Help with a model for a gift please!

[Small Car]

Hello, a friend is leaving a job and we want to get either a Morgan three wheeler or an LNER Mallard train model. The bigger the better and budget of up to £100 say. I've trawled some sites but it is all a bit confusing! Any help gratefully recieved!

Thanks

[Eric Mc]

Built?
Kit?
Scale?

[Composite Guru]

Found a 1/16 plastic model kit on ebay. Obviously it will need to be built.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251316368804?lpid=8...

[RichB]

For the locomotive you will struggle for £100. Best will probably by a Hornby OO gauge (1:76) model. These are in fact fine models with a fair amount of detail but it may not be what you're thinking of. Also I would imagine you would want the model in the traditional colours for Mallard, Garter blue with red wheels.

[dr_gn]

How about this:

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/mmc/shop/index.php/m...

Small, but looks nice.

[Small Car]

Eric Mc said:

Built?
Kit?
Scale?

Good point! Something built. The guy has a three wheeler painted in the Mallard colour so the best of both worlds I thought. He is leaving the team, so something as a leaving gift...

Thanks for the input to date. They both look good. How much is a decent Mallard built model then? Much more than £100?

Thanks again. I spent about an hour looking and it was like a blizzard - couldn't see through it to what I should get...

[lufbramatt]

The Hornby "railroad" A4 pacific "Mallard is rrp £99.99, the high detail one is £170. You can get them cheaper online. The guys that get long service awards here get Hornby loco mounted on a bit of track stuck to a wooden plinth, they do look really nice on the shelf.

[RichB]

Small Car said:

The guy has a three wheeler painted in the Mallard colour...

Is he into trains? Was the colour of his Morgan chosen because of the Mallard or was that a coincidence?

[Small Car]

RichB said:

Small Car said:

The guy has a three wheeler painted in the Mallard colour...

Is he into trains? Was the colour of his Morgan chosen because of the Mallard or was that a coincidence?

Because of the Mallard!

[Small Car]

Thanks for the responses. I think we're going with the Morgan sold model and getting some goggles from their site as well. Thanks for all the help. Sooooo useful! Much appreciated. The secretary thinks I'm a star!

[RichB]

There's some nice stuff on the Morgan three Wheeler Club - this book is only £10 and the car is pretty similar to Garter Blue.



p.s. Is it an old Morgan Three Wheeler or one of the new ones? Very different...

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Edited by RichB on Thursday 10th October 09:46

[Small Car]

RichB said:

There's some nice stuff on the Morgan three Wheeler Club - this book is only £10 and the car is pretty similar to Garter Blue.



p.s. Is it an old Morgan Three Wheeler or one of the new ones? Very different...

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Edited by RichB on Thursday 10th October 09:46

It's an old one and is actually for sale (but that's another story). It was one of the featured cars this months Classic and Sports car. Immaculate thing...

[steviegunn]

Brumm did a light blue old Morgan 3 Wheeler, I think they are now out of production but you might find a mint used one on eBay:



Not mine btw.

Corgi also do a die cast 1/120 Mallard and Tender for about £25.