Guys

I am wondering why there is a bias towards green diesels The Steelworker, Depot Master and the Riveria Express all have green diesels.

I would like to see this or similar in N

http://www.ehattons.com/71903/Bachmann_Branchline_30_048_Highland_Tourer_Digital_Sound_Set_with_Class_37_4_37418_in_BR_blue_and_Mk2_TSO_/StockDetail.aspx

Are they ripping us off for example to recreate this in N would be £175 without track and controller i think the set would be around this price without sound

Loco = £110
Coaches x 3 = £75

The sets offer good valve and i have previously bought the Mersyside Express but i feel Farish are not putting any sets out there for modern era no sector era or EWS/DRS/Colas era sets exist

Dave

there was a recent set with a blue class 24 to be fair

there have been past sets with railfreight and res 47s as well

i suppose green diesels are more popular though as fits in to 'transition era' which is all the rage...

yes an n gauge version of this set you link to would be good! a sound fitted 37/4 and those mk2s in touring green or whatever it was...  i would buy that...


cheers,

tim

Despite being a transition modeller I am forced to agree with you, Dave. There is a bias towards steam or green diesel even though the odd later era stuff does crop up like the blue class 24 Express Parcels from Farish and the blue class 22 + 6 x milk tanks from Dapol, along with their class 26 (27?) pack. I can't help thinking Dapol missed a trick by not bringing out a set containing the weathered blue Western with suitable rolling stock

I reckoned a WCRC class 47 with suitably liveried coaches would have been another good seller until they recently piddled on their own chips

Dapol did the somewhat strange set of a Class 73 in blue with a couple of ferry wagons.

There were Farish train sets that included DMUs:

370-280 Regional Commuter (with Regional Rlys 101 DMU)
370-105 Class 150 DMU Sprinter set

Dapol also produced a DCC fitted class 56 in Loadhaul livery with three telescopic bogie wagons http://www.ehattons.com/58976/Dapol_NDIESEL2_DCC_train_set_with_Class_56_in_LoadHaul_3_x_Telescopic_steel_wagons_Gaugemaster_/StockDetail.aspx

Quote from: bluedepot on May 21, 2015, 10:34:46 PM

i suppose green diesels are more popular though as fits in to 'transition era' which is all the rage...

cheers,

tim

Green diesels (on BR) lasted well into the 1970s and one, a Class 40, even into the 1980s although by that time it had become something of a celebrity and was repainted (by Crewe - I think) back into green, even gaining a TOPS number (40106 ?).

Just zipping across to Hattons and there seem to be quite a few post-1968 train packs and sets available now.

Dapol have...

• Class 66 diesel in "Malcolm" livery with 6 Megafret wagons & 45' containers
• Class 67 diesel locomotive in Arriva Trains Wales blue with 2x Mk3 coaches and Mk3 DVT
• Class 67 Bo-Bo Diesel 67013 In Wrexham & Shropshire Livery with 2x Mk3 coaches and Mk3 DVT

Kato Unitrack & Dapol do...

• DB Schenker Class 66 001 Diesel Locomotive and three Silver Bullet Wagons

Gaugemaster & Dapol do...

• Class 73 JB electro-diesel in BR blue, 2 x VTG ferry wagons

By contrast Farish do seem to have just the one post-1968 pack, the Cumbrian Mountain Express Train Pack (which is of course a model of a preserved train from the 70s, 80s and 90s). That is odd, but the BR blue Newspaper Express pack is still around at some places, and at £80, a definite bargain.

Anyway, my point is that there are quite a few post-1968 packs, though mostly privatisation era it would seem rather than the BR blue or sectorisation periods.

Cheers, NeMo

Quote from: D1042 Western Princess on May 23, 2015, 06:05:39 AM

Quote from: bluedepot on May 21, 2015, 10:34:46 PM

i suppose green diesels are more popular though as fits in to 'transition era' which is all the rage...

cheers,

tim

Green diesels (on BR) lasted well into the 1970s and one, a Class 40, even into the 1980s although by that time it had become something of a celebrity and was repainted (by Crewe - I think) back into green, even gaining a TOPS number (40106 ?).

40122 - the first of the class. Now at the NRM.

Quote from: davidinyork on May 23, 2015, 10:00:50 AM

Quote from: D1042 Western Princess on May 23, 2015, 06:05:39 AM

Quote from: bluedepot on May 21, 2015, 10:34:46 PM

i suppose green diesels are more popular though as fits in to 'transition era' which is all the rage...

cheers,

tim

Green diesels (on BR) lasted well into the 1970s and one, a Class 40, even into the 1980s although by that time it had become something of a celebrity and was repainted (by Crewe - I think) back into green, even gaining a TOPS number (40106 ?).

40122 - the first of the class. Now at the NRM.

I bow to your superior knowledge. Thanks for putting me right.

You're probably both right - according to this page 40106 survived in green, was repainted briefly to blue, then back to green.

Quote from: railsquid on May 23, 2015, 11:51:48 AM
You're probably both right - according to this page 40106 survived in green, was repainted briefly to blue, then back to green.

Thanks Railsquid. We won't have to come to blows after all then!