frey-1222498 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Being a Londoner I visited Kings Cross today because Flying Scotsman was thereAlso Hornby had a stand with a TT layout and had a very long Chat with Simon K. A few pics below taken through acrylicI will say the quality is as good as the new oo stuff coming out, Also the steam locomotives have full detailed and painted cabs. Considering these are pre production models I was blown away.i'm now ready to completely off load all of my oo and start rebuilding in TT. Enjoy. Frey.Up loading in a pub so any questions and any information will be answered tomorrow/saturday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Very interesting - especially the loco in the top photo: German-style smoke deflectors and GN tender. The locos and coaches look good closely coupled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Great photos, I'm really not sure why Hornby would make 'Railroad' Pullmans for the set, which look a little poor next to the lit ones. I guess these are preproduction samples and we'll have to wait for the retail items to compare them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 @frey, thanks for the images. Good to know you were pleased with the build quality. They do look amazing. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronan Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Great pictures nice to see the close coupling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frey-1222498 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Hi Guy's, as I only live down the road from kings cross I'm going back again today so will try and get better pictures.The coaches are all pre production and all have different colours on the paint but the tooling details are there.David-watts1, Hornby are not making any railroad items in the TT range,Simon told me this yesterday and we had a very long chat regarding TT. The coaches in the scotsman set are the same as the ones you buy separately just are missing the lights, Simon said he was trying to keep the set prices down he also said this may work out as a false economy having 2 runs on the coaches and said this may change in the future, so the pullmans in the final production in the set and the singles you buy separately will look identical apart from lights.I have to say the details and quality were amazing and considering these are all samples things will only get better when everything is ironed out.Later today I will upload more pictures but this time try and get close ups, I will ask Simon if I can get a close up of the cab interiors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The correct scale/gauge ratio really makes all the difference to the appearance when compared to the Triang TT scale 4’ track. I am too invested in my narrow gauge 16.5mm OO collection to change but I have to admit that they look better, just as P4 does. Me being me I would actually prefer a Tri-ang set up, with all the inaccuracies included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Later today I will upload more pictures but this time try and get close ups, I will ask Simon if I can get a close up of the cab interiors. That will be great. Pity about the Pullman lights in the sets, but I understand the rationale. Simon seems very approachable. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frey-1222498 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 As promised pictures to follow. close ups of close couplings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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frey-1222498 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 look how close these buffers are to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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