I Love the 9f and the Bachmann version is very good but it really does need updating, as I see many things on it that could be better, it is overpriced for what it is, so I am over the moon that Hornby will be updating their version. Hope they will do it justice and not just redesign it so they can produce the other variants more easily. improvements over the Bachmann version I would like to see would include better firebox/ash pan detail, and pipework below the footplate, reverser linkage, frame detail (specially the rhs motion brackets), rear frames detail, cab detailing, washout plugs, correct wheel designs and axle end details. Also hope they do not use the same type of cheap plastic which Bachman used for the regulator linkage and pipework.