Model Railways

[stephec]

I remember doing exactly that with old copies, mostly containing models no longer offered...

I read mine to destruction so they wouldn't be vary saleable...

Same here. 😊

 

[classic33]

I wish I'd kept mine now, looking at the Hornby website they still do them, and they want £10.99 for an old 2023 edition. 😂

I can go back to their 2006 catalogue, and price list. Needed as part of the job, when I was working in a toy shop.

Does that price include the postage?
There's a model shop on the Preston road out of Manchester, right hand side headed out, might have the 2023 catalogue at less than the £10.99 being asked.

 

[Mike_P]

The 1970s catalogues were a different world away from the current offerings which consist largely of side on often photoshopped images that you can see for free on the web. Heljan making theirs free will hopefully start a trend as its years since I considered any VFM

 

[presta]

Spot the mice.

 

[Mike_P]

What a faff getting that Heljan catalogue, seems you have to set up a dropbox partially and then if you want to delete that you still have to set up a password first.

 

[stephec]

The 1970s catalogues were a different world away from the current offerings which consist largely of side on often photoshopped images that you can see for free on the web. Heljan making theirs free will hopefully start a trend as its years since I considered any VFM

I used to love looking at the old ones, you could spend hours dreaming of building a layout that you never had the space or money for, the last time I bought a catalogue was probably around 1984.

 

[classic33]

The cover of the 2006 catalogue.

R2001A, still in it's box.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Someone has a sense of fun, with an American layout!!

 

[rogerzilla]

On a US theme, this guy is modelling the Silver Streak from the film of the same name, including the famous crash scene.


View: https://youtu.be/rjewTSdfk1E?si=cHpjxhEWvtOnjKJR


For those who haven't seen the film, the crash scene is epic:


View: https://youtu.be/5qPAOarQxaU?si=7S2JNRgC_ZPl3ny9