Difference between WRENN & DUBLO

Its not a matter of 'better', these are collectibles so its about rarity and condition.The Hornby ones were sold in huge quantities in a small selcetion and many were actually used as toys so they are relatively common and often in indifferent condition. Wrenn were mainly selling to collectors and hence had small runs of more variations, so each version is less common and in much better condition. Keith

"Keith" wrote

And since the release of the latest Hornby Railways version of the 8F the prices of Wrenn and Dublo versions generally seem to have plumetted.

John.

"And since the release of the latest Hornby Railways version of the 8F the prices of Wrenn and Dublo versions generally seem to have plumetted."

It's hardly surprising to me - give me a nice scale, good looking model anyday.

My dad dug out some old tinplate Hornby Dublo and Maerklin stuff last week, belonging to a neighbour. Nice toy to give the kids to play with but It's junk !!!!!

Cheers Phil

thanks for the info chaps

someone asked me if my A4 had EDL 1 or EDL 11 under the cab roof - any idea what that's about?

thanks

Steve

"mindesign" wrote

They're just the catalogue number(s) of the model.

John.

"John Turner" wrote

It's interesting really, I've generally found Wrenn 8Fs very difficult to sell as I said above, but in the last two or three weeks I've listed two on eBay.

The first, a genuine BR liveried (common) variant, but in near mint condition made GBP72.00, whilst I've currently got a partly repainted example which has been relettered into LMS livery is pushing GBP50.00 with a couple of days to go.

Very odd!

John.

it's that kind of "oddness" that I can handle - rarely happens for me though.

:)

Steve

BTW John, you don't have an N2 body laying around do you? I have one here that spent a little too much time next to a heater - it is looking decidedly sad...... am wondering if I could take the detailing bits from it and add them to a diecast version,. My current one is a Mainline

Steve

"mindesign" wrote

Rarely happens for me either, I reckon the 'near mint' item was a fair price, but the part-repaint is astonishing.

John.

As regards the quality of the models, I believe certain later Wrenn locos had 5- rather than 3-pole motors, whilst except in the earliest days of Wrenn, pony and tender wheels were metal tyred instead of the all-plastic Dublo ones. In terms of collectability, I guess that as the Wrenn variants are newer, there's more chance of the packaging being in good nick as well as the model itself.

David Belcher