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There was a link to "Update Card Details" in the email notifying me of the problem. I don't usually click links in emails, but this time I made an exception because of the email relevance. I have now done this twice, I get the authentication code on my mobile phone OK, enter it in the process, but it still fails. Now if the system requires the authentication code on a mobile, Hornby's pre-order system will never work simply because they don't have MY mobile phone. nd it does not work even when I do enter the code. I have successfully used this authentication system many times before with this Australian Visa card, in places as far away as Norway and Austria. So as someone said in a previous topic, some coding has not been implemented correctly. And that will be dependent on whose digital payment gateway they use. Even in my own business, we have problems with these, with not enough support on implementation or poor documentation and instruction. Kimball

The Hornby shopping cart has not been able to charge my card for a back-order, so I deleted it (the only option available). Now I have no path in my account profile to add a new card. Can any one help me on this please? Kimball from Australia.

@threelink blush I guess yours don’t come in a box. smirk

Hello I see little point in whinging about price increases for which there are multiple reasons. If you like model trains, buy them when and where you can at a price you can afford. Then enjoy them for what they are - toys for amusement and relaxation. I can only speak like this because I buy old £5 Tri-ang wagons to refurbish and run on a layout along with more recent and more expensive items including locos. I just like model trains.

After removing the underframe and interior, then masking the roof, I spray the old Hornby Railroad coach body with Humbrol clear orange colour #1322. The number of coats will determine how dark an effect you achieve. So I suggest trial and error, and get variations from coach to coach. You can also use the Humbrol clear green #1325 to first brush touch over some panels, and this gives a brown finish when oversprayed with the orange. Even a try a tiny tiny touch of the clear red #1321 on some panels. This overall orange method means you retain all the lettering and lining as is. The colour photos of LNER well-used coaches indicate the overall effect was a brownish colour. After WWII, the LNER decided on a brown paint finish for steel coaches, to attempt a match with the older teak coaches. Teak was imported from Burma by most of the Victorian era railways, and without the high level of varnish, would have deteriorated to a silver-grey colour. The combination of dirt, coal dust, road grime and varnish ensured the overall brown look. I can only assume that some progenitors of the LNER (eg. the GNR) used the natural teak colour without staining. However the finishing of such timber took up to 25 separate coatings, including filling blemishes, sanding, and repeated varnishing. I do not know the chemical composition of the varnish. It was said you could see your face in the resultant finish, as though on a gentleman's carriage. (Our Iron Roads, F S Williams, 1883)