Hornby - A Model World

[Milkyway]

I’m more of a car person, so the Lotus 72 & Puma episodes were right up my street... Mr Bean’s Mini didn’t really grab me.

But it’s interesting to see how much attention to detail goes into ANY of their products.
Poor Alan... & all those variations & modern tech that he had to design & fit to those ‘Black fives’.
They all seem a happy & dedicated bunch.

I reckon that there is enough space around there for a mega museum... Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
(Imagine the gift shop).

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 10th March 09:47

[PH5121]

A museum with a bit of everything would be great.

I've been to the Auto-Technic museum at Sinsheim in Germany a few times, it's a place with a wide range of exhibits that has broad appeal.

https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/

[droopsnoot]

And again, it's not a train! A bit daft doing the performance test on the uprated motor in the Turbomotive model without any carriages and then saying it was better than the earlier test - the earlier test had seven carriages on the back, of course that would slow it down.

[Doofus]

Why did it have to be diecast rather than plastic?

[chris watton]

Doofus said:

Why did it have to be diecast rather than plastic?

I think the reasoning is that more weight is better for pulling carriages/wagons. However, this is also heavily dependant on the quality of the motor and running gear.

[ChemicalChaos]

chris watton said:

Doofus said:

Why did it have to be diecast rather than plastic?

I think the reasoning is that more weight is better for pulling carriages/wagons. However, this is also heavily dependant on the quality of the motor and running gear.

This. Rail traction both IRL and on models is heavily dependent on friction induced by weight. A lightweight plastic train would just spin its wheels and go nowhere.

[Doofus]

ChemicalChaos said:

chris watton said:

Doofus said:

Why did it have to be diecast rather than plastic?

I think the reasoning is that more weight is better for pulling carriages/wagons. However, this is also heavily dependant on the quality of the motor and running gear.

This. Rail traction both IRL and on models is heavily dependent on friction induced by weight. A lightweight plastic train would just spin its wheels and go nowhere.

But the implication was that most of their locos are plastic.

[chris watton]

Doofus said:

But the implication was that most of their locos are plastic.

They are, but the chassis is usually die cast.

I actually bought a Flying Scotsman from Hattons the other week, over £250. (haven't even got a track..) I took it out, looked fantastic, but the running gear was faulty, the drive wheels were all free moving! Replacement's fine, though, and a far cry from the version I had in the '70's, detail wise.

[Doofus]

chris watton said:

Doofus said:

But the implication was that most of their locos are plastic.

They are, but the chassis is usually die cast.

OK, got it. thanks.

[nicanary]

I thought the marketing strategy at the Dorset Steam Fair was a bit odd - just offering unsold stock returned by stockists and misjudged lines that had been a sales failure. No wonder they had problems some days getting punters into the tent.

It would have been an ideal opportunity to shift popular lines on a massive scale.

[Doofus]

Montana can think on her feet, though.

[RichB]

I still need to watch the Black 5 episode.

[Randy Winkman]

Doofus said:

Montana can think on her feet, though.

I enjoyed that and I know it's just TV, but I did wonder if it really went from being "dead" to have plenty of customers for the rest of the show because of a tub of water for dogs? Having said that, I have seen a couple of things on TV lately that look like they might have been filmed during last summer's heatwave. Lots of bare legs on show anyway.

I thought they should have just moved some of the tables of stock nearer the tent entrance. Empty looking places put people off.

[Doofus]

Randy Winkman said:

Doofus said:

Montana can think on her feet, though.

I enjoyed that and I know it's just TV, but I did wonder if it really went from being "dead" to have plenty of customers for the rest of the show because of a tub of water for dogs? Having said that, I have seen a couple of things on TV lately that look like they might have been filmed during last summer's heatwave. Lots of bare legs on show anyway.

I thought they should have just moved some of the tables of stock nearer the tent entrance. Empty looking places put people off.

The continuity of what Montana was wearing was a little jumbled, so I think you're probably right about the artifice of telly.

Plus, whilst they had plenty of stock, you only had to glance at it to see there were only half a dozen of so different products.

[LARK F1 GTR]

It did seem a bit strange, put out a bowl of water for dogs, with no sign above it saying what it's there for and magic! People arrive. I don't think so.

[SydneyBridge]

They did not seem to take it very seriously, with only two of them there and a huge marque

[Skyedriver]

Followed all of S2 so far after not catching S1.
Thoughts: the earlier episodes were more interesting. The "Granny" layout last night was as good as the Waterman/Holland in her own way. A lot of the business discussions are so painfully staged.
Simon is coming across as a bit of a plonk at times, Montana running the outside events.
Is there something going on between the two of them?
A light hours TV but not in the same league as B&C, etc

[droopsnoot]

Next week looks as if we might get a bit more of the OO-scale garden layout, or at least I hope we do. Seems to be a "top ten" of stuff, so perhaps the last of the series.

[SydneyBridge]

I have watched the top ten, it has been on Discovery plus for a while, very good but I assume last in series

I really enjoy this programme, hope for a series 3

[Randy Winkman]

Anyone see the "real" Porsche 935 on the programme just now? Actually a targa and I think it might have been a roadgoing DP modified car. Either way, that's no real criticism of the programme - just a point to bring up here.