Dan Hill

Living very close to the Viaduct I can say you've done an amazing job on it.

Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin had a scene filmed at Amberley Chalk Pit Museum I think Tom Baker nearly gets hit by one of their narrow gauge locos Doctor Who - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances had a lot of scenes filmed at the Barry Island Railway Doctor Who -The Wedding of River Song had CGI steam locos Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows (which is in cinemas from today) had scenes filmed at Didcot Railway Centre, Bluebell Railway and the Severn Valley Railway. Miss Potter had scenes filmed on the Bluebell 60163 Tornado, the Great Central and the East Anglian Railway Museum have all featured in episodes of Top Gear Great British Machines - The 1930's which featured the A4's and 60019 Bittern and Great British Machines -Trains with Chris Barrie there was also another programme with Chris Barrie that featured 60009 Union of South Africa. How Do They Do? had an episode that featured 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley on the NYMR and also Tornado. Absolutely Chuffed the documentry about the building of Tornado plus the many other railway programmes that featured on BBC Four a few years back Mark Williams On The Rails Trains with Pete Waterman Off the Rails with Vince Henderson Central Steam Speed Machines Southern Steam (a programme we used to get on ITV in the South East) Yorkshire Steam I'm sure there are a million others.

Thanks may try getting that set at somepoint. Shame there is no A1 Trust Headboard (other than the one in the TMC Bachmann Tornado) or a Steam Dreams Cathedrals Express headboard.

So is it just the nameplates in the Fox Transfer set and then printing the naming plaque off or do the naming plaques come with the nameplates

I may do that as well. I did think about painting the door handles and hinges silver but then didn't know how to do the naming plaques or worksplates as I've never customised a loco model. Edit. I just noticed on there thisA1 Peppercorn Class 4-6-2 - TORNADO - Special set for new build engine light blue - brass. Now includes secondary plaque. It costs £18.90 but what does it contain as I can't get any info on its contents otherwise I may buy that plus some loco headboards.

I decided to take a plunge and bought myself a Tornado Express (but didn't with a Special Edition as I feel happy enough with my Bachmann one) set at the Mid Hants on Saturday. Sadly because I'm moving soon I won't be able to give her a run out.

I'm guessing that while Bachmann may send spare parts out I won't be able to get a new tender for my Tornado. And I'm also not sure whether to email Hornby about getting a replacement 5972 Hogwarts Castle body after that had a similar fall to S.A.C's Tornado and broke part of the bufferbeam. And maybe a Merchant Navy chassis as the motion came apart one day and a screw I need went missing.

My cat has never been interested in my trainset or locomotives. My friend's cats on the other hand when he had his layout. Sadly my 5972 had a similar problem after it fell but as I've had it a few years I don't think I can get it replaced.

Great SE Tornado review S.A.C. Does the Hornby one come with etched nameplates like Bachmann's. Saw the Railroad Tornado for the first time in Crawley Modelzone in Crawley on Monday. No Special Edition yet though.

The only problem I have with my Bachmann Tornado was the plastic plug that connects the tender to the loco. It is fiddly to fit the metal bar through and then connecting it to the plug. Also my plug chipped so it does not connect very well and is held by some blutac. Anybody know a way of sorting it out because i've had the model since December 2009 so I can't really send it back and i'm sure Bachmann won't be able to send a spare tender. I'm still not sure about getting a Hornby one as my Bachmann one was a special 18th Birthday present (though to be fair it was almost a Christmas present as my Birthday is September and didn't get my model until 2 days before Christmas Day.) so I don't really need two but the Hornby does look impressive and £92 isn't bad. I think I may just stick to my Bachmann one but if Hornby one day make a BR Blue 60163 and if they sell it the same as the Special Edition then I may get one. Then again I could always change my mind.

Good review in Model Rail. Seems to confirm however that the Tornado Express pack features a Railroad Tornado. Its brunswick green with a simplier boiler band, cab and tender lining. Seems a shame for a pack that is going to cost £163.

Got myself a Hornby Magazine with a review of the Special Edition. Here's the interesting bits for those who may get this version. No Cab glazing Solid Buffers Moulded handrails Electric lamps/lamp irons are included in detail pack Detailed cab interior but unpainted Moulded coal 3 pole motor Etched nameplates The magazine infers some of the details have done so that the price is £92 rather than £130. I'm slightly put off now without the painted cab interior but the paint decoration look great. But I'll wait and see.

Looking in some of the model magazines reviews (well the pictures anyway) earlier and it looks like the Brunswick Tornado (that comes in the Tornado Express Set) has a slight lack of decoration. It is missing both the printed naming plaques and the worksplates on the cabsides and has black painted door hinges. It looked like a repainted Railroad version which considering the set is £163 is dissappointing (unless the production model is different). The Special Edition is looking very tempting. And should a BR Blue version be released I may have to get that as well.

I may get a Special Edition if it has that loco-tender connector. I wonder if Hornby will do a Works Grey Tornado and maybe that could be be Railroad.

Ah right cheers.

Great review. I'm not planning on getting the Railroad version but may get the Special Edition but I guess that the bufferbeams on that would also be plastic on that wouldn't it. So does the bar with holes go through a slot on the loco with a plug like on Bachmann's or just a plug that does down through the holes and if there is a plug is it plastic like Bachmann's or metal like the one on the Railroad Scotsman's tender. Sorry if that doesn't make sense.

There were some at a model show a few months back but didn't look like the super detail ones even though one was the Brunswick version. The advert I saw had all 3 versions. The Special Edition (has the announcement picture but also 3 other images. One of the front (kind of looks like Bachmann but difficult to tell by the Railroad version as they have the same smokebox handle position), another of a bit of the motion and the tender (which is 100% Hornby's as it differs from Bachmann's by the connectors) Railroad (Announcement picture) Tornado Express Pack (Again just the announcement picture) Otherwise I don't think there's been any official images until either Hornby themselves reveal them or when all 3 are reviewed in Model Rail as Chris Leigh said up thread I also found this link which has a picture (a little scroll down the page) https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/Features/The_London_Festival_of_Railway_Modelling/

I picked up LNER Pacifics, a bookazine that has recently been released. On the back is a Hornby advert for their Tornado's. However one of the images which I think is meant to be the Special Edition looks very close to Bachmann's version. Anyone know what the loco-tender connector will be made from because the plastic one on my Bachmann is chipped so it doesn't properly connect anymore. Hopefully a metal like the Railroad 4472 or the plugs that I think newer models Hornby make have.