[Doug]

After the release of the King Arthur and the Rebuilt Bulleids that were well received, a further four Bulleids and King Arthur Class locomotives are to be released later this year.

See detailed photos of the models here.

For further information download the PDF below.

New Autumn Releases (659 KB)

 

[60134]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! How do they ALWAYS manage it? "Westwood Ho!" And there's even an illustration of the loco bearing "Westward Ho!" nameplates....

However, some lovely versions to look forward to. The shelf life of the first WCs and King Arthurs was very short so order early to bag your favourites!

60134

 

[Doug]

Is that perhaps Westw-OO-d as in OO Westward...

 

[pedromorgan]

some nice loco's to look forward to. i do find it a small pity that all bar 1 are in BR green.

Peter

 

[dwilson9]

"Westwood" - how do they manage it? Something to do with their address, perhaps?

Hornby Hobbies, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JX.

Silly mistake, though.

 

[Don]

"The Red Knight" has a LAmaitre blastpipe as well.

Still, it does look nice however it's spelt.

Shame Hornby never bothered to do a Schools fitted with one.

 

[davidw]

THey do look good and I'm temped to get one just to run and RCTS speical to York.

But Could horny please bing out some stuff for ER modellers..

 

[davidw]

QUOTE (davidw @ 24 Jun 2007, 23:29) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>THey do look good and I'm temped to get one just to run and RCTS speical to York.

But Could horny please bing out some stuff for ER modellers..

just read this oops. It should read

They do look good and I'm tempted to get one just to run and RCTS special to York.

But could hornby please bring out some stuff for ER modellers..

 

[Doug]

Some detailed photos of the new 'King Arthur' Class N15:

R2620 SR 4-6-0 "Pendragon" Class N15

R2621 BR 4-6-0 "Sir Ironside" Class N15

R2622 BR 4-6-0 "Sir Pelleas" Class N15

R2623 BR 4-6-0 "The Red Knight" Class N15

 

[Doug]

Some detailed photos of the new Rebuilt West Country / Battle of Britain Class:

R2608 BR 4-6-2 "Yes Tor" Rebuilt West Country Class

R2609 BR 4-6-2 "Westward Ho" Rebuilt West Country Class

R2606 BR 4-6-2 "Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory" Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class

R2607 BR 4-6-2 "213 Squadron" Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class

 

[Bilbo]

Are we to assume that these are in addition to the scheduled 3rd/4th Qtr releases from Hornby ?

 

[Brian Considine]

Beautiful, well detailed models - spoilt by the yawning gap between locomotive & tender, which IMHO is unacceptable these days.

 

[Makemineadouble]

There I agree why can't they use a plug like American loco's and put the decoder plug in the tender. Great quality but could have done much better.

 

[jclements]

On the subject of the gap between locomotive and tender look closely at the pictures of the King Arthur locomotives. Whilst the locomotive to tender coupling on Pendragon seems to be of the same type as that on the locomotives already released, the other three pictures show a different style of coupling with no visible electrical connection but with two coupling holes as per some bachmann items eg standard 5. Does anybody know if this is a likely modification or merely a mock up for pre-release publicity?

Regards,

John Clements

 

[pedromorgan]

i am asuming they are going to be shipping propper pony wheels with the west country?

Peter

 

[John]

Dear All,

I looked through the Reviews section of this site and I can't find a review for the Hornby Rebuilt Bulleid Pacific (WC/BB).

Am I just looking in the wrong place or is it really missing? I know we had a lot of of new locos released in late 2006 and early 2007, especially for SR fans (M7, N15 and then Rebuilt Bulleid), so perhaps this one was overlooked?

 

[Hugh Williams]

QUOTE (pedromorgan @ 2 Jul 2007, 08:20) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i am asuming they are going to be shipping propper pony wheels with the west country?

Peter

Hmmm, I very much doubt it. SK told me if it looks good, it is good! Left me ghasting my flabber! So ghasted, I failed to take up pen to respond to his letter, and meant that I would browse around and see what the rest of the modellers on the Web thought. Mind you can live in Hope (and die in Edale, as they say around here)

It really would be great if they put proper pony wheels on these locos, which as at present are reduced to display models IMHO, using an incorrect wheel/bogie arrangement. How they couldn't see that... RANT, RANT to follow another contributor. Comments also apply to Brits. I don't see it happening, when Hornby display such conviction...........................however, they have altered their position on the Red Knight, but here there is not such a change in the chassis involved.

Cheers all

Hugh

 

[Hugh Williams]

Just a passing thought, can anybody let me know what the the pulling power of the new SR 4-6-0's is like, i.e. better than the Black 5's?

Cheers,

Hugh