Quote from: Newportnobby on November 24, 2025, 11:14:02 AMJeez, All I can say is 'ignorance is bliss'
Face? Bovvered? 

The roof looks very different on the refurbished buffets, and obviously in an ideal world it would be nice for a correct one to be tooled. However this very welcome project was always going to be a relatively marginal one from a viability perspective so I totally get why they haven't felt able to do so. For those who are unhappy it is a chance to break out the plastikard, scalpel and files and do some modelling, personally I am unlikely to bother!

Roy

Exactly, Roy. If it offends so much just don't buy it

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 24, 2025, 12:40:28 PMExactly, Roy. If it offends so much just don't buy it

Sorry if my sarcasm offends.
I've been spending too long on RM Web.

Bob G (who made a more detailed roof on his own rebuilt Gresley buffet in 2011, when he was a proper modeller!)

As I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 24, 2025, 01:19:19 PMAs I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

That knowledge is limited to what I'm interested in!

I used to work to the consultant's rule book. Expert on Day 2. So long as you are a couple of pages ahead of your client, all is well 

Bob

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 24, 2025, 01:19:19 PMAs I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

Agreed. The thing is I can remember the Gresley buffet in blue & grey on the Western region. It was quite distinctive and left an impression that I would like to include in my layout. I can remember the sides and the bogies but I can't remember anything about the roof other than it had one. I won't be spending ages checking the model against photos of the real thing. So long as it fits in with my memory I shall be happy.

@Adam1701D
Can I ask what the ordering process will be? Will you be asking for deposits? Having expressed an interest in 2 x BGs and 1 x buffet, I'll not want to miss out
TIA

Latest update on this project: first engineering prototypes received ... check Dapol's website.
Decorated samples expected in six months' time:
A bit more time to save up for them then!

Quote from: madchadbrad on Today at 12:25:28 PMLatest update on this project: first engineering prototypes received ... check Dapol's website.
Decorated samples expected in six months' time:
A bit more time to save up for them then!

I suppose factoring in time lost to Chinese New Year and for revisions to tooling to have been undertaken (and new EPs checked) 6 months for deco samples is understandable. From there (if all is OK) it will then be a case of arranging a suitable factory slot and so so realistically (although happy to be proved wrong) I can't see the models arriving until this time next year at the earliest.

Roy

@Adam1701D  is there any chance your expressions of interest page could email a list of items that we have expressed an interest in ?

Craig

Quote from: Dalek on Today at 01:57:29 PM@Adam1701D  is there any chance your expressions of interest page could email a list of items that we have expressed an interest in ?

Craig

Hi Craig - I shall feed that back to the team.

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 09, 2025, 04:54:59 PM@Adam1701D
Can I ask what the ordering process will be? Will you be asking for deposits? Having expressed an interest in 2 x BGs and 1 x buffet, I'll not want to miss out
TIA

@Adam1701D Any response, please? The same applies to the suburbans announced.
I'm maybe lucky in that I wrote down what my expressions of wish were

Quote from: Adam1701D on Today at 02:44:59 PM

Quote from: Dalek on Today at 01:57:29 PM@Adam1701D  is there any chance your expressions of interest page could email a list of items that we have expressed an interest in ?

Craig

Hi Craig - I shall feed that back to the team.

Thanks, helps us remember what we wanted/ordered/expressed our interest in, not to mention budget for it when it arrives so you don't have people dropping out when it comes to handing over the cash etc

Craig

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 03:44:02 PMI'm maybe lucky in that I wrote down what my expressions of wish were

Writing, who does that 
I want to look back on an email 

Craig

Quote from: Dalek on Today at 03:49:26 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 03:44:02 PMI'm maybe lucky in that I wrote down what my expressions of wish were

Writing, who does that 
 

Craig

I did, and for my choices of LMS Suburbans too, with my feeble memory the prospect of me finding the piece of paper after a few months is less of a certainty, but that is on me!