I was curious as to when the Modified Halls with a Hawksworth tender would appear, so contacted Bachmann-Farish.

Here is their kind and quick response, which I am sharing.


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Good morning Steve,

 

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

 

Currently we don't have any further versions of the Graham Farish 'Hall' and 'Modified Hall' Class locomotives planned for production beyond the four models that were announced in 2025 and are due for release this year. Future production will no doubt include versions with the Hawksworth Tender, however these would only progress through the development process once the versions that we are currently marketing have been delivered and have sold through.

 

Kind regards,


Richard

 


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"Gone rogue" - A bit like the "t" in put  .

Another thinking of you George, you take care and enjoy the Viz albums but don't laugh too much, something might pop!

Now the Moodies were seen as quite cool at my school. Probably a South v North thing.

I liked BJH , King Crimson and The Strawbs too although, for some reason, I never saw BJH.

Anyway, talking of Kettles of Fish......

I was never that hot on The Moodies. At school they were classed as a 'girlie' band
Now BJH, King Crimson, The Strawbs etc were a different kettle of fish

I had previously found what is a border around the edge of the lawn and thought it looked like it could be a garden railway trackbed...

Well that is now confirmed with this...

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 08, 2026, 01:16:11 PMLong live the Mellotron

The Moody Blues were probably its greatest exponents :

Long live the Mellotron

It would appear the stent put in 4 years ago has, to use George's words, gone rogue.
Hopefully that could be a relatively easy fix (if anything to do with heart ops can be described as 'easy')

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 07, 2026, 09:26:32 AM

Quote from: GrahamB on April 07, 2026, 08:26:17 AMI cut the Dapol magnets in half. They can tend to splinter so care is needed.

@GrahamB That's my intention. Can I ask what you used, please? Cutting disc? Razor saw?

I score them with a tile cutter then snap them in half.

Geoff

I saw King Crimson three times in the very early 70s and always thought of them as being innovative and pushing the boundaries.
To me In the Court of the Crimson King was their best album.

I rather liked the later album from former members Ian McDonald and Michael Giles with the concept track birdman, the whole of side 2, being the highlight.
Unfortunately it's not on you tube these days so no link but if you can find it have a listen.