QUOTE (Daz @ 24 Sep 2008, 01:02) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>..But do people really want this kind of detail?
..What I would prefer is a closer tender and loco gap coupling system - But that just me.
The detail that matters for my taste is what is seen when the loco is running. Distinctive components like a regulator or brake handle that could be seen through cabside windows on some classes, or the prominent reverser wheel on the Schools class very visible from the rear of the loco, are well worth having as they add to the character of the model seen in action. But detail I cannot see falls into the 'unnecessary' category. That same Schools should have a third cylinder and motion between the frames, but it is no less a good model for the lack of that essentially invisible detail. But I suppose Hornby know what their customers want and tailor the package to suit.
Wanting better close coupling isn't just you! Hornby introduced a neat arrangement on their Britannia, and the service diagrams for the T9 and Schools show a similar linkage on these locos: a drawbar, supplemented with a plug in electrical connection. On the Britannia it was a couple of minutes work with a file to cut down the moulded on intermediate buffers on the tender front to get the Brit round my 36" mainline curves on the scale distance setting. With the loco and tender so well modelled having them running at scale separation iced the cake.
..What I would prefer is a closer tender and loco gap coupling system - But that just me.
The detail that matters for my taste is what is seen when the loco is running. Distinctive components like a regulator or brake handle that could be seen through cabside windows on some classes, or the prominent reverser wheel on the Schools class very visible from the rear of the loco, are well worth having as they add to the character of the model seen in action. But detail I cannot see falls into the 'unnecessary' category. That same Schools should have a third cylinder and motion between the frames, but it is no less a good model for the lack of that essentially invisible detail. But I suppose Hornby know what their customers want and tailor the package to suit.
Wanting better close coupling isn't just you! Hornby introduced a neat arrangement on their Britannia, and the service diagrams for the T9 and Schools show a similar linkage on these locos: a drawbar, supplemented with a plug in electrical connection. On the Britannia it was a couple of minutes work with a file to cut down the moulded on intermediate buffers on the tender front to get the Brit round my 36" mainline curves on the scale distance setting. With the loco and tender so well modelled having them running at scale separation iced the cake.
