Mail order packs-Hornby gold-plated MN set

7536 Views 55 Replies 15 Participants Last post by darobi, Nov 23, 2006

cig1705

Discussion Starter · Apr 1, 2006 (Edited by Moderator)

Yesterday, I got an e-mail from Hornby, who very kindly replied with regards to this year's Mail Order train packs- there are going to be four:

R2597= The Bristolian, containing 7037 "Swindon" and three chocolate and cream Mk. 1 coaches

R2598= The Derby Royal train, containing rebuilt BoB 34088 "213 Sqn." and three new type Pullmans

R2599= The Night Scotsman- A3 60048 "Doncaster" and three blood and custard ex-LNER sleepers.

The above will be L/E of 1500.

Hornby are also going to release R2700- a special set harking back to the days of Triang TT, when Triang sold 300 gold plated MNs to Kays. The new set will consist of a Rebuilt MN in Gold, with a gold-plated Pullman for it to haul. Only 300 sets will ever be made, so be quick- order as soon as they appear in the Autumn retail catalogues.

The "normal" packs will retail at £125, the gold set at £175.

I can see this one going up in value massively!

Save

1 - 1 of 56 Posts

Brian Considine

· #55 · Nov 22, 2006

QUOTE (Gary @ 22 Nov 2006, 19:22) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It seems silly that Hornby should invest money into tooling for a new version of an existing model when the current versions still sell well and when there are gaping holes in their range elsewhere such as small and medium size steam locomotives and diesels for which they currently do not offer examples such as the Class 66.
Happy modelling
Gary

Of course if Hornby did produce a 66 then there would be complaints about duplications !

Save

1 - 1 of 56 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month