EDIT: Reposted into the Loco Suggestions sub forum, which is where I should have put it..... Greetings! I come with rather a strange suggestion, in some ways, but in others it's rather good. It's no Secret that DTG have access to some old IHH meshes and back product files. It has been great to see that we have had the 20, 35, 52 and the 9F amongst other loco types and rolling stock. However, there is a gap which exists that I find is a great shame, and DTG are in the best position to plug the gap. Obviously, a reworked class 45 made it into Train Simulator a few years ago, and it was really nice to see and drive. All things considered, it's not too bad and a definite improvement over it's old form from the IHH days. What we are missing are the class 44 and class 46 variations. IHH did make them and hopefully these two classes of Diesel made their way into DTG ownership. It would be very nice if we could have the two missing peak types as they truly just needed an update. The original models are not too bad, they are pretty decent, but they just need bringing up to more modern visuals. It would be a great shame if we did not see these two classes return, as it would be possible to sell a Peak pack on steam, or even sell the classes separately. It would also bring up plenty of opportunity for Scenario building on a professional and casual scale via the workshop. The peaks graced many mainlines and areas over their careers, both in BR Green days and in the BR Blue period. Seen across the Midlands, to the Northeast, to the Southwest and London to name a few, this surely would be a diesel fan favourite and would add much needed atmosphere to the early and BR Blue diesel era in Train Sim.
I and others been banging on for ages for DTG to revamp and re release all the IHH catalogue. There must be money to be made there but there might be copyright issues. DTG did say that to bring them up to today's er-hum... standards is not viable. Plus I think they are rather busy with something else atm.
Even so, they can be reworked to look half decent. It's amazing what a decent reskin can achieve. Also the fact we haven't got proper class 44 or 46 configurations available to us, it would at least make a gap fulfilled. As you say, there would be money in it. True that.
