I have baught two R6216 / R6216A "Coalfish" wagons. Now, for some daft reason I thaught they would be the same wagon apart from running numbers. However, the earlier one looks quite chunky in comparison especially in the body, the sides are much thicker. Do I take it the earlier was is incorrect and Hornby updated it?
"Piemanlager" wrote
R6216 received some pretty horrendous reviews due to its gross inaccuracy. Hornby subsequently retooled the model and released the much improved new version as R6216A.
John.
Earlier in the same thread from John Turner
Some of you will remember the flurry of excitement a few months back when Hornby announced the release of some new *modern era* wagons including the MHA Coalfish open and some Merry-go-round hoppers. Well Hornby made such a total hash of the Coalfish that its body has already (and very quietly) been totally re-tooled.
Look out for the new R6216A on the shelves of your local retailer, and avoid the original R6216 (unless you are a collector rather than a modeller) like the plague.
Mike Parkes snipped-for-privacy@mphgate.removetoreply demon.co.uk
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