Verulam Central Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Hornby seem to have really up their production rate of late with many items now been delivered sooner than expected good for Hornby hope they turn things around nice to see the GWR coaches out 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43009 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I ordered the Guard and Buffet coaches from Kernow Model Rail and looking forward to getting them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart2day Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) The MK3 coaches seem to have arrived in some model railway shops now. A number are showing them as in stock online. Edited September 28, 2017 by bart2day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted September 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Mine arrived today from Hornby - easy to remove the buffers on the Trailer Standards and the Buffet, but had to cut them off of the TGS (reflects the Lima heritage of the tooling for that particular coach, I presume). I know that the tooling is all a bit dated, but they look very good to me (I don't want lit interiors). It's now clear (if it wasn't before) why the power cars had to be gloss - not sure how else Hornby would have recreated the matt livery detail at one end of each coach. I'll have to try to work out how to close couple them though. Just waiting for the belatedly announced First to arrive - that one has to come via Cornwall... One for the magnifying glass brigade - I've only checked on Trailer Standard No 42351, but what's wrong with the coach designation letter printing (D in this case) - you'll have to check both ends Edited September 28, 2017 by 3rd Rail Exile 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewEWS Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 My GWR TGS arrived today, really pleased with it and I think the finish really suits it. Great model! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCClark Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Good morning everyone My GWR power cars arrived and absolutely delighted with them and top marks to Hornby for the extra GWR profiled stick-ons! As mentioned in my previous post, decided to swap shells over on the chassis so that 43188 is the powered unit. This is because I have now added "The Welshman" decals from Railtec and they are fantastic. I have attached a photograph to show the new look power car. please feel free to comment. John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted September 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2017 Looks good. Must admit I was interested to see these in the flesh last week, and I think the finish looks great, they’ve done a really good job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Good morning everyone My GWR power cars arrived and absolutely delighted with them and top marks to Hornby for the extra GWR profiled stick-ons! As mentioned in my previous post, decided to swap shells over on the chassis so that 43188 is the powered unit. This is because I have now added "The Welshman" decals from Railtec and they are fantastic. I have attached a photograph to show the new look power car. please feel free to comment. John Whatever may be said about the livery, it is rather subdued. That lifts it quite spectacularly. Very nice indeed. No fault of Railtec, of course, but should the dragon not be red? Was the white dragon in Merlin’s dream not Anglo-Saxon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Good morning everyone My GWR power cars arrived and absolutely delighted with them and top marks to Hornby for the extra GWR profiled stick-ons! As mentioned in my previous post, decided to swap shells over on the chassis so that 43188 is the powered unit. This is because I have now added "The Welshman" decals from Railtec and they are fantastic. I have attached a photograph to show the new look power car. please feel free to comment. John 43188 The Welshman.JPG Excellent job we're the transfers easy enough to fit ? Have you sealed them ? I believe both power cars carry them now ? Edited September 30, 2017 by martin_l_jones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCClark Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hi Martin The decals went on a dream and Railtec do not have massive carrier areas so looks great straight away. I have not sealed yet and pondering whether to blow over with a gloss coat or just seal with Johnsons Klear. Any advice would be most welcome. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hi Martin The decals went on a dream and Railtec do not have massive carrier areas so looks great straight away. I have not sealed yet and pondering whether to blow over with a gloss coat or just seal with Johnsons Klear. Any advice would be most welcome. John Hi John, just ordered them, I've asked Steve at Railtec what he recommends... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCClark Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi Martin Sealed with Johnsons Klear but was not 100% happy. Once dried out I very carefully brushed over the area with Railmatch gloss varnish that was thinned down to airbrush constituency and, so far, it looks good! Regards John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart2day Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Does anyone know if there is a way to prop open the driver doors on the powers cars as I feel like it is a missed opportunity? Hornby sprung the doors so they can open but immediately spring shut. I think it would be cool if they could be open say when waiting at a station platform or TMD and make it look like there is a driver changeover or something. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbox321 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Does anyone know if there is a way to prop open the driver doors on the powers cars as I feel like it is a missed opportunity? Hornby sprung the doors so they can open but immediately spring shut. I think it would be cool if they could be open say when waiting at a station platform or TMD and make it look like there is a driver changeover or something. Well, if you can take the spring out, that should work. Alternatively you could wedge it open with something very thin, possibly painting it grey, so its a false floor. If yours is a depot layout, you could even perhaps have a shunter standing in the doorway to disguise it. Regards, C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 A small strip of plastic are or brass rod will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamish_barb Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone. I'm in the final stages of completing a rake of Mk 3 coaches. Can someone please confirm if these are the correct coaches to get, in order to form a full rake of 8 for my GWR HST: 1x R4779 TRUB 1x R4780 TGS 2x R4781 TSO 3x R4781A TSO 1x R4815 T Thanks. Edited October 1, 2017 by hamish_barb 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCClark Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi Hampshire_barb That is the correct selection of coaches for your GWR set and the ones Hornby are selling at the moment are from set LA15. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamish_barb Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi Hampshire_barb That is the correct selection of coaches for your GWR set and the ones Hornby are selling at the moment are from set LA15. John Thanks John. What is LA15? And will Hornby be releasing other MK 3 GWR coaches? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) Thanks John. What is LA15? And will Hornby be releasing other MK 3 GWR coaches? LA15 was the first rake to be painted green to run with 43187 and 43188, the rake does tend to stay together and only runs with a blue coach when one of its own coaches is removed for repair, but the power cars are now 'common user' and spend most of their time on blue rakes. LA16 is the other set painted green but retains a blue interior as the grey interior fitted to LA15 was found to soil quite quickly. A full green set does look rather good. Edited October 1, 2017 by royaloak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) Well, my first coach arrived today, not happy the way it's been packaged, it appears as though the plastic formed tray is not long enough for the coach roof and one end is forced into the lower part of the tray.... However, doesn't appear to be damaged thank fully... Cant believe its been sent out like that tho' Edited October 2, 2017 by martin_l_jones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted October 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2017 All the Mk3 coaches I received lately with the IceBlock packaging are a very tight fit for the roof so it may just be that. Still not very good though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robf Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Well, my first coach arrived today, not happy the way it's been packaged, it appears as though the plastic formed tray is not long enough for the coach roof and one end is forced into the lower part of the tray.... However, doesn't appear to be damaged thank fully... Cant believe its been sent out like that tho' My Trailer First was the same when it arrived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles73128 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Mine too. And gloss only on one side. Its going back...... My Trailer First was the same when it arrived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted October 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2017 Mine too. And gloss only on one side. Its going back...... Seriously? That’s atrocious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) Mine too. And gloss only on one side. Its going back...... Hi Miles73128, Just wondering which coach of yours only had gloss on one side? I have now checked all mine and they are all glossed up and in in the boxes correctly. I was going to wait on my power cars arriving but, that could be days away depending on what's going on at Hattons.... Regards & thanks Roy edit: up date to; checked coaches, from going to check them Edited October 3, 2017 by MrB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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