Silver Fox 17

What about all the green with Evening Star too?

A Duchess/City loco with curved front footplate (like the Hornby models) was not streamlined. The streamlined locos had a gap between the lower front footplate and upper main one.

Okay, thanks Tim. To get a better look at the Duchess I have lightened your photo, hope you dont mind.

If you are still there Tim, can you ask if all the Staniers are going to suffer the scrapping issue or just the parcels vehicles? Are they still scheduled for May release? That LMS Duchess looks nice.

"Blood" did vary considerably. When new it was crimson, not quite maroon but soon started to fade to an orange hue. Precision/Phoenix paints do make new and faded colours for blood and the faded looks more like most of the photos around. The custard was more yellow shade than not but again faded to a pale cream. Precision/Phoenix custard is a more yellow shade and I have toned it down a little when painting models. I did have a photo of a Britannia with about 5 different shades of blood and custard coaches behind but cannot find it at the moment. You will always get someone thinking a colour is wrong as apart from new/faded, sunny/dull etc our eyes all see shades different to others.

Going by the ones I have seen from 15 years ago when I was 00, the teak was brilliant.

This was a photo of the Gresleys, Scotland February 2023, and the only time I have seen them. If the teak finish was an issue (brilliant in 00 though) then blood and custard or maroon would be acceptable.

They seem to have packed in with TT 120 now.

I know we should not have to but it is an easy fix to remedy, possibly even with a sharp knife as opposed to me grinding the plastic away.

I have had my pacifics with coaches going around old Triang TT small radius curves which are tighter than Hornby R1 without any issues.

They also come under the GEM name as they took over them. They also do junction signals albeit equal post heights. Even Triang TT signals can be used and they are diecast apart from the gantry version.

I wrote this morning about 8.00 regarding my shipping costs and got a reply about 9.30 saying all sorted with full refund, cannot complain about the service there.

Hornby are aware, I have sent videos and photos of the problem two weeks ago, they also mentioned it in the video this morning. The Mk1 underframes were modified by removing the offending material and altering the moulds.

That is not the issue, the problem is the moulded ridge set back from the bogie pivot. That dimension would most likely be the same irrespective of the length of the coach, it is where the Kinetic spring is attached and they are not going to make that longer.

The issue of the Stanier wheels catching as Carl mentioned he would like to know what has been done and where to the underframe to rectify the scraping. I sent photos 2 weeks ago to Hornby and was told they had passed it on to the correct department with video and photos showing what I had done. I did get a reply saying they were going to take a few "off the shelf" to see if they noticed the issue or if "it was just my coaches". Listening to the video it seems they did know there was a problem especially as they did insert a washer to try to alleviate the scrapping so not just mine.