Quote from: njee20 on January 27, 2026, 10:28:20 PMI'm presuming these have been finished by Rainbow in part, like the bespoke models. Interested to see what the quality is like.

Yeah the numbers and nameplates are added by Rainbow. To be honest I wouldn't be able to tell unless told, looks just like a factory finish to me . May look odd in the photo but doesn't look like it on the model

Ordered number one, just pondering on another.
As @njee20 mentioned 5 and 7 appear popular, now down to 4 of each left, whilst all the others are showing 5+

Five seemed oddly popular; with only 1 left when I ordered. I actually forget which one I got! The number looks a little odd in that photo. I'm presuming these have been finished by Rainbow in part, like the bespoke models. Interested to see what the quality is like.

Quote from: cookiescrumble on January 27, 2026, 03:09:26 PMAnother Class 66 from Rainbow Railways turned up today ...

Seven. Noice. I'm mulling over one from One to Six.   Maybe all six.

Just had my 2yr review of my Prostate treatment, PSA score now down to 0.02, has steadily dropped every test since the treatment.       

Yeah, when I rode the Ffestiniog a few years back it stopped for half an hour on the way back because a piece broke. Luckily the crew had a spare bit on board.

Quote from: Bob G on January 27, 2026, 12:17:12 PMGauge and scale creep. Its a contagion!

Don't worry they are developing a vaccine for it 

Quote from: Chris Morris on January 27, 2026, 10:18:44 AM

Quote from: Yet_Another on January 27, 2026, 09:32:53 AMOf course, technically, 009 is N gauge.

That works well until you drive an 009 loco past a signal on an N gauge layout. At that point you find that a. 009 locos tend to be wider than N and b. the ladders on the N gauge signals are not very strong.

Still N gauge though

I did dabble in 009 at one point but it never quite grabbed me. Somewhere I still have a fairlie although sadly it needs the motion fixing. I'll stick to the real ones

Taking stuff out now and then is prototypical anyway. The first train from Caernarfon to Portmadoc arrived with slightly less battery box cover on one of the coaches than it left with after an altercation with a platform edge at Beddgelert.

I am so very pleased to see this thread preserved and moved to General Discussion, after all I understand that this section of the Forum is set aside for a wider range of topics other than those more directly related to our Gentleman's Scale.  Frankly, I am intolerant of folks who are intolerant of the good efforts of others - more power to your elbow Bob G! There are enough bullies in this world as it is, without them rearing their ugly heads and shouting on this excellent Forum! Keep us up to date Bob G!

Rant over!!

I, for one, will be interested to see how Bob G gets on with his new project - it doesn't matter what scale it's in, after all he's currently talking about baseboards and so forth... and in any case, most model railway techniques and principles are universal regardless of scale/gauge! I'll be quite curious to see how the third-rail aspect will be tackled (and, yes, I do know that Peco make the relevant bits).  When I was planning my own N-Gauge layout, called Trewenn, my son, on learning that it was going to be a joint Western/Southern Region layout, became quite curious as to how I was going to deal with the conductor rail - and when I said that Trewenn was set in North Cornwall, where the third rail never went, he seemed quite disappointed; my other excuse is that I'm trying very hard not to invoke "Rule One"... So far, so (fairly) good!

Another Class 66 from Rainbow Railways turned up today to join the other bunch I have  . Just waiting on my baseboards now so I can start my layout



I hope they do more of these special liveries.