LCDR Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I am a little confused by the Titfield Thunderbolt train pack. The locomotive is 1401, which was the locomotive that was horribly derailed by Harry the Roller Driver, but the carriage is NOT the Wisbech and Upwell tram coach that was also 'wrecked' at the same time but the substitute DIY carriage constructed on a Lowmac using Driver Sam's home. This muddles up the plot. Now if Hornby had produced a nice little model of 'Lion' to pull the train I might have been less confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprinterDriver Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yep i love the film and noticed that too.I saw the pack and thought 'oh interesting' had a look thought 'err no'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I just wonder whether this is a good way to make a profit. Kids won't remember it and any serious modeller (including myself, even?) surely wouldn't entertain it on their layout. Perhaps on a Thomas setup.......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I'd have it, and I don't even model 00. I want everyone else to go out and buy one too, because if it's a success they might release the Railway Children next and I really want one. The 70s version was all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Could be worse, they could have done Brief Encounter, all that lovely LMS stock, yum. Mind you, would be some what expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 And what exactly would you do with one of the Railway Children, poliss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Actually a model of the W&U coach would have made a grand accompaniment to a better scale J70 tram engine (Toby), and would find a home as a proper 'Henrietta' in the Thomas range too. Missed a trick I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 So I could tell them to get off the line of course Graskie. See my sig. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprinterDriver Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 A Cassandra Crossing set would be very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Isn't that a bridge too far, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Kwai have we still not got an 'edit' button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Just looked at the item on this website and I wonder what you actually get? The illustration shows a GWR 14XX not the one in the film and a GWR brake van (not a BR(W) liveried one. However the illustration on the box looks right. This dicrepancy certainly outs me off ordering one. As an aside I think a resin coach body more akin to the "stagecoach" style one in the film would have been better than the horrible hornby four wheeler - could they have used a Liverpool and Manchester (ex Rocket) coach body instead? Having said that it is good to see Hornby commemorating this film - Funny thing is I was actually walking along one of the Streets the stolen loco was driven through lastweek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Graskie says most kids won't remember the film, I think most current parents won't have heard of it. The film was released in 1953 (I was seven) - and I'm now coming up for sixty six, and my children (now in their late thirties) have never heard of it. To many it will just be another starter set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 LC&DR said: Actually a model of the W&U coach would have made a grand accompaniment to a better scale J70 tram engine (Toby), and would find a home as a proper 'Henrietta' in the Thomas range too. Missed a trick I think! Hooray now I can post again missed three me thinks proper bogied Henrietta, W&U as was or preserved not sure who has it and the plum and grey Titfield buffet car with the exception of one different interior all from the same molds regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hi Only senior's and dyed in the wool certified train nuts will have heard of the movie. thats me counted twice :-) I think this is a good idea done very badly most movie trains are after all real trains painted in different colors for what ever reason. So should not be hard to reproduce in much the same way. This one however needs new moulds made for stock that is not and has not as far as I know been in the Hornby range. These moulds should have been done the models with colour change, could also have spread through the Thomas, normal and later railroad ranges as well as the train pack. Which I won't be buying because its all wrong. Which is a shame it would have been good to have the train on the layout. As this movie inspired me to what I have done with the small space I have avalable. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwarrior Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I think sometimes we need to remove the prototypical modellers hat and take things for what they are. I am thinking of getting one and am not at all bothered about such discrepancies. It should sell well. To each his own though. Regards, Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Ozwarrior said: I think sometimes we need to remove the prototypical modellers hat and take things for what they are. I am thinking of getting one and am not at all bothered about such discrepancies. It should sell well. To each his own though. Regards, Les Hi Ozwarrior Only one problem with that. If we do the manufactures will go back to one set of valve gear fits all and other dodgy detailing and painting practices. They took decades of badgering to get rid of that and get the high class models we have today. Mind you not all of the changes where good. My own opinion {not to be confused with reality ;-)} is now we have good acurate trains lets keep it that way. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Seagull Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 morning all....remember the film and plot....cant recall the rolling stock though....from the posts so far, it sounds as though H have put together a box of bits, with models made from exisiting tooling.......bit of marketing, and hey...bandwagon starting to roll.......its certainly not for me.......each to his own though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tovidious Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Being an American, and born after the movie, I only heard of it a year or so ago and bought it on DVD right away. I find it entertaining, and educational, in an interesting way. I am, in no way, a rivit counter, but was excited when I first saw it announced until I saw how 'wrong' it was. No way would I spend any money on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Don't care. You should all buy it so they continue the series and make an accurate Railway Children set, which is the one I want. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da4472vid Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I might buy it yet my DVD is playing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I wouldn't buy it. Sorry, poliss, but it just wouldn't fit in with my more modern layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tovidious Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 If they made an accurate Railway Children set I would be on it right away! Would love one from The Ghost Train, but the train was barely featured, and it showed two different trains, one being a streamlined GWR loco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Just been looking at the DVD to try and identify the locos. In the opening credits there are 3 of what I am sure are Kings. The first exiting the tunnel looks like 60?2, Could be 6002 or 6022 the ? figure looks too rounded for a 1. Then I'm almost certain it's 6004 on the sea front followed by the GWR streamliner King Henry VII (I don't think its the castle as the name plate seems to be made up of three shortish words. There is also a shot of dean Goods 2441. The only other one I can be positive about since there is a good shot of the locos bufferbeam just before the switch to the model going off the bridge. How about a limited edition with a loco powered dean standard goods and a few toplights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now