90Tank

After buying one of the 5800's and having a 1400 on pre-order I am now slightly upset to hear that what was going the Hornby beating King is to be shelved for an N-gauge version. I have to say yes 00 has Hornby's tooling which is better than before but the CAD and list of what to expect from you Dave was just so much better,, and for the price of £179 DDC fitted a bargain when it should be higher. I would be more than happy for it to be higher and if you were to reduce the number of Kings in 00 that may help as well. So you could make them in both gauges and the same names. I would suggest 6000 KGV in her current state which is the closet to a proper BR King, 6023 KEII again in her current cut down form and 6024 KEI in her cut and slimmed down form (post current overhaul form) and then maybe two others one in a GWR livery and another livery of a BR variety weathered i.e. end of service condition. With the first three Kings Steam, GWR society and 6024 society could push them to supporters which would open a market. And before any one says stop moaning buy a Hornby King, yes thank you I can but why would I want to invest in an 8 pin model change the name and running number when I have pre ordered a 21 pin high end model with the right name and running number.