Choobacca Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 It's probably a little late to suggest these items. They were all first released 50 years ago by Tri-Ang.Lord Of The Isles Train Set:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1165Battle of Britain Winston Churchill:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=821Dean Single Lord Of The Isles:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=101Nellie Steam Locomotive:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1055Trestol Wagon:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=991Track Cleaning Car:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=497 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony57 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 How about adding EM1 and EM2 with working pantographs and overhead equipmentOld Time Western Engine 2 6 0 Davy Crockett or Minnehaha and CoachesTranscontinental F7 A and B unitsTranscontinental Road Switchers Transcontinental Rolling Stock and Coaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 The Transcontinental engines and coaches, I'll give that a thumbs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 The Transcontinental engines and coaches, I'll give that a thumbs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Time for a bit of sick homour. On our last visit to NRM my lads wanted a picture of them beside Winston Churchill, in an effort to recreate myself and my Granddad at Bournemouth West aside Mortehoe. The picture was taken, and I told them to check out the name.I then underwent a tirade of abuse.When "Winnie" was released, I got her for a Christmas present ( Smoke and Maghedsion ) at the time loved her to bits, she was stolen in the early 90's, and I don't give a monkeys cuss.I still have my 31 that was a present before Winnie ( experimental blue ), the day we went to pick her up, we saw probably the last L1 ( 4-4-0 ).I agree if the tooling exists lets have the loco's mentioned, but there is one omission,Ready for this,are you sure,THE SOUTHERN FOUR SUB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maunsell Green Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Choobacca said:It's probably a little late to suggest these items. They were all first released 50 years ago by Tri-Ang.Lord Of The Isles Train Set:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1165Battle of Britain Winston Churchill:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=821Dean Single Lord Of The Isles:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=101Nellie Steam Locomotive:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1055Trestol Wagon:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=991Track Cleaning Car:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=497Well, on the good side, have seen plenty of 1, 3, and 4 up for sale if you look hard enough. No.2, know someone who just got 2 in absolutely mint condition, have 1 earmarked for me if I want it. No:6, got the old "snowplough" version of this.Any particular colour of Nellie?Got 2 blue ones, a green one, a black one, a red "silver dome" one, plus of course red Polly and yellow Connie. :)Might be worth hanging on a bit though, certainly Hornby will have to consider doing a special "50th Anniversary" Nellie set, by popular demand. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 mortehoe said:Time for a bit of sick homour. On our last visit to NRM my lads wanted a picture of them beside Winston Churchill, in an effort to recreate myself and my Granddad at Bournemouth West aside Mortehoe. The picture was taken, and I told them to check out the name.I then underwent a tirade of abuse.When "Winnie" was released, I got her for a Christmas present ( Smoke and Maghedsion ) at the time loved her to bits, she was stolen in the early 90's, and I don't give a monkeys cuss.I still have my 31 that was a present before Winnie ( experimental blue ), the day we went to pick her up, we saw probably the last L1 ( 4-4-0 ).I agree if the tooling exists lets have the loco's mentioned, but there is one omission,Ready for this,are you sure,THE SOUTHERN FOUR SUB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Southern Suburban looks great. It probably wouldn't cost too much either:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hi Maunsell GreenThe Nellie set will not be 'popular demand' from WTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I would say YEA to the 3Sub (but with the compartments made more realistically spaced, they are all at first class spacing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Choobacca said:It's probably a little late to suggest these items. They were all first released 50 years ago by Tri-Ang.Lord Of The Isles Train Set:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=1165Dean Single Lord Of The Isles:http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=101For the last few years, Hornby has had a Dean Single train pack in the catalogue. I think there were a least three different offerings: Lord of the Isles, the Flying Dutchman, with Royal Sovereign and Great Western.)This one is the most recent: https://www.hornby.com/shop/train-packs/r2956-gwr-4-2-2-175-dean-single-train-pack-limited-edition-1000/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Postman Prat said:Hi Maunsell GreenThe Nellie set will not be 'popular demand' from WTDAll the old Tri-ang stuff is available at toy fairs. As for Nellie, I suggest they wait until they have invented a paint that makes thing invisible, paint it with that and it will disappear, how delightful!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 WTDYou are becoming paranoid about Nellie. Don't you think you are a little selfish - after all it would give SOT a lot of pleasure!!!Re the Invisible Paint - have a word with JK Rowling, there was a 'Cloak of Invisibility' in one of the Harry Potter books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I'll ring JK Rowling in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 When SWMBO is not around to listen to your conversation, no doubt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Invisibility doesn't work, the better policy would be to attach a 'SEP' field to it."Life? Don't talk to me about Life! mumble mumble...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I saw a Sub unit a couple of weekends ago, just the powered, and un powered, for 80 squid, not at that price. I squeak when I walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I presume you mean the Triang one? That is an outragious price! I have bought them for much less than that. It is a good reason for a re-issued and improved version that can run on modern track though! Once Hornby started to produce their latest and excellent N15 the prices of 'Sir Dinadan' came down to something much more reasonable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was going to kit bash some 00 suburban coaches from a manufacturer who now is in the N gauge market only. They were about right to produce a South Eastern section Sub, regret not carrying out the dastardly deed. Also I have tucked away some plastic kit sides that are about right for a 2 car set, forgive my only working steam driven brain cell, but they are right for an SL/Wim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 mortehoe said:I was going to kit bash some 00 suburban coaches from a manufacturer who now is in the N gauge market only. They were about right to produce a South Eastern section Sub, regret not carrying out the dastardly deed. Also I have tucked away some plastic kit sides that are about right for a 2 car set, forgive my only working steam driven brain cell, but they are right for an SL/Wim.I have been collecting the Tri-ang / Hornby short clerestory coaches for some time as the bodywork is not too dissimilar to the LBSCR carriages that were used to convert to some of the SR electric 3Sub units. You have to throw away the roofs of course, but new roofs are reasonably easy to make out of plastic card. I also have a few Tri-ang motor bogies which have had the wheels re-profiled so I have a reasonable power source. To get the correct proportion of compartments (first / third) you have to cut them into sections and stick them back in a different order, and the tumblehome ends need to be replaced, again with plastic card.The driving ends need to be made in plastic card, and that is quite fiddly and so is the dome over the cab, but in the end it does create a fairly acceptable representation. There are lots of these carriages on the second hand market and they are available in cheap sets as well.I found that the GF suburbans are very tricky to glue, the plastic used is not polystyrene or ABS. I did think about using these myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hi guysSome of the trans continetal range would be nice the little red caboose just for starters.What would not be nice is the return of those dreadful knurled wheels.I also think the lighting on the loco's should be LED. The yard switcher with rear bogie pick up thus all metal wheels, pilot front and rearand this last one may be a bit contraversial a proper buffer beam plate that can be glued onthen drilled for buffers to be fitted.Also a return of the railway children teak coach only this time fitted with buffers.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choobacca Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Buz said:I also think the lighting on the loco's should be LED. The yard switcher with rear bogie pick up thus all metal wheels, pilot front and rearI'd love to see led lights fitted to all loco's, even the Steam locomotives. I know some people would complain about head codes being wrong, though I suppose Hornby could always position the lights in their most popular configuration, or maybe make 2 versions of a loco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I have an 'O' gauge locomotive with three lamps on the front and under the footplate are small switches that allow each one to be switched on or off. With DCC of course if you had enough functions you could change the lights remotely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Choobacca said:Buz said:I also think the lighting on the loco's should be LED. The yard switcher with rear bogie pick up thus all metal wheels, pilot front and rearI'd love to see led lights fitted to all loco's, even the Steam locomotives. I know some people would complain about head codes being wrong, though I suppose Hornby could always position the lights in their most popular configuration, or maybe make 2 versions of a loco.Hi ChoobacaA number of the trans continental range loco's show up on the second hand market with heat distortion.Often put down to motor problems but in a lot of cases the distortion location suggests it May in fact be the loco lighting that did the damage yes a lot of them had lightsLED lighting would remove the light as a heat sourceI am in the head coade sceptic camp but if the code could be set up so the disks can be changed or lights changed that would be good. Perhaps metal lamp brackets that turn on the light once its fitted to the loco.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprinterDriver Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The Blue Pullman please,i know its actually a cliche to request this model but i was a baby last time it was produced and i just want one lol,not a super detail everything drops off when you sneeze in the same room as it one but a Railroad range one based on the original tooling,i wont be counting rivets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Yep, Blue Pullman, the R.253 Dock Shunter gets my vote too with the later wheelsets for code 100 track. L1, Jinty with Synchrosmoke, M7 with opening smokebox door and fire box glow, Stephensons Rocket, WAB baltic tank loco, EM2, Steeple Cab, Nellie(sorry WTD), Hall, 3F tender loco, Davy Crockett, Battle space turbo car!And not forgettingThe Tri-ang-Hornby A3 with firebox glow and exhuast sound. A Tri-ang-Hornby A3 holds the distance record and belongs to James May, they have been like gold dust since the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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