Carl. H. Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Aren't they made in the UK? (or at least the Channel Islands) On site at Peco in Seaton, Devon. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 By way of comparison, the Langley kit version is £41.10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2013 So probably around £100 if you had it made also compare it to Bemo HOm coaches starting at £40 up to nearly £70 or many of Hornbys latest offerings selling in the 30-40 pound range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Take a look at Winco's website www.winco.uk.com and select the H0e pages and compare the prices of bogie Austrian NG coaches, it makes the Peco L&B coaches look very reasonable, especially if the Hattons price quoted previously is correct. The above link appears not to work from here but it is the correct address for Winco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyk Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Correct link for Winco is: http://www.winco.uk.com Steve, your actual link is slightly different to the text shown. Hover over the link and you will see it's missing the 'uk' bit before '.com' :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hippo Posted September 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2013 Correct link for Winco is: http://www.winco.uk.com Steve, your actual link is slightly different to the text shown. Hover over the link and you will see it's missing the 'uk' bit before '.com' :-) I've just had a look at some of the stuff on that site. Its brilliant, however my wallet has just done a runner. Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I've just had a look at some of the stuff on that site. Its brilliant, however my wallet has just done a runner. Owen Yes the H0e stuff does become quite addictive, the locos run impeccably ( should do at the price!!) luckily you dont need whole fleets of them 3 or 4 suffices!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 It will be interesting to see the price of the loco, especially as Bemo's L45H/Lxd2 is retailing at around the £200 mark, and that's for a diesel! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 It will be interesting to see the price of the loco, especially as Bemo's L45H/Lxd2 is retailing at around the £200 mark, and that's for a diesel! Some H0e comparisons: Roco 0-8+4 TT loco around £250, Roco passenger car Around £39.00 and a Halling 2093 B0-B0 Diesel £180 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verityboo Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Now on the Hattons Site for pre-order http://www.ehattons.com/67073/Peco_Products_GR_401A_L_B_Composite_coach_1st_3rd_Southern_Railway/StockDetail.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRMSOliverM Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 £30 seems much more reasonable but, as has been said before, HOe modelling here and on the continent is extremely expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I'm sorry, but I don't agree with that. For what are limited market models the prices charged by the likes of Roco and Lilliput are very reasonable. Granted Bemo can be a little higher but on the whole the price of HOe is quite reasonable especially bearing in mind that the market is nowhere near as big as SG N or HO and so the manufacturers don't get the advantage of large sales. I own several hand built coaches in HOe that cost around the £50 mark, which for the quality of them I regard as very reasonable... Now bear in mind that the market for Peco's and Heljan's models are going to be far more limited than the HOe offerings I think Peco's prices are about right, if anything on the low side bearing in mind the limited market... It's high time that people who model in 009 realise that if they want decent RTR then they have to pay the going rate for it and not the price they'd pay to make a crude bash of an N gauge loco/coach/wagon... Perhaps realism has arrived at last... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2013 Today the Peco L & B coach arrived. Very impressed with it. Here are a few photos around and inside the coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 oo that is impressive!!! I take it all back, well worth the money!!! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2013 Today the Peco L & B coach arrived. Very impressed with it. Here are a few photos around and inside the coach. Gorgeous, Ian! Having this week travelled on both Welsh Highland and Festiniog Railways, and watched Lyd come across the Cob at Porthmadog, the appeal of UK NG is very much with me. Peco should expect to sell as many of these as they can make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2013 I see an explosion of L & B based layouts heading towards many shows especially when the Heljan loco appears. My plan is to build a model of Blackmoor Gate but with so many other projects on the go or planned I am not sure when that will materialise. It could even be a module to slot in place of 'Santa Banbury' but I fear that with such a large fiddle yard we my end up with many non L & B trains! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I see an explosion of L & B based layouts heading towards many shows especially when the Heljan loco appears. The wagons at least are slow selling according to one trader I spoke to the other week, not that surprising that given the lack of a rtr loco; anyone who can put together a Blackwoods loco will have easilly assembled in all likelihood the wagons and coaches they need. Just hope that the Heljan loco turns up before Peco get cold feet over the project like the N Collett Goods, just how many more would they have sold if they were not dcc fitted, and how much more accurate the tender could have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2013 Obviously depends which shop you talk to there are several who can't get enough, and they seemd to vanish quick from some of the big retailers too My local only managed to get the pre ordered ones, no extras available on the initial releases the rep said they'll have to wait for the second round as all the suffix codes are standard catalogue items not limited editions. The A suffix for the individual wagons will be the same as the original twin set numbers,(it was only the twin set packaging that was limited as it was using up the stock left over from the Collet Goods). The traders on NGRM seem to think they are going well too. The chap from Peco certainly seems happy with how they are going so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2013 The brake coach is imminent. There would have been some at ExpoNG, but they haven't had time to pack them yet (AB did have a sample). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matabiau Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Has anyone tried fitting metal wheels to the L&B coach? I have swapped the factory fitted plastic ones for Graham Farish 379-412 N-gauge coach wheels and they don't spin freely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 27, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2013 I've just tried it myself. The Farish axles are slightly too long and wont spin. Romford ones are a perfect fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Has anyone tried fitting metal wheels to the L&B coach? I have swapped the factory fitted plastic ones for Graham Farish 379-412 N-gauge coach wheels and they don't spin freely. If you have a mini drill and a small bit try gently 'deepening.' the axle holes in the bogie sideframes, we do it with H0e rolling stock and it works. Actually you can achieve the same result by simply using a very small cross head screwdriver as a hand- gouger- outer of a bit of plastic!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hippo Posted December 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2013 News from a Peco employee on the Ngrm website is that the Brakes are now available...... Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 News from a Peco employee on the Ngrm website is that the Brakes are now available...... Owen, Just the Maunsell Olive ones presumably? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2013 Yep, the test shot of the early L&B livery was at Warley and they're due in the new year as there are still a few issues to sort on the application. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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