Members' Sales

[duttonbay]

I'm not trying to prove the manufacturer wrong. But their visions of what the model must look like might be different than mine. If we assume the photos are of models on a chassis, there looks like space in the cab. I am happy to have a cab full of decoder if that's what it takes.

I added decoders to my Bemo V51s by hacking off a corner of the whitemetal chassis. But back in those days I was running DC, and elected to go to DCC, so I had the locos to begin with. These days I will have to wait and see what the finished model looks like, in 009 News or here on the forum, before I can place an order - and just hope they aren't sold out.

Garry, this might well be what it takes for me to resurrect the DBT after what is now heading towards eight years storage. All I said was that I'll buy two (or even three) but only if there is somewhere to fit a decoder.

[Hobby]

Quite frankly I am heartilly fed up with people who pass snap judgements on products that are not even available yet!  

Bit of an over-reaction there, Garry, take a chill pill! The reason I doubt the manufacturer simply because I can see at least one obvious place for a decoder, namely the rather large cab... I suspect that with some modification the fuel/battery tanks between the bogies could be a another possible location....

Luckily I don't give a toss about chips (except from the Chippy with a battered sausage!) so it doesn't affect me...

BTW were these locos ever used anywhere else in the World as I'd like one but can't justify it at the moment!

[JulienW]

They look interesting, though I wonder if they will be to 'standard' HO scale (1:87) or 'Japanese HO' (1:80)?

[duttonbay]

Good point Julien. I model HO, but for those who model in 009 if it was to 1:80 it's pretty much to scale.

[Hobby]

Some more detail of them here, though I can't currently find a Wikki page for them, though I am sure there will be one, but in Japanese!

http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/taiwan11.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alishan_Forest_Railway

[garrywhiting]

They look interesting, though I wonder if they will be to 'standard' HO scale (1:87) or 'Japanese HO' (1:80)?

They are most definitely 1/80 th scale.

Garry

[Hobby]

Do for either, then!

[JulienW]

They look interesting, though I wonder if they will be to 'standard' HO scale (1:87) or 'Japanese HO' (1:80)?

They are most definitely 1/80 th scale.

Garry

Thanks Garry.

[Steve Facknell]

Has there been a members list or notification over the last couple of months?
Steve

[Hobby]

There was an email a week or so back I think but no list from what i remember. Only two weeks to Expong and then everything will change so I doubt we'll see anything until the dust has settled!

[MickT]

An email was sent to the mailing list on 13 Oct, with an update. Extract from this email:

"The Members Sales team are aware that a list of items for sale has not been circulated for some time but this has been due to the considerable number of events we have attended recently which has meant that stock has been coming in and going out before we have been able to list it. However we do have a large numbers of items which will be for sale at Expong and we hope after Expong normal service will be resumed. We look forward to seeing you there."

If anyone who is on the mailing list and should have received this email but didn't then I suggest that there may be a glitch somewhere, so good idea to get on to Brian Ellsmore and report it.

Mick

[The Sales Team]

As Blair says, once Expong is over we'll see if there's any stock left (!) and then maybe get a list together when there's enough (newish) stock to justify one.

The Sales Team.

[Steve Facknell]

It was just seeing the comment about a recent notification made me ask as I didn't receive that email.
Thanks all
Steve

[multivac]

And now for something rather different...

Intelligence reaches us about a forthcoming loco from ANE Models. The prototypes were built by Mitsubishi in 1969 and 1972 (DL 21

[Hobby]

That's a shame, it looks a big loco in real life so will probably look too large against my HO scale stock. Should suit you OO9ers though!

It's a shame we seem to be going backwards to the bad old days of OO/HO and N with 1:160 and 1:148 scales, not to mention TT! OK I understand the reasons they done it for their 3ft 6ins stuff but this is 2ft 6ins so they could have used the correct scale. I don't think they should mark their stuff HO scale, though, that's misleading, HO scale is 1:87, not 1:80, they'd be better listing it as OO sacle as it's nearer! Though they aren't the only ones as Bachmann list their Tallylyn stuff as HO in the USA!