dibber25 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Publishes on 26 December 2013 For your post-Christmas enjoyment: Hornby 2014 full details of the new Hornby projects announced on December 16 including photographs of pre-production samples of two of the new items. REVIEWS: Bachmann GWR 'Dukedog' 4-4-0 Bachmann 'J11' 0-6-0 Ixion Fowler 0-4-0 'O' gauge Bachmann retooled Class 40 diesel 'OO' Hornby Swindon Museum 'Star' Farish Bulleid 'N' gauge coaches LAYOUTS Haymarket Cross (OO) Middle Elmton (N) Masterplan: Braunton Guest comment: Andy Hayter Workbench: How to - Make your own resin castings Light a buffer stop Build stopblocks Weather wagons Re-wheel a Bachmann loco with Hornby wheels Build a simple boat kit Plus the regulars - Q&A, Backscene, Exhibition Diary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Pom Pom time!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Pom Pom time!!! Sorry - no cheerleaders in this issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted December 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 That sounds more entertaining, I don't think I shall have any problems bringing myself to purchasing a copy this time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I do like the Hornby news read in model rail. And the mag in general. Roll on Boxing Day! Ha ha. And may i also say thanks to dibber25 for posting a preview every month. Merry christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 On a slight tangent, chris, if your allowed can u possibly advised if you no any news on the P2 release date. I've ordered one, thats all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 On a slight tangent, chris, if your allowed can u possibly advised if you no any news on the P2 release date. I've ordered one, thats all! Not the 'P2' - I've heard nothing. I believe one magazine has reviewed the 'P2' but we have not seen a sample. I understand that the Sentinels and the Duke of Gloucester have incurred further delays, as has our BBMF Class 91. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60026to Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well that looks like the second edition of ModelRail I will not be buying ( I started way back in 1999 and have bought every issue since except January 2014 ) Thanks for the heads up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 So January 2014 is followed by Winter 2014. What happened to the rest of the year? Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 How come you've got the J11, have they got some through? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlink Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Many thanks to all at Model Rail for the feature on my layout 'Haymarket Cross' and a massive well done to Chris Nevard for his superb photographs. Ian H 'Haymarket Cross' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Received my copy today; Well done to the Model Rail team for getting all the Hornby 2014 announcements in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Mine has arrived today - looking forward to a quiet read later Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted December 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2013 Looking forward to it arriving on the ipad soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted December 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2013 Guest comment? New feature, pretty much copying Railway Modeller? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Guest comment? New feature, pretty much copying Railway Modeller? No. We've done them occasionally in the past and will probably continue to do them once in while in the future. Not a regular feature and hardly a novel idea - we didn't need to copy anyone. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2013 No. We've done them occasionally in the past and will probably continue to do them once in while in the future. Not a regular feature and hardly a novel idea - we didn't need to copy anyone. CHRIS LEIGH Nice dose of realism in it as well (and in the piece opposite ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted December 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2013 Nice dose of realism in it as well (and in the piece opposite ). I agree. Chris, maybe you should have this section in MR on a more regular basis. Input from people who know what is going on behind the scenes, whether in manufacturing or in vending, is just what the railway modeller needs. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted December 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2013 Andy Hayter's guest column should be compulsory reading for all on this forum.Realistic,forthright,bold and brave....and a wake-up call.Excellent journalism to put spice and a sting in the tail of a very good issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Nice dose of realism in it as well (and in the piece opposite ). Hardly (with respect to the piece about rapido) ... the production model suggested (high price, limited edition, pre-order only runs) both kills off entry level modellers and those on a tight budget. Plus only works in general if the manufacturer is as good as Rapido ie completely **al about QC. There are several current UK manufacterers I've become very wary about pre-ordering from, based on past experience. I'm quite happy to pay £300 for a loco provided it is actually worth £300! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Andy Hayter's guest column should be compulsory reading for all on this forum.Realistic,forthright,bold and brave....and a wake-up call.Excellent journalism to put spice and a sting in the tail of a very good issue. Andy's piece is actually an expanded version of something he wrote on this forum. I showed it to Ben and he thought it deserved a wider audience. I guess that would mean it has gone full circle! The great thing about the occasional guest comment like that, is that a guest can sometimes put a point of view which the editorial team can't. The old caveat about "the views expressed are not necessarily those of the magazine" can be useful in such circumstances. Personally, I think he's pretty much correct in that the British market is at odds with the rest of the major railway modelling countries. We have (in 'OO') a different scale/gauge combination from the rest of the World, our trains are mostly unique to the UK, we demand exceptional levels of detail accuracy (nowadays - we haven't always done so) and we want to pay less than anyone else. The saving grace for us is that the market for British outline models is probably bigger in relation to population size, than anywhere else in the World. We ARE, however, going to have to face paying more, and perhaps a lot more, for our models. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Hardly (with respect to the piece about rapido) ... the production model suggested (high price, limited edition, pre-order only runs) both kills off entry level modellers and those on a tight budget. Plus only works in general if the manufacturer is as good as Rapido ie completely **al about QC. There are several current UK manufacterers I've become very wary about pre-ordering from, based on past experience. I'm quite happy to pay £300 for a loco provided it is actually worth £300! No it doesn't. Beginners aren't even going to have heard of Rapido. Their production ethos - and that of any others like them - is to cater for the experienced and discerning modeller, the 'top end' of the market. Hornby is essential to the entry level modeller and the Railroad range (and 'design-clever) is aimed at that end of the market. The experienced and discerning modeller can't have it all his own way - high levels of separately-fitted details, cheap prices and shelves full of unsold models in the shops waiting for the moment he might want to buy one. Canada has two or three manufacturers who operate in the same way as Rapido and, yes, one does have to be either wary or willing to take a gamble where those without Rapido's reputation are concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Publishes on 26 December 2013 How to.... Re-wheel a Bachmann loco with Hornby wheels Can I ask the dumb questions...? What loco, and why would you want to do this?? (and yes, quite obviously I'm asking as I haven't seen or read the article!! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Can I ask the dumb questions...? What loco, and why would you want to do this?? (and yes, quite obviously I'm asking as I haven't seen or read the article!! ) To make it rare and therefore worth twice as much on eBay. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb860 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Well that looks like the second edition of ModelRail I will not be buying ( I started way back in 1999 and have bought every issue since except January 2014 ) Thanks for the heads up. Have you read rule 9 of the forum rules ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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