TATICMOOR

@Chrissaf Thanks Chris, followed and commented on it.

I recently put up a Hornby & Music Connection post, being unaware that this previous one also existed. We all use devices for our own purposes and work with them the best we can. Some people like and interact well with these items others don't or dislike the devices, so each to their own. I do like a lot of music (as do others) for my own reasons and it spans many genres (Rock, Pop, Blues, Electronica, AOR, Metal, Prog etc) and artists (ABBA to ZZ Top or as ACDC to Zucchero) over the past 40 odd year of listening. I have a massed a very large collection on original Hard Copies (Vinyl, CD, Cassette) and which I prefer and make my own digital files)) and a number of MP3 downloads as when required for certain tracks I want from say a OST (original sound track) film or programme. I also find listening to my music while working with my model kits, rolling stock, and layout scenic' very enjoyable even though when I am singing along it is and to be honest dreadful (LOL). Anyway to get back to the topic of the post, it is still surprising to see names pop up on the rolling stock etc whether they are fictitious or factual and a bit of full on the design teams behalf to watch out for. I wonder about their train of thought during the process and do they keep a file on names used and to be used, or just randomly pick them from the team members during any given year. What is on your play lists Simon, Mark and Montana? for me it is the new Birdy album Young Heart.

I have been meaning to write this for ages and wondered if any Hornby music fans out there may have noticed that a few named items in various Hornby items have a music connection. Whether this was intentional or not lets have a look at the items. The set R1270M Valley Drifter with a red livered loco, blue wagon and 4 wheeled teak coach. Is there someone in the design team a progressive rock fan of the group King Crimson by naming the loco Crimson King. Well it seems so as the included blue wagon also seems to be named R. Fripp as in Robert Fripp the English musician, songwriter, and record producer, guitarist, founder and remaining member of the band. The Prog music genre continues with the items R30051 a Bagnall 0-4-0 loco named as G Lee Mining Co Ltd a hint toward bass player and vocalist Geddy Lee of the Canadian Rockers RUSH. Is the loco number 21 a half title to their superb fourth 1976 era defining album 2112. Next items is R30035 Steam Engine train pack, with a loco, wagon, box van and 4 wheeled teak coach. In this set we have the loco named as Lifeson Coal Board, could this be after the second member of the power trio in RUSH, Alex Lifeson. This RUSH theme also continues with the Diesel Freight train pack R30036 as the loco is presumably named Peart after the greatest drummer around Neil "The Prof" Peart the third band member who passed away with glioblastoma (brain tumour) on Jan 7th 2020. Have you noticed any items referencing hints to other artists, actors or films etc on rolling stock over the years. Whether they are factious or in reality named as such on our lines like Joe Strummer that you may have Clashed with on the platform.

I quick update to say a big THANK YOU to Rob for the swapping of info and to Howard for the mint condition copy of The Collector issue #119 which was received today. Cheers guys (and gals) for all your help in getting this issue to me that I needed. I greatly appreciate the forum pages and its members for being there for any help. Not just for me but for everyone and each other, a superb community of modellers you are all.

Sorry I've not been around here again due to personal issues with family. I'll will see if I can get my email out to you soon.

Thats is okay, and thanks so much if we get to do this and I appreciate you coming forward to help me out. John.

Yeah Thanks Chris any Rob for the info.

I am still in need of a copy of the Hornby Club magazine #119. I can't seem to find it on the usual places. If you are in pocession of this issue and are willing to part with it, then please contact me.

Like my username, it is "TATICMOOR" as an anagram of the words Attic Room and it was as simple as that. If you go and find an anagram solver program on-line and input your words, it will show a list of results. Then you just pick the one you like. If not a likable name just input other words until you find something you like. Others name theirs after where they live or a place near them. Not far from me there is a gorgeous green belt area called Edenderry and Minnowburn. Try family surnames and Nee (maiden) names or something from your own childhood memories that sounds good. Yours, John.

It is great to see the Locomotive Decoration Guides in the Engine Shed blogs. What are the chances of the past, present and future guides held in Hornby's R&D dept, to make them available on a Download Page? Just like how the manuals and service sheets are available for anyone that wants a copy. Would there be enough modellers out there interested in downloads of these diagrams to print for themselves onto A4 paper or larger? Even have them available as high res PDF files to keep as a digital reference or datasheet.

That is great news to hear that the postage rate to ROW got settled. I've been a Club member since about 2000/1. Though I am not sure what way this will work out in the end, but my pre-orders of single items even for the 100th Gold Plated Badge is: Subtotal £2.99 Postage & Packing £4.98 Tax £1.33 Total £7.97. Whether the P&P of £4.98 will stay the same for all of my single or any pre-orders under £50, I'll have to wait and see what happens when dispatched. As it currently stands this Club member will be paying the same P&P as a non Club member even though I am in the UK.

I am surprised to see the Hornby Roadshow wagons back after it was dropped around 2015. I was just wondering if they are coming back as I enjoyed collecting them. The thing is will they do a limited run too of back dated wagons from those missing years.

Any one out there have a copy of the Hornby Club: Collector issue #119 from 2019. I am looking for this issue as there isn't one available in Back Issues. So please get in touch if you are willing to part with a copy for me. Thanks, John.

Has any one else tried to fit their handrails to the end of the HR Big Boy loco cab. I have managed to get one on, but the other rail is bent/shaped differently and I can't seem to get it to fit. Should both of the handrails be the same as each other, but as a mirror image to be attached. If so, please can I have a proper set of handrails from Hornby Rivarossi to finish adding the extra detail parts for displaying this wonderful beast of a machine. Thanks, Jay.

A Great Reference List for looking up steam locomotive rolling stock and it is a credit to you for all your hard work. I, myself use the Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue (RBMT) compiled by Pat Hammond and edited by Phil Parker, which is published by BRM (British Railway Modeller). This is currently (as the date of post) on its 9th Edition in a two-volume set Vol 1 A-G and Vol 2 H-Z. It Covers many manufacturers past and present and also caters for and as a price guide too at the time of printing towards there current value in say an auction. I have purchased this catalogue since its first issue and use it to update my own rolling stock listings if I am missing any details. I try to keep it simple with columns for the year of release, wheel arrangements, class, loco description, company, loco #, and cat # it is issued under by the manufacturers, e.g. 2014 4-6-2 A4 (LE-TGG) Dwight D Eisenhower BR 60008 R3255 2004 Bo-Bo 170/2 DMU 2 Car Turbostar Anglia 170271 32-453 2011 Co-Co D16/1 Brunswick Green BR 10001 10001HAP 2019 1CoCo1 D16/2 Atlantic Coast Express LE BR 10203 K2703A 2019 Bo-Bo 24 Experiment (ex 24091) BR RTC 97201 SLW2406 The same basic layout of spaced columned details goes into my other list of wagons and coaches, using the same abbreviations for limited editions (LE), weathered (W), sets like The Great Gathering/Goodbye (TGG), and train sets (TS) etc. As for items on pre-order they are highlighted on my listings in a Red Font liked the 2019 Class 24 SLW2406 (as above) from Suttons Locomotive Works would be typed onto the list. Any missing info in the fields is left blank until the details are found out, especially for purchased unboxed items. That is when the RBMT catalogue comes in handy for me to update my own private collection of rolling stock from Hornby, Bachmann, Dapol, Suttons Locomotive Works, Rail Exclusives, Kernow, Graham Farish, Model Power and Murphys Models etc.