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Hornby teak, one more time

Second request. The first trailed into the usual inane chitter chatter.

I recently purchased five Hornby OO gauge teak coaches numbered R4170A through R4174A at a local swap meet here in Portland, Oregon. I asked for advice on removing the bogies to gain access to the interior of the coaches. The only relevant response I received was from snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net (thank you very much) who gave instructions for old type cars. The other responses dwindled into useless dribble. I don't know if my cars are new type or old, as here in the US, it is very difficult to find Hornby products at all, let alone keep up with changes in design.

So, I renew my request for advice on how to remove the bogies and gain access to the interiors.

Please, no spam or useless drivel.

Tom Spence snipped-for-privacy@teleport.com

Reply to
Tom Spence
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I have the older type, which are distinguished by having "Made in Great Britain" on the bottom. It was I who said to pull the bogies away from the chassis until the plastic tabs pop out, then squeeze together the two tabs behind each buffer beam to release the body from the chassis.

These were produced from about the 1970s to the 1990s and are all plastic, with the grained "teak" effect moulded into the body. The same or similar coaches are still sold under the Hornby "Railroad" brand:

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New super-detailed style:
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The new style costs 3 times as much as the old style.

Reply to
MartinS

In message , Tom Spence writes

Hi Tom

Have you emailed Hornby?

I found them to be very helpful when I asked for information about one of their products.

Regards

Reply to
Bill Campbell

Are you new to Usenet :-)

Actually it was Martin S

Guy *told* you you had new type, from the numbers you quoted.

So did you actually try the advice you received for the old type? If it didn't work then presumably that will confirm taht you have the new type.

It would help if you showed some sense of having read the replies you received the first time, and acted upon them.

MBQ

Reply to
manatbandq

As a newbie here, you're not exactly endearing yourself. You had some good responses, but didn't acknowledge them in your first thread - the answer you're looking for is in there - see the post from MartinS.

I expect you'll regard this as "useless drivel", but if you are going to post and then not only ignore the answer to your question, but get all stroppy and ask it again, then it's a waste of time you posting.

Reply to
Paul Boyd

Welcome to Usenet...

Reply to
Arthur Figgis

perhaps his ISP charges are so high he thought he had bought USENET ?

Cheers, Simon

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simon

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