kitmasterbloke Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 So Hattons have announced that Heljan will produce the standard WMD railbus in the colours of the totally dis-similar Wickham railbus DB999507 Laboratory 20. And at only £152 each. What is the point of that?? Would you buy one? I certainly would not, and I'm a fan of Derby RTC stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted September 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, kitmasterbloke said: So Hattons have announced that Heljan will produce the standard WMD railbus in the colours of the totally dis-similar Wickham railbus DB999507 Laboratory 20. And at only £152 each. What is the point of that?? Would you buy one? I certainly would not, and I'm a fan of Derby RTC stock. do you mean this one.. Heljan 8712 Waggon und Maschinenbau Railbus DB999507 "Lab 20" in BR research department red and blue because its been done once before, and long sold out as this one… Heljan 87101 RTC "Laboratory 20" Modelzone Exclusive Limited Edition. 2nd time round if it is.. someone must like it.. ones for sale for £400 on ebay, 2 have sold, one at £310.. so its desirable to some. Edited September 28, 2021 by adb968008 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted September 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2021 59 minutes ago, kitmasterbloke said: Would you buy one? I certainly would not, and I'm a fan of Derby RTC stock. Don't worry. Purchase is not compulsory 1 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium amwells Posted September 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2021 Out of associated interest, is the ‘track recording’ version that is being done authentic in any way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-5-5-7 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 if no one wanted something one would presume there would be no commercial sense in doing it. Looking at @adb968008 reply, it looks like it was a success first time round. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Personally no. But things that are similar to real items do seem to sell, as do things that are totally fictitious. The NCB Sentinel made for Model Rail by Dapol for example. Sold so well they even did it in O Gauge. https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/60090/7S-005-007-Dapol-Sentinel-Steam-Locomotive-number-14-in-NCB You've also got the fictional LNER W1 4-6-4s by Hornby. One with a name it never carried and one painted apple green which it only carried on a cigarette card. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 If I recall correctly, Heljan announced four railbuses in 2009 but the Wickham was the only one not produced eventually. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweenyTod1 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 If the Wickham railbus was produced in 00 scale I would definitely buy one. Can't remember who, but someone produced a whitemetal body kit of the Bristol version years ago. Even more exclusive than the others, only two, rather than the others in batches of five. There must be some clever person out there who could print a few body/chassis kits for these elusive types. Who will rise to the challenge then? Ever hopeful! Tod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitmasterbloke Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 5 hours ago, SweenyTod1 said: If the Wickham railbus was produced in 00 scale I would definitely buy one. Can't remember who, but someone produced a whitemetal body kit of the Bristol version years ago. Even more exclusive than the others, only two, rather than the others in batches of five. There must be some clever person out there who could print a few body/chassis kits for these elusive types. Who will rise to the challenge then? Ever hopeful! Tod I'm told was an MTK kit apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitmasterbloke Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 28/09/2021 at 20:56, adb968008 said: do you mean this one.. Heljan 8712 Waggon und Maschinenbau Railbus DB999507 "Lab 20" in BR research department red and blue because its been done once before, and long sold out as this one… Heljan 87101 RTC "Laboratory 20" Modelzone Exclusive Limited Edition. 2nd time round if it is.. someone must like it.. ones for sale for £400 on ebay, 2 have sold, one at £310.. so its desirable to some. Well that is interesting and from a commercial point of view would justify re-running it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I would buy one . Wonderful thing is modellers licence ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 01/10/2021 at 19:22, kitmasterbloke said: I'm told was an MTK kit apparently. It was / is indeed - I have one in my kit cache. John Isherwood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 01/10/2021 at 19:22, kitmasterbloke said: I'm told was an MTK kit apparently. Later re-issued under the NNK label by Precision Paints. I believe it is still available; I got one from their stand at Alley Palley 3/4 years ago. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I'm all for fantasy items, whatever sells. The sooner a manufacturer gets a return on their investment, i.e. the tooling, the sooner they will produce additional new models. I'd be more concerned about the non-fantasy items, get them right, and I'm happy. I'm still waiting on that Kernow D6xx, in Railfreight livery, with Plymouth Laira plates... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slg Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 28/09/2021 at 21:58, amwells said: Out of associated interest, is the ‘track recording’ version that is being done authentic in any way? At 1.11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium amwells Posted November 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2021 16 hours ago, slg said: At 1.11 Thank you! What a superb piece of film! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Just in case nobody has noticed, The Wickham railbus is not the same as the Lab version. Often overlooked; I believe the Lab had a different & prominent chassis to the production versions. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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