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    LT King's Cross Mystery Tunnel

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted · Edited by faa77

    On 15/08/2020 at 12:34, keefer said:

    Can't remember if I've already posted it in this thread, but a pic of Liv.St. from Joe Brown's London Rail Atlas

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    Oh wow, awesome diagram!

     

    I know about the Met -> GNER tunnel (where the Signal Box is now) but what are the purple lines to the right, going under the middle of LS? Is that a second tunnel?

     

    Cavalex Models All new RTR BBA wagon in 4mm scale

    in Cavalex

    Posted · Edited by faa77

    Alex/Cav, slight oddity with the packaging. For some reason the plastic which "seats" the right bogey is a different depth to the left side. It's slightly shallower and forces the bogey upwards, to sit at a bit of an awkward angle. It's minor but should be easy to fix.

     

    Lovely model though!!!!!! 

     

    Given how similar they are to the BBA, could you please produce these 13x BWA which Baz mentioned a few years ago:

     

    BWA.jpg

    MOD Shoeburyness

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    I did a quick search and couldn't find an existing thread on here. 

     

    If you look at Shoeburyness on Google maps you will see a huge complex heading towards the North East with a very extensive rail system. It was used by the MoD for munitions testing.

     

    Does anyone have more information? I'm particularly interested what sectorisation locomotives served/were based here during the late 80s/early 90s.

    Hornby 2022 - Diesel/Electric Range

    in Hornby

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, JohnR said:

    The problems are a) not enough have been allocated to cope with demand

     

    This is what I just don't get. Surely the more-produced, the more they can spread the fixed costs (design etc) over?

     

    Then the model ends up on Ebay and goes for silly amounts.

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    Hornby 2022 - Diesel/Electric Range

    in Hornby

    Posted

    1 hour ago, GordonC said:

    I cant help thinking that Hornby are taking on too much trying to cover everything from pre-school kids to the finest detail for scale modellers to keep everyone happy. Their target market has to be mass market, its a recognisable name to the vast majority of the general population. I applaud them for trying to stay relevant as an introduction to the model railway world for the next generation, and producing items that kids will see on the real railway like FLIRTs, Class 800s and freight 66s, but I cant help questioning whether their models will achieve that aim in the £300-£500 range for units.

     

    If they can produce Class 110 centre coaches at £25 (the difference between the 2 car and 3 car releases, obviously more if motorised) then how have we gotten to £100+ per coach including trailers for modern units and prices continually rising. Presumably the Class 110 tools and development costs are long-since written off which need to be included for new models, but could the costs be spread better over much higher production quantities? How many train sets could get sold from supermarket shelves rather than model shops? I'd suggest none at £300+, but if that could come down to £150 maybe (even reducing to 3 coaches with an available extension pack too)? The IET is perhaps a missed opportunity with the tooling done as its probably the only nationwide 'express' train that would be recognisable to kids everywhere since HSTs. FLIRTs wouldn't have that appeal. 'Design clever' flopped, but was too much of a song and dance made about that and perhaps the wrong subjects? If it had been applied to modern units instead, could it have given a better outcome for Hornby?

     

    I think Hornby should drop the games and underhand tactics in trying to defend their catalogue from competition by bully boy tactics to play to their strengths. I think their long term approach of having a tooling (to defend) that they can churn out a release or two every couple of years for decades for something like a Class 31 is ridiculous. That class has quite a span of operation and liveries and details that perhaps Hornby struggle to reach the production quantities it needs. Perhaps that should be left for top spec to the more agile competition who can get the details spot on and gain pre-orders for smaller production runs co-ordinated into a larger run. The market has changed in buyers will want more options quicker rather than waiting for decades. We still haven't had a Class 31/4 in BR Blue in nearly 20 years of production from the tooling - does that make any sense???

     

    I think Hornby need to focus on their strengths and target market which probably isn't the most detailed end of the market. There cant be many kids pestering their parents for a £200 Hush-Hush

     

    I really don't see how there can be a future for this hobby, given the prices. Most young people can't even buy cars without credit, let alone a £300 plastic model.

     

    It wouldn't be so bad if they were diecast

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    Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO

    in Cavalex

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Classsix T said:

    The fact you didn't even clarify your own question? No, I'm a f**king idiot. Be more careful next time to save me from my own ignorance.

    How's that HO/OO Eurostar coming on champ?

     

    C6T. 

     

    Cavalex have not released a 56 (yet). The Hornby 56 has been the standard for years.

     

    And you required clarification?

    Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO

    in Cavalex

    Posted · Edited by faa77

    53 minutes ago, Classsix T said:

    Where are you "currently" getting hold of Cavalex CL. 56s!?

     

    C6T. 

     

    And it really never crossed your mind I may be referring to Hornby's "current offering"?

     

    You seriously couldn't join that dot?

    New hst

    in Hornby

    Posted · Edited by faa77

    1 hour ago, TomScrut said:

     

    Well it's Hornby or Hornby I think if you're buying new (or recently made).

     

    I'm not massively knowledgeable, so feel free to correct but I should avoid Oxford & Bachmann for Intercity (Swallow) 125 coaches?

    New hst

    in Hornby

    Posted · Edited by faa77

    20 minutes ago, TomScrut said:

     

    The Hornby sliding doors are probably the ones with least wrong with them AFAIK.

     

    Bear in mind though there isn't actually a choice with new mk3s at the moment in most circumstances other than buy or not buy. The 3 versions aren't interchangeable really. Oxfords are loco hauled, Hornbys are HST but then you have the choice of slam or sliding door. Oxford Vs Hornby for loco hauled is a choice only you can make as to how important it is. This is whether to pull Hornby ones with a loco (and with a MK3 DVT). Some loco hauled liveries exist on Hornby mk3s IIRC.

     

    Slam or sliding door on a HST is prototypically only a choice in certain circumstances, normally it is what it is.

      

    1 hour ago, BR Blue said:

    Its a mixed bag. Only the Hornby coaches are suitable for the HST. The Oxford rail ones are not as they are loco hauled versions. The Oxford rail ones are better in some ways, worse in others. Both versions could be better. I think the retooled ones Hornby have done to reflect the HST MK3s later in their lives are the probably the best but they are not suitable for blue/grey or executive liveries. I am still waiting for a definitive version.

     

    Sorry, I probably should have said I'm interested in Swallow livery.

    Eurostar Class 373 model from 1990s

    in Hornby

    Posted

    On 19/11/2018 at 18:19, Classsix T said:

    I did buy the 4mm/ft versions of all the available product, ostensibly as a cabinet trinket for occasional pelt around the layout. The most annoying factor was the later additional coaches weren't an exact match in terms of paint hue to the earlier releases. No great shakes and I'm grateful for being able to have in miniature a train I've fondness for.

     

    C6T

     

    Which initial set did you have and which coaches expansion pack didnt match?

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