Mark Saunders Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Good stuff, nice to see that the manufacturers are listening! Paul A. I think that the success of the Sentinel's has made them realise there is potential in industrial locomotives! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2015 IRS overview of Pecketts http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/53/Retrospect.htm Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peckett_and_Sons_railway_locomotives Aerial view of H&P factory and sidings in Reading http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022682?quicktabs_image=0#comment-294475 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2015 I'm sorry for voicing an opinion. I thought this was a place for discussion of thoughts. I was not, as ruggedpeak put it, having a whinge about the announcement. I made that clear in the first line. I am delighted about the announcement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2015 OK, Somebody's got to ask: What's the difference between W4, W5, W6 etc.? Cheers Keith The number. In that case I'll have a GWR one! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD0-6-0 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 I'm sorry for voicing an opinion. I thought this was a place for discussion of thoughts. I was not, as ruggedpeak put it, having a whinge about the announcement. I made that clear in the first line. I am delighted about the announcement. A valid point but better discussed in the thread about the blog rather than the Peckett? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 A great announcement and very welcome for both our colliery and North East private light railway layouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I'm sorry for voicing an opinion. I thought this was a place for discussion of thoughts... Never be sorry for having an opinion and communicating it. There's no hard line rule I can see that empowers posters to claim 'THIS AND ONLY THIS' may be discussed in a thread; the announcement style is as integral to the thread as the subject matter of the model. As a quick glance at the first post confirms. (Probably nothing) I'd like to start with that because let's face it, it probably is. A little while ago I would have dismissed this straight away but after the sentinels we'll see. I've just watched Hornby said latest Facebook video on the LSWR 48 coaches. They look great however in the background is an 0-4-0 saddle tank in what appears to the white test plastic or possibly the 3D printer preproduction style. It isn't a production L&Y tank as that is far too old to have a model of this type and there is no motor in the cab. It's also definitely not the railroad caley tank. Personally I think it has a somewhat Peckett look to it but that's a personal opinion... Would there be interest in a separate general thread on Hornby's new style of dripfeeding product announcements via their website, and what this might mean for the 'traditional' annual announcement/catalogue bash? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Never be sorry for having an opinion and communicating it. There's no hard line rule I can see that empowers posters to claim 'THIS AND ONLY THIS' may be discussed in a thread; the announcement style is as integral to the thread as the subject matter of the model. As a quick glance at the first post confirms. Would there be interest in a separate general thread on Hornby's new style of dripfeeding product announcements via their website, and what this might mean for the 'traditional' annual announcement/catalogue bash? I can't say I'm at all worried about how model companies announce their products. I'm just happy that such lovely models as (say) the Heljan Metropolitan electric locos or the Hornby D16 have been manufactured, and there are so many others in the pipeline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2015 I can see preservation layouts finding a use in the Pecketts too... Hence my want of a W6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2015 A Peckett, a single Mk I looming over it, a yard or two of track and a short, obviously new platform and you've got most 1970s preservation startups to a tee. Actually, it would make a perfect trainset for nostalgic 40-somethings getting back into the Hobby. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hence my want of a W6 A friend of mine is developing a 3D printed model of a W6. User "69843". Its been delayed but work is progressing slowly last I heard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Aha. The law of sod applies again. Bet they won't do this livery though! 2015-01-24 21.40.19.jpg2015-01-24 21.41.26.jpg Roger at CSP's not going to be pleased... In view of the concerns expressed before about wheels for Pecketts, what variety did you use for this particular model? Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Industrial tanks are some way outside my normal range so apologies for some basic questions. Did the Port of London Authority (or anyone else in E London) use Pecketts? The Hornby model looks like it might be a very suitable loco for the boxfile, and the PLA would be the most plausible non-BR operator And can someone advise if this little beauty is a W4 Peckett : Fulstow, of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway , demonstrating that fledgling preservation schemes with a Peckett and BR coaches are not confined to the 1970s 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rope runner Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Fulstow No.2 is an R4, I believe. Paul A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2015 Aha. The law of sod applies again. Bet they won't do this livery though! 2015-01-24 21.40.19.jpg2015-01-24 21.41.26.jpg Roger at CSP's not going to be pleased... A mere 'like' doesn't seem enough. Great bit of modelling. Certainly got me thinking. I can see a few more minions emerging. I can see a 'Kevin' and 'Stewart' coming my way........ Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty.J Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Aha. The law of sod applies again. Bet they won't do this livery though! 2015-01-24 21.40.19.jpg2015-01-24 21.41.26.jpg Roger at CSP's not going to be pleased... What a beauty! Lovely little model.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matabiau Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Aha. The law of sod applies again. Bet they won't do this livery though! 2015-01-24 21.40.19.jpg2015-01-24 21.41.26.jpg Roger at CSP's not going to be pleased... Surely this should be seen hauling banana vans? Why not propose this livery to Hornby, they are looking for suggestions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2015 Shouldn't a yellow Hornby 0-4-0 tank be called "Connie"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2015 Useful, as I believe (though I think I was wrong at one point) that 'George Jennings' on the Parkstone pottery line was a W4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Unfortuately, Kilmersden is not a W4.......however.... Rob Now that would be perfect! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Choice of livery: W4 - the H&P livery shown in the blog, If they did a W6 - or if one's easily convertible from a W4, then dark green for NGB1 (if anyone wants any photos of NGB1, let me know and I'll se what I can do!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted October 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2015 A terrific announcement for sure and it is nice to see Hornby doing less glamorous types. Their Sentinnel diesel shunter was an excellent little model that went down well and provided all sorts of possibilities for modellers. I'm confident that Hornby will do a good job with these Peckett models, for all that Hornby are always linked to the more exotic big express steamers when they have modelled the more prosaic types they've tended to do a pretty good job (if you look past the antiquated railroad tooling). On the new Hornby approach to announcements, I think it is a huge improvement. The annual big bang approach was good for a few days of excitement but a rolling schedule of announcements is better I think and gives them a lot more flexibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 It is probably a 21st Century equivalent of a Triang Nellie. The latter provided a mighty useful chassis for other types of locos and no doubt this on will serve the same purpose for some railway modellers. One point though; Nellie had an 8' 3" wheelbase while the Peckett appears to be very much shorter, so how will it perform on the many layouts and trainsets that use Insulfrog turnouts....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 If the 6' Sentinel is anything to go by, very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty.J Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Looks like the model has some finer wheels. Is it RP25? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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