Duke of Gloucester

[D605Eagle]

Anybody got anything to say about this new Hornby Model? I've one on order but not received it as of yet.

[trainlover23]

It arrived Christmas Eve a cracking model

[6C]

Are we talking about the main range or RR version ?

[trainlover23]

Are we talking about the main range or RR version ?

Both

[6C]

Ah - I'm off to Hattons to have a look.

[redcos]

mine arrived today very nice model. just need a 3 cylinder sound decoder now.

[sir hayden]

well Hornby is making a TTS duke of gloucester for next year.

[D605Eagle]

Mine arrived this morning, very nice model indeed, good value for money too. No idea how it runs, nowt to run it on as of yet!

[Bigmet]

The hope would be that with an entirely satisfactory mechanism layout used on Hornby's Britannia and Clan models, the Duke will be 'the same again' , just with the rear truck axle a scale foot further back.

[redcos]

well Hornby is making a TTS duke of gloucester for next year.

talking of tts does anyone know anything about it ? been looking but cant find anything.

[GWR_fan]

The hope would be that with an entirely satisfactory mechanism layout used on Hornby's Britannia and Clan models, the Duke will be 'the same again' , just with the rear truck axle a scale foot further back.

With a 'Railroad' tag, I am not as optimistic as you. I would be very surprised just how much the Duke shares with the Britannia and Clan models.


Tim

[Bigmet]

Have to wait for a pic with the body off to make the assessment. However, in the past Hornby have used existing tooling/design in Railroad with little change, so I am hopeful. Always cheapest to base a new product off work that has already been long paid for. (Following the prototype, in reality the Duke was a three cylinder Brit, with an extra foot in the chassis behind the coupled wheels to increase the grate area by six and a half square feet. Relatively cheap way to develop an 8P, had a quantity build proved necessary.)

[redcos]

mine arrived today special edition very nice model. just need a 3 cylinder sound decoder now.

[ERMick]

talking of tts does anyone know anything about it ? been looking but cant find anything.

To quote from Hornby Magazine, in a nutshell...

"Digital technology is set to receive a strong push forward with Hornby’s new Twin Track Sound decoder which offers a 16 function sound decoder for just £25 on top of the normal price of a locomotive. Specific locomotives have been chosen for the launch of the new budget priced decoder including Peppercorn ‘A1’ 60163 Tornado, BR ‘8P’ 71000 Duke of Gloucester and Gresley ‘P2’ 2001 **** O’ The North."

Sounds (pardon the pun) very interesting, I guess the proof of the pudding remains to be seen.

[D605Eagle]

The hope would be that with an entirely satisfactory mechanism layout used on Hornby's Britannia and Clan models, the Duke will be 'the same again' , just with the rear truck axle a scale foot further back.

With a 'Railroad' tag, I am not as optimistic as you. I would be very surprised just how much the Duke shares with the Britannia and Clan models.


Tim

Mines not a railroad model, and the wheels look identical to the Brit ones. I'd be very supprised that Hornby would got to the expense of designing a new chassis when they have one on the shelf already.