Hi,
I have seen one close up and personal! They are beautiful reproductions, but they are a flawed beauty! They have a fixed trailing bogie, which rather annoys me, as it is a reproduction of the fault found in the new Brit. The model makers have ignored the fact that these had pivoted trailing bogies.
I have made my views known to Hornby, but I have not concluded my correspondence with them yet. It is a shame that just when Hornby were going well with their designs they should fail on such a pivotal matter in this and the Britannia class models.
I have entrusted my Britannia to a modeller to modify the trailing bogie to make it more prototypical; when this completed and proven to be workable and look ok I will then buy the rebuilt WC/BoB's. I hope within a short while Hornby will change their position and modify the Brits and the Rebuilt WC/BoB's, particularly when the next editions are released.
These views are personal and I don't want to appear to be running a campaign, but some folks seem to think that Hornby are right to have a fixed trailing bogie. I have to disagree heartily, and, although compromise has to be accepted, there is no way that a complete goof up of the model for which £100+ can be paid is acceptable.
Regards,
Hugh Williams.
PS This doesn't take the fun out of running the railway, and, I am not a rivet counter.
I have seen one close up and personal! They are beautiful reproductions, but they are a flawed beauty! They have a fixed trailing bogie, which rather annoys me, as it is a reproduction of the fault found in the new Brit. The model makers have ignored the fact that these had pivoted trailing bogies.
I have made my views known to Hornby, but I have not concluded my correspondence with them yet. It is a shame that just when Hornby were going well with their designs they should fail on such a pivotal matter in this and the Britannia class models.
I have entrusted my Britannia to a modeller to modify the trailing bogie to make it more prototypical; when this completed and proven to be workable and look ok I will then buy the rebuilt WC/BoB's. I hope within a short while Hornby will change their position and modify the Brits and the Rebuilt WC/BoB's, particularly when the next editions are released.
These views are personal and I don't want to appear to be running a campaign, but some folks seem to think that Hornby are right to have a fixed trailing bogie. I have to disagree heartily, and, although compromise has to be accepted, there is no way that a complete goof up of the model for which £100+ can be paid is acceptable.
Regards,
Hugh Williams.
PS This doesn't take the fun out of running the railway, and, I am not a rivet counter.