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R4592 &R4592 MK3 Buffet coaches


pete007

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Hi,

 

Is it me or have these 2 MK3 buffet coaches lost their vents over the kitchen section of the roof. I have seen retailers photos of them and not the ones copied from Hornby. So has putting tinted window on them taken something else away. As anyone purchased one of these and can tell us if I am right?

 

Pete

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Hi, Is it me or have these 2 MK3 buffet coaches lost their vents over the kitchen section of the roof. I have seen retailers photos of them and not the ones copied from Hornby. So has putting tinted window on them taken something else away. As anyone purchased one of these and can tell us if I am right? Pete

Hi, you are correct.  Hornby have used the incorrect roof on these buffet coaches.   However, the R4594 Buffet in blue grey with interior lights has the correct moulding!!

Guy I know emailed Hornby, here is the repsonse:

"Hornby has been in the process of moving it's manufacturing from one supplier to several others. During the course of this, a number of toolings have been found to no longer be available. When the run of Mk3 coaches was commissioned, it was not appreciated at the time that the buffet car roof was one of these toolings. When it became apparent, a decision was taken to manufacture the coach with the roof that was available, rather than hold up the entire run of Mk3's for an indefinite period.  As a result, the buffet car does indeed have an incorrect roof. We have checked with Engineering, and there is no intention at present to produce a replacement body for this vehicle".

 

this is encouraging!! Hope they sort it out for the future releases, inc the next releases of the Intercity Swallow, GNER and Virgin ones, which hopefully will appear in 2016's range, along with the repsective HST power cars!  I keep asking for them, but so far I am still waiting :-(

 

 

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Any idea if R4603 will have the correct roof? I'm still hoping the Eastern Region HSTs will show up this year and not in 2017!!! We were waiting for the Western Region ones since early 2012 and they only showed up last year!

I wonder exactly what "a number of toolings have been found to no longer be available means", are they just being mishandled and subsequently damaged, someones walked off with them or they've been "accidently" destroyed?

I guess if R4603 has the wrong roof, I'll have to break out the CAD software and dust off the 3D printer... beh... 

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