LGB pre-announcement of autumn novelty diesel new mold
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tac foley
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Here is the real thing at the last year's diesel weekend on the BMR - it's a VERY fine-looking loco, even if I am only approximating it....... I'll get a set of plates made, and Mr SLR can make the odds and s*ds on the running boards as part of his trade selection, he told me. I'll be seeing you all on Saturday! Bring some butter and suitable jam for the you-know-what...... 
True, at least we can discuss the government of the day's failures and short comings without being thrown into prison!
brokenwing
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I wholeheartedly agree with you Paul. Garden Railways were expensive 20 plus years ago when I started this hobby but at least we had a few more retailers about Glendale Junction, BacktoBay and Darren at Topslots to name but a few. Apart from starter sets I do not see Manufacturers or UK Retailers doing much to encourage new blood with limited budgets into the hobby. Not much in the way of marketing , competition or " sales"( Black Friday or January). They seem happy for 2 nd hand stock to languish on their shelves for months or years rather than reduce the price. Apart from ECR how many of them stock the Chinese rolling stock? Some people may prefer to take a hit on the quality and pay £50 for a bogie coach rather than several hundred , £26 for a tanker wagon rather than £70 or may just want something relatively cheap to kitbash. There is always the argument that the hobby has a relatively small customer base in the UK but it's a bit of a chicken and egg conundrum. Perhaps If the hobby was more affordable we would have a larger customer base? Rant over.
My concern is that it is moving from being and "expensive" hobby to an " Elitist" hobby which cannot be good for its long term future.
Software Tools
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Nowadays, it seems to me that pretty much applies to the whole model rail hobby.
DickyC
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but those rants are logged for the new regime to use now ! lol, ref what B brokenwing said, A large proportion of the country has a garden but not maybe a spare room or garage ! so the market should be huge !
Hornby missed the beginner market big time when they marketed the so called G scale Harry Potter set manufactured by Lionel. The original Lionel ones were to 45mm gauge but for some stupid reason decided to rehash them to 52mm (approx) gauge. I believe it was to gauge match some other cheep Chinese Junky sets that they marketed.
A big missed opportunity that Hornby could have resolved by asking Lionel to do them to the original 45mm Gauge spec if they had even been aware of what they were or had been. Trouble is the Train Set mentality appeared to take over without the understanding of the many sales that could have been gained not only from G Scalers but Gauge 1 bods as well. At the price they would have been a great bashing resource together with some repainting a pretty fair model but there were issues with the proportions for a Hall, would have been a much better bash to a GWR 2-6-0.
stevedenver
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Used to like that over here in Trumplesvania
But back on thread…..
I think i like the new offering.
Just how many liveries will the never ending reissues of that loco eventually wear? Tis a ponderance…
The question will be pricing, which can taint my ‘hot monkey lust’ for LGB at times…lol.
It did on the latest umpteenth version of the mogul. Truly, some of the prices compete with or far exceed large home appliances! Alas, i digress.
I will say, now that i have a CS3, the mfx+ has real value to me, within limits, of course.
I think i would prefer to see a new metre/ ng tender lok, which, to me it seems, are rather rare on the European ng lines.
Ive never seen manual points quite like those, run under the parallel line, as in Tac’s video.
Thanks Tac, for the video.
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tac foley
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Steve, old flún, don't forget that to LGB, a German manufacturer, a tenderlok is what WE would call a tank engine...
As for the odd points on the BMR, what was it about them that piqued your engagement?
stevedenver
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Oooh its been longer than i expected.appy poly logies.
1: Simply that the throw bar ran under the passing track due to zero clearance on the other side.
2: i would like an lgb loco with a tender.lol.
However, i would love a masonbogie under $2000.
1: Simply that the throw bar ran under the passing track due to zero clearance on the other side.
2: i would like an lgb loco with a tender.lol.
However, i would love a masonbogie under $2000.
The old Triang/Hornby organisation “missed the boat” in the garden rail hobby when they failed to support and further develop the O gauge battery powered blue plastic BR Hymek loco and passenger coaches. With a young family the kids and I entered the dream world of garden railways. Jouef and Atlas/Lilliput followed with !2v electric US and European items (but using less child proof plastic).
Here in the sub-tropics with heat and high UV the real weakness was the slow development of brittleness in the red plastic track. With low voltage electric power the metal rail/plastic Jouef track fared reasonably well but the Peco: the black plastic sleepers one summer weekend suddenly curled up before our amazed eyes.
However the dream was rescued by the arrival of the battery powered and supplied brass rail/ UV plastic proof sleepers LGB children’s sets complimented by same scale Playmobil ‘clicky ’ figures and buildings at an economical cost. The kids have grownup, the grandkids have grown up. Now I relax with a 50 year plus collection of trains to “play with”. Unfotunately today’s young families do not access such a wonderful economical and long wearing set of toys to share play.
Now LGB is for “boys at heart” nearing retirement supported by a healthy retirement supoerannuation fund!
Now turning to the Autumn Model release announcement.
The new diesel outline is welcome. For Maerklin the injection mould costs for the “box outline” and running gear as well as manufacturing assembly are low compared to those required for a steam loco model involving pipeing, external steam cyclinders, driving rods etc. The real eye opener, however, is LGB item 41935: a home assembly precut wooden sided, high sided open wagon on a basic chassis with plastic wheels kit, priced at 50 Euros. Here Maerklin is testing the market for the demand of low cost rolling stock. I hope the demand is there and more such items follow.
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