RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2016 Why not the chips and speakers are small enough? I've got sound in two 0.6.0 HOm steam locos and they are no bigger than the Peckett. They use the next18 micro decoders and sugar cube speakers from ESU and I see Bachmann are now starting to use these for sound. I've said for ages that it would be relatively easy to incorporate the space for decoder and speaker in the design filling the gap with a weight for those who want traction over dcc sound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hornby now showing expected date of 17/10/2016 for all 3 models. Does this mean they might arrive in time for Christmas ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hornby now showing expected date of 17/10/2016 for all 3 models. Does this mean they might arrive in time for Christmas ! They Will be here by Christmas......Not necessarily Christmas this year though ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertiedog Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 It's something to do with the Chinese New Year displacing Christmas. Might help if they just introduce models that are actually in the warehouse....Yes, they have given the date via Hattons email. I just hope the motor is improved over other recent models. The motor is about the least expensive item to specify, but Hornby often fail to get decent suppliers, picking purely on cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Latest Hattons crystal ball prognostication (H&P livery): Early October 2016. An improvement from mid-October.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60006 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Latest Hattons crystal ball prognostication (H&P livery): Early October 2016. An improvement from mid-October.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Latest Hattons crystal ball prognostication (H&P livery): Early October 2016. An improvement from mid-October.... It was always early October as said by Hornby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 It was always early October as said by Hornby A few weeks ago it moved to end October, its moved back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 A few weeks ago it moved to end October, its moved back! Passing the parcel then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I've also had emails from Hattons. I do think it's very good of them to keep the customer informed. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted April 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2016 Don't care as long as it comes! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBird Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 How about this for an idea Hornby - issue some H&P lettered wagons to go with the Peckett. Apparently, H&P ad some 30 or so 6-plan 10 ton wagons of their own, labelled "H&P Ltd" in white on a purple-brown background. Just right for the period around 1900 - 1910. Must sell better than some f the planned Hornby wagons. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 How about this for an idea Hornby - issue some H&P lettered wagons to go with the Peckett. Apparently, H&P ad some 30 or so 6-plan 10 ton wagons of their own, labelled "H&P Ltd" in white on a purple-brown background. Just right for the period around 1900 - 1910. Must sell better than some f the planned Hornby wagons. If not it would make a great little modelling project! I'm glad you posted about it. Thanks Geoff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 How about this for an idea Hornby - issue some H&P lettered wagons to go with the Peckett. Apparently, H&P ad some 30 or so 6-plan 10 ton wagons of their own, labelled "H&P Ltd" in white on a purple-brown background. Just right for the period around 1900 - 1910. Must sell better than some f the planned Hornby wagons. If you look at the photos taken around 1900 here there's no sign of any of their own wagons, but a wide variety of mainline company wagons that aren't available RTR or as kits. This 1920 photo does show their own PO wagons though, so I wonder when they were introduced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2016 If you look at the photos taken around 1900 here there's no sign of any of their own wagons, but a wide variety of mainline company wagons that aren't available RTR or as kits. This 1920 photo does show their own PO wagons though, so I wonder when they were introduced. Were the wagons internal user I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBird Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 According to the article in "Railway Bylines of Dec 2013, H&P purchased 5 new wagons from Gloucester RC&W in 1908, numbereedd 21 - 25. 10 are recorded as having been purchased previously, records indicating that at least another 14 had been purchased between 1875 and 1900. The photo you refer to of the 2 Black Hawthorn locos and six of the H&P liveried coal wagons is noted as "probably a posed turn of the century view" rather than the 1920 date quoted. One wld also assume that since These are normal coal wagons, they would have gone out onto the GWR or SER/SECR main line. It. would seem therfore that they wold be extremely suitable to go with the Peckett. Can Hornby manage it by October? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 According to the article in "Railway Bylines of Dec 2013, H&P purchased 5 new wagons from Gloucester RC&W in 1908, numbereedd 21 - 25. 10 are recorded as having been purchased previously, records indicating that at least another 14 had been purchased between 1875 and 1900. The photo you refer to of the 2 Black Hawthorn locos and six of the H&P liveried coal wagons is noted as "probably a posed turn of the century view" rather than the 1920 date quoted. One wld also assume that since These are normal coal wagons, they would have gone out onto the GWR or SER/SECR main line. It. would seem therfore that they wold be extremely suitable to go with the Peckett. Can Hornby manage it by October? Well, I don't know whether Hornby could (and they might, I suppose) but I note that POWsides will sell you suitable transfers or, apparently, lettered kits. http://www.powsides.co.uk/www.powsides.co.uk/info.php?p=0&search=huntley The Gloucester RC&W type opens are available as kits which would be more accurate than anything Hornby might sell you if you've the inclination. Out of my timeframe, modelling-wise but I will certainly buy a Peckett. Adam 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It would be nice if one of these was being produced as well! The only steam loco I've ever driven, on almost the last day of use in 1969. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBird Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Yes, I have been in touch with powsides but they have only one in stock, which I bought. Unfortunately, they are not sure when any more will be available, but I have asked them to let me know when some more arrive and I will post it here. Also West Wales Wagon Works produced some in 2005 for a MRC Exhibition near Reading - but only 147 and they were all sold out inside a few days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It would be nice if one of these (fireless steam shunter) was being produced as well! Just in case it is of interest, there have been fireless types in HO ranges. The appearance of most UK fireless types I have seen is not unlike that of their continental cousins. Out of interest, is that the fireless hooked up to the High Presure Hot Water supply for a refill? Very UK industrial practise as I first saw it. Some 'convenient' location where the poor old driver has to scramble up a ladder by the looks of it. Imagine that with the rain teeming down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Out of interest, is that the fireless hooked up to the High Presure Hot Water supply for a refill? Very UK industrial practise as I first saw it. Some 'convenient' location where the poor old driver has to scramble up a ladder by the looks of it. Imagine that with the rain teeming down. It looks like it. That's the clearest I've ever seen the photo, as the original print is nowhere near as clear as that. Scanning it has brought out details I've never noticed before. I do remember it was a pretty damp and misty day when I was there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well, I don't know whether Hornby could (and they might, I suppose) but I note that POWsides will sell you suitable transfers or, apparently, lettered kits. http://www.powsides.co.uk/www.powsides.co.uk/info.php?p=0&search=huntley West Wales Wagon Works (RIP) and Bachmann have also both produced H&P wagons in the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dana Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Have to order the DODO version one as that's what ilka (my niece ) calls her Canadian grandma (my mom ) . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted April 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2016 I would expect that people buying H&P wagons would need more than one, so it would be nice to see sets of 10 or more differently-numbered wagons being offered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I would expect that people buying H&P wagons would need more than one, so it would be nice to see sets of 10 or more differently-numbered wagons being offered. Whilst I’d agree with that we’ll be lucky if we get a triple pack, going by past performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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