JJ73 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not only do I want items from the new 2020 Range but aslo I've just seen the Bassett-Lowke Steampunk Models - which are pretty c 😎 😎l - Which I also now want - 2020 is going to be a pretty expensive year Model Loco wise!!!/media/tinymce_upload/a6c695cef3353dc4e909fd106ef16384.jpgIt's just the Loco's, Wagon & Carriages which I'm after & NOT any thing else!!! I.e. boats, Subs, etc!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The subs must be the ones we can’t see because they are under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not my 'cup of tea' I am afraid! Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM6 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not my 'cup of tea' I am afraid! Sorry.Some, myself included, would probably put it stronger than that...........but I’d be banned if I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hey each to their own. I know people who dislike loco weathering and would have that banned. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill7437 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Really terrible - who on earth has designed this rubbish - an insult to the memory of W.J.Bassett-Lowke!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not for me either but it is a hugely popular thing in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 A fact being bourne out on other model railway websites. Aimed at the younger market - which is why it goes over my head - there are plenty of folk who think it a master stroke. Apart that is from some of the buildings which seem to have just had some cog wheels glued to them. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 It will be interesting to see what the Bassett Lowke Society members make of it, I await my next magazine with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I think it could bring youngsters into the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Are they going to make a few 'Tripods' as well with heat-rays? Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Reminds me of a nightmare I had after a bit of food-poisoning. 😆 Good photos, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Think you are getting confused Atom. Have you taken your medication today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I await my next magazine with interest.  Feedback awaited. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I expect it will steam up their monocles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 As the current Hornby has but a very tenuous connection with the Hornby of 1920 or even Hornby-Dublo for that matter, why not link Steampunk with Bassett Lowke..............?GS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Steampunk can be extremely complex in its interpretation of a wide range of future-past ‘stuff’. The logic appears to be what evolved future ‘stuff’ would be like in times past. There are excellent examples of this well done and other example of complete rubbish supposed to represent the genre. Lets hope Hornby / Bassett Lowke has picked the right horse as their consultant ‘expert’, else the real experts will immediately slate the new products as rubbish. Clagging a few cog wheels on something does not hit the mark unfortunately. The add-ons need to be possibly feasible and engineeringly possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Basset Lowke is a great name for a Steampunk Villain.......he could have been Dr Loveless's henchman in the steam powered tarantula.........or the chief mechanic of his steam powered wheelchair........... (Sir Kenneth Branagh's greatest role..........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not for me either. Sorry JJ. 😆 😉 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 @ Raf :- oh I didn't really look at the photo properly, I thought (in the bigger photo) that ship was a Sub!!! 😆@ every 1 else :- I'll take it as a no then - no 1 is really liking it then!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnonotleander Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Looks like a new entry model set for young kids, Surely its not intended for serious model railway enthusiasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 There are a lot of adults that embrace it. We went to a Steampunk wedding last year or was  it the year before. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 There's a sub on a wagon, lower level! Agree that the signal box does NOT need silly cogwheels doing nothing on the roof! Everything is meant to have a function! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 One needs to study the work of Roland Emmett or Heath Robinson or read H G Wells to see what lies behind Steam Punk. Heath-Robinson provided more realistic rendering of ingenious solutions to technical problems, whereas Emmett's work was much more fanciful, sightly rustic, and in many ways more artistic.  Wells gave us 'The Time Machine' and 'Moon Rockets' long before the Apollo programme. and 'The Nautilus' as portrayed by Disney is ondoubtedly in the 'Punk' camp. Emmett's influence could be seen in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the sweet factories in this and in the Willy Wonka films are certainly borderline Punk.  The Emmett railways would make a remarkably good series of models for people who like the esoteric. There have been some excellent scratch built models of these in the magazines over the years. Fantasy model railroading is certainly great fun, and although I would be concerned if it was allowed to dominate the hobby, it has its place. /media/tinymce_upload/34bd0b8fcc8385fd976d950eecf2d75c.jpgAn example of Emmett's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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