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March 2025 Newsletter

The Workbench

Last month, we left you with the news that we were working on a secret project but failed to mention an important part of the puzzle. This project involves a third party, hence it suddenly falling in our laps halfway through last month. After some further work in the first couple days of March, it was handed back so we shall see whether it materialises.

The majority of March then was dedicated to the '2.0' upgrade to our Class 66 Enhancement Pack. More specifically, four solid weeks of liveries. As well as redoing from scratch all of the liveries included with the current Class 66 Enhancement Pack, we have also focused on many of the one-off 'specials' these locomotives have carried, especially with GB Railfreight. At the time of writing, we have covered 37 different liveries and that doesn't include numerous logo/decal variations within each livery.

With such a huge number of liveries, the current plan is to split the pack into two volumes, so as to keep the cost down for those who aren't fussed about the one-offs. This also makes it financially viable for us to focus on these one-off liveries, which as a rule, we tend to avoid in our packs due to their time-consuming nature. As always though, everything we say here is subject to change but that's the plan as things stand.

We expect April then to be focused on functionality and audio improvements to the 66. Beyond that, we are keen to get the Valenta version of our HST (MTU) Pack out there. It doesn't look as though a new cab will be forthcoming for that now, so we shall make the best of what we have to get this pack out with it's spine-tingling new audio, high quality liveries and functionality improvements that you are all well familar with from our HST (MTU) Pack, tailored specifically for the mighty Valenta.

Blast From The Past

We're conscious that we've probably covered pretty much everything there is to know about our sound recording sessions, so we shall use this section now to just give you a quick photo from a recording session of days gone by.