RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 Lets get radical, given the major sales push on other brands maybe Hornby are getting out of trains, or at least OO gauge ones.........😱 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Yes jump on that bandwagon. Perhaps we may see an Election special set of banana vans painted in the colours of each of the main parties. Red Labour Blue Tories Orange Liberals Green Greens All the others can be put together into a rainbow colour. (I can't remember their colours) 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Flying Pig said: But never a V2, despite Bachmann leaving the door open for years and years. I always found that puzzling. Possibly sticking with their long past assessment from the time of T-H, that it would have taken sales from the A1/A3. As this subject has twice been what kept the business afloat, best not. 48 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Imo someone should have asked more probing questions or pressed the negotiations harder when they acquired Lima about these. Difficult if all evidence had been well concealed. But as you rightly suggest, 'tis all water under the bridge now, any window of opportunity long closed. My own thought at the time Vi's UK marketing partner gave up the chase was that Hattons might have stepped in as the UK distribution and marketing partner: that they didn't pretty much indicated that the market wasn't there for a Limaesque DuffTractor in every livery under the sun interest, even back then... Something of a shame, as Vi have proven useful with HO units, and Hattons might have been able to provide a profitable steer for application of this capability in RTR OO 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 6 minutes ago, Karl said: Hornby facebook this morning says "Want to see the very first look of our new Hornby 00-gauge additions?" ... Maybe faceache this afternoon will say "well, there aren't any - so there !" 🤪 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 12 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Hornby had a County in their range five years before Dapol even existed! .... . I still like the look of the Hornby County 4-4-0 I wouldn't mind a new OO version. That year of the Four different 4-4-0's was a bright spot in Hornby's history. . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan70000 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I'm going to guess it's a newly-tooled top link steam loco of the kind that was conspicuously absent in the January announcement. Several never-before-tooled possibilities come to mind; GWR Churchward Saint 4-6-0 LNER Thompson A1/1 4-6-2 LNER Raven A2 4-6-2 Or it could be something that's been done before, but not to current standards; GWR Hawksworth County 4-6-0 LNER Peppercorn A1/A2 4-6-2 SR Bulleid BoB/WC 4-6-2 I'm leaning towards it either being a Saint or a Light Pacific, especially with the timing being so close to Swanage's gala 🤔 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 15 minutes ago, phil gollin said: . I still like the look of the Hornby County 4-4-0 I wouldn't mind a new OO version. That year of the Four different 4-4-0's was a bright spot in Hornby's history. . And whilst the Schools and Compound have been replaced by newer models, I do find it a bit strange that nobody has yet made a new D49 as well as a County. Funnily enough some of them even had variations of the same names! 76 D49s built. All named. Lasted until the 1960s. Widespread and even one preserved. Surely someone has considered it. Jason 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 42 minutes ago, letterspider said: Yes jump on that bandwagon. Perhaps we may see an Election special set of banana vans painted in the colours of each of the main parties. Red Labour Blue Tories Orange Liberals Green Greens All the others can be put together into a rainbow colour. (I can't remember their colours) Special vans is Dapol's area of expertise! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: And whilst the Schools and Compound have been replaced by newer models, I do find it a bit strange that nobody has yet made a new D49 as well as a County. Funnily enough some of them even had variations of the same names! 76 D49s built. All named. Lasted until the 1960s. Widespread and even one preserved. Surely someone has considered it. Jason Indeed the D49 is an often overlooked gem of a loco in preservation. When it returns from overhaul it’ll be really nice to see this at say the NYMR/SVR with teaks for a spin. Edited June 19 by adb968008 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 Its bad news for Hornby as a company that with announcements from any of the other players apart from KR I'm genuinely excited to see what they are making, with Hornby I'm down to 'curious'. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.prior Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Upgraded Rebuilt Merchant Navy as every ones issuing new models of Hornby locomotives 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 1 minute ago, MikeParkin65 said: Its bad news for Hornby as a company that with announcements from any of the other players apart from KR I'm genuinely excited to see what they are making, with Hornby I'm down to 'curious'. Yes - bit of a shame that. However maybe the predictability of the past might, hopefully, be slipping away in their approach and it won't be a mass list of East Coast 'big engine variants (I don't count the B16 in that although they were quite big). So very much as I have long expected, it is the first sign of the break away from Hornby's outmoded 'big bang' annual beanfeast and a step towards a potentially better way of grabbing and keeping our attention. But, echoing your thoughts, as they are now going to follow that path (I hope) it also means that there have to be some genuine 'attention getters' in the intermediate announcement(s) otherwise they will just be a very soggy squibs. If they do include some truly new things I know they won't please everybody and, just like seemingly everything on tv nowadays, they might even 'offend' some folk (but that will always happen). So I await 12.30 with at least a modicum of interest if only to see how they are approaching the idea of intermediate announcements but hopesprings eternal for a 'Saint' (or even a B16) but without gimmicks; Modelu do far better lamps. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19 (edited) 16 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said: Its bad news for Hornby as a company that with announcements from any of the other players apart from KR I'm genuinely excited to see what they are making, with Hornby I'm down to 'curious'. I’m with you… Been bitten by the toy announcements in between the serious announcements and of course the gimmick announcements.. Half of me expects a delayed Fathers Day wagon announcement, with intrepidation on if its 2023 or 2024 printed on the wagon. One thing with Hornby youve really no idea what your getting until its announced.. Edited June 19 by adb968008 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 OK - The video starts at 12:30, so I'm locking the topic now. A new topic will be created with all the details in at 1pm, when the embargo is past. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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