I'm a stick-in-the-mud. Basically I stay with pre-WWII LMS, the railway my Grandad drove for. So... I have the Duchess of Atholl, and the 2-6-4 tank, which I've rebadged as LMS (let's say it's a Stanier tank); then I've managed to get a late 3-rail 'heavy freight' set, which features an 8F - in BR livery, but I'll be re-badging it. Hornby didn't really release much else in 3-rail that could pass as a pre-war LMS engine. But I did find a Wrenn Royal Scot that someone had converted to 3-rail... so that's on the way (particularly excited about that one, as I know my Grandad drove Royal Scots). And I've bought another Duchess of Atholl, which I'm planning to rename and renumber as the Duchess of Buccleuch. And that's as far as my plans go currently.
That royal scot is a good class of engine. One of my favourite classes. I have the original and rebuilt versions. Both excellent runners . Sorry, forgot you were lms themed (make the emu midland stock!!) I've a 3 rail no 7 (SNGresley) which has been converted to 2 rail!! Nigel
Well, that's a good point. Except that I've bought some items with regular post shipping and some with eBay Global Shipping, and the regular post items have been arriving promptly fine. It's the eBay Global Shipping stuff that's just not arriving. It used to be excellent when they used DHL - when DHL got a package from eBay in the UK, it would turn up at my door in a couple of business days. But with the current jokers the packages just disappear for weeks. And eBay still charge around twice as much as regular post shipping for this. I don't mind paying twice as much for much better service, but paying twice as much for much worse service... well that upsets me.
Coming on nicely!.
Not much more to do, have you!!.
How many locomotives do you plan to get? The EMU would suit that layout to a tee!
Nigel
I'm a stick-in-the-mud. Basically I stay with pre-WWII LMS, the railway my Grandad drove for. So... I have the Duchess of Atholl, and the 2-6-4 tank, which I've rebadged as LMS (let's say it's a Stanier tank); then I've managed to get a late 3-rail 'heavy freight' set, which features an 8F - in BR livery, but I'll be re-badging it. Hornby didn't really release much else in 3-rail that could pass as a pre-war LMS engine. But I did find a Wrenn Royal Scot that someone had converted to 3-rail... so that's on the way (particularly excited about that one, as I know my Grandad drove Royal Scots). And I've bought another Duchess of Atholl, which I'm planning to rename and renumber as the Duchess of Buccleuch. And that's as far as my plans go currently.
That royal scot is a good class of engine. One of my favourite classes. I have the original and rebuilt versions. Both excellent runners . Sorry, forgot you were lms themed (make the emu midland stock!!)
I've a 3 rail no 7 (SNGresley) which has been converted to 2 rail!!
Nigel
We have had a few Royal mail strikes here in the UK so maybe that could be contributing to your deliveries being delayed?
Well, that's a good point. Except that I've bought some items with regular post shipping and some with eBay Global Shipping, and the regular post items have been arriving promptly fine. It's the eBay Global Shipping stuff that's just not arriving. It used to be excellent when they used DHL - when DHL got a package from eBay in the UK, it would turn up at my door in a couple of business days. But with the current jokers the packages just disappear for weeks. And eBay still charge around twice as much as regular post shipping for this. I don't mind paying twice as much for much better service, but paying twice as much for much worse service... well that upsets me.
@@kleedhamhobby Fair Comment - I'd be upset too.