ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! NEW FARISH CATALOGUE 20TH JULY!

[MikeDunn]

I said 'decent', not Apple 

[Karhedron]

I don't see that the 87/90/91 really would great affect sales of the Dapol 86. It seems far more likely that, like it or not, electrics just aren't as popular as other types - the argument seems confirmed by poor sales of electrics in other scales like OO as you mention.

I agree. The Farish electrics may be dated but they are an adequate starting point for detailing. If there really was a went up demand for more OHEL models, I think we would see some signs of it in terms of what people actually model. I can count the number of OHEL layouts on the exhibition circuit on the fingers of one hand. There are some exceptional layouts such as Kinlet Wharf but they are very few and far between.

I realise that detailing RTR is not for everyone but there are some nice examples on here of people who have detailed their steam and diesel locos. I can't remember the last time I saw someone super-detailing an electric loco.

I realise there is some validity to the "critical mass of models" argument but there are limits. If you are willing to do a bit of detailing we have the 86, 87, 90 and 91. We have Mk3 and Mk4 coaches with matching DVTs, we also have some aircon Mk2s of Poole vintage with new ones on the way. We are a bit short of EMUs with just the Desiro to date but there are work-arounds to this. There are plenty of places where Sprinters and other DMUs run beneath the wires.

Sales of the 86s, Desiros and even the 4-CEPs have been slow. I think if there was a big appetite for electric modelling, we would have seen more signs of it by now.

I am not trying to pessimistic here as I actually really like electric prototypes. Before I moved to N gauge I used to model the WCML in 00 gauge (when I had access to my parents' huge loft  ). This was back in the days when anyone wanting to model EMUs need to become aquainted with the charms of MTK kits.  Compared to that, the kits and conversions offered by the like of NTrain and Captain Electra look like a piece of cake.

[talisman56]

A real shame that the UK's longest serving electrified mainline is so underrepresented in model form in N.


Cheers
Mark

True, true. Modellers of the Brighton main line (electrified 1932) are in dire need of 6PUL/6PAN/4LAV stock to go with the forthcoming 'Brighton Belle'... 

[PaulCheffus]

No need, just use a Tablet.

Price of a catalogue - £5 ?  Not sure, as I get mine free from the BCC

Price of a decent tablet - £200+ ...

Nuff said ...

Hi

If you already have a tablet then you don't need to buy one just like if you have a PC.

Cheers

Paul

[gelboy45]

Mr Bachmann,

Please shrink the 00 scale 2Epbs and MLVs to go with the Ceps I have - and to repay me for the Bachmann 00 Ceps I bought to encourage their eventual appearance in N scale. Just askin!  And, the Desiro in SouthWestern and Trans-Pennine colours too please.

I must agree that anything S&D would sell and sell, and sell........

Gerry

[PLD]

I said 'decent', not Apple 

There's a name for people who prefer apples..... "fruit cakes" 

[MikeDunn]

If you already have a tablet then you don't need to buy one just like if you have a PC.

Strange as it may seem, there are those people who do not own a tablet, and maybe don't want to ?  Ditto about a laptop ...  Or a smartphone, come to that.

Why should those people be forced into purchasing hardware they have no desire for, simply to be able to view the catalogues ?  And let us not forget those people who prefer the catalogue to be a printed document, Neanderthals though they may be. 

Conversely - no-one is forcing you to go out & buy a catalogue now, are they ?  All the manufacturers put the imagery on their websites, after all (with some doing the same to the actual catalogue).

Personally - I am in the latter category of preferring the physical document itself; there is something much more rewarding, in my view, to relax and peruse a well-printed A4-sized catalogue at leisure instead of peering at a magnified image on a small screen after 10 hours doing exactly that at work.  And yes, I do own a laptop as well as two tablets and a smartphone (not to mention the tower system I built, which is my main system that I am using now).

Mike
(heading off to de-brain a Cro-Magnon who wants to force me into ways I don't personally wish to follow, with a large club; and yes, I do appreciate the irony in my approach considering my technology)

[PaulCheffus]

Hi

I'm not forcing you into anything just pointing out that you don't need to take a PC to bed to surf the internet which you brought up by the way.

Cheers

Paul

[MikeDunn]

you don't need to take a PC to bed to surf the internet

<sigh>  You continue to (deliberately ?) misunderstand ...

Re-read what I said and what I was referring to, in a tongue-in-cheek fashion.  The discussion is around catalogues, not around browsing the internet in general.

[PaulCheffus]

you don't need to take a PC to bed to surf the internet

<sigh>  You continue to (deliberately ?) misunderstand ...

Re-read what I said and what I was referring to, in a tongue-in-cheek fashion.  The discussion is around catalogues, not around browsing the internet in general.

Hi

Tongue in cheek or not I was merely pointing out that you don't need to take a PC to bed that's all and you have blown it out of all proportion.

This is my final comment on the subject but for what it's worth I do actually agree that a printed catalogue is sometimes better than an electronic copy.

Cheers

Paul

[Newportnobby]

Good grief, guys
It's only a discussion about a catalogue, and though we're still (loosely) on topic - how about we get back to letting folks dream about what they'd like to see in it, not what format they'd prefer it in
If a discussion is wanted on hard copy format v tablets etc can I suggest a new thread is started under 'General Discussion'

[MikeDunn]

Sorry Mick,

For reasons best known only to him, Paul seems to have taken my tongue-in-cheek comment about dragging a PC into bed personally, and made some uncalled-for remarks.  It's a shame that some people have no sense of humour ...  My thanks to those who do, & have used the "thank you" button.

Getting back on-topic, I doubt we will see more than a handful of things we can call 'new'; re-treads are much more likely, in different liveries ...  I wonder though, do Woodland Scenics new items qualify as 'new' in the Farish catalogue 

Mike

[gc4946]

I think there could be two possibilities with Scenecraft buildings:

1. The rest of the Sheffield Park station buildings appear (the waiting room's already available ref.: 42-087)

2. A range of Settle & Carlisle line structures to celebrate the 25th anniversary reprieve of the line in 1989, as Aisgill signal box appears in the forthcoming Cumbrian Mountain Express train pack.

Maybe a model of Ribblehead viaduct or Dent station for starters ...

[Agrippa]

Good grief, guys
It's only a discussion about a catalogue, and though we're still (loosely) on topic - how about we get back to letting folks dream about what they'd like to see in it, not what format they'd prefer it in
If a discussion is wanted on hard copy format v tablets etc can I suggest a new thread is started under 'General Discussion'

Another riot in Toytown , Gawd 'elp us!

[Jim Martin]

A real shame that the UK's longest serving electrified mainline is so underrepresented in model form in N.


Cheers
Mark

True, true. Modellers of the Brighton main line (electrified 1932) are in dire need of 6PUL/6PAN/4LAV stock to go with the forthcoming 'Brighton Belle'... 

Not that electricity. The other,  good kind.

Jim