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PLUG: Class 153 and 155 in N Gauge - now available

I am delighted to announce that our Class 153 / 155 kit is now ready for ordering in the following liveries.

Class 153

=B7 Regional Railways =B7 Regional Railways with "Central Trains" Branding =B7 Regional Railways - Anglia Railways Unbranded Variant =B7 First NorthWestern Dark Blue =B7 First NorthWestern Dark Blue with Arriva Trains Wales Branding =B7 Arriva Trains Turquoise / Cream =B7 Anglia Railways Turquoise / White =B7 Wessex Trains "Devon and Cornwall" Black / Gold =B7 Arriva Trains Wales - "Heart of Wales Line" Orange =B7 Central Trains Green =B7 "One" Railway (Awaiting Approval from TOC)

Class 155 2-Car set

=B7 BR Provincial Sector =B7 BR / West Yorkshire PTE - Red/Cream with yellow stripe (Original) =B7 BR / West Yorkshire PTE - Red/Cream with Regional Railways Branding =B7 Arriva / West Yorkshire PTE - Red/Cream with Arriva Branding =B7 Northern Rail / West Yorkshire PTE - Red/Cream with "Northern" Branding

The kit consists of a finely detailed one-piece resin bodyshell with Electra's full bodyside decals, as well as end windscreen, headlight and number decals.

The bodyshell is designed to drop-fit on the Graham Farish Class 170 Turbostar chassis. Full instructions are included.

Cost: Single Car: =A325.00 Two Car: =A335.00 (Class 155 or any combination of 2x 153)

Please see the Electra website for more information.

Many thanks for your kind attention.

Best Regards, Adam Warr

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Adam
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Does anyone do this for OO guage?

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naked_draughtsman

In message , naked_draughtsman writes

I'd have thought there were lots of sales to be had if these were made in OO.

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Jane Sullivan

Hurst Models produced a set of etched parts to convert the Hornby 155 into a par of 153s.

There is a picture of a finished unit on their website

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which looks very nice indeed.

Adam Warr

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Adam

The 155 was one of the better models acquired by Hornby from Dapol (underframe and motor apart). As JS says, there are a lot of sales to be made with 153's and the multitude of liveries that they are now in.

Cheers, Mick

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Mick Bryan

"Mick Bryan" wrote

I've heard some serious criticism of the body too, but apart from body, chassis and motor it's fine. ;-)

John.

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John Turner

Now the Dapol 150 body was worth serious criticism! I thought the 155 was reasonable (but then, I'm not a P4 modeller....................)

Cheers, Mick

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Mick Bryan

"Mick Bryan" wrote

LOL - me neither.

John.

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John Turner

Actually, the Dapol 155 was pretty good for it's day, seemingly produced on a different planet to the 150. I've still got one knocking about from my OO days somewhere, fitted with Chris Leigh's 153 ends.

Adam Warr

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Adam

My first 155 ended up with scratchbuilt ends as the original Chris Leigh kit was simply a copy of the "original" cab. Whereas the new cab fitted to the

153's is completely different.

Cheers, Mick

153351 in ex-Arriva turquoise, partnered with ex-FNW blue 153361 just passed my back door!
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Mick Bryan

Hi Mick,

At least the N Gauge kit has the correct shape "New" end :-)

My Chris Leigh castings took rather a bashing to approximate the correct shape. Then again, I built one or two MTK kits in my time, so it was a breeze by comparison.

I'm just totally surprised that no-one's done a decent 153 in OO yet, given the enormous variety of liveries. Don't want one in N, thanks very much!!

Adam Warr

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Adam

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