Comments on: The Gap Is Too Wide

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:50:32 +0000

I think there’s some in the Preiser 3.5mm range.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:28:51 +0000

Last Mk3s I bought were a couple of years back, but I haven’t taken a close look at their translucentosity.

As for the Hawkwind gigs, who makes 2mm scale Stacias?

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:35:03 +0000

Hmm, interesting. Have they fixed the translucency in the Mk 3s, I wonder? Although of recent Chinese build, mine are as translucent as a translucent thing.

Stick-a-bulb-inside-them-and-wear-them-to-a-Hawkwind-gig kind of translucent.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:01:42 +0000

The TSO has an interior, but the BSK does not, although it’s promised in future releases, hopefully when the Blue/Grey and NSE versions appear.

They’re not translucent anymore, even without the interiors. The Chinese-made version use different printing from the ink used in the old Poole-made ones. The super BGs are the same, no translucentocity whatsoever.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:06:12 +0000

Ironic, isn’t it? You buy into N for space reasons, and the infernal couplers make the train almost as long as a 4mm one anyway.

I assume there are interiors in those Mk 1s? I had a shufty at some in my local shop a while ago, and they looked better inside. One of my biggest problems with N is the translucent BachFar coaches. As my N plans are for downstairs I can’t really stop the sun shining through the things. The 170s are much better in this respect – totally opaque.