RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2016 You win.. Downton Abbey 2.jpg Please send SAE for the bluetac. Wow! someone looked at the definition of tacky and thought "I can do better" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Downer Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 An 00 scale model of the dead Turk in Lady Mary's bed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_man Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You win.. Downton Abbey 2.jpg Please send SAE for the bluetac. There definitely needs to be a "WTF" button! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dont tell me its a Q6...?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dont tell me its a Q6...?! There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 ooh, build your own steam locomotive engine.... so that's the engine that powers a steam locomotive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. Airfix_Loco s.jpg Really !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. Airfix_Loco s.jpg 8+ counts a lot of us out then... (lights & sound for £29:99, eh?) Edited January 26, 2016 by Tim Dubya 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 ooh, build your own steam locomotive engine.... so that's the engine that powers a steam locomotive? Aah but if it's a steam locomotive driven by an electric engine. Whilst we're on words I wonder how many buyers will be looking for Product Tit (from the OP) on the shelves? I reckon Phil staged that shot. Whilst we're on the Junior train maybe the branding's still to be sorted 'cos as far as I'm concerned you're either a virgin or you're not and just trying to look like one often spells trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. Airfix_Loco s.jpg Looks like someone dipped the front end in boiling water..... What the hell is an "electronic" motor? And a "moving coupling rod"? Lights and sound must mean there's a "Real Firebox Glow" (an orange LED) and a piece of sandpaper on one of the axles. Any idea as to the scale? If its anything like the "Internal Combustion Engine" ( http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/combustion-engine.html), it'll be pretty boring once its finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) (lights & sound for £29:99, eh?)Don't forget the "electronic" motor. If its anything like the "Internal Combustion Engine" ( http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/combustion-engine.html), it'll be pretty boring once its finished.The box beneath it in the picture is labelled "Automotive Engineer". It could still be fun for an 8 year old interested in how things work. Edited January 26, 2016 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Is it more or less tacky than the Star Trek train? http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/917103_star-trek-train.html Star Trek is 50 years old this year. (There will be stamps.) And I wouldn't be surprised to see that Bradford travesty appear with a 50th anniversary logo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 ooh, build your own steam locomotive engine.... so that's the engine that powers a steam locomotive? Isn't that the correct original full term? The engine (Cylinders, pistons and final drive) is self-propelled = locomotive (adj) and powered by steam. Without the word 'railway' it could also refer to a road locomotive. The word 'engine' was dropped early on. Pedantic Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2016 How soon before we see the Downton Abbey sets heavily discounted? I cannot see this set being successful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitpick Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Re "sort of Q6 kit". That's how all Hornby locos will come. It's then up to us modellers to assemble, add as much detail as we wish and paint in our preferred livery. Apparently they even had an Adams Radial kit on display. Though all the buyer has to do with that is stick the roof on ;~) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Are there any more photos of new products from the Toyfair. I want to drool over more pictures of the Collett coaches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. Airfix_Loco s.jpg Somehow, I think Hornby have lost the plot, or perhaps I have !! Today I received a HUGE box from Amazon. On opening buried at the bottom under packing was a "Master of the Glens" set, which I ordered last Friday for £67, incl postage and a tenner off for last Fridays one day only promo. (As per Bargains thread on this site) No complaints whatsoever - the P2 is a beaut & runs superb, Three old style Gresleys, two to become engineers mess saloons, one to be grounded & bogies used for a home made diesel brake tender. An oval of track with siding, and a controller & transformer - useful for a test track. All this for £67 post paid, £16 cheaper than one Biomass wagon (and that doesn't include P/P) !! Quite simply - how / why do they do it ? Both Hornby & Amazon must have made losses on this. If they made the above Airfix loco reasonably accurate to a prototype, and to (say) O scale or gauge 1, then many modellers as well as kids would buy one / several. Do they think at Hornby ?. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapford34102 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You realise that Hornby's offices are now in buildings that used to be the labs of a well known pharmaceutical company - it developed Viagra amongst other things - so who knows what they found in the cupboards. Whatever it was I don't think I want any. Anyhow 3D printer looks good though no idea where I'd put one and the "starter" system could be a sensible move if they develop the range. Would have been nice to see Airfix do something Kitmasterish. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 They do appear to have lost the plot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 They do appear to have lost the plot Let's be fair, they have produced some very good items over the last year but it seems the Olympic spirit lives on on occasion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 There's also a sort of Q6 coming up in the Airfix range (maybe with an elongated Collett boiler?). Scale? Don't know I'm afraid but Phil said it's a big box. Wait, what! At first I thought this was going to be a OO gauge kit, but it clearly isn't ah well, it'll be interesting to see what it's is going to be like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) That's the worst distortion of a cad image I've seen. We made fun of Oxfords photoshop boob but fancy putting that on the stand at a Toyfair? Maybe it's a multi gauge kit? The front is N and the rear OO? Electronic as opposed to electric motor? Are marketing prople so desperate they think electronic will appeal more or just that they are so uneducated they don't know the difference? Edited January 26, 2016 by PaulRhB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Didn't the actual tv series film the railway shots at that classically restored LNER station on the bluebell railway using a (extremely) early version of a standard 4MT to pull the train? I knew that couldn't be Hornby as it had been delivered early! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2016 They do appear to have lost the plot No....just found a few others,that's all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 I do worry about Hornby sometimes, I really do... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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