carltonf Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 How about a switch to HO so they could share parts and accessories with their continental group of companies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well, you've got less than 24 hours to go now until you find out how right or wrong any product predictions have been. I've finally finished the information which will be released at 10.00 tomorrow and I can promise some surprising content in there which no-one's been even close too (as far as I've seen). RMweb will have the most comprehensive set of information possible in a form which will be easier to browse than Hornby's own pages (due to the way they have to group information) and more comprehensive in scope than any printed article can be. Quite a boast. Will be interesting to see how you deliver this magnum opus to those who don't have a computer! CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Quite a boast. Will be interesting to see how you deliver this magnum opus to those who don't have a computer! CHRIS LEIGH They wouldn't have read this 'boast' as you call it (and I won't take a sideswipe back), they'll be happy to see what's in the mags. I put the effort in for RMweb readers and make sure they'll have some imagery to see for them to discuss that may not be around elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 That should be as relevant to you as it would be to me as whether you would buy it but I'm sure enough will. If it's done well enough it could be a bit of a game-changer. The most likely game changer I can think of, bearing in mind it is Hornby, is battery powered locos which are rechargeable and operate via radio or wifi control. Although I'd love it to be scale 4mm track and locos to run on it.... But I'm afraid too many are too far down the OO route for that! The other possibility I suppose, is re-introduction of 3mm scale. I tend to be on the making/modifying things side of the hobby but I would wholeheartedly wish Hornby every success with whatever new ideas/products they are about to introduce - not just for everyone else who probably buy much more Hornby than me, but also for myself, as for every model Hornby make that I can use/convert it tends to give me a little more time on other projects. I've got to admit that I do like these yearly announcements - it gives us all a little bit of relevant news on which to speculate. Clem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I can promise some surprising content in there which no-one's been even close too (as far as I've seen). So the S gauge live steam Black Five is on its way then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 So the S gauge live steam Black Five is on its way then? Correction: clockwork live steam. Winding the key will cause a spring to run a small dynamo connected to a transformer, which will in turn power a tiny immersion heater. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 I am intrigued! I have heard a few decent tips that I won't post because they were given in strict confidence but nothing that seems to fit with Andy's teaser! Roll on tomorrow........ Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This all sounds very intriguing. Can't wait to check out RMWeb tomorrow! Edit - Apologies to t-b-g for posting almost simultaneously the same post - Note to Self: Must be quicker on the old keyboard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 That should be as relevant to you as it would be to me as whether you would buy it but I'm sure enough will. If it's done well enough it could be a bit of a game-changer. Could it be a range of coarse O scale stuff, as per the new Basset Lowke & Ace Trains...? If they're chasing revenue then the limited but affluent tinplate market could be a winner. And it's been a while since they came up with a stand-alone gimmick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Colas grid please!!! WAG Coaches and DVT?WSMR buffet car? Some re-designs please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 Quite a boast. Will be interesting to see how you deliver this magnum opus to those who don't have a computer! CHRIS LEIGH Andy has a list of RM Webbers who don't possess a computer, and he has faithfully promised to personally fly to their houses, like a latter-day Santa, to deliver the news.... Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 . If it's done well enough it could be a bit of a game-changer. Tinplate locos with centre stud contact? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Suspect its (not) DCW - a "new" control system ready fitted to locos which feature highly detailed 100% plastic wheels. The highly detailed wheels are to offset slight variances needed to the bodies to accommodate the new control system and the overall impression will as good as the highly well received Design Clever features of 2013. The new system brings a much missed hands on feature in to operations together with requiring good skill on the operator to judge how much power to be applied to get the train moving and when it should stop. DCW - Direct ClockWork control, another great Design Clever feature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 I could do with at least half a dozen LMS style 20T Coke Hoppers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 Andy has a list of RM Webbers who don't possess a computer, and he has faithfully promised to personally fly to their houses, like a latter-day Santa, to deliver the news.... Ian On twelve-spoked wings,of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 Looking forward to tomorrow when they announce a model of a Weltrol WL, to the GWR modellers this is the Crocodile L in your money. Let's hope they do the transformer beams as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ah ha! Maybe the game changer is DC sound! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ah ha! Maybe the game changer is DC sound! PARDON? DIDN'T QUITE HEAR YOU................. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 On twelve-spoked wings,of course. I think Alan Gibson does the correct 10 spoked wings if you want to change them...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hornby eschews plastic in favour of a "retro" range in 00, with 3-rail track and heavy cast locos powered by "Ringfield" motors. For the younger modeller, a tinplate range in 0 is introduced, using a robust method of wind-up clockwork propulsion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hornby announce that they have reacquired Meccano from its Japanese owners, and will be discontinuing model railway production in order to concentrate on their core business. As they apparently discontinued model railway production about three years ago, it is not felt that anybody will mind too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combe Martin Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hello Mike70, I would suggest that a model of the rebuilt W1, is as different from the original W1, as the original Merchant Navy is from the rebuilt version. So I would regard them as 2 different locos. Therefore each fails the test on at least 4 criteria with the original failing most, and there was still only one, so with the re-build the alternative numbers were for the same loco . Did they/do they have Charisma ?, Ok I wasn't there, but surely not like a P2 !, and I don't think Hornby will do a 2nd one of those yet. The 10 P2s I was thinking of are All 6 with the Bugatti nose The original 2001 The original 2002 The original 2002 with the extra smoke deflectors New build 2007 I ignored the 2nd new build as I wasn't sure how definite it is ?? I mainly wondered about the Turbomotive because being Princess based it might be relatively cheap for Hornby to make. But would it sell ?, I think it would be a big big gamble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 PARDON? DIDN'T QUITE HEAR YOU................. Cheers, Mick LOL! Just noticed my post has been edited... What was the point in that? I had the font in the wrong size, I may have set it as default by accident, I shall have a looook now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'd like to think that Hornby have been working on something that will be ready for release early in 2014 - similar to the 2BIL last year - but with sufficient quantities offered to all retailers. Reckon they could manage that? Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 PS Firm predictions for tomorrow - - there will not be a 94XX, - there will not be a 'King', - there will not be a 'Saint' Anyone who has spoken to Steam, in the last couple of days,about their next special may not agree with one of your predictions, though it could well in the 2015 list. They are shut now so no point in ringing them. Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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