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Post by SkyFire on Jul 26, 2013 0:53:54 GMT
Hornby R3191 Class 8 4-6-2 71000 'Duke Of Gloucester' in BR green with late crest Special Edition with etched nameplates £96.00
Our latest information from the supplier suggests this item will arrive with us on or after Monday 14th October 2013
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Post by berth44 on Jul 26, 2013 2:09:01 GMT
Was July (you lie???), probably Xmas!!....Dave
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Post by SkyFire on Jul 26, 2013 2:12:59 GMT
They keep moving it. Previous email to this one said October 7th.
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Post by SkyFire on Aug 9, 2013 13:20:42 GMT
Hornby R3191 Class 8 4-6-2 71000 'Duke Of Gloucester' in BR green with late crest Special Edition with etched nameplates £96.00
Our latest information from the supplier suggests this item will arrive with us on or after Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Post by berth44 on Aug 11, 2013 21:20:03 GMT
Just keeps on keeping on Anthony,let's hope there are no more 'delays', but it's odds on it'll be 2014 before we see the 'Cockyranorth!!..  ?................Dave |
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Post by SkyFire on Aug 12, 2013 1:08:30 GMT
Nice that it keeps getting later and later, more time to pay for things.
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Post by berth44 on Aug 12, 2013 2:52:14 GMT
That is true, but the longer it takes the more expensive it becomes as our dollar keeps up it's 'slide' against the US and UK currency, maybe when we get a new government, it might get stronger, but I can't see that......we're 'doomed!!'.....Dave
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Post by SkyFire on Jan 7, 2014 4:24:59 GMT
Hornby R3207 Class P2 2-8-2 2001 'Cock O' The North' in LNER livery . "Main range"version. Etched nameplates & enhanced livery £99.00
Our latest information from the supplier suggests this item will arrive with us on or after Monday 28th April 2014
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Post by SkyFire on Jan 8, 2014 1:03:34 GMT
Well the Duke Of Gloucester has arrived and on first inspection, (still in the box) it is not a good looking loco. Handrail on the boiler is a nice fine bit of wire, but then you look down and one of the buffers is sitting next to the boiler on the running board, instead of being where it should be, with the other one nowhere in sight. Just hope it runs better than it looks. Thinking about cancelling the P2 after seeing this loco. Clever moulding it ain't, it's back to being toy like.
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Post by SkyFire on Jan 8, 2014 1:09:30 GMT
I have cancelled the P2, partly due to the way this loco looks and thinking the P2 won't be any better, but also due to the way the dollar is going. That leaves just the Garrat to come and from what I have seen, it's going to look a lot better than locos on offer from Hornby. Looks like it will be Bachmann and Heljian for locos in the future.
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Post by SkyFire on Jan 24, 2014 10:02:17 GMT
Read the review of the Duke in the February Hornby magazine and I do NOT agree with it.
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Post by SkyFire on Feb 10, 2014 7:32:13 GMT
Another review of the Duke (railroad version), this time in the latest Model Rail magazine, saying the pipework under the cab looks fine from normal viewing distance. I do not consider 2 to 3 feet as normal viewing distance for a model loco.
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Post by SkyFire on Oct 2, 2014 1:21:37 GMT
My Duke Of Gloucester is still sitting in a siding after its failure on its maiden run. One day it may get to run again, but first I need to do some repairs to the loco end of the tender.
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?................Dave