Part Work Locomotive.
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I quote :
"To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the 1928 Flying Scotsman, Hachette Partworks have teamed up with the National Rail Museum and DJH model manufacturers to create a special anniversary edition build-up model in 0-gauge (locomotive and tender). This superb model has been researched by a team of British experts and it is an impressive and accurate replica of the Flying Scotsman locomotive as it was in 1928, when it made its first non-stop journey from London to Edinburgh. In every issue of the magazine there will be step-by-step instructions to assemble this highly detailed model."
If nothing else this is going to be an interesting one to watch.
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it would be good for your first step into loco building. however i have looked at some of these projects in magazines. a remote contol car looked great untill you worked out the total price, it was about 450 quid. it would be great if the hornby mag came out with something like this. you would have the model and the magazine infomation.
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Last model railway part work had a mk 1 coach for 99p. Bought that issue and that was it. 99p for a bit of etched brass might actually be a good deal, not sure about the next 124 though.
Must have been enough of the Flying Scotsman sold to make it worth there while doing it again.
Weekly it is 2 1/2 years, fortnightly 5 years!!!!! not sure I could last that long - or will last that long.
Interesting though, must be money in it.
David
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You seem happy enough with it - would it be worth the future issue price of £5.99 ?
'Petermac
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On unpacking, one of the front bogie wheels had become detached and was loose inside the packaging, the tender hasn't been attached to it's chassis properly and is slanted, and one of the front buffers is noticeably longer (too long) than the other.
The only other issue I might have bought is issue 2 with the streamlined Coronation Class, but at £5.99 I won't bother.
I may have just been unlucky, but the packaging was not damaged, so I can only assume it's a quality control problem.
Since it appears the NRM have put their name to this part work, I wonder if they are aware of the quality of the models being supplied.
Ed
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