I know I'm a bit of a cynic, but one explanation of Hornby's stance could be that they are aware of some future change, a new standard perhaps, that they are future proofing into. Just a thought.
Richard
"beamendsltd" wrote
Gerrway - Hornby always follow and rarely if ever lead.
John.
Skaledale, live steam, zero one, LMS pacifics, super detail Royal Scot ....
Cheers, Simon
Cos every feature or unit of research costs, and all work should be prioritised. So "ease of use" and NMRA compliance will be competing for (finite resources) resources.
Cheers, Simon
Faller, Bing, ok, Trix Twin, Rivarossi... ;-)
Greg.P.
In 'OO' ?
Cheers, Simon
Err, Faller wasn't even HO for their first half century, Bing was any scale you wanted it to be, Trix Twin and Rivarossi were closer to OO than HO ... ;-)
therre we are then - they dont count !
Cheers, Simon
I don't think we're taking us seriously here!
Greg.P.
Thanks for the offer, there is a model shop near me that is good for that sort of thing, am a little worried that resetting CV8 will lose the "voice" of the engine or have I read somthing wrong??
"simon" wrote
Skaledale copied Scenix
Hornby's Live steam was designed by a chap in Long Eaton
Trix Twin had OO-scale Princess and Princess Coronation classes pre-WW2
Both Mainline & Airfix had super-detailed (in comparison with other models of the day) in the 1980s.
John.
Hornby still predates Bachmann though whatever measure you use.
Kevin
Precisely. And what is wrong with copying other people anyway. The Japanese did very nicely out of it and Richard Branson has never innovated anything in his entire life and is doing very well indeed.
Kevin
More notable is that Hornby have stayed in business - no mean achievement. They must be doing something right, even if it doesn't match our personal preferences!
Richard
And he continues to spread the smokescreen about EMC compliance and NMRA compliance being mutually incompatible.
MBQ
"beamendsltd" wrote
And when did Bachmann start trading? I've a sneaking feeling that it has roots in the 19th century.
The current Hornby company has little if anything to do with the original which I believe dates from the early 1920s and was an off-shoot of Mecanno.
The present name is only one of several reincarnations of the original Lines Bros company.
John.
Well, the Hornby name is still being used, although the company behind the name has undergone many radical changes.
And Trix Twin locos weren't accurate scale models by any stretch of the imagination.
Precisely. I couldn't have put it better myself. ;-)
"MartinS" wrote
Nor was much of Hornby's pre-war offerings, although the early Dublo products had a basis in scale. However, I never recall seeing a real Gresley N2 0-6-2T in GWR, LMS or Southern liveries.
I think you can say that the pre-war Trix models were on a par with some of the 'nearer scale' Hornby O-gauge toys.
John.
And they're still doing some of the Airfix and Mainline stuff I bought in the late 1970s - which got me back into the hobby. The 14xx and autocoach, he 61xx and B-Set, the Castle and Centenery stock.
When I was a kid I fell in love with a tinplate Trix SR Nelson EMU that was in a second-hand shop in Harrow.
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