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Hornby 2023 - New tooling - DELTIC prototype - Hornby Dublo


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48 minutes ago, maico said:

 

Enough. The sound Deltic is sold out on the Hornby site and the there are circa 65 ddc ready ones left.

 

Delivery is still a year away so it will sell out.

Nothing stops them increasing the volume made

 

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18 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Nothing stops them increasing the volume made

 

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Except they have previously said it is a run of 500 Dublos. So, sound, dcc ready in potentially WCML and ECML = 2000 max over say 2 years.

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The important question is of course: is this the most tedious ever thread on RMweb, even amongst the stiff competition of the Hornby section?  

 

I'm tempted to start one entitled "In which we drone on at excruciating length about Hornby's business practice, until our own major intestines, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leap straight up through our necks and throttle our brains" just to attract off-topic posts discussing details of the actual models.

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2 hours ago, spamcan61 said:

The Class 71 was just under 2 years from scanning the prototype to available in the shops. The cynical might think that had something to do with a competitor also developing one 

 

How could you possibly think such a thing!!! I'm quite sure you'll find the fact is that someone wrote Class 71 on a post-it note 10 years before therefore claiming everlasting exclusing rights to developing a model

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11 hours ago, maico said:

 

Except they have previously said it is a run of 500 Dublos. So, sound, dcc ready in potentially WCML and ECML = 2000 max over say 2 years.

They could so easily for the next batch go with the plastic body, for all we know that might be in their plans.

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On 14/12/2023 at 13:54, The Stationmaster said:

Sorry but plastic is oil based and that will not therefore suit net zero ambitions.  High. definition moulded papier maché is the way forward

There was an article in a 1980’s Railway Modeller showing how to use Papier-mâché Mache for diesel loco bodies, nothing new under the sun!

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