paulc
Western Thunderer
Oh yes he is . Oh no he wasn't.
Sorry couldnt resist it .
Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.
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Sorry couldnt resist it .
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
There, fixed for you!
Thanks, Simon. As it happens, the Accurascale Panniers are hot on the heels of the Buckjumpers, which if they're anything to go by, the Panniers will be superb.
Yes, I also have a couple with my name on them and they could well see service on Sheep Dip......
Rob
James Spooner
Western Thunderer
I’ve got a couple on order; just hoping I can convert them to EM relatively easily…
Nigel
ullypug
Western Thunderer
I’ve held off ordering one until I know the conversion to P4 is feasible but I’d like a riveted one
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
At the very least, Andrew, I know that the body will be easily removable from the chassis (I got this after having a conversation with Accurascale at last year's Larkrail), so a replacement P4 chassis is certainly one way to go. I suspect that the AS driving axles will be 2mm, however, so that's one more hurdle to deal with, if wanting a simple wheelset replacement a la Bachmann.
Marc Dobson
Western Thunderer
They do look very nice and I have a few GER wagons that would go nicely with them it's just the faff of creating an new chassis again just building a kit.
Marc
Marc
ullypug
Western Thunderer
Luckily we have High Level chassis to help. Wouldn’t it be good if Accurascale sold finished bodies in entirety?
Marc Dobson
Western Thunderer
Conversion packs from the manufacturer could be something they could sell as an extra
Matt.S.
Western Thunderer
The fine tolerances required and very limited requirement for them makes this uneconomical. I had a discussion with one of the accurascalists a while ago.
James Spooner
Western Thunderer
Combined with the very small market for EM and S4. I understand that 00 is about 98% of the RTR market and the demand for EM comprises another 1.5%, with S4 taking the remaining 0.5%. It really isn’t worth a manufacturer’s while worrying about such small market segments and we just have to be grateful for whatever we get.
Nigel
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning, Tony.
Based on my own experience working in what is arguably the largest and best stocked model railway retailer in Wales ( bold claim but well founded ), I have to disagree.
We don't stock anything from Hornby's TT120 range ( despite a number of approaches and ' giving it away' offers from Hornby ), and I can honestly say that since it's introduction, I've had less ( far less in fact ) than a dozen enquiries from customers and know of only one who is doing anything with it. We were approached by our PECO rep to stock their range of products, just after Christmas and we did. Trackwork, buildings, wagons. They were displayed in a very prominent position in the shop and also taken out to exhibitions we visited. Everything has now been returned to PECO
In the four months we had the stock on sale, we sold TWO buffer stops..
We therefore don't feel we are missing out by not stocking it and envisage no change to that position.
Rob.
It's an odd one...TT:120 I mean. I have bought a few Peco bits as I've got a small amount of Continental TT, one shop I tried a while back (when I still lived in Kent) was saying they had sold out of points and were awaiting stock. That reminds me, I really must see if the stock I've got will actually run on the Peco track...
Those Buckjumpers look lovely, yet another reason why I'm glad I don't model in 00 as I'd never have any money left!
Simon.
Those Buckjumpers look lovely, yet another reason why I'm glad I don't model in 00 as I'd never have any money left!
Simon.