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Originally Posted by steam for ever
Indeed Hornby have probably got the best range ever now.
I would recomend a view of the new railroad collection.
in there they have reintroduced the county class and the Patriot class.
They also have the class 40 and class 25.
There are new liveries in the form of Midland railway 3F.
Is it me or is there more detail slowly creeping up in this range?
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SFE, thanks, I'll have a look. I think some of the Railroad range is really good, especially for those who are happy to do a bit of detailing or weathering themselves. I bought a Railroad BR standard Brake Van a few weeks ago and I have never had a go at detailing or weathering anything before. A view of the result is here; I could have done a better job by removing the moulded grab rails and making new ones but I picked out the moulded ones in white and added new ones by the buffers. I have managed to get rid of that shiny black mass at the base of the van. The model doesn't look as shiny to the naked eye as it does in this flash photo - honest!I didn't add vacuum braking as I found that this particular numbered brake van wasn't vacuum fitted when I was doing some research on the 'net. I think you are right about detail creeping up in this range; it is getting better I think.