No Decorum Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Thanks Andy, Do we assume that the launches for both companies are simply documents you have been given. Rather than the proper presentation Hornby did at Warley in 2016. I am sure the old way of handing over a document would be fine. But lacks the clarity, background thoughts of the presentation. Again I assume you might have had that from your recent visit to Bachmann, but don’t know about Hornby. I doubt that there will be much by way of photographs at this stage but nothing beats Andy’s photographs when they appear. Nothing else comes close in inducing me to buy. EDIT: Well, perhaps Hatton’s shots of Ps and Bs. Edited January 7, 2018 by No Decorum 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 No; you're quite correct, re-checking shows it is 10.00, my apologies. . Well, just as long as you change your alarm clock ! . . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted January 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2018 Lucky for you guys it’s 10am. Here in New Zealand it will be 11pm. Late night ahead for me lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Lucky for you guys it’s 10am. Here in New Zealand it will be 11pm. Late night ahead for me lol I think some of us would prefer the 11pm rather than the 10am. Many will be at work or school. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted January 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2018 Yes that’s very true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercity125 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 That was my era of liking them as well. In the mid 1980s I thought they were very lacklustre and stopped buying them. I think that it may have had something to do with the competition as well. That's the era when the "new boys" appeared (Mainline, Airfix, Lima) so maybe they upped their game a bit. The Mainline catalogues were also outstanding. I particularly liked the way the Mainline catalogue showed you which locomotives went with which rolling stock. Jason Hi Jason, Agree completely, especially re: Mainline catalogues. With the dawn of the internet, you'd think that Hornby could produce something both artistic and informative and leave the standard images to their online catalogue. Regardless, Paul aka Intercity125 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I think some of us would prefer the 11pm rather than the 10am. Many will be at work or school. Jason some of us ARE at work ............ twenty seven minutes and counting ............ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2018 I think some of us would prefer the 11pm rather than the 10am. Many will be at work or school. Having finished a night shift a couple of hours ago, for some of us, 10AM feels like 10PM anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Having finished a night shift a couple of hours ago, for some of us, 10AM feels like 10PM anyway. The thing I hated about working nightshifts was the fact you used to finish and nothing was open. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) The thing I hated about working nightshifts was the fact you used to finish and nothing was open. Jason Our local Tesco was/is on most days - I used to do my grocery shopping on the way home from work but some things were never on the shelves by 0600. John Edited January 8, 2018 by Dunsignalling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2018 The thing I hated about working nightshifts was the fact you used to finish and nothing was open. Jason For me its trying to get the body clock back to normal that I hate the most. Going into nights on the other hand is easy - mind you I have always been more of an 'Owl' rather than a 'Lark' as far as temperament works. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 ....... OK it IS a Nelson ......... and - not before time - a Maunsell Kitchen First ................ not a lot more of interest to us Southerners - but we've been rather spoilt of late ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2018 I'm a bit surprised nobody is yet leaping up and down in ecstasy about the blue MN, or had that already been announced before? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2018 The thing I hated about working nightshifts was the fact you used to finish and nothing was open. Jason If you finished at 07.00 it wasn't so bad in the past as many local newsagents and corner shops were opening around that sort of time so you could do some basic shopping on the way home if you needed to. But even by the late 1970s it was already noticeable that many shops were opening later and dropping back to 09.00 from 08.00 - probably a reflection of the way working life was beginning to change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2018 For me its trying to get the body clock back to normal that I hate the most. Very true, after I finished, it took a good four years to get the "full continental rotation" properly out of my system.......... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hopefully my post here at midday on Monday will give all of the key information in one hit; the headlines followed by the new liveries on existing items. Andy, it was indeed very convenient. Much more so that the way Hornby had 'organized' it. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Given the large number of mistakes spotted in the Hornby announcements thread, perhaps the next issue of The Engine Shed would be a good means of communicating these to Hornby before they get enshrined into printed catalogues. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Given the large number of mistakes spotted in the Hornby announcements thread, perhaps the next issue of The Engine Shed would be a good means of communicating these to Hornby before they get enshrined into printed catalogues. I bet the catalogues have long since been printed. They will need to go through them all now with tippex! Edited January 8, 2018 by JSpencer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I bet the catalogues have long since been printed. You're probably right. Well, at least let's hope Hornby can make an effort to correct the online info and pdfs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) I bet the catalogues have long since been printed. They will need to go through them all now with tippex! It was in fact on the shelf at WH Smith Kings Cross today, with the other railway mags. I'll pick one up the next time it isn't raining! While you're there, you could probably obtain the Tippex The Nim. Edited January 9, 2018 by Nimbus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) It was in fact on the shelf at WH Smith Kings Cross today, with the other railway mags. I'll pick one up the next time it isn't raining! While you're there, you could probably obtain the Tippex The Nim. Yeah, Hornby offers a free bottle of tippex with each catalogue, print off the online voucher now with the user guide on what pages need to be tippexed... Customers who brought their catalogues from model shops are free to return them if the tippexing has not already been applied as Hornby advised them to in their new T&Cs.... Edited January 10, 2018 by JSpencer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2018 New Engine Shed is up https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/stop-press-the-Hornby-2018-range-launch/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted January 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2018 New Engine Shed is up https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/stop-press-the-Hornby-2018-range-launch/ Thats more like it - Engine shed back on form and promising more of the same through the year. Best Hornby announcement of 2018 for me! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2018 Good to see the statement in the latest Engine Shed that it will be continuing as before and that they have noticed the large amount of talk about it on various forums. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Seems like reports of its demise were much exaggerated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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