should hornby make the Eurostar E320

[Eurostarlove]

title says all.

[Tony57]

Hi

Hornby has already produced the E320 Eurostar in both the old and new liveries. My wish would be could they produce more of the center coaches like the APT. Like First, Standard and buffet coaches.

[Going Spare]

@Tony57

Hornby produced the original E300 Eurostar (class 373) from inception of the service in 1993/1994, the E320 (class 374) is its replacement from 2014/2015.

[ellocoloco]

Hornby also sold the Class 373 in HO scale. Possibly their most accurate model ever. wink

The problem with models of this type is that unless train set standard - and nothing wrong with that - they would be expensive and if enthusiasts are going to buy a full spec model then they may well want the whole train. And that will be over 5m in OO scale, and pretty pricy. Its also a train only seen in a small part of the UK.

You could repaint the Piko Velaro in HO. Gaugemaster advertise a four car train for only £300. It has the bonus that a full train will only need 4.6m of track and if you run a scale speeds the differences won't be apparent.

If Hornby were to offer the 374, an HO model under the Jouef or Rivarossi brand would be better. After all, these trains spend most of their time in mainland Europe.

(edit: spelling)