Robin Brasher Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 00 Works 700 for sale for £124 at the Weymouth Model Railway Association's exhibition today. It looks like the price gap between a new ready to run model made in China from a large manufacturer and a second hand model in excellent condition from a small British manufacturer is narrowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Just been on the Hornby Website, it is now saying the expected on 01/03/2015 on all versions. This is the same on a number of other products yet to be released too, like the updated 42xx, 52xx and 72xx, plus the D16's... I sure hope what the dealer's are saying is true and with have them in time for Xmas... http://www.Hornby.com/sr-0-6-0-700-class-1920s-1930s.html http://www.Hornby.com/br-0-6-0-700-class-early-br.html http://www.Hornby.com/br-0-6-0-700-class-late-br.html Edited November 4, 2014 by SDJR7F88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Well, it was around a year between the Pre-production model of the P2 being reviewed, and it hitting the shelves, so what do we really expect? It will turn up in good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Well, it was around a year between the Pre-production model of the P2 being reviewed, and it hitting the shelves, so what do we really expect? It will turn up in good time. If that the case we should have them for Jan 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2014 Just been on the Hornby Website, it is now saying the expected on 01/03/2015 on all versions. This is the same on a number of other products yet to be released too, like the updated 42xx, 52xx and 72xx, plus the D16's... I sure hope what the dealer's are saying is true and with have them in time for Xmas... That's bad news. Have to think of something else for the Memsahib to buy me for Crimbo now. Probably more money for Kernow if the O2 is out....or Southern green gatestock. ....or Southern green T9 or..........flipping 'eck Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2014 Just had a message from Hattons to say the one I am interested in is expected in March 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Just had a message from Hattons to say the one I am interested in is expected in March 2015 Which livery is that if you don't mine me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2014 Which livery is that if you don't mine me asking? R3240 Class 700 0-6-0 30693 in BR early crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 R3240 Class 700 0-6-0 30693 in BR early crest Same as my order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I sure hope what the dealer's are saying is true and with have them in time for Xmas... Which year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hattons have said that the delivery date for all three Hornby 700s is now March 2015. It is not unknown for Hornby to put the delivery date further in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted November 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hattons have said that the delivery date for all three Hornby 700s is now March 2015. It is not unknown for Hornby to put the delivery date further in the future. Yet there were prototypes being touted around for inspection more than six months ago so why the further delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2014 Yet there were prototypes being touted around for inspection more than six months ago so why the further delay? There's a whole bunch of stuff been kicked into the fresh spring grass, not just the 700s. Includes all 4 locos announced this year plus a number of re-runs. Suggests to me that the new production arrangements either haven't properly bedded in yet or aren't the complete answer to the existing problems. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 . Irrespective of individual model's disappointment - what it really means is that these models miss the Christmas market which means that Hornby's cash flow is affected and possibly overall sales. They really must do better. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndonsdad1 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 R3238 delivery on my 75th Birthday eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2014 Well., whatever the problems, after seeing them at Warley in the metal, resin, plastic or whatever, number 2 has been ordered. They'll do for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted December 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2014 Also of interest is the the fact, as covered on my blog, that the release of 30316 is the first appearance of the new tooling for the 13ft wheelbase tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestburyJack Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) R3302, Dunkirk train pack, wouldn't the locomotive have been black with "sunshine" lettering and carriages have been Bulleid malachite green rather than Maunsell olive green by 1940? Edited to clarify / correct locomotive livery. Edited December 18, 2014 by PrestburyJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2014 The carriages possibly; I doubt if any 700s ever saw malachite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 R3302, Dunkirk train pack, wouldn't the locomotive have been black with "sunshine" lettering and carriages have been Bulleid malachite green rather than Maunsell olive green by 1940? The olive green lasted for quite a few years beyond the starting date for malachite repaints (around 1938, I think). I'm sure the pace of repainting slowed down during the war years due to other exigencies and also possibly, materials shortages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 If Hattons are correct with the "Due in March 2015" delivery date, then we haven't got too long to wait for these now...It's Deja vu all over again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Riddell Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Having had a look at the images of the EP and the livery samples, I wouldn't be too surprised if these have the same niggly little faults as the J15 - horizontal hand rail knobs and an awkward join on the boiler. At least the latter will be hidden by the pipework. Mildly irritating about the knobs, though. I would have thought that would've been caught at the EP stage, but if the J15's anything to go by, it may have slipped through.... Either way, we'll see when they appear. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) Hopefully the 700 will have a similar mechanism to the J15 and perform as well. Could the 0-6-0 mechanism design also be used for a new version of a Dean Goods to cover a third party....? Edited February 17, 2015 by autocoach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 My Bec kit built 700 on a Tri-ang Hornby chassis with a Kernow clay train on the Purbeck Model Railway Group model of the Swanage Railway near Norden. I am looking forward to receiving some Hornby 700s next month so I can retire my Bec model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Just had notification from my local dealer who has two 700s reserved for me. They state that they will not be here until June at the earliest. Has any other dealer been told the same ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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