Mike70 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 I would also like to see Hornby do a limited run of Silver Fox in garter blue with the chrome cladding bands. A bit like this O guage version; http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/201027480931 But hopefully a bit cheaper! I've not seen anything conclusive that the chrome cladding bands survived after the garter blue reprint. But it looks pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy P Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 5 of the recent Hornby A4s. I might have acquired a few more but the 16 Bachmann ones took the edge off my requirement. I always intended to trade the old Bachmann (all split chassis - half of them in ltd.ed.wooden boxes) ones in against something newer but never got 'round to it. Regarding the Apple Green A4s; I have often wondered if "Golden Eagle" was the only one to be photographed in colour. The old Colour-Rail catalogues only ever listed one slide of 4482 and this is the picture in the book "Big Four in Colour". This has left some to conclude that there was only ever one A4 in Apple Green when I believe it was nine and a half (Dominion of Canada when originally Woodcock in grey with green wheels for a week) Perhaps the P2 model may awaken an interest in an A4 in Apple Green. A Superb livery that in my opinion sits much more comfortably on the more classical lines of the A1/A3s. RP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2014 Entirely agree..but the apple green livery was very short-lived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Silver Fox Weird shade of Garter Blue far too pale. A very big ooooops they have used the wrong Tender !! Silver Fox should have a Bow backed version to match the shape of the Silver Jubilee Coach Stock . The section above the beading should be all Black, it has been painted the same as A Streamlined Non Corridor version . Front Top Lamp Iron too low as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60800 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 This is my A4 fleet as it stands, although it is not presently up to full strength, with Mallard requiring a new decoder 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike70 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) Silver Fox Weird shade of Garter Blue far too pale. A very big ooooops they have used the wrong Tender !! Silver Fox should have a Bow backed version to match the shape of the Silver Jubilee Coach Stock . The section above the beading should be all Black, it has been painted the same as A Streamlined Non Corridor version . Front Top Lamp Iron too low as well.[/ Silver Fox Weird shade of Garter Blue far too pale. A very big ooooops they have used the wrong Tender !! Silver Fox should have a Bow backed version to match the shape of the Silver Jubilee Coach Stock . The section above the beading should be all Black, it has been painted the same as A Streamlined Non Corridor version . Front Top Lamp Iron too low as well. I noticed the tender was different to the grey Hornby version. According to BR Database, Silver Fox had a non-corridor tender for 2 weeks in 1939. But otherwise it had the same corridor tender throughout its life. R3095 has got the bow end corridor tender. But it would probably need the tender letters changing and the chrome strip removing from both loco and tender. Are there any other possible donors? Edited July 4, 2014 by Mike70 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooped Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Happy Independence Day Cooped. I have two Hornby A4's - Mallard and Golden Plover. I have no plans to add to this. I do have twenty two Merchant Navy Class. Thanks BB! Having a lazy day today. My MN count is 1. An unrebuilt released could add to that number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2014 Thanks BB! Having a lazy day today. My MN count is 1. An unrebuilt released could add to that number.[/quoteAdd to the greetings for 4th July......fingers crossed for air smoothed MN....soon.Farish have one in preparation and for that,the engineering sample is miraculous.So,the natural progression is...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted July 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2014 None, but I have got 26 Bulleid Pacifics! I will get one if they ever do 'Kingfisher' in 1960s condition so I can run it with my green coaches! John[/quote You are obviously a man of impeccable taste....not a case of 'too many spams',I'm sure.Toboldlygo of this forum has reached his goal of the magic 110.....I have lost count of mine but it isn' t far short of 25! To return to the thread,I got someone to renumber a donor loco as 60024,complete with brass plates and ' bird ' plates on body sides.You might consider that as an option if you can source one.They are becoming difficult to source at a sensible price. The maximum number of Bulleid Light Pacifics I've had at any one time is about 70 , however in the next week or so I will have modelled the WHOLE class That being said I haven't currently got any A4's, although I have had them in past those being Andrew K McCosh, Golden Plover & Sir Ronald Matthews. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted July 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2014 2. Both of their first incarnation tender driven version. BR Mallard from 1979 and a Hornby LNER garter Blue Seagull from a few years later. Have an alternate body for Sir Nigel Gresley in LNER blue but without valances . I'd always wanted the Wrenn version when I was a wee boy, so this is partly a substitute. I know later versions are more detailed and have loco drives, but I'm quite happy with my old two! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotionatShildon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 If anyone is interested in Union of South Africa in BR green I have some due in a few weeks time Also thinking of silver link and silver king as a pair, also in BR green. Let me have your opinions on those. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotionatShildon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Oops wrong thread...........Bachmann !!! ( I will get the hang of this posting yet ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2014 I have three. Mallard, Sir Nigel Gresely and Andrew K McCosh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60800 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) Oops wrong thread...........Bachmann !!! ( I will get the hang of this posting yet ) With Locomotion having a good relationship with Hornby too, do you think you may be able to commission them to produce E22 'Mallard', No.7 Sir Nigel Gresley (both post war LNER / very early BR liveries) or an apple green A4? If you went the same way of ordering as with the last (current) batch of DP1, then there is a possibility of it happening (just don't let it clash with the Rapido APT-E ) Edited July 4, 2014 by 60800 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2014 Oops wrong thread...........Bachmann !!! ( I will get the hang of this posting yet ) Oops wrong thread...........Bachmann !!! ( I will get the hang of this posting yet ) Ah...but we got you hooked on the line,which is really good news for us Hornby A4 devotees.I think the general consensus of opinion is that worthy though the re-chassied Bachmann A4 is,because the body tooling is past its sell by date,it does not quite cut the mustard. In post 90 60880 makes a bid for Locomotion to commission some Hornby A4's.For me,a personal choice would be apple green.I just love my apple green but I wholeheartedly endorse his other choices too. However,on a personal note,it seems that the siver-bodied Hornby A4's are like gold dust.I do not possess one.I would like one,so IF it has to be Bachmann,then,yes,I'd stretch a point .Would still prefer a Hornby one,though....go on then,how about a Hornby 2510/11or12 ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2014 If anyone is interested in Union of South Africa in BR green I have some due in a few weeks time Also thinking of silver link and silver king as a pair, also in BR green. Let me have your opinions on those. Cheers Silver prewar ones MIGHT be better...they'd be eye-catching. Pre-war streamliner nostalgia....Shildon is after all the North East with its historic connections with the the streamliners such as The Silver Jubilee.Come on,you could be missing a trick here......you could EVEN,sorry if this is a flight of my particular fancy,commission a whole train !! Golden Age do one but that's out of most people's price range,There is a gap in the market for these coaches.It has the potential to be the most eye-catching train since Bachmann's Blue Pullman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Is it just me but quicksilver, silver fox and silver link have been done but we don't see the silver king very often from Hornby. I can remember that the first 3 have been done in the last 30 years ( from what I can remember) all in silver. May be it is time for Hornby to do that one as a standard issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I have to agree there Doug. A Silver Fox would be great. I would be able replicate the British Transport Films "The Elizabethan" as in the footage here. I haven't been able to add link. Computer was upgraded and has changed some settings, etc. Just go to Youtube and type "The Elizabethan Express" it will come up. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotionatShildon Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 With Locomotion having a good relationship with Hornby too, do you think you may be able to commission them to produce E22 'Mallard', No.7 Sir Nigel Gresley (both post war LNER / very early BR liveries) or an apple green A4? If you went the same way of ordering as with the last (current) batch of DP1, then there is a possibility of it happening (just don't let it clash with the Rapido APT-E ) Apple green A4 sounds good.... I'll have to have a word....but for the moment other nice things in the pipeline. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotionatShildon Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 So... we are looking at Hornby A4s,.Silver King and Silver Fox, in silver or green?..and apple green... some shopping list. Oh and coaches too? Hmmmmm..let me think about this one for a while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 How about those with one or two models pop a picture up....and those with loads.....wait until there are some spots to fill..... so it is easy to compare 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike70 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 So... we are looking at Hornby A4s,.Silver King and Silver Fox, in silver or green?..and apple green... some shopping list. Oh and coaches too? Hmmmmm..let me think about this one for a while Even if the minimum order from Hornby is 1000, I can't see Locomotion losing out with this one. The biggest problem will be sourcing the locos from Hornby. Might be worth putting the preferred name and livery to a vote on the Locomotion website. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) So... we are looking at Hornby A4s,.Silver King and Silver Fox, in silver or green?..and apple green... some shopping list. Oh and coaches too? Hmmmmm..let me think about this one for a while A no - brainer. Edited July 5, 2014 by Ian Hargrave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) Am I right in assuming that neither Bachmann nor Hornby has done 60030 GOLDEN FLEECE? If so, what an omission........ Les (who does have 60030 GOLDEN FLEECE, but in N) Edited July 5, 2014 by Les1952 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy P Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 FWIW Hornby R2101 - 60030 Golden Fleece was a "Super-Detail" tender drive model. R2368 - 4495 was a live steam model in wartime N.E. black RP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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