RMweb Gold farren Posted June 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2015 Like this you mean try comet models part of wizard now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks Farren! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold farren Posted June 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2015 It's not to hard to build a bit of cutting and glueing of the cabside. Kit comes with brass smoke deflectors and the pony truck needs some work but again not as bad as it might first sound. You'll need to build the tender. Depending on how comfortable you are with brass kits the Hornby chassis can be chopped about so you still get power from the tender pick ups. Sorry the picture not better but was not happy with the paint job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold farren Posted June 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2015 Wont the box being wrong make it more of a collectable thing in the future? Like cans of coke or stamps? Also the Drawing is wrong look at the cross head the union link and combination lever are wrong compared to the cross head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thanks - never built a brass kit. Got to start somewhere! Presume a tender is relatively straightforward.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold farren Posted June 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yes nothing to painful andthe instructions are simple and easy to follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 This is the one I've been waiting for - Hornby R3241 City of Bradford BR Maroon late crest with electrification flashes. It's been a long time since this livery was on the shelves. PS this one has come from Hornby direct, free P&P with timed delivery slot, cheaper than the Liverpool box shifter with club discount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Still waiting for the one I ordered from a large well known model shop. Starting to think i should have bought direct.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted June 30, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2015 This is the one I've been waiting for - Hornby R3241 City of Bradford BR Maroon late crest with electrification flashes. It's been a long time since this livery was on the shelves. PS this one has come from Hornby direct, free P&P with timed delivery slot, cheaper than the Liverpool box shifter with club discount. The colour, and of the lining in particular, looks much better than recent attempts by Hornby. But I shall wait for a late crest version without the gap in the frame in front of the cylinders as they look so much better and I can only justify one for my GWR/SR boundary-ish layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted June 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 Can only be a matter of time before someone brings a new model of the Duchess to the market. Hornby model not bad but starting to show its age now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted June 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 Can only be a matter of time before someone brings a new model of the Duchess to the market. Hornby model not bad but starting to show its age now. Probably somewhere on Hornby's to do list Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted June 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 Probably somewhere on Hornby's to do list Who knows these days - Bachmann have done all the research for thier N guage version, Hornby have their research for the current version and maybe one of the new boys have thier eyes on a high profile 'namer'. Plenty of livery variations, 3 preserved examples, devoted enthusiast following - its a surer bet than a Thompson pacific! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The colour, and of the lining in particular, looks much better than recent attempts by Hornby. But I shall wait for a late crest version without the gap in the frame in front of the cylinders as they look so much better and I can only justify one for my GWR/SR boundary-ish layout. I agree the front bogie area shows it's age, but I do much prefer the rear pony treatment these days, it looks so much better then the old ones that swung out to 90 degrees. And at least it's now packed in the box in a way that engine and tender can be kept coupled too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Just picked up mine today Very impressed with it apart from trying to fit those annoying fiddly plastic vaccum pipes. Gave up after 10 minutes Anyone else had this with them? Also,how does the smaller coupling fit onto the tender,is it just a push fit? Mine doesnt seem that much of a tight fit Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 How are the B2Bs on the latest Duchesses? The 3 I bought a year or two ago were abysmal, the bogie wheels on one fell into the 4 foot. All driving wheels were set between 13.2mm - 13.5mm After adjusting all 3 locos to 14.5mm I had to put plasticard overlays on the frames and washers on the bogie axles to take up the slack. Beautiful engines though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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