stuff I'd want is all stuff I already have in some older form that will do just fine.

The tube stock looks great but I have absolutely no reason for that although I do have the matching 05 shunter.

Thanks so much, folks. There's a ways to go yet, but your encouragement is certainly helping!! (It looks like Guinness in those glasses, but is actually VB)