Dapol announcement looking for expressions of interest in Gresley D113/245

[Roy L S]

Jeez, All I can say is 'ignorance is bliss'
Face? Bovvered? 

The roof looks very different on the refurbished buffets, and obviously in an ideal world it would be nice for a correct one to be tooled. However this very welcome project was always going to be a relatively marginal one from a viability perspective so I totally get why they haven't felt able to do so. For those who are unhappy it is a chance to break out the plastikard, scalpel and files and do some modelling, personally I am unlikely to bother!

Roy

[Newportnobby]

Exactly, Roy. If it offends so much just don't buy it

[Bob G]

Exactly, Roy. If it offends so much just don't buy it

Sorry if my sarcasm offends.
I've been spending too long on RM Web.

Bob G (who made a more detailed roof on his own rebuilt Gresley buffet in 2011, when he was a proper modeller!)

[Newportnobby]

As I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

[Bob G]

As I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

That knowledge is limited to what I'm interested in!

I used to work to the consultant's rule book. Expert on Day 2. So long as you are a couple of pages ahead of your client, all is well 

Bob

[Chris Morris]

As I said 'ignorance is bliss'
I admire and respect your knowledge but am just happy to have one to run with my blue/grey rake

Agreed. The thing is I can remember the Gresley buffet in blue & grey on the Western region. It was quite distinctive and left an impression that I would like to include in my layout. I can remember the sides and the bogies but I can't remember anything about the roof other than it had one. I won't be spending ages checking the model against photos of the real thing. So long as it fits in with my memory I shall be happy.