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Hornby Steampunk train set

Started by Madasasteamfish, January 06, 2020, 04:21:50 PM

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Madasasteamfish

#25
January 11, 2020, 04:25:23 PM
Well, the first of my aforementioned ideas has formally taken shape.

Details here if anyone else wants to get involved with it;
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,50777.0.html
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

chironex

#26
January 12, 2020, 04:54:16 AM
Quote from: Banfili on January 11, 2020, 08:14:02 AM
Quote from: chironex on January 11, 2020, 08:11:23 AM
Quote from: Banfili on January 06, 2020, 11:40:15 PM
I am not aware of wizards riding the railways in Victorian towns - have I missed something there?


Only half a library full of literature! Remember, this is a work of fiction, so you just imagine a wizard there and it shall be. I've seen layouts populated by anthropomorphic teddy bears, and one with an ironworks powered by the breath of a dragon.


Usually wizards are a little more discrete when travelling on public transport - after all, spells have been know to go awry at times!
Sometimes. Magic classes in Deadlands or The Sixth Gun may dress like other travellers due to magic, which you can't get away from in either setting, not being officially recognised. In Kaisers Gate, it's because mages are an asset and there's a war on. Not that there's a particular way wizards dress in those settings. Though in Deadlands: Noir a houngan will look rather like a stereotype of the dandy, richer vodoun practitioner from New Orleans.
In Raising Steam, however, wizards ride the train looking like wizards, because everyone knows they're wizards already.[/quote]
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Railway layouts populated by anthropomorphic teddy bears - poor, misplaced ursines!
Right. Because dollhouses are their natural habitat, obviously.
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Herr Döktor

#27
January 13, 2020, 03:58:13 PM
Hornby now have clear pictures on their website, I'm astonished at the quality:


https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/bassett-lowke-steam-punk.html

:o

Deimos

#28
January 13, 2020, 04:40:21 PM
I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams (or nightmares) that anyone would shell out good, or even not so good, money for that, or the other pieces I saw on the website.

Except for the gear package...now that was super-dee-duper, neato-torpedo!   ::)
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James Harrison

#29
January 13, 2020, 05:40:05 PM
Wow. So that's what happens when you put a Hornby engine in a scalextric track. It melts...
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

Rockula

#30
January 13, 2020, 07:02:42 PM
The 'Rogue' Lady Triphenia Lovelace's Diesel Dames Engine looks like they had a spare engine for a Grumman 'Bearcat' and just glued it on top.
The legs have fallen off my Victorian Lady...

The Bullet

#31
January 14, 2020, 09:15:13 AM
Nothing for me. Absolutely.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

Madasasteamfish

#32
January 14, 2020, 12:19:42 PM
Quote from: Herr Döktor on January 13, 2020, 03:58:13 PM
Hornby now have clear pictures on their website, I'm astonished at the quality:


https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/bassett-lowke-steam-punk.html

:o

Oh it's all truly hideous. I'm more and more  convinced of my original impressions. By the photos it looks like they're trying to mass produce the models this Laurie Calvert person has created and are working from their interpretation of Steampunk.

Personally I think they'd have been better off producing a set of basic chassises and body shells with interchangeable parts so that people can create their own models.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

Kensington Locke

#33
January 14, 2020, 07:27:10 PM
Quote from: Herr Döktor on January 13, 2020, 03:58:13 PM
Hornby now have clear pictures on their website, I'm astonished at the quality:



That is terrible.  It seems to me, they could have taken a normal steam locomotive, painted it copper and highlighted the rivets and called it good.

Lord Pentecost

#34
January 19, 2020, 08:49:57 PM
Quote from: Herr Döktor on January 13, 2020, 03:58:13 PM
Hornby now have clear pictures on their website, I'm astonished at the quality:


https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/bassett-lowke-
steam-punk.html

You think that's bad, look at the buildings! It looks like a clock vomited on them.

:o
"Any machine is a smoke-machine if you screw up badly enough"

Lord Pentecost

#35
January 19, 2020, 09:00:00 PM
Another few things to bare in mind:
1 - The Hornby 0-4-0 chassis is terrible, it is utterly incapable of slow speed running.
2 - The track layout for sale on the Hornby website doesn't actually work. As the Hornby points also switch the power (insulfrog) there is a part of this setup you cannot run the locos to unless you have a second controller or add additional track feeds https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/bassett-lowke-steam-punk/shunting-starter-pack.html
"Any machine is a smoke-machine if you screw up badly enough"

Lord Pentecost

#36
January 19, 2020, 09:31:29 PM
Quote from: Rockula on January 13, 2020, 07:02:42 PM
The 'Rogue' Lady Triphenia Lovelace's Diesel Dames Engine looks like they had a spare engine for a Grumman 'Bearcat' and just glued it on top.

Well Hornby do also happen to own Airfix!
"Any machine is a smoke-machine if you screw up badly enough"

James Harrison

#37
January 20, 2020, 07:00:56 PM


When the trade stand looks more appealing than the product.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

Madasasteamfish

#38
January 20, 2020, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on January 20, 2020, 07:00:56 PM


When the trade stand looks more appealing than the product.

That it does, and it certainly looks more Steampunk IMHO.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

Lord Pentecost

#39
January 20, 2020, 08:50:56 PM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on January 20, 2020, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on January 20, 2020, 07:00:56 PM


When the trade stand looks more appealing than the product.

That it does, and it certainly looks more Steampunk IMHO.

When you spend all the budget on marketing and have nothing left for product development!
"Any machine is a smoke-machine if you screw up badly enough"

Herr Döktor

#40
January 25, 2021, 11:59:57 AM
Well, I'm told this range has disappeared from the annual printed Hornby catalogue, and I've been trying to find out if it's been officially canned, but as the official Hornby forum is currently being migrated to a new server, and that's where Google tells me the list of cancelled items is, I'm not 100% on this...

James Harrison

#41
January 25, 2021, 01:27:33 PM
Nothing on RMWeb about when, or even if, they ever got released. Looks like they got canned before hitting the market.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

Madasasteamfish

#42
January 25, 2021, 03:45:45 PM
Well that seems strange. There was a review of the range in this month's BRM, and I'm sure I saw at least one of the paint sets on my last trip to a model shop (sometime last year).

A quick poke around Hornby's "new" website seems to show them available for order so I'm tempted to say that they're still in production, but quite probably the launch is being/has been kept slightly low key, and since this damnable plague has prevented any model shows/trade fairs from happening that's no surprise.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

James Harrison

#43
January 25, 2021, 05:39:10 PM
I think I'd give house room to their display stand.  The actual product? Not so much. 
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

E.J.MonCrieff

#44
January 25, 2021, 08:47:49 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on January 25, 2021, 01:27:33 PM
Nothing on RMWeb about when, or even if, they ever got released. Looks like they got canned before hitting the market.

Perhaps they are being socially distanced?

chironex

#45
January 26, 2021, 05:37:27 AM Last Edit: March 01, 2021, 03:03:13 AM by chironex
Quote from: Banfili on January 06, 2020, 11:40:15 PM

Railway layouts populated by anthropomorphic teddy bears - poor, misplaced ursines!
Where else would they be? A battlefield? The old West? Perhaps the high seas?

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QUEENSLAND RAIL NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!

Madasasteamfish

#46
April 14, 2021, 04:15:24 PM
Well it seems that hornby haven't abandoned their Bassett-Lowke range, and are now looking to create their own version of Steampunk Lego.

https://uk.bassettlowke.co.uk/catalogue/brickpunk?encoded=JYzBCsMgEET_xlugBkp7kUK_IPcQZKNbK1qV3ZWSv68lp4F58-aRoYQF5G12YEaRKddvwqkn9YpZkHj9QPEglQ57NnY_trVR9d2JdSAYBtvMk6JLSy9JNQhoozdaX27XWXElGY65K0JXybNt4-Q_MnpWZ_4A

These models seem to be far more Steampunk than their loco offerings, but I'm not sure they'll take off, even if they never get anywhere.

I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

Sorontar

#47
April 15, 2021, 01:54:13 AM
That is not similar to Lego - that is identical to Lego. I am wondering how they are getting around artistic copyright or patent restrictions. Meccano and other rivals have made their pieces distinctly different, but the shape and function of BrickPunk blocks is the same as Lego pieces, even to the extent that some may be thought as wierd shapes that only Lego could think of.

Sorontar
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J. Wilhelm

#48
April 15, 2021, 06:13:13 AM
"Brickpunk" Aaaaargh!

maduncle

#49
June 20, 2021, 10:32:26 AM
Quote from: J. Wilhelm on April 15, 2021, 06:13:13 AM
"Brickpunk" Aaaaargh!

I leave the forum for a wee bit and this is what happens?

Horrible Hornby steampunk??

Lazy Lego rip off Brickpunk???



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