Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2009 16:19:46 GMT
So Hornby have joined Bachmann in making a Southern EMU. Bachmann have the 4-CEP in the shops (assuming that they haven't sold out) and Hornby, following on from the 'Javelin', have announced a 4-VEP for 2010. Would now be a good time to try and persuade them to make an LT set?
From a manufacturers point of view the model would need to be of a set that involved as little cost to produce as possible. This means that the model would need as few body and chassis mods as possible. 38 and 59/62TS has been successfully done by EFE. However O/P stock would involve one basic bodyshell moulding (with plug-ins to provide the cab windscreens for the DMs), One bogie moulding (with or without shoebeams) and a basic chassis to be fitted with either motorised or trailing bogies. Stock that was used on the MET, District and Circle would provide enough of an excuse for most modellers of the London area to have some. C or D stock would have an appeal but only to those operating in the post-steam era. A stock would satisfy the ease of manufacture requirement but, ELL aside, rarely worked south of the Thames and a model would break Metmans heart after he has spent so much time getting his Harrow/Radley kits to look so good!
We can all dream of stuff like Q stock but the costs involved would be astronomical! R stock may be viable but the length of the normal operating unit would be prohibitive. Maybe now would be a good time to fill in those survey forms that the manufacturers have on thier websites.
Merry Christmas!
From a manufacturers point of view the model would need to be of a set that involved as little cost to produce as possible. This means that the model would need as few body and chassis mods as possible. 38 and 59/62TS has been successfully done by EFE. However O/P stock would involve one basic bodyshell moulding (with plug-ins to provide the cab windscreens for the DMs), One bogie moulding (with or without shoebeams) and a basic chassis to be fitted with either motorised or trailing bogies. Stock that was used on the MET, District and Circle would provide enough of an excuse for most modellers of the London area to have some. C or D stock would have an appeal but only to those operating in the post-steam era. A stock would satisfy the ease of manufacture requirement but, ELL aside, rarely worked south of the Thames and a model would break Metmans heart after he has spent so much time getting his Harrow/Radley kits to look so good!
We can all dream of stuff like Q stock but the costs involved would be astronomical! R stock may be viable but the length of the normal operating unit would be prohibitive. Maybe now would be a good time to fill in those survey forms that the manufacturers have on thier websites.
Merry Christmas!
