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Andy Sollis- Churnet Valley model Railway Dept. - 28 Dec 2005 20:37 GMT

Hi all,
Reading through my parents newspaper over Xmas, came across b&w article
for a train set only for the paper - nothing new there I hear you cry -
Hornby - yes, Duchess - yes, OK so far.... Mk II Pullmans in Umber and cream
recreating the 1930's ? Yeah, OK then....

Are we to expect a new livery in 2006 on the old Airfix MkII castings ?
Although B&W, They looked good, but are they authentic (Not the 1930's bit)

Andy

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Rich Mackin - 28 Dec 2005 21:02 GMT

"Andy Sollis- Churnet Valley model Railway Dept."
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> Hi all,
> Reading through my parents newspaper over Xmas, came across b&w article
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Although B&W, They looked good, but are they authentic (Not the 1930's
> bit)

I presume they're based on the Northern Belle Mk2 coaches... the
Airfix/Hornby model is close enough, but the prototypes have oval windows in
place of the normal rectangular ones - this could go some way to explaining
why a Northern Belle Mk3a sleeper (ex-Lima?) is planned for next year.

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Andy Sollis- Churnet Valley model Railway Dept. - 29 Dec 2005 18:24 GMT

"Rich Mackin" <rich.mackin@ntlworld.SPAMTRAP.com> wrote
I presume they're based on the Northern Belle Mk2 coaches... the
Airfix/Hornby model is close enough, but the prototypes have oval windows in
place of the normal rectangular ones - this could go some way to explaining
why a Northern Belle Mk3a sleeper (ex-Lima?) is planned for next year.

Rich,
Thanks for this. I can't confess to knowing to be honest. Still, I think
they are a dam good tooling still today, and as I said, looked good in the
Pullman colours

Andy

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