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October 2024 Newsletter

The Workbench

You're probably wondering, where the parrots is this updated HST that we've rabbiting on about for an eternity? Well, as alluded to in the last newsletter, the past month has been spent finalising the cab, writing the manual (all 80+ pages of it), creating scenarios, updating existing scenarios, and generally giving everything a good old polish.

To the cab then. We're pleased to say that Magic Cab Man has gone beyond expectations and provided a truly exquisite model for you to immerse yourselves in. Scratches, dirt, reflections, ambient lighting, shiny things and lots of tasty functionality; it has it all. Some say there is even a wobbly wiper cable too.

Years of crud baked into the power handle brushes along with lovely reflections

Both NRN and GSM-R radios are available depending on the era you are driving in

All of the best HST drivers had the cab door open in the summer. Please note this is only a feature within the cab and isn't reflected on the outside.

With the cab sorted, we thought hurray, that's everything done, time to get everything ready for release! Magic Cab Man had other ideas though and asked whether a variant of the cab featuring Automatic Train Protection (ATP) for the Great Western examples would be of interest; to which our answer was of course, "yes!".

As things stand, the pack is ready to go, even down to the YouTube trailer (except for some ATP shaped gaps), so we are just awaiting the arrival of the ATP cab before letting the pack out into the wild. Thank you for your patience and we hope you enjoy it! This is only the beginning too as the Valenta & VP185 variants scream into view on the horizon.

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