Hornby Class 87

[Zippyrascal]

As somebody who's interested in AC electrics the next few months promises to be extremely exciting with the forthcoming 4mm releases of the class 87 and 90.

 

It's the former which I would like to ask other modellers opinions of as I've been studying the photo's on Hornby's website for a few weeks now of the class 87 and to me something doesn't look quite right with the cab fronts. Obviously this is only personal opinion and I'm happy to be corrected but as someone who spent many years working with the prototypes when they were employed on the principle express passenger work on the WCML I would like to think that I'm not just having a senior moment. 

 

The cab front directly under the windscreen should be flat and if i'm not mistaken the Hornby adaptation looks to have a gentle curvature. Having not seen the test models in person I hope this is something which can still be corrected and/or isn't noticeable on the actual model as it would be a great shame (especially for Hornby) after waiting for all this time for a new high specification model of these fabulous loco's if they don't live up to expectations. 

 

I would be interested to hear others modellers thoughts???  

[Taigatrommel]

There's extensive discussion in an existing thread, see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/117244-Hornby-class-87-confirmed-newly-tooled-version-for-2017/