Trainboy and company Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I have often wondered if Hornby ever made an Oliver the Great Western engine model. I have never seen one before, but I know Hornby created a Toad the brake van model, which leads me to thinking they did create an Oliver model because Toad is Oliver's brake van in the books/television series and it would be a little bit bizarre and a tad ironic if they made Toad but not Oliver. So far, the only locomotives of the Thomas the tank engine range that I know of are Thomas, James, Toby, Diesel, Stepney, Percy, Henry, Gordon, Edward, Bill and Ben, The Flying Scotsman (with R9291 Gordon's face) and of course the older clockwork models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Yes, Hornby announced R9070 Oliver in 2004, along with R9069 Stepney. Both were released in 2005 and both were discontinued in 2011. By the way R9098 Flying Scotsman was released announced and releasedin 2005. R9291 Gordon was announced in 2015 and released in 2016. R9291 Gordon did not exist in 2005. R9098 Flying Scotsman has modified R383 Gordon’s face. Gordon and Flying Scotsman are brothers, hence the face expressions are similar. Biggest differece is that Gordon has a flat face and Flying Scotsman has a bulging face. GNR-Gordon-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainboy and company Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 GNR-Gordon-4, Oh. I must have got the model numbers muddled. Nevermind. It is an easy mistake to make. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainboy and company Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 GNR-Gordon-4, So, I must have the 2015 Gordon, because mine is the R9291 model. I bought Gordon in 2016, so the model itself would have only been a year old at that time. It is now three years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 First batch of the 2015 products were all made in 2015, but Edward, Henry, Gordon and James with 2015 printed on the chassis dis not get released until 2016. Second batch (Excluding R9299, R9300, R9301, R9302 and R9303, which did not get a secoind batch were all made in 2016 and have 2016 printed in white, on the chassis. GNR-Gordon-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 By the way, I've posted an image of Hornby Oliver for you. Hopefully it will get approved tomorrow. Be sure to check back tomorrow at some point, to view it, Peter Machin. 😉 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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