Southernman46 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 LT Bo-Bo electric in RtR That is great news I wonder if anyone will be doing a sound file for it stop whining......................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 LT Bo-Bo electric in RtR That is great news I wonder if anyone will be doing a sound file for it It is good news but I would welcome some matching coaching stock for it to haul. Some Steam stock (aka Dreadnoughts) to current standards would be useful as they could also develop into a range for the MW/MV units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maxthemapman Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Strangest Met BoBo loco possibility: With dwindling need for loco-hauled trains, London Transport tried to persuade the Southern Railway to take them off their hands, so imagine two locos in SR malachite topping/tailing an eight coach rake of suburban carriages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yes, with the effort it took to make just one Radley resin kit into a decent model, a whole rake would not bear thinking about.....and be no cheaper! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Oh and 1 other thing about Sarah Siddons was that rumour control intimated it was for the Blue team, not the Danes, so who knows what might happen there? With my thirst for Scottish Bo-Bos the Danes ARE the Blue Team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metmangraham Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Heljan Metvick? Great! Just when my Radley kit is in the final decoration stage! Still, it looks good already. One of the Heljan RTRs has my name on it once I see it for sale.... I promise to try not to run them too closely on the layout! It is a 'minority' taste, perhaps, but then many RTR models increasingly are - you could argue the current craze for southern region electrics is also to satisfy a 'minority'. In another forum I once raised the point that probably a significant proportion of daily passenger journeys made nationally within the UK are made on London's regional networks. Somehow this has not previously been represented in the model railway sphere. Three-rail electrics are clearly popular and presumably selling well, so how about more RTR LU/LT four-rail models? There are many of us who find London's commuter railways as fascinating as the 'real' ones, and for the record I have lived on the Welsh west coast for 30 years! And Heljan, what coaches are you going to market to be pulled by the Metvick ..... ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 And Heljan, what coaches are you going to market to be pulled by the Metvick ..... ? Obviously they are to produce a 4TC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 No need - coaches already made by Bachmann Approaching Swanley - 21st Sept 1985 Railtour to the RHDR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 For 'Chard's sake let it be the F*ll! Ed Oh bu99er that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1030western musketeer Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 As I have mentioned elsewhere but no mention here I would love Heljan to re release a revised class 52 western as to there 0 gauge one. Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I am glad people are happy with the announcement but how Sarah Siddons can be viable when it seems AC electric train models such as the class 90 aren't baffles me! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I am glad people are happy with the announcement but how Sarah Siddons can be viable when it seems AC electric train models such as the class 90 aren't baffles me! Mark Sarah Siddons is a much loved, attractive 90 year old preserved locomotive whereas the Class 90s are 25 year old locomotives that most people don't care about. QED. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Sarah Siddons is a much loved, attractive 90 year old preserved locomotive whereas the Class 90s are 25 year old locomotives that most people don't care about. QED. As I stated I am glad you are pleased with the announcement- enjoy! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traksy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Sarah Siddons is a much loved, attractive 90 year old preserved locomotive whereas the Class 90s are 25 year old locomotives that most people don't care about. QED. Yes, and the class 68 as a 0 years old locomotive and it already is getting a model. Clearly it has nothing to do with age. And I'm not even remotely convinced Sarah Siddons will turn more profit than a 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 13, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2013 Personally I don't care how well any of this lot sell, but what I don't want is Heljan trying any more ACs... I want locos that look like the prototype... Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 As I stated I am glad you are pleased with the announcement- enjoy! Mark I have no interest in a Sarah Siddons model, but I do realise that a lot of other people do. There's more to the model railway world than one person's interests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yes, and the class 68 as a 0 years old locomotive and it already is getting a model. Clearly it has nothing to do with age. And I'm not even remotely convinced Sarah Siddons will turn more profit than a 90. It's new so will have a lot of interest in the railway world, plus the model manufacturer can easily get the CAD's from the manufacturer of the prototype and I suspect that they will go out of their way to help them as it will promote their product. Plus the most obvious reason is that it is a diesel so will naturally be more popular than an electric loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traksy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 It's new so will have a lot of interest in the railway world, plus the model manufacturer can easily get the CAD's from the manufacturer of the prototype and I suspect that they will go out of their way to help them as it will promote their product. Plus the most obvious reason is that it is a diesel so will naturally be more popular than an electric loco. The case is not that the 68 won't sell. The case is the 90 should sell at least as good as Sarah, It beats it by all parameters except age (livery variations, widespread, all sorts of workings....). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I am glad people are happy with the announcement but how Sarah Siddons can be viable when it seems AC electric train models such as the class 90 aren't baffles me! Mark Because 90's are boring and mundane workhorses, and I doubt we'll even see one preserved. Unfortunately any future new locos had better be of a very high standard, as Hornby still seems to persist with selling the old tooling in new liveries to those who want a 90. Sarah Siddons has a certain charm and status that is missing from lots of other early electrics, and I can't see the same level of interest in other Met or NER electrics. I'll be ordering one as I like it, and would also have an all-new 90 in the ICML livery. Whether I decide to replace the 15 or so in my fleet is another matter, as the Bachmann 85 made me realise how woeful my aged detailed WCML fleet was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 . How about an Adams Radial ? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Probably more models than people think are bought for display and occasional running. My P4 LT Pannier from the Bachmann 57xx sits well in my display case as I have no layout for it set up right now. Also I think the MetroVick is an 'honourable' steam locomotive so is of interest to the inter-war years modellers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What a right s*dding nuisance when other folk (who shall be nameless) have already put in a lot of work on this one with a lot of prototype research already done. . Who says Heljan will do their model quickly ? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 I have sused what the surprise loco will be .....a correct shaped Brimingham RCW Type 3 Bo-Bo, you know the one they were doing for Rail Exclusive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornbyA3Fan Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Whatever this surprise loco will be by Heljan at the NEC, will no doubt gather interest no doubt. As long as it is affordable in some way, then I will most likely buy it, whenever it gets released. Has Heljan ever been in the DMU/DEMU/EMU market at all?. Maybe one of them, who knows Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 13, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2013 Has Heljan ever been in the DMU/DEMU/EMU market at all?. Maybe one of them, who knows Yep, the class 128 and the wagonmasher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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