Talking of bargains, A magazine is now offering a build your own steam engine. This is a weekly, piece-by-piece, build-your-own model of the 1928 Flying Scotsman.
The first issue with the first parts is only 50 pence! What a bloody bargain!
But buyer beware. Because after that first issue, you’ll be charged £2.99 for the second one, and then – hold your breath - £4.99 for the subsequent 123 parts. Yes, 123 parts. Now even I can have a dabble on the calculator and work our that that adds up to £617.26, not to mention 2.4 years of your life. That’s almost enough to buy a first class return to London.
How fast does it go? Err … it doesn’t. If you want an electric motor to make it go, then the piratical publishers will sell you one at a later date at a “special price”.
Now I’ve had a look on this interweb thingy and it seems that Hornby, a damn fine British company that deserves our support, will sell you a Flying Scotsman train set with passenger coaches and track for just £120. The engine on its own costs just £49.99.
Memsahib GOS says I can have one for Christmas.. I can hardly wait...
