RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2015 I haven't got any I do need a couple i'm just scared of reopening the "which 08 is better is it the Bachmann or Hornby" debate ! Hi Birdee I have some Hornby and some Bachmann. When they use to be used in numbers on my Hanging Hill depot layout both types looked and performed equally as well as each other. Debate closed. :locomotive: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 I haven't got any I do need a couple i'm just scared of reopening the "which 08 is better is it the Bachmann or Hornby" debate ! I find that the Hornby 08 is slightly finer in its details. Although the Bachmann version didn't come with the screaming gears that the first Hornby ones did. Both are equally at home on any layout. Put them side by side and at normal viewing distance, it would be hard to tell which is which unless you know what to look for. I standardised on the Hornby ones for myself, although I do have some Bachmann ones for the little uns. Ps- my total number of shunters has gone up by 2 more since I started this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Hornby has the edge on detail and finer connecting rods. Bachmann is close, but has the advantage of greater availability and having appeared in a lot more liveries. I have two Hornby ones and the rest are Bachmann; I would happily buy more from either stable. Also the Bachmann one can be had for less money. Edited March 26, 2015 by Jenny Emily Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2015 My set-up has 3 traffic sidings, a private siding and an engineers siding. Traffic is also dropped or picked up on the main line, Being set loosely around the 1959/61 period, I keep one shunting loco on site, chosen from a Jinty or two 08s. An 03 also sometimes appears on a trip working. I could probably manage most shunts with trip locos, but it is convenient to have one loco resident and available to disappear from time to time up the branch with a few wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 How many layouts have the human shunter figures on their layouts in their yards and sidings, not many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 How many layouts have the human shunter figures on their layouts in their yards and sidings, not many. Three? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Or how many layouts have a shunters cabin? These non discript little buildings were everywhere. Sometimes they would be part of a larger building, but how many layouts actually have those buildings the railway actually built for the staff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 At RRP or £89.95 for Bachman versus £119.99 for Hornby, I think I would stick with Bachmann. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted March 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2015 Or how many layouts have a shunters cabin? These non discript little buildings were everywhere. Sometimes they would be part of a larger building, but how many layouts actually have those buildings the railway actually built for the staff? A bit like this one? The prototype for this once existed in Chippenham up yard. It's seen here minus it's chimney as I couldn't tell from a photo I took on it back in 1985 whether the chimney was within the building footprint, or added on the rear. A chance look at a very large scale OS map at work, and the hut is still shown, with the chimney within the building outline. I've since added the chimney to the model, but as the layout is set up at home it's impossible to photograph. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) How many layouts have the human shunter figures on their layouts in their yards and sidings, not many. Hi Michael As I use tension lock couplings I made an L shaped uncoupler from clear plastic. To this I added a Dapol figure who looked like he was uncoupling some wagons, he was cut in half and the two parts cemented either side of the uncoupler. When I needed to uncouple some wagons he would trundle up to them and do his job then back to the shunters cabin for a fag and a cuppa. I would love to show you a photo but saddly I lost him. I might make another one and post him on here. Edited March 27, 2015 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Always room for more shunters. Currently got 6 class 08's and 2 class 03's. Out of the 6 class 08's, the first was bought for covering the yard pilot on our layout Strathmuir. A second was purchased which became 08761 so we had a spare.This eventually somehow grew to six! Here is a shot of 4 of them. The latest addition being 08673 which requires a partial respray to correct the livery error. I think I could easily end up with 10 class 08's! Cheers Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Simon, can you post a pic or two of the Bachmann and Hornby ones side by side. It would be helpful to those asking which is the better model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 An 04, an 08, and two 'Terriers' - should be enough for 'Dunestone' - one diesel on the main goods yard and one of the steamers on the Docks. Rotate to suit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted April 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2015 I currently don't have a layout, so my actual NEED for shunters is zero. But I have one 08 I bought on eBay last week, three more 08s in a cupboard I bought at Warley a couple of years ago and at least four 08s and two 03s in a box in the library somewhere, and at least four more 08s in a box I the loft. I'm actually planing a micro layout based on the idea of a specialist shunter works, so I can have somewhere to display and play with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveymills Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 if you are modelling a preserved railway, Heritage Shunter Trust at Rowsley springs to mind - you can fill your boots ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 None yet, just debating the respective merits of an s2/4 or an sw1500. Will probably go with the Alco, if I can find one... And then get the sw1500 later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I've had both. The Hornby one has better detail, but I kept knocking it off. The Bachmann one is enduring and more liveries - I had an original one which ran like a dog due to dirty ( and hard to get at ) pick ups. I have but one now, a later Bachmann 08839, which runs great. So if you get a Bachmann get a later one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiDAS Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Its a model railway and/or a collection of what we like so the numbers are irrelevant. For the record my collection of Shunter's? consists of DY1 Hunslet x 1 - 03 x 2 - 04 x 2 - 08 x 1 - 10 x 1 - 11 x 1 - J65 x 2 _ J67 x 4 - J68 x 2 - J69 x 6 - J72 x 1 - J94 x 1. Can they all fit on the layout at the same time No ! Am I likely to build more Yes. Its a hobby after all 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicalEngineer Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Mostly a boring collection of shunters then My 009 industrial layout has: Early model Bagnall diesel RNAD diesel Freelance double ended "Growler" Freelance single end "Growler" 2x Gmeinders Kerr Stuart diesel Baldwin diesel 2x Roco 0-6-0 diesels 2x Minitrains steam Lilliput diesel Harlech Castle That's 14 by my count and a few kits awaiting building: Steeple cab battery electric Early model Sentinel Another Harlech Castle Landrover based speeder It's still not enough! I really need some more stock and brake vans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_41241 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Oh how many shunters? I have 13 class 03s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted January 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2021 I used to take the shunting plank every year to the local club show. One requirement to have something new every year. It started with an 03, and a pannier. It ended up with 3x 03, 3x 04, a class D95xx, and about 70-odd wagons. Not bad for a 4' shunting plank. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 More than I need, but not as many as I’d like, because in my favoured format of Coarse 0 nobody makes a 350hp these days. Here is a 204hp doing pilot duty, the other options being either steamers, or foreign. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 This coarse scale o gauge has a charm all its own! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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