Tony Clout Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Dear all, Hornby always fit the same profile bogie wheels to all their locos, for some they are near enough correct; for others they are downright awful! The pattern seems to be in favour of Gresley but when that same pattern of wheel is fitted to Stanier locos; it looks altogether wrong. I notice that Hornby’s proposed new Princess Royal pacific, which although being fitted with correct profile driving wheels, seems to be suffering with the usual wrong bogie wheels; the Duchesses and Black Fives certainly do! Would it be possible to forward my attached pdf file to Hornby’s design team for their consideration? Bachmann bogie wheels are usually better; in the past I’ve even transposed Hornby wheels for Bachmann….now that can’t be right!!! Tony Clout Hornby incorrect bogie wheels.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Tony Clout said: Would it be possible to forward my attached pdf file to Hornby’s design team for their consideration? https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/contact etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Gresley bogie wheels are also dished to a degree. Generally all RTR bogie wheels are not great. Hornby BR Standard bogie wheels are probably the best of the bunch, having a reprasentation of the flaired boss of the real thing. I have no idea why models are always so weak in this area. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tony Clout said: Dear all, Hornby always fit the same profile bogie wheels to all their locos, for some they are near enough correct; for others they are downright awful! The pattern seems to be in favour of Gresley but when that same pattern of wheel is fitted to Stanier locos; it looks altogether wrong. I notice that Hornby’s proposed new Princess Royal pacific, which although being fitted with correct profile driving wheels, seems to be suffering with the usual wrong bogie wheels; the Duchesses and Black Fives certainly do! Would it be possible to forward my attached pdf file to Hornby’s design team for their consideration? Bachmann bogie wheels are usually better; in the past I’ve even transposed Hornby wheels for Bachmann….now that can’t be right!!! Tony Clout Hornby incorrect bogie wheels.pdf 304.62 kB · 11 downloads Maybe it would be prudent to wait until we see the finished article before passing judgement. 6201 for example, which has been doing the rounds at November and December exhibitions was only ever a paint sample rather than a final production run product. The latest pictures of the Princess class front bogies/wheels on the Hornby website look somewhat finer. Edited January 4, 2020 by Black 5 Bear Omission. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted January 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2020 I'm shutting this topic down as I'm getting the feeling this member has mistaken this forum with one for grinding axes. The answer to the questions is to make direct contact. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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