RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2015 http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=GM403&style=&strType= Its been brought to my attention that a 'new' range of kits are available from Gaugemaster.They come in new boxes but appear to be the old in the tooth Hornby kits rebranded.I'm interested in the footbridge but has anyone bought from the range and therefore comment on their quality particularly the plastic used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Dunster station building with an option for brick walls, and relocated from West Somerset to the South Downs, and a rather green Great Westernish signal box! The station building comes up rather nicely with embossed Plasticard overlays though, as I built it decades ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=GM403&style=&strType= Its been brought to my attention that a 'new' range of kits are available from Gaugemaster.They come in new boxes but appear to be the old in the tooth Hornby kits rebranded.I'm interested in the footbridge but has anyone bought from the range and therefore comment on their quality particularly the plastic used. The footbridge and SB are definitely ex-Hornby, I destroyed both as a (smaller younger) kid. Too long ago to remember the quality I'm afraid. Edited January 23, 2015 by Tim Dubya 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 This is what I did to the station building. Built per the kit, but covered in embossed Plasticard rather than the paper overlay. It wasn't quite finished in this September 1982 photo, and still isn't! If I've still got all the bits, like the canopy, I may finish it one day and use it on a new layout! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 I built the footbridge as a callow youth, and it went together very easily. Makes for a good model. As designed it's for use at track level, back when I built it, it was necessary to the steps / side panels down if you wanted a platform level bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardmore Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Here are a few photographs of a Hornby footbridge I have been modifying this past week. I used the plans of Radley footbridge in Adrian Vaughan's GW Architecture book as a guide to dimensions. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 25, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2015 Very nice and just what I'm after. Was it easy to reduce the height by cutting the panels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardmore Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Very nice and just what I'm after. Was it easy to reduce the height by cutting the panels. When I compared the kit with the Radley station footbridge drawings I realized that the roof supports for the steps and the bridge itself are too far apart. To reduce the overall height of the bridge, I removed two of the four side panels, and cut back the steps. I then removed the upper part of the middle of the three remaining roof supports from each of the side panels. Finally, I added two new roof supports to each of the shortened side panels. On the bridge section, I removed the two middle roof supports and replaced them with four new supports. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nergle Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=GM403&style=&strType= Its been brought to my attention that a 'new' range of kits are available from Gaugemaster.They come in new boxes but appear to be the old in the tooth Hornby kits rebranded.I'm interested in the footbridge but has anyone bought from the range and therefore comment on their quality particularly the plastic used. I have just built a larger signalbox from two of the 1990 version of the Hornby kit - suitably painted and with a little extra detailing, this has gone together easily and neatly to create a lovely model, larger than the out-of-the-box kit. Assuming that the Gaugemaster kits use similar plastics (depends on what the moulds will accept I guess), then these kits are fine. They're not up to the latest Ratio/Wills standards but then they're cheaper and of differing prototypes. I also have a small collection of the footbridge kits awaiting completion of some platforms on which to mount them! Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just having a look through my subs copy of august model rail that arrived this morning and i notice gaugemaster are advertising some 'coming soon' fordhampton structures again the old Hornby products such as the 60s house kit but of interest is the 'GM406 locomotive depot' which is the old Hornby HST servicing shed, they were quite highly sought after a few years back via ebay etc, they can be adapted and detailed quite cheaply and simply The rrp is £19.99 which is not too bad compared to some of the prices on ebay for the Hornby example Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevethomas6444 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I've been looking at the Fordhampton range and also recognise the carriage cleaning platforms as the former Hornby R417. It is certainly cheaper than eBay's offerings for the actual Hornby product (£20 at least as opposed to under a tenner). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark..... Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) The Gaugemaster GM403 Fordhampton footbridge is the old Hornby R481, the moulds for which must now belong to either Gaugemaster or Faller judging by the printing on the box. The footbridge was based on the one still existing at Hagley on the Droitwich to Birmingham and Wolverhampton (old Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton) route. For reference, the Hornby predecessors for the models released by Gaugemaster so far are as follows: GM401 Fordhampton station was Hornby R418 Dunster station, GM402 Fordhampton signal box was from Hornby R421 signal box and level crossing kit, GM403 Fordhampton footbridge was Hornby B481 GWR Hagley footbridge, GM404 Fordhampton level crossing was from Hornby R421 signal box and level crossing kit, GM405 Fordhampton 60's estate house was Hornby R275 modern house, GM406 Fordhampton locomotive shed was Hornby R282 HST loco shed, GM407 Fordhampton carriage platforms was Hornby R417 coach sidings platform GM408 Fordhampton village store and pub was Hornby R487 post office. Both come/came complete with phone box! My reference source for the Hornby numbers is the Hornby 43rd. edition of their catalogue (1997) with the exception of R487 that does not appear till the 48th edition of the catalogue in 2002. My memory tells me that many of these Hornby kits went way back further than the oldest Hornby catalogue I still have, 1997. I remember kitbashing two of the GWR wooden signal boxes into a larger box way back in the early 1980's. As for the Hornby R8003 water tower, it goes back to at least the mid 1970's and the (very) red brick bridge and viaduct that are still in the Hornby Railroad range go back, I believe, to Tri-ang days in the 1960's. Edited October 16, 2016 by Mark..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Many of us of a certain age will know the R code for one of these. https://youtu.be/T1GyqU71rcI R188 was the station. I think they came out in 1980. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 My memory tells me that many of these Hornby kits went way back further than the oldest Hornby catalogue I still have, 1997. I started building my first EM layout in 1975, and used the Dunster station building kit. I don't know when I built it, but it must have been sometime in the late 70s. Or rather when I started building it, as it's not finished yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class37418stag Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Hello everyone If I buy fordhampton locomotive shed mean class 60 is too longer than locomotive shed are short ? Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 It says the Ford Hampton shed is 25.5 cm long - unfortunately I'm not at home and don't have my 60 to hand....do you have one to measure ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Picture shamelessly pinched from that big place up north... It looks like your Class 60 will poke out of one end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I have just built a larger signalbox from two of the 1990 version of the Hornby kit - suitably painted and with a little extra detailing, this has gone together easily and neatly to create a lovely model, larger than the out-of-the-box kit. Assuming that the Gaugemaster kits use similar plastics (depends on what the moulds will accept I guess), then these kits are fine. They're not up to the latest Ratio/Wills standards but then they're cheaper and of differing prototypes. I also have a small collection of the footbridge kits awaiting completion of some platforms on which to mount them! Good luck! I have two of these kits to do precisely the same for Stourhampton North. If you have any hints / tips / regrets / photos of yours I would be very grateful to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) As for the Hornby R8003 water tower, it goes back to at least the mid 1970's and the (very) red brick bridge and viaduct that are still in the Hornby Railroad range go back, I believe, to Tri-ang days in the 1960's. Definitely not Tri-ang. For a while (1964 -1977) the range was without a water tower (water cranes were produced thoughout). What is now R8003 was introduced (with brick finish) as R505 in 1978. Edited March 7, 2017 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The brick finish was fine. I had almost a full set of the buildings as a youngster. Station, signal box, engine shed, water tower, etc. But I wasn't very impressed with the stone effect that came later on in the 1980s. Always seemed a bit garish to me. https://picclick.co.uk/Hornby-water-tower-with-ladder-112296223011.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Got an email earlier about new additions to the range. GWR Brunel "Mortimer" station and GWR spear style fencing. http://www.gaugemaster.com/news/New-OO-Scale-Mortimer-Station-and-Fencing I've a feeling these were originally released by Pola. May actually be to HO scale. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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