Andy Y Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Now on show at Warley and starting shipping to retailers. I must say 'Thorpe Hall' has a beautiful shade of green, much less 'bluey' than many of Hornby's previous greens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Lovely Andy. Thorpe Hall is beautiful, what a rich colour! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Lovely Andy. Thorpe Hall is beautiful, what a rich colour! Tom, I could not agree more,it is amazing.I somehow fear for "Great Northern's" wallet. Hats off to that man Simon K @ Hornby he has moved the goalposts again. Mind you I bet he could not organise one in 7mm Scale . Go on prove me wrong Mr K. Please, pretty Please, I will Beg Honestly - no pride left after seeing that. Thorpe Hall probably has never looked better. Believe it or not, I am impressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 This looks absolutely wonderful, will it run with my A1, A2, A3, A4 etc,? YES OF CORSE, its my train set, need one, need one, need one NOW . Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Looks nice. Well worth the long wait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted November 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2012 Thanks for the heads up, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account 2 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Love them....!!! my wishlist is just increasing with a lot of Hornby products and my dad is getting furious!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I thought long and hard before posting this but as much as I consider the B17 is a beautiful model, I also feel a little work is required to slim down the over-deep running plate angle, To save using a scalpel to thin it down from below, it could be diguised by running a black line at the bottom of the angle and raising the height of the fine orange line. To my eyes the running plate should be as slim as that on the B1.......See what you think... Hornby has done a dazzling job otherwise, even down to the 12-spoke bogie wheels (more typical of NER designs). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2012 I thought long and hard before posting this but as much as I consider the B17 is a beautiful model, I also feel a little work is required to slim down the over-deep running plate angle, To save using a scalpel to thin it down from below, it could be diguised by running a black line at the bottom of the angle and raising the height of the fine orange line. To my eyes the running plate should be as slim as that on the B1.......See what you think... Hornby has done a dazzling job otherwise, even down to the 12-spoke bogie wheels (more typical of NER designs). You can thank Tony Wright for the 12 spoke wheels Larry. Must be three years ago now he rang me one morning and asked me to get one of my books out and count them, as he was away from home and wanted to confirm to Simon Kohler that 10 spokes would be wrong. It's very encouraging that the manufacturers are increasingly taking the opportunity to consult people with specialist knowledge in the early stages of planned models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Lovelly model... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I must admit to strong feelings, voiced here, about the delay in the production of these models. I also have "Thorpe Hall" on pre-order from a certain store in Liverpool at a very good price. All I can say, looking at these images is that it was (almost) well worth the wait. Can't wait to take delivery. The running plate looks fine to me - a reasonable compromise considering it is buit to run on rails a scale four foot one and a half inches apart :-) Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Looks fabulous to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted November 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2012 Waiting to see how well they run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Brilliant, I have it pre-ordered, can't wait. Larry I agree about the appearance of the running plate but I note that the thickness is less obvious, and may in fact be 'scale' for all I know, on the black running plate LNER 'Sandringham' than on the green-plated BR 'Thorpe Hall'... and the front area with 12-spoke wheels and frame area is truly lovely. Bravo! Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 'Now had a decent look at mine and it is every bit as good as the pics here suggest. Only concerns are a slightly bent tender buffer, which should fix easily, and a stray bolt in the packaging which has presumably come from somewhere within, can't see exactly where so I'll need to investigate further. I take the point about the running plate but somehow I don't think it'll detract from my admiration of the model. The B17s were always my favourites and this is the first steam loco I've bought in about 20+ years I reckon so it must be good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Waiting to see how well they run The example that was moving smoothily and steadily with half a dozen coaches at 9am, was still doing so at the two intervening times between then and 5pm when last I called by, and finally managed to get my nose print on the display case with the O1s and B17s in it. Swiftly followed by a dribble down the glass. Sorry to be so graphic but really we are spoiled by RTR... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Thanks Andy for posting these photos of the B17's. They look brilliant. Hornby must have also consulted Tony Wright about the BR Green being a little too blue. His many comments in the BRM and his book on LNER pacifics does make a good point about it. Good to see it rectified. I have the LNER version and Grimsby Town on order which is due in Jan, so wont overload the CC. Hopefully the Hornby A4 comm of Australia is on the way too. Though no word on the A4. Mark in OZ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 The perfect excuse/reason having been located and regardless of my earlier comment, I will be buying one and will enjoy carrying out the mods. I wonder who will be the first to convert one of these high stepping machines into a B2.....Er, not me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Well I've still got my B2 Crownline conversion from the old B17 - I'll stick with that (for now anyway). Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch-Traindriver Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 O Now ! The LNER 2800 ist demaged on the left buffer........................................ (See also my RM-galleries: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2053-the-best-meesterpeter-pictures/ ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account 2 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Does it have the new style packing? I was little disappointed when I learnt that the TATA STEEL Class 60 came with the old style packing whereas the Class 67 and 'Crewekern' came in the newer style packing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2012 I've just posted a few photos of B17s taken in 1948/9 in the prototype discussions forum at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/64705-photos-of-b17s-in-19489/ Does anyone model that period? The photos were, as usual, taken by Dad. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Ah well... resistance to these is fast deminishing..... going to have to do mine as the NER legacy machine... either as 2852 or 61652 'Darlington' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Lovely Andy. Thorpe Hall is beautiful, what a rich colour! Not as nice as the LNER green on Sandringham! I'm really looking forward to my copy of 2800 arriving now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I must admit to strong feelings, voiced here, about the delay in the production of these models. I also have "Thorpe Hall" on pre-order from a certain store in Liverpool at a very good price. All I can say, looking at these images is that it was (almost) well worth the wait. Can't wait to take delivery. The running plate looks fine to me - a reasonable compromise considering it is buit to run on rails a scale four foot one and a half inches apart :-) Regards, Could I have a pound, please, for every time somebody trots out the tired old cliche that because the gauge is wrong we shouldn't be concerned (or even have no right to be concerned) about any other dimensional innaccuracies? The logical conclusion, of course is that provided all dimensions are within about 13% of accurate we should all be happy. I would also be very rich! ROB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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