Coronation Tat, Hornby Style

[luckymucklebackit]

https://uk.hornby.com/products/coronati ... dium=email

Modellers of a Republican persuasion will not be tempted.

[Richard08]

I'd buy a 'Guy Fawkes' one Not really, I would buy the Rapido 'G. Fawkes, Westminster' gunpowder wagon if one turned up - https://rapidotrains.co.uk/product/g-fa ... n-no-1605/ Can I just take this opportunity to say 'Hi' to the boys and girls at GCHQ.

[Buelligan]

If you didn't need to be in the club to buy one, and it had been under £100 I'd have been tempted to get one to go next to the Capt. Tom Moore on the shelf.

[Phred]

I'll wait 'til it comes up on eBay, then ignore it. I've set my TV recorder so that I can watch the parades though!

[Bufferstop]

I expect they'll end up in the shop at Margate at a knock down price, like the Steam Punk stuff has.

[glencairn]

Modellers of a Republican persuasion will not be tempted.

Even this Royalist will not be tempted.

Glencairn

[Alexander Court]

Modellers of a Republican persuasion will not be tempted.

Even this Royalist will not be tempted.

Glencairn

As one of a historian persuasion, I'm not particularly interested in it either. It's not even chintzy
, its just naff. If it were done tastefully in this coronations theme of blue and then had the coronation logo against a white circular backing it'd have maybe been on the verge of consistency with the rest of the coronation shenanigans. Coupled with the absurd price and members exclusivity, a non member would end up giving hornby twice the price of a normal railroad 66 and the only benefactor is hornby (not even like the prince's trust).

So forgive me for being a tad repulsed by this offering, but I'd take a wet weekend in Wales over ten of these purple bricks.

Alex

[captrees]

I wasn't expecting that. I thought perhaps a Thomas-the-tank-engine sort of thing with its eyes too close together and big rubber ears, and a crown instead of a funnel.

But I'm very impressed. Very impressed. How did they know that purple was my football team colours?

You see I should have been watching the coronation. It was a lousy cold wet day, and I didn't go to see the mighty Fremantle Dockers playing Hawthorn. Fremantle were on a losing streak, working their way to the bottom of the ladder again.

So I stayed at home, and nearly watched the coronation. Well some of it. When it got boring I switched over to check the football score, and bloody hell, not only were the Dockers winning, but winning by quite a lot. So much for the coronation. The Dockers won by 11 goals. Their finest victory ever. Even worth a commemorative railway engine. In purple. How did Hornby know? I mean they even got the correct shade of purple.

I'd buy one if I did electric stuff. I could always change the writing and the flag. But I'm a steam man.

[glencairn]

How did Hornby know? I mean they even got the correct shade of purple.
change the writing and the flag..

I like the idea. Fremantle Dockers on a layout. I'll have one.

Glencairn

[ChrisGreaves]

How did they know that purple was my football team colours?

How should anyone know?
How should I know?
Back in the day, the only colours in the metropolitan teams were Red and White (East Freo).

And, of course, black-and-blue!
Cheers, Chris
P.S. Good to see your local footie club sponsoring Eastern States matches! C

[captrees]

There. Fixed it!

[Richard08]

There. Fixed it!

Despite being of the 'all engines should be blue' persuasion, that looks pretty cool - a lot better than most modern liveries!

[bulleidboy]

If you didn't need to be in the club to buy one, and it had been under £100 I'd have been tempted to get one to go next to the Capt. Tom Moore on the shelf.

Assuming it comes fitted with a 21-pin TXS decoder (£69.99 RRP) - that makes the loco £60.00. Not a bad price - but they have now sold-out.

[Bufferstop]

Sold out on pre-orders. It couldn't have been a particularly large batch then!

[bulleidboy]

Sold out on pre-orders. It couldn't have been a particularly large batch then!

It was 1000 units.