Hroth Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Could it be that despite all the assurances they have been fitted the wrong driving wheels? I don't wish to even contemplate the possibility, but if someone loaded up the wrong tool for making the driving wheels.... Nooooooo!!! Nahh, can't be that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymzHatstand Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Before all the speculation gets anyone too excited, it could be something as simple as they are en route, but delayed. That's not as much fun to discuss though! If it is a QC issue like the wheels, then surely it's better they spot it now before delivery and sort it out. Yes it delays products, but it also saves a lot of egg on face as I'm sure Hornby are very seated that there are unruly elements just waiting to over criticize any little error. Mind they are the sorts who will bemoan a delay as well. Those of us waiting for one will just have to wait longer as there's nowt else we can do. If you've got the money sitting in a bank account, the longer it's in there, the better I would think! Having seen the decorated samples at Warley, I'm prepared to wait for my green one, it's definitely worth it! Cheers J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2016 Just got email from Hornby saying that my BR (late) B12 has arrived at the warehouse and will shortly be prepared for despatch. No mention yet of the LNER version... Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTrucks Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Just got email from Hornby saying that my BR (late) B12 has arrived at the warehouse and will shortly be prepared for despatch. No mention yet of the LNER version... Keith Well, is that not just weird??? R3432 (supposedly due 13th. January) is now available from the Hornby website. The other two are still shown as pre-order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2016 Well, is that not just weird??? R3432 (supposedly due 13th. January) is now available from the Hornby website. The other two are still shown as pre-order. but just looking at the Hornby website R3432 (Late Crest) is now showing as out of stock on the website (but available from stockists) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Well, is that not just weird??? R3432 (supposedly due 13th. January) is now available from the Hornby website. The other two are still shown as pre-order. Now showing as 'sold out' on the Hornby site. I wonder if they have air freighted a part run of the late BR version in, with the rest following by sea container, which would tie in with the date of mid January that was revised last week. Hope retailers get an allocation, mine has ordered a fair number as we're in East Anglia, the home of the B12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Midland Mole Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) No mention yet of the LNER version... Bloody typical.... - Alex Edited December 13, 2016 by Midland Mole Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just received email that LNER version arrived at warehouse and being prepared for despatch. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Oh dear! Ordered both LNER version and the biscuit loco "by mistake" on Monday, expecting neither to be delivered until next month......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 On the Hornby website, the LNER and BR(lc) B12s are both listed on the New Arrivals page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Midland Mole Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Ah, so she is finally in stock on the Hornby website....now just need to wait until the retailers get them. I must remember to ask my boss tomorrow if we are getting any in. - Alex Edited December 14, 2016 by Midland Mole Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdh1950 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 BR Early now available on Hornby site - just ordered as I have a feeling that they will be "hot cakes"! Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 BR Early now available on Hornby site - just ordered as I have a feeling that they will be "hot cakes"! Michael Bu99er! The dichotomy of really wanting something, but unsure if you've the readies to pay for it! Still, the Neo-Con finance system has been built on such...what could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah... C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I've had an email from Hornby asking to update my payment. Suspect physical delivery is imminent David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted December 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2016 Interesting, just had an email from rails and the price appears to have increased since I checked this morning. I should have ordered one then! Cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Interesting, just had an email from rails and the price appears to have increased since I checked this morning. I should have ordered one then! Cheers, Keith Perhaps they read RMweb and have seen it's a 'must-have'... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Derails Models Posted December 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2016 All three models claimed to be in packing for us, I was also told that the Late BR was close to or past selling out at Hornby... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Midland Mole Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 We are getting in a couple of the LNER & BR early ones, but seemingly not any BR late ones....don't ask me why! - Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The B12 is the headline splash on the Hornby website. Just arrived - limited stock left so order yours today! I didn't think they'd be so popular...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold farren Posted December 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Why? They must be one of the most graceful classes ever built. And one of the most popular Especially considering they frist came out when Noah was still in the boat building business. still sold enough for Hornby to keep banging them out. Edited December 15, 2016 by farren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I completely agree with you, the B12/3 is a graceful 4-6-0 of the old school. But there's no eye-catching drama, its not a Pacific, there's no valvegear thrashing about, its not huge, and while one livery option is green the others are black. And thats why I wondered about its popularity. And yet... I like it because I liked the Triang R150 and it was the first big loco I had. I suppose others too have fond memories of the old loco and the opportunity to have a proper scale model of the old stalwart is too good to pass over. The only thing is, I've got a couple of the more recent Chinese built Triang-Hornby B12s, with the finer wheels and connecting rods. I'll not be able to run them together with the new one, the differences will be glaringly obvious! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Large pre-grouping passenger engines were getting rare by the end of the 1950's and I went over to Leeds and York on my rest-day just to see the NER B16's. From what i have seen on old cine, the B12's looked very graceful in motion with that coupling rod unencumbered by a connecting road adding to a sense of something rather special from a bygone age. Hornby's B12 should look great in motion. As an aside, when I saw a photo of a particular GCR 4-6-0, I knew instinctively I had seen one. I could only have been 5 or 6 yrs old and it must have been at some station like Guide Bridge in the late 1940's. That too had the grace of the B12 with the coupling rod moving up and down on large driving wheels. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benachie Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The B12 is the headline splash on the Hornby website. Just arrived - limited stock left so order yours today! I didn't think they'd be so popular...... All 3 in stock at Rails of Sheffield. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pom-pom Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Large pre-grouping passenger engines were getting rare by the end of the 1950's and I went over to Leeds and York on my rest-day just to see the NER B16's. From what i have seen on old cine, the B12's looked very graceful in motion with that coupling rod unencumbered by a connecting road adding to a sense of something rather special from a bygone age. Hornby's B12 should look great in motion. As an aside, when I saw a photo of a particular GCR 4-6-0, I knew instinctively I had seen one. I could only have been 5 or 6 yrs old and it must have been at some station like Guide Bridge in the late 1940's. That too had the grace of the B12 with the coupling rod moving up and down on large driving wheels. Dear Larry, what an evocative thought that us younger ones can only wistfully lament in not having seen. However, if one wishes to sample a B12 (and a B1) at speed on the GCR London Extension recently then this video on YouTube is highly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6GuxUIGAfM You were right about those graceful connecting rods in motion. All the best, Nick 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 16, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2016 Mine just arrived, 8573 posing with the Peckett: The B12, for me, is something sentimental. My grandfather was a fitter at Lowestoft Shed and, who knows, he could have worked on this loco at some point in the past. Because of this I was a supporter of the B12 for a few years at the M&GN and spent a day driving and firing their loco. Keith 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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