Quote from: Newportnobby on January 01, 2026, 12:05:10 PMAnyone else got pre orders due Qtr 1 this year?

Yep, I have two Farish BR Green sound fitted V2s incoming, according to the Bachmann website due Jan/Feb 2026. Hopefully accurate, all other V2s have so far arrived as scheduled.

I also have one of the newly announced Farish Halls, "Kinlet Hall" sound fitted due Feb/March, again hopefully accurate, as to have a chance of meeting the date they must be on the boat or close to it.

So, overall not going to be a cheap quarter for me!

Roy

Happy New Year, people!

I don't do New Year resolutions, but...

I will make faster progress on the layout;

I will finish my Cadbury train;

I must not buy any more kits/chassis/dead locos* until I have repaired/completed some of the ones in the to-do box.

Three is probably the limits of my resolve.

Cheers,

Chris

*(unless something irresistible comes along    )

Quote from: Graham on January 01, 2026, 12:10:30 AMJust ordered some spares from Bachmann, great they have them in stock, but 30 quid for postage.
Really, it was only 25 a few weeks ago.
Still I suppose it is either get the spares of have the loco's sit in the display cabinet.

£30 for P&P seems a little excessive?  Can you see if you can email, get it reduced slightly?

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 01, 2026, 12:05:10 PMI doubt there's any point in asking Dapol for an update on the Bulleid light pacific and Mogul as they probably don't know the answer.

Light pacific locos were flagged for Q2 2026
The GW Manor and GW mogul I've heard anything from Q2 to Q4 2026
The Ivatt tank is flagged for Q4 2026. It seems to have been forgotten in the rush to cut new metal (Minitrix version launched 1976, First Dapol version launched 2006 (30 year gap), and now a 20 year gap before the upgraded version).

Dapol's latest batch of class 33s were due Q4 2025... now down as Jan 2026

Rapido's class 45/46 peaks are flagged for Q1 2026...

Revolution's 313 PEP units are due late Q1 2026...
Revolution's PTA/JUA/JTA 102T tipplers are also due late Q1 2026... IIRC

I'm not tracking anything else due soon.

Wishing everyone here a Happy New Year!

The extra cost is probably to add magnets to them to stop them falling off the rails and bouncing on the ceiling.

Going by current promises I'd like to think the Farish 372-775A C class in SECR livery and my 4 car + 3 car Revolution tube stock will have been despatched before then.
I doubt there's any point in asking Dapol for an update on the Bulleid light pacific and Mogul as they probably don't know the answer.
Anyone else got pre orders due Qtr 1 this year?

Happy New Year everyone.

Quote from: Tank on December 31, 2025, 11:26:20 PMJust before midnight, but, Happy New Year 2026 to all of our members on the NGF! 

Thank you to the moderators for their never ending work on here.  There haven't been any complaints for a long time, so hopefully the level of moderation is right?!   A tough one to judge sometimes.

Thank you to the members who contribute to posts and threads, and for those that help immensely with making sure that the donations are topped up each month.

I hope you all have a great modelling year in 2026 and that you have good health.

Tank and the team.
 

Wot he said! Happy New Year.