roythebus Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I still think the worst ever was the Lima N gauge BR 2-6-4T. Truly awful. Their class 86 was more presentable and ran well. At least with Hornby tinplate/early Trix and the like they were toys and should be viewed as such. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) It was a repaint of a Swedish prototype, which basically shares being steam and a 2-6-4T. Other examples of such things exist (Dublo's surplus Atholls passed off as Canadian Pacific 4-6-2s for example), but I don't think any are quite as bad. (Trix's model of a German electric (itself rubbish) rebranded as a Metropolitan Bo-Bo is a possibility.) https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/candt-auctioneers/catalogue-id-srct10072/lot-0619f688-a430-44a2-ac0b-a89700fa6bc3 and https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fthumbs1.ebaystatic.com%2Fd%2Fl225%2Fm%2FmORKQopGqv5rBNBuWc6P3Xw.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fbhp%2Ftrix-twin&docid=fRIjLpfGutxyJM&tbnid=1MgaYL9NAAxw6M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjPvq_burfbAhWCKsAKHVneC6EQMwg-KAcwBw..i&w=225&h=169&bih=653&biw=1304&q=trix%200-4-0%20electric&ved=0ahUKEwjPvq_burfbAhWCKsAKHVneC6EQMwg-KAcwBw&iact=mrc&uact=8 The 'toy' excuse does apply here of course. Edited June 3, 2018 by Il Grifone 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2018 Mention has been made of the triang '08' on 3f chassis. I do wonder if is actually supposed to represent a Jackshaft loco rather than the later ones as it has more of a look of a jackshaft one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I still think the worst ever was the Lima N gauge BR 2-6-4T. Truly awful. Their class 86 was more presentable and ran well. At least with Hornby tinplate/early Trix and the like they were toys and should be viewed as such. It was a repaint of a Swedish prototype, which basically shares being steam and a 2-6-4T. Sorry, but the BR 4MT only shared the chassis with the Swedish loco, as did both German and American models, though I would agree they veer more to the toy than scale end of things. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted June 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) I still think the worst ever was the Lima N gauge BR 2-6-4T. Truly awful. I can just about remember the review in (I think) Model Railway Constructor when it first came out. The text was fairly noncommittal, but I seem t remember a photo in broadside view blown up to the maximum possible size and occupying the full width of the page. I had the impression that it was calculated to assassinate. Edited June 3, 2018 by Andy Kirkham 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) I can just about remember the review in (I think) Model Railway Constructor when it first came out. The text was fairly noncommittal, but I seem t remember a photo in broadside view blown up to the maximum possible size and occupying the full width of the page. I had the impression that it was calculated to assassinate. That said, I seem to remember that they could at least, keep their motion in place.... Edited June 3, 2018 by rockershovel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Mention has been made of the triang '08' on 3f chassis. I do wonder if is actually supposed to represent a Jackshaft loco rather than the later ones as it has more of a look of a jackshaft one It has the number (13005 originally) and general shape of an 08, but I would agree the result looks more like a jackshaft locomotive. Sorry, but the BR 4MT only shared the chassis with the Swedish loco, as did both German and American models, though I would agree they veer more to the toy than scale end of things. It is even worse than I remembered . I remember at the time putting it firmly to the 'horror to ignore/forget about' category. (With the honourable exception of the Peco/Rivarossi 'Jubilee')* it took a long time to get a decent N gauge British steam locomotive model. * There may be others but this is the only one I remember. The only N gauge models I have are American (not counting Lone Star which are (allegedly) 000 anyway). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 That said, I seem to remember that they could at least, keep their motion in place.... It also had a photo of an Arnold N gauge loco at the bottom of the page to show how good the Arnold loco was compared to the Lima effort. a brave effort from the late SW Stevens-Stratten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 The strange red colour? Everyone knows engines are supposed to be green! (Even yellow ones were stated to be green. ) It looks like a good source for cheap models to be repainted when they get sold off in due course. (It could even be 'collectable in the future?) Except when ,Silver, or Garter Blue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Except when ,Silver, or Garter Blue! This error was corrected in due course.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2018 This error was corrected in due course.... Yes when they painted a couple, BR experimental blue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yes when they painted a couple, BR experimental blue? An experiment that failed due to the blue fading and failing to do its job properly, necessitating its replacement with green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Sorry, but the BR 4MT only shared the chassis with the Swedish loco, as did both German and American models, though I would agree they veer more to the toy than scale end of things. That German model, despite its crudeness, does actually look quite representative of the original though, see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB-Baureihe_66 Back when I modelled N gauge (a long time ago), I hated that models from the same company, Lima were in different scales, I was particularly unimpressed by the 2-6-4T but the Minitrix 'small' locos were never very good either. Everybody remembers the Tri-ang/Hornby "08" with missing o/s frames but what about the Farish N gauge one? That was just as bad and had an overscale width body to boot. Cheers, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Everybody remembers the Tri-ang/Hornby "08" with missing o/s frames but what about the Farish N gauge one? That was just as bad and had an overscale width body to boot. Cheers, John. Ah, but it did have the correct wheelbase (Sorry, I've now run out fo good thngs to say about it). Oh, and it made a reasonable chassis for the J94 later. OK, two goodish things. Three if you compare it to the Lone Star version which was a half-sized Triang copy... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now