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R3070 TORNADO Ltd Ed


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I am awaiting the delivery of R3070 TORNADO.Have any of you got this model yet and if so what are your opinions of it? I was a bit miffed as to why the windows were not fitted by Hornby as I am sure that this would have only added pence to the loco in

production. Has anyone yet fitted their own? I will post my feelings when it arrives this week.
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I was going to buy this for my old man, but he found out and said he would prefer the R3059 version in its new livery with the rake of 3 coaches. Mainly because its the livery he remembers when he was growing up, the BR brunswick green.

At this

rate I will have to consider knocking down a wall and expanding the layout for all the new engines he is looking at, though I would enjoy that because for me half the fun was building the layout for him.
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The tender is correct and many small features

on the Hornby model. The ba model has many small faults/ discrepancies
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In the RAF of today they would probably call that a squadron

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Hi Vespa,
My Tornado came yesterday and it is quite good.
Evan though it says special edition when I toock of the outer box I found the box said railroad model, but when I opened it the only thing that maybe sugested it was a railroad model was that

the buffers were not sprung and two of the vents on the cab roof were pernimently open and the big one in the midle were pernimently closed.
The only extra details that it came with it are the two metal Tornado Nameplates to put over the sticker ones to

make it more detailed.
The tender water controll handels are painted and their are the correct stickers on the tender but the cab detail is not painted but their is alot of it and it could easly be painted.
It is a good model overall.

Also, just

a warning to everyone, if you want this model, get it quickly as their are only about 900 models of it left and they are going quickly!

Hope this Helps,

Jacob
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Well I've ordered it. I would have thought that with two Tornado's, in todays RAF I would have two squadrons!
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If you mean Glass in the windows no it does not.
When I got the model in the post and opend it had the double packaging where it has two shots of the locomotive and the History on the back. It also had a special edition bit on the box with how many

models of it were made. But when I pushed the usual box it had railroad on the side of the box. I don't think it is a railroad model though
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My loco has arrived and I am very pleased with it.
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Mine arrived today, not bad, ordered pm on the 7th July arrived on the 9th (would this be down to you PP??). Yes it's a very nice model, but as one or two have commented, you would have thought on a limited edition (mines 1040 out of 1200)it would

have had glazing (windows Jacob) and sprung buffers. I have taken it out of the box but have not found the nameplates, but I'm sure they will be available elsewhere? All in all a nice model at a very good price.

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On holiday, I thought you had just come back from a week in the US. You mean you get more than a week? By the way Florida in May about 85degrees so not as hot as the Grand Canyon.

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