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It has been mentioned on the French Railways section of the Forum:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/62482-hachette-ho-layout/

 

It looks similar to a French version that was produced last year - hence the discussion. 

The good thing about it is that it might get children back in to model railways. Most people like me only buy the first issue then look on places like E-bay to purchase other things that will keep the child happy. The coach alone in the first issue is a good contender for a bit of kit bashing and I sure lots of modellers will have plenty of fun with it. 

I must admit that I'm almost hoping that my nephew does not develop an interest in railways along with his parents, as even if you include the railroad range the cost of models is becoming a serious issue.

 

I dread to think how much a basic 6x4 set up like we all started on would cost nowadays, and if the "Dad" has no interest in railway modelling it's a lot of cash to tie up in something that will have to complete with all the other draws on a Childs attention.

 

Remember the days when eve supermarkets even sold cheap train-sets, I miss Lima

Mind you this magazine is

how many issues

To complete the layout it will take 120 issues, when you look into it I found out that after issue 10 it changes to a monthly subscription and you get 4 issue each month plus you will receive a binder to put the magazines into at an addition cost of

Just picked some up for a project. The roof needs a paint and the under frame is a solid moulding.

 

Plus points, the coupling unit is the lasted NEM spring loaded close coupling type and it has the correct size metal wheels.

 

I personally think its better quality than the new Dapol 57' stanier non corridor coaches and they cost

 

This is the end view of the Mk1 coach

 

 

 

The under side of the bogie and cupling

 

 

Coach gangway next to a Bachmann Mk1

 

 

 

The tempting thing is the loco is the Bachmann 3F Jinty and I wonder how much that will cost?

The track is not an equivalent of a Hornby, or Peco, setrack length, at 230mm it is a Roco setrack length and the sleepers look like the old Lima type. 

Apparently Your Model Railway Village was realest in 2012 and was a flop. It only got to issue 4 before it was stopped and The first issue was only

Considering the number of different posts and topics about this magazine series I wonder how many people will be building the layout, or their variation of the layout. I would certainly be interested to see somewhere on this site devoted to people's experiences of this.

This is a list from another page put on by David M for numbering information of the Mk1 coach 

 

Per Keith Parkin's "British Railways Mark 1 Coaches" (Pendragon Books) Appendix 3 "Allocations" p208, the initial regional allocations as built were as below for the Eastern and Midland Regions.

 

E24150-63

E24180-279

E24447-538

E24549-56

E24569-75

E24591-650

E24691-700

E24754-90

E24796-815

E24945-25044

E25457-507

E25774-860

 

M24000-149

M24397-446

M24579-90

M24676-90

M24819-918

M25248-456

M25558-695

M25704-73

M25882-905

M25973-26023

M26035-8

 

The list is caveated as not being checked against primary sources in all cases.

1073 quid for the 120 issues. Then you've to buy the Loco and controller on top if that. You could build the layout shown in the TV advert for half of that amount. Be interested to know who's making the stuff though. Any markings on the Coach? Notice the cars on the layout are Oxford Diecast.

The coach is blank with no markings any where and the track just says made in china.

 

I did notice that the signal box on the layout looks like the Airfix/Dapol Oakham one? and I agree the cars do look like the Oxford Diecast type.

E-bay listings of ripping off the p good people has started.

 

The top price so far is

If people are still after this coach check out Asda! I purchased two more today and they said that they still have four or five boxes of them out the back. So its worth asking in you local Asda before you give up hope. I'm in the proses of painting the roofs on four of them and they will be made into charter stock. Then I have  another two that are going to have a full repaint into yellow departmental stock. At

Part two is now out and by the look of the station building it looks cheap. It looks like the same quality as the old Hornby stuff.

 

At

I think the price for this type of part work needs to be around the pocket money mark of under

This is the coach out the packet

 

This is the coach after the roof has been painted and transfers applied

 

I think the coach looks quite good and would fit in well amongst Bachmann Mk1's

I don't think the station looks much good

 

 

Looks a bit like the old Hornby stuff

 

 

 

 

Departmental Mk1 coach stock coneverted from the Hachette Mk1 I think they look good

 

 

Look how cheap it was last year.

 

 

That's Five coaches for less than

This is the coach next to the Bachmann one.

 

 

Issue 4 for sale on E-bay already!