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thanks mountain, as with most thing when i`m going to treat myself a big bill arrives

okey dokey

Working or not ,i dont want to pay more than £60 working and a lot less if not
if its working ,yes i can run in around round my layout if not it will form part of my scenery, if in average cosmetic condition thats ok i can slap some paint on
Cheers Tony

Without typing an essay what im trying to put across is i`ll use bullet points for this Compare hobbies ..............model railway to golf 2x rounds of golf at a good course near me = 1x class 47 ok i can still get a class 47 for £67 but 9 years ago the choice was more and cost was less ..............

Its only been 9 years since i started the model railway hobby but the changes i`ve seen in this has been staggering.Ok Brexit and Covid 19 has been responsable for a lot .
I know prices go up and `you pays your money and takes your choice` but it is now i feel restricting any one starting this hobby

The set that was £34 a week ago is now £84 the Jouef set TGV has dropped by £4

Had to go look at these and i was tempted, but i have not bought a loco or rolling stock for a good while now Hunting for bargains in this day and age takes time i think the only one i would replace new would be a Class 47 ,Deltic ,Mallard and FS oh and my American loco in the Rock Island line Liver...

GeraldH wrote:It's a Class 31

Thanks

is this a class25??

and heres some displays .........Emergency service day,USA day and The Merryfield Open :D :D :D https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/9008/9zVwCX.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3145/MQN46b.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/6122/cOGr22.jpg and of course Mission Control :D https:...

this is my layout now

The time has come for Hornby to sort out their "decoration levels" and drop Railroad. Perhaps calling anything in an ex-Margate body "Classic" they are hardly pocket money prices these days. My pocket money from the `financial director` lol doesnt get me a bag of ballast :D I cl...

stupid question alert......................ok this has got to be technical (im not) wahts the difference (about a fiver !!!!)

Hornby R3912 and R 3913 both for sale i noticed on amazon ones `railroad` and ones not etc etc

Got it

this is a panorama of my loft layout it has changed a bit not much ......... i did get a gaugemaster 4 track box for my 60th last year