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Article #162Re: Eureka Models update
From: Big End
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:05
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:05
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"Darren Bazley" <byroncreek@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<426441c1@news.comindico.com.au>... > "Big End" <a_corby@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message > news:abe26d42.0504181023.1d211776@posting.google.com... > > Lambing Flat <bullack@cia.com.au> wrote in message > news:<42637E8B.1000407@cia.com.au>... > > > G'day all :-) > > > > > > The latest Eureka Models update is now available. > > > > > > For the benefit of non-Australian readers, Eureka Models produces high > > > quality models of New South Wales Railways prototypes in HO. > > > > Does it really? Thats very questionable as they are yet to put a model > > on the shelf. Nor do they produce them, they are in fact produced in > > China, under contract to Eureka Models to my understanding. I > > seriously doubt Ron's back shed is large enough to go into production > > of HO scale models. > > > > > > The big (though hardly secret ;-) news, of course, is that Eureka's 3rd > > > release will be the NSWGR C38 class pacific, in both streamlined and > > > non-streamlined form, in black or green, "pristine" or weathered and > > > with optional Sound. Details of the new model are available on the new > > > 38 page. > > > > And heres a prediction. Following the 38 will be the 59 or the 32. I > > base this on the following series of events: > > > > I bought a couple of Lloyds 60 class kits and what happens, Eureka > > annouce they are going to open with a ready to run 60 class. > > > > Just before Christmas 2004 I received 2 x 38 class kits from Lloyds > > and now Eureka are going to do a RTR 38 class. > > > > Now having just received my Lloyds 59 and 32 I reckon I'm odds on on > > the law of averages that Eureka's next model will either a 59 or 32 > > class > > > > In that case, please buy another 32, a couple of 35s and a few 12s!! > Yep No problem. Please speak with your contacts at lottery office and seek the approval of the leader of the opposition (My wife) > Darren > http://www.byroncreek.com > > > Lucky I'm not a comspiracy theorist, otherwise I may think someone was > > bugging my phone. > > > > > > The latest Eureka Times is finally up, as are all the "lost" back > issues. > > > > > > The 620 has slipped a bit (as expected) and is now due in July, though > > > the Garratt appears to be still on track for October delivery. > > > > > > > > > James McInerney > > > Eureka webmaster: http://eureka.m.bigpondhosting.com/ > > > > > > My G gauge garden homage to the now long gone railways of Tasmania's > > > west coast, the "Rurr Valley Railway" > > > http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html > > > > > > also http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , where the steam era NSWGR > > > secondary lines live on in HO at bucolic "Lambing Flat" > > > > > > and http://members.optusnet.com.au/lambingflat/ for the family stuff!
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