Triumph1050 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, YesTor said: That's interesting, as I'm likely to be retro-fitting sound to some of mine and it would be fairly useful to hear a comparison... although I appreciate it is often difficult to make a judgement via video... cheers Al Excuse the bit of fun at the start. 66789 fitted with double i-phone speaker. Which of corse was so easy to fit Edited May 18, 2020 by Triumph1050 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 5 hours ago, dave56 said: I was really looking forward to this model, but will hold fire for now and continue with my Bachmann 66's. Great, that means there’s more available for the rest of us who are willing to go to a little bit of effort and do some actual modelling. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: Great, that means there’s more available for the rest of us who are willing to go to a little bit of effort and do some actual modelling. Is that the definition of modelling now, having to modify a brand new loco to stop bits falling off? Having built my garden railway (see below) there are a number of new models that will never run on it because after nearly 3km of scale running I am not sure how much of them will be left when it gets back and I will never find the parts that have dropped off in the lawn!! My lovely Hattons 66789 being one of them. All great until you can't get replacement parts any more. 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Clarke Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 3 hours ago, ruggedpeak said: Is that the definition of modelling now, having to modify a brand new loco to stop bits falling off? Having built my garden railway (see below) there are a number of new models that will never run on it because after nearly 3km of scale running I am not sure how much of them will be left when it gets back and I will never find the parts that have dropped off in the lawn!! My lovely Hattons 66789 being one of them. All great until you can't get replacement parts any more. Do you predict modellers will panic-buy and stockpile axle-box covers for the future? I'm not a real financial advisor, but I predict the smart money should invest in axle-box covers from Hatton's and wait for the value to go up, it could be the only way out of the forthcoming financial crisis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 On 17/05/2020 at 10:39, classy52 said: Lol you're a brave man, I don't think you're aware what happened to the last person who posted a sensible & honest review video of the Hattons 66...last I heard he was in a Gulag in Russia Top video! Nah... that's the treatment for Bachmann stuff. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 hour ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: So who is looking forward to what in June of the next batch of 66 models,whos taken the plunge and paid the piper.I see Biffa with sound finally sold out on pre order,only Scotsman pair for a clean sweep. I have 2 DC ones coming. Cemex and ONE. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dicky L Posted May 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2020 66780 66783 66587 & 66623 all sound fitted on order for me, although 66623 may well become a repaint donor if my worst fears are confirmed regarding this particular loco. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 66780 DCC fitted for me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoey Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Dicky L said: 66780 66783 66587 & 66623 all sound fitted on order for me, although 66623 may well become a repaint donor if my worst fears are confirmed regarding this particular loco. I’ve got 66623 (sound) on order too but mine will be going back if it does turn out to be what we are hoping it’s not going to be.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoey Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) but would like to see these produced by Hattons one day. Edited May 20, 2020 by Shoey 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Shoey said: This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) Never... This is RMweb, not Facebook! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 66779 and 66773 were on my radar. Thankfully they were not part of the first batch and I hope Hatton's iron out the issues for following batches. 7 hours ago, Shoey said: This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) but would like to see these produced by Hattons one day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Shoey said: This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) but would like to see these produced by Hattons one day. I have a Bachmann 66779 but would happily replace it with a Hattons' one. Likewise with my 66721. They do both look like the poor relations of my 2 Hattons ones at the moment. 66773 (as you have mentioned), 66720 and 66718 would be on my shopping list too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Shoey said: This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) but would like to see these produced by Hattons one day. It was this possibility that led me to hold off on Blue’s. Even axleboxgate wouldn’t be much of an issue, since it would spend most of the time as a shelf queen next to 92220. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JhornG201 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 66775 HMS Argyll would get my order too if it were done in addition to 66779 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, truffy said: It was this possibility that led me to hold off on Blue’s. Even axleboxgate wouldn’t be much of an issue, since it would spend most of the time as a shelf queen next to 92220. Lucky this one isn't bug-eyed as you'll be dealing with circuitboardgate as well as axleboxgate...btw isn't the Colas version involved with liverygate, has axleboxgate & circuitboardgate thus allthreegates since it is bug-eyed Edited May 21, 2020 by classy52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dicky L Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Shoey said: I’ve got 66623 (sound) on order too but mine will be going back if it does turn out to be what we are hoping it’s not going to be.... I have little confidence in the Orange being correct. It looks exactly like the pale orange used on 66413. I would like some reassurance from Hattons that there model is the correct colour. The issue would be easily resolved by placing it next to the Hornby model for comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hattons Dave Posted May 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Dicky L said: I have little confidence in the Orange being correct. It looks exactly like the pale orange used on 66413. I would like some reassurance from Hattons that there model is the correct colour. Hi DIcky L, We've worked closely with Freightliner and the original paint suppliers to confirm the correct shade of orange used on the real life 66623 and this is what we have used when creating the colour layouts. As well as the images on our product listings we showed the sample live on our YouTube channel just after it arrived which shows the model in a more natural light. Cheers Dave 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesTor Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Shoey said: This post may well be deleted (please do so if necessary) but would like to see these produced by Hattons one day. Definitely all of those, particularly 'Evening Star'. And also 66623 with original Bardon Aggregates branding. A few others as well that would be definite purchases: The Stobart 'twins': Ideal companions for Cavalex's JGA Bardon hoppers, I'd certainly bag both of these: And to be honest just some good old 'plain jane' EWS (with correct logos), Freightliner (bug-eyed with correct lights), GBRf etc are always gonna be good... Endless possibilities... I could go on all day, but I'd best stop already... Al Edited May 21, 2020 by YesTor 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, YesTor said: Definitely all of those, particularly 'Evening Star'. And also 66623 with original Bardon Aggregates branding. A few others as well that would be definite purchases: ..... Endless possibilities... I could go on all day, but I'd best stop now... Agreed, some excellent liveries that I'd like too. However I'd be concerned with 66720 as depicted, as the intended style reproduced on a model might look like a cack-handed attempt at a repaint job with poor freehand painting skills. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesTor Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Damo666 said: Agreed, some excellent liveries that I'd like too. However I'd be concerned with 66720 as depicted, as the intended style reproduced on a model might look like a cack-handed attempt at a repaint job with poor freehand painting skills. I dunno, the Bachmann version of 66720 was superb livery-wise. I'd hope that others could achieve a similar standard...? 2 hours ago, Dicky L said: I have little confidence in the Orange being correct. It looks exactly like the pale orange used on 66413. I would like some reassurance from Hattons that there model is the correct colour. The issue would be easily resolved by placing it next to the Hornby model for comparison. Are we certain that Hornby have the correct shade? It may well appear darker, but that doesn't necessarily equate to being correct...? Al Edited May 21, 2020 by YesTor 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, YesTor said: I dunno, the Bachmann version of 66720 was superb livery-wise. I'd hope that others could achieve a similar standard...? I wasn't suggesting that Hattons couldn't do an excellent reproduction with the livery, I'm sure they would. It was more that others looking at the model on my layout might think 'I' had a poor attempt at repainting a model, what with all the wavy and uneven lines. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Dicky L said: I have little confidence in the Orange being correct. It looks exactly like the pale orange used on 66413. To be fair on Hattons, I seem to remember a video where even GBRF said they swapped the orange on 3 different locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Damo666 said: Agreed, some excellent liveries that I'd like too. However I'd be concerned with 66720 as depicted, as the intended style reproduced on a model might look like a cack-handed attempt at a repaint job with poor freehand painting skills. Freehand makes it easy!...…. (well before the Bachy/Rail Express model) - photo by Andy Y 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Would love Evening Star and Harry Beck (LT Map livery). Problem is both these have been done by Bachmann and somewhere Hattons said they were going to try to not repeat Bachmann models... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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