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Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004Hornby ventures into N gauge
According to the July Model Rail, Hornby are going to extend their Skaledale range to cover 2mm:1ft scale, and they will be known as "Little End".  SignatureJohn Sullivan OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. > According to the July Model Rail, Hornby are going to extend their > Skaledale range to cover 2mm:1ft scale, and they will be known as > "Little End". Dare we hope this is the beginning of something major? There's a lot of superb models that N gaugers would lobe to see scaled down. Me, I'd like the APT-P! Adam Warr >> According to the July Model Rail, Hornby are going to extend their >> Skaledale range to cover 2mm:1ft scale, and they will be known as >> "Little End". > >Dare we hope this is the beginning of something major? Dunno. It says that there will be only one production run, so buy as many of everything as you can afford, hang on to them for a while, then copy Emma and rip off everybody who absolutely has to have one by selling them in dribs and drabs on ebay <spit!> for as much cash as you can screw out of them. (Cynical? Moi?) Don't forget these things are not plastic injection moulded like the locos and rolling stock, but made out of high density poly resin, which means they are much cheaper to produce. >There's a lot of superb models that N gaugers would lobe to see scaled down. > >Me, I'd like the APT-P! > >Adam Warr SignatureJohn Sullivan OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. > Dunno. It says that there will be only one production run, so buy as > many of everything as you can afford, hang on to them for a while, then > copy Emma and rip off everybody who absolutely has to have one by > selling them in dribs and drabs on ebay <spit!> for as much cash as you > can screw out of them. (Cynical? Moi?) side of the garden. :o) Phase 3 - profit!!! >> Dunno. It says that there will be only one production run, so buy as >> many of everything as you can afford, hang on to them for a while, then [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Phase 3 - profit!!! Nah, that's phase 4! SignatureJohn Sullivan OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. Presumably, if they are built to 2mm = 1ft scale, they will not be the same scale as N Gauge. If they are any good the 2mm Scale modellers will be happy. > According to the July Model Rail, Hornby are going to extend their > Skaledale range to cover 2mm:1ft scale, and they will be known as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html > My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. >Presumably, if they are built to 2mm = 1ft scale, they will not be the >same scale as N Gauge. Dick, as a journalist yourself you know jolly well that journalists ignore the differences between these things for the sake of avoiding repetition. I would expect that they are not to 2mm:1ft scale, but to "British N scale", whatever that may be, >If they are any good the 2mm Scale modellers will be happy. SignatureJohn Sullivan OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. >Dick, as a journalist yourself you know jolly well that journalists >ignore the differences between these things for the sake of avoiding >repetition. I would expect that they are not to 2mm:1ft scale, but to >"British N scale", whatever that may be, Since they are not actually scale models of anything you won't be able to tell. Keith Make friends in the hobby. Visit <http://www.grovenor.dsl.pipex.com/> Garratt photos for the big steam lovers. The type of journalist that would do that wouldn't have heard of 2mm = 1ft scale, let alone mention it! :o)) > >Presumably, if they are built to 2mm = 1ft scale, they will not be the same scale as N Gauge. > > Dick, as a journalist yourself you know jolly well that journalists > ignore the differences between these things for the sake of avoiding > repetition. I would expect that they are not to 2mm:1ft scale, but to > "British N scale", whatever that may be, Did hornby aquire any british n guage tooling from lima? Craig > According to the July Model Rail, Hornby are going to extend their > Skaledale range to cover 2mm:1ft scale, and they will be known as > "Little End". >Did hornby aquire any british n guage tooling from lima? As far as I am aware, Hornby haven't acquired anything from Lima yet. >Craig > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html >> My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. SignatureJohn Sullivan OO in the garden http://www.yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk/railway/railway.html My next project: Extend the layout back up the other side of the garden. > Did hornby aquire any british n guage tooling from lima? > > Craig If they have, very little is useable as all Lima's N Gauge locos were very out of proportion. They did latterly produce some nice freight vehicles which could be resurrected, namely the Syphon G, BR CCT and GWR Horsebox. It's a pity the locos were so out of scale, as the quality of moulding was excellent - far crisper than the current crop of GF stock. I remember, as a boy, proudly getting my first Lima Deltic and them watching in horror as it demolished my Builder Plus station footbridge. Adam Warr > > Did hornby aquire any british n guage tooling from lima? > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > They did latterly produce some nice freight vehicles which could be > resurrected, namely the Syphon G, BR CCT and GWR Horsebox. I thought that they'd been snapped up by Dapol? SignatureAll the best, Chris Wilson That's cwilson at britwar with a dot uk and dot co on the end. (Reply address is blackholed) http://www.britwar.co.uk - British Wargames http://www.the-dormouse.org - The Dormouse Line Model Railway > > They did latterly produce some nice freight vehicles which could be > > resurrected, namely the Syphon G, BR CCT and GWR Horsebox. > > I thought that they'd been snapped up by Dapol? Dapol are producing the SR design CCT - a wooden panelled affair not at all like Lima's BR Steel bodied van. Adam The message <SS5xc.619$Zd5.29@newsfe1-win> from "Adam Warr" <adam.warrKNICKERS@ntlworld.com> contains these words: > > > They did latterly produce some nice freight vehicles which could be > > > resurrected, namely the Syphon G, BR CCT and GWR Horsebox. > > > > I thought that they'd been snapped up by Dapol? > Dapol are producing the SR design CCT - a wooden panelled affair not at all > like Lima's BR Steel bodied van. I make a point of not having the Dapol and the Lima Syphon Gs in the same train - each one makes the other look wrong! 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