RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted January 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2015 Following discussions about the new grafitti Mk1 coach and mention of the less than real Hornby wagons of yesteryear, heres a few pics of the ones I have found from about 20 years ago. The Red Arrows is a favourite of mine, and the Gamleys was a limited edition. The white plastic has faded a bit but the rest of the wagons are OK. Regards Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymzHatstand Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've got one of the Red Arrows vans, slightly altered to make it look a bit more prototypical, with vac bags and running numbers etc. It's been out at every exhibition that Whitborough Quayside has attended, I've also got the Bird's Eye Fish Fingers van in the same stock box. If love the Polo and Duracell tankers though! My blog entry on the wagon tweaks: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/blog/394/entry-6113-updating-older-wagons/ Cheers J Edited to add link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted January 6, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2015 I agree there will be licencing issues but there is scope for fun(!), for example a Red Bull tank wagon (or a Red Bull plane with folded wings on a flat bed!). I'd have thought that sort of thing would sell quite well with the right brands, if they are agreeable. Ideal for the trainset orientated sector of the market. And why not Corgi and Scalextric wagons? I also still have the flying helicopter wagon. Helicopter blades are a bit worse for wear but still flys! I can almost feel the groans from the serious modellers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've been looking at Model Railway Constructor for August 1983. It has a review of 3 Hornby private owner vans with fictitious liveries. . They are 1. Baxter's (meat products) 2. Callard and Bowser Butter Scotch (both on Hull and Barnsley van body) 3. Wimpy (the home of the hamburger) (on an NER refrigerator van) There's a Hattons ad where a Smith's crisps van costs £1.25 (list £2.30) imho the best gag was the Duracell tank wagon. I reckon Hornby has always had a good sense of humour (giraffe car to graffitti coach). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 If love the Polo and Duracell tankers though! ! have around two thirds of the Hornby range of those wagons, the Duracell one being a classic. The Duracell tank wagon is a classic. I've also got the Bird's Eye Fish Fingers van in the same stock box. In this category, I liked the Kit Kat and Bird's Eye Fish Fingers vans, though I don't own them. Most of them are embedded in a list here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm afraid that as a child I painted my Colgate 5 plank open into Network Southeast livery. Does that make me a serious modeller? ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm afraid that as a child I painted my Colgate 5 plank open into Network Southeast livery. Does that make me a serious modeller? ;-) No only if you used an Aquafresh wagon as the base model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted January 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2015 Perhaps a co-ordinated campaign to hijack wishlists with Rule 1 wagons? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I know its not a wagon but.... A class 390 in Ann Summers livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettTheThief Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I'm building a rake of these with small tankers, box wagons and ventilator vans. I've taken to naming this either the "Garish Private Owner Freight Train" or the "Rule 1 Freight Train" but I plan on detailing and weathering the stock so it looks a bit more prototypical. I've not completed my collection yet but I'm getting there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2015 I know its not a wagon but.... A class 390 in Ann Summers livery? How many shades of grey will that livery be then? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Don't forget the Polo tanker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted August 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2015 I know its not a wagon but.... A class 390 in Ann Summers livery? Tanned flesh shade, with whisps of black, white and wine-coloured lace in strategic places? Then again a class 390 is a bit more, thrusting? I've got a van with Persil livery, you know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettTheThief Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Don't forget the Polo tanker! I want one of those. I also have a Duracell tanker! Seriously, the tank looks like a battery. And it's awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Don't forget the prime pork closed van, had one as a kid but sold long ago,been building a van rake up, got a boxed polo tank wagon off ebay recently, in Mint condition!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted August 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2015 Model Trains / Scale Trains / Scale Model Trains (whichever it was at the time, I can't remember) did an article in the 80s about kitbashing a Polo factory & loading facility for the Polo tank. And why not? I never had a Polo tanker, but did have the Cadburys & Kellogs LWB vans, Prime Pork and Fine Fish vans, and a few others, all of which were repainted to weathered bauxite in a desperate quest for realism when I was about 14... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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