Hornby catalogue cover 2008?

Somehow,I don't think a new Hornby catalogue will have a picture of the Blue Pullman on it

The Mk2 Jag is probably on the way back from a 'blag'...
It'd be nice if Hornby did some 4mm scale cars though...

Interesting to see the colliery pit-head gear in the background...,is this catalogue the issue that featured some colliery buildings? [I know they appeared in a catalogue around this time],-whatever happened to the plans to make them??

QUOTE (Ozzie21 @ 5 Mar 2007, 10:36) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It would just be nice to have a Blue Pullman again. If they can redo the Lord of Isles then a decent Blue Pullman shouldn't be to hard a task.

OH NOOOOOoooo!! Don't start that old chestnut of the Blue Pullman topic again!!

A decent Blue Pullman would require all-new tooling,and Hornby have stated that it's not going to happen...
Even a re-issue of the old Tri-ang tooling would require a newly tooled chassis to incorporate a modern motor etc.,-and can you imagine the response to a 40+ year old model with all it's inherant innaccuracies being marketed....

QUOTE Plenty of modellers out there that would buy one or two.

Depends on what you call plenty....we've been through all this before,but,in a nutshell,-to justify a massive investment of capital,-and to get a good return on that investment,- the manufacturer would expect to shift several tens of thousands of that product...

Do you really think the potential market is that big

With the 'Lord of the Isles',all Hornby had to do was retool the chassis to take a modern motor that that is used in other locos,-and as it doubles up as 'Emily' in the 'Thomas' range,it has a far larger sales potential for a lot lower R&D expenditure,-which makes a lot more financial sense.......

QUOTE (dbclass50 @ 5 Mar 2007, 12:07) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>No - they are 1 : 87 - as it happens we sell more HO/1 : 87 road vehicles to OO/1 : 76 modellers (same with Noch figures !). Position carefully & the slight scale differance is hardly noticable - less so than using 1 : 72 scale military stuff.

Don't forget though 1 : 87 road vehicles are in scale with the track (unless you are modelling P4 or 18.83mm).

Yes,I was aware that they were HO,and the fact that they need to be positioned towards the rear of the layout for a 'perspective' effect,-hence my original comment that it would be nice to see some 4mm scale cars.....

BTW, P4 is 18.83mm,-I think you meant to include EM as well.....

QUOTE (DS239 @ 5 Mar 2007, 14:27) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>BTW, P4 is 18.83mm,-I think you meant to include EM as well.....

I stand corrected I meant P4/18.83mm or EM