Hornby Hobbies Ltd. is announcing a number of delays to 2013 catalogue items. They advise that despite their best estimates a proportion of delivery dates will not be met. Hornby are advising the marketing as in the past they have not communicated changes in delivery until much later in the year but they acknowledge it … Continue reading Hornby announces delays to 2013 items, including some Southern related
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Hornby Maunsell Open 2nd / 3rd delivery dates
Hornby's R4538 Maunsell unconverted* open third class coach in BR green and R4537 Maunsell unconverted* open third class coach in Southern Maunsell green were originally announced in January 2012 and were a logical addition to the range as they were also tooling a variant to be part of the BR converted Maunsell Pull Push sets … Continue reading Hornby Maunsell Open 2nd / 3rd delivery dates
Hornby 2Bil availability response
In addition to my post last week 2Bil or no 2Bil the issue regarding the availability of the 2Bil EMU train packs has been raised on a number of online forums, by retailers and also on Hornby's own Facebook page where they have posted the following in response to a question raised there: The popularity of the … Continue reading Hornby 2Bil availability response
2Bil or no 2Bil…
It was generally received with much acclaim when Hornby, at long last (some of us have known it was on the cards for a few years now), announced last December that it was not only going to be producing a Southern 2Bil EMU but that it was already at an advanced stage of production meaning … Continue reading 2Bil or no 2Bil…
Hornby 2013 release R3160XS Rebuilt West Country Class – now 34108 Wincanton – a confirmation
Further to my post here on 17th December announcing the Hornby SR/BR(s) planned releases for this coming year it should be noted that I edited that post 21/12/12 with respect to the planned release R3160XS Rebuilt West Country Class No.34046 “Braunton” DCC Sound fitted in BR Brunswick Late Crest livery (Qtr1). I have noticed on … Continue reading Hornby 2013 release R3160XS Rebuilt West Country Class – now 34108 Wincanton – a confirmation
Hornby 2013 announcement from an SR/BR(s) prepective includes SR 2Bil EMU
As part of their announcement for planned new releases in 2013 Hornby have included a number of items of interest to SR / BR(s) modellers. The headline brand new model of interest is the 2Bil EMU Eventually totalling 152 units the 2 Bil (bi-lavatory) first appeared in 1935 as a batch of ten units with … Continue reading Hornby 2013 announcement from an SR/BR(s) prepective includes SR 2Bil EMU
Hornby 2013 range announcement 17th December
Hornby's announcement of their new range for 2013 will this year be made at Midday on Monday 17th December via their own website and some of the Model Press websites at the the same time. This is slightly different from previous years when the announcement was made either on Christmas Day or around News Years Day. I have a … Continue reading Hornby 2013 range announcement 17th December