JJ73 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Erm... "Queen Elizabeth II Royal Remembrance Express Collection" locomotive from the Bradford Exchange!100% Plastic (Apart from the wheel - which has to be metal) it is even dcc ready!!! it is a real tat - check out Sam's Trains Review... πππ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Note - Yes even the Coupling Rods are plastic / fake!!! π€π Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Just seen it, wouldnβt touch it with a bargepole. In the 1980βs it would have been seen in one of the free mags with a Sunday paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw78 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 It's the most hideous thing ever ..... and you have to get it in three issues ( 100 pounds each ). 1st issue gets you the front of the engine, 2nd issue gets you the tender and the 3rd issue gets you an equally horrid coach. You get the track and controller for "free". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Nothing new, this monstrosity has been discussed before being slipped into the purple Pacific thread. I think Bachmann are responsible and there are other truly horrendous products in the Bradford Exchange 'trains' section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR1707822112 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Truly agree - an absolute rip off! Tbh though I almost love it at the same time because it's so ludicrous in almost every way!Best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR1707822112 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Forget that video, just watching the ideal world TV Hornby special.... π€£ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR1707822112 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Forget that video, just watching the ideal world TV Hornby special.... π€£ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Hiya@ Ello :- That is what Sam's Trains thought - Bachmann were behind it - b/c of the paper-work that came with it!!! ππ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Would there be any sales, other than to mock and chastise?Horrible, gross, bad taste, .... other descriptions I cannot write here!Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo009 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Truly awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Nothing that a large hammer wouldnβt sort out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Fred Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I got conned by their promos, (and not able to get the purple train) but saw the light and after 2 months of delays, told them where they could put the train (an Aussie thing I think). They still kept trying to send it to me, but thankfully the credit card I gave them was hacked and thus cancelled and I would not give them the new one. I certainly dodged a bullet there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I think this is a bigger rip-off than the infamous Franklin Mint limited edition models!!Where were Trading Standards when we needed them? !!Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dBerriff Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 This must call Samβs scoring system into question. He was far too generous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelerXYZ Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 That loco is exactly a joke.It didn't get released on April 1st did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelerXYZ Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 That loco is exactly a joke.It didn't get released on April 1st did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Sam has just done Part 2 of this, for the Tender & Track... You just clip this cheap & nasty track together!!! ππ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat2018 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 The track is reminiscent of the old Tri-ang track that had a grey plastic base. It's amazing what tat people will buy from these "collectibles" websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I was starting to think / hope that it really was an April Fool's joke, dragging on until now ...It really does exist!!https://www.bradford.co.uk/qeiitrainbge.html?tid=374651&gclid=CjwKCAjw9J2iBhBPEiwAErwpeRMOEC5OFpqK0t87dT4etEelGjlrkpkWXHfh1KiKVIQzWRwL4v0s3xoCiS0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.dsAl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill7437 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 HM would turn in her grave, an insult to the hobby, should all be dumpedin the Aire or whatever river runs through Bradford. Quite terrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Send it back Sam - your tender doesn't have gold painted wheels like the web page shows ο»Ώgrinningο»Ώ ο»Ώgrinningο»ΏSadly the fools who buy this rubbish aren't the sort of folk who would know a "heirloom quality" model anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Hi TopcatThe track system is a Walthers product. It is the 'power lock' system, developed by Life Like. When Life Like went out of business, Walthers absorbed that product line.Although Sam had trouble with the system, quite a few note the high reliability and better than rail joiner conductivity of power lock, on a long term basis.No personal experience with it, but thought to clarify.Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sams Boy Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Adding insult to injury, the union flag at the front of the loco is upside down with all its connotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Erm... sorry Sam, but itβs not even just Β£300 for the complete set - it says you have the opportunity to receive up to 8 issues at Β£109.97 (inc delivery) per issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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