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I went to Harry Potter world about two years ago ,,£5 for a mug of butter beer or an ice cream,anything tv themed I suppose will always attract visitors or buyers.

Lots of limited editions due the the centenary of Hornby ,,I'm a sucker for special/ limited editions that are sold in the reproduction vintage style boxes ,I think the r3809 Rocket in vintage box would be a nice collectors set along with the sir Nigel Gresley set in the repo Hornby dublo box ,,

[quote="mjb1961"]As I'm not era or region prototypical I just buy what I like ,if I can afford it that is ,for me this year will be the W1 Hush Hush and the Xmas wagon plus the rails exclusive gas turbine loco .

As I'm not era or region prototypical I just buy what I like ,if I can afford it that is ,for me this year will be the W1 Hush Hush and the Xmas wagon ,

Forfarian wrote:What type of gas does it run on

Methane ,,you have to fart into the tank to fire it up

The answer is YES,,about 8 or 9 months ago I decided I was totally un happy with the layout which was fully scenic,buildings ,cars ,everything ,.but I had visions of something better ,so I dismantled it ,made a slight start on the new layout,become un happy with that ,stopped ,and it is still like i...

Quite fancy one of these ,just to collect,maybe the first version in gloss black ,the thing about pre ordering things like this is it takes around 18 months before you receive it ,if your lucky ,I've had the NER autocoach ( rails exclusive ) on pre order since this time last year and it is due to be...

Haven't removed mine from the box ,only removed the sleeve to take a peep ,really is a lovely model ,,,mjb

Paul-H wrote:Have a look at Halfords Camo Brown, looks quite a good colour for track sleepers.

Paul

Will do ,thanks

I would say .. No. Tracks normally look rusty dirty browny colour. But it depends where the tracks are. If they are in and around a yard or steam engine shed or workshops you may not see the sleepers at all for the build up of dirty grime old ash and coal ect. I would go for the rusty dirty brown l...

Thankyou for your fast replies,,and 'NO' footplate halfords don't sell railway colours ,I just mentioned halfords as somewhere I could possibly buy some Matt spray cheaper ,,,so back on topic I would be best going for a browny rust sort of colour ,I'll have a look ,,thankyou ,,mjb

Hi ,,,I've been thinking about spraying the tracks with the sleeper grime spray to tone down the shiny sleepers ,now model match sleeper grime is £15.50"on eBay / £7.50 plus post from hattons,I think a bit expensive so what about ordinary Matt black spray ,would that give the same result or not...

Hi,,,running tts equipped LOCOS in 128 speed steps is best ,,mjb

Hi,,it depends on how prototypical you want to be or are,me personally would just pick any one ,but maybe not the HST ones with the velenta engine sound files ,or a more expensive one that is correct for your dmu,hope this helps ,,mjb

Hi spike,,,do you remember what controller they used in the shop,my guess would be an American one ,NCE,MRC ,if you don't perhaps you could email them ,if you can find out what controller it is then you know which one should work ,,just a thought mjb