kintbury jon Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Just looking at the new releases on the Hattons site - they've got the livery wrong on this haven't they? The area below the red stripe should be beige. The ridiculous thing with this as they produced 08673 many years ago in the same livery but got it right then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Looks beige here on the Rails website http://railsofsheffield.com/br-0-6-0-diesel-shunter-class-08-673-intercity-locomotive-r3048-JJJA16359.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have one in front of me , and the lower body is definately white - and therefore incorrect for 673. The Image on rails website is computer generated, as all hornbys catalogue images are now - so I dont really take them that seriously, however the image on the box card shows it as white - yes , yet another silly livery error - whats really silly is the red/white stripes on the 08 are the correct width , but on the intercity mk2s and mk3 sleeper theyve just released, the stripes are all wrong Ive bought the 08 to renumber and modify so the livery error isnt an issue for me - plus its the last loco i need to complete my fleet, so in future i wont support/buy any of hornbys livery mistakes. your right Jon, It is ridiculous tfn Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 heres a piccy to confirm Also Hornby havent painted the cranks red as they should be, and the red stripe is the wrong shade of red - but at least its the right width. Its a shame as the correct livery would have looked lovely - as the 08 is a lovely model. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Completely agree, it does look a lovely model. Such a shame though I guess it's no different to the mistake Bachmann made with 37431. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim76 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Was really looking forward to this one. Can't believe Hornby could get it so wrong. I see Olivia's Trains offer a weathered version which somewhat disguises the wrong colour. However at £100 it is not cheap. Will have to give serious considerstion as to whether I still want one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hi - heres a coulpe of gloomy pictures (sorry!) of mine partially resprayed and generally tarted up and corrected here and there- Ive also painted the cranks and the 'odd' con rod section , plus changed the front buffers to oleos as seen later on the real loco. Hornby have fitted far too many lamp irons on the cab so ive removed them and will later patch in the yellow stripes and replace just two lamp irons , usinf vitrains parts. Oh - and i need some nameplates too! Dont those cab doors look awful! tfn jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Nice job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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