From Miniature to BIG

The jinty is nice, but scr Wainwright green is just to good!

That T. Tullet & Sons Wagon is really colorful for sure and Wow....the green Terrier is beautiful with all that detailed piping and hand rails on the outside and the details inside the cab. Look at the details on that black Ulster Transport. The inside of the Cab is fantastic and they even detailed the bars on the outside of the rear Cab windows which I assume is to protect them from breakage when filling the coal bin.

Very nice additions Nigels 👍

I thought you'd like them Super, definitely two of my favourites now, and as I said at a bargain price. The Jinty was £125 and the Terrier £135, at those prices they are unbelievable prices. The other thing I didn't mention is that it appears that these loco's actually have diecast bodies/chassis as they feel like metal when you pick them up (i.e. that cool to the touch feeling) and more to the point the weight of them is incredible. Although I've not had them on a scale I reckon the Jinty is probably around 1kg in weight. Of course some of that is likely to be the motor with a brass flywheel, but a lot of it is the actual train body as well I reckon. It should make them excellent pulling machines!

Miniatur Wunderland is my favorite and also it is the largest model system.

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That looks fantastic.

Miniatur wonderand??  I'm not familiar with that range, who makes it and where do you get it?  Or are you talking about a commercial layout?

(05-07-2024, 10:05 AM)peterflores Wrote: Miniatur Wunderland is my favorite and also it is the largest model system.

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That looks fantastic.

Off topic, but yes. It's the world's largest public model railway display and can be found at the Speicherstadt in Hamburg. Super has heard of it and mentioned it in one of his threads, along with a video from its YouTube channel.

Thanks Dala, I did wonder if it was that one, I've heard of it before and even seen it on TV I believe.  Not quite sure what relevance that has to my thread though lol!

Just for a change I just got a new Takara Tomy product, I wasn't looking for it, in fact I was on eBay UK bidding on some Autoworld HO scale slot cars and this came up as a 'related product'. Why I'm not sure, but as I managed to snag it as a buy it now for £30 and its brand new and still sealed I think I got a good buy...

Hi Nigels
Am I correct to say this isn't for the Motorized Tomy vehicles but for the Tomica vehicles like Matchbox or Hotwheels.

(08-16-2024, 11:28 PM)Super Wrote: Hi Nigels
Am I correct to say this isn't for the Motorized Tomy vehicles but for the Tomica vehicles like Matchbox or Hotwheels.

I have a bit of trouble with Japanese to be honest, but I believe you are probably correct.  Although the vehicles are almost the same size, so it may well work with both I would suspect.  This wasn't a planned purchase at all, just one of those things that came up that I simply couldn't resist

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This however was a planned purchase, a brand new tooling model from Hornby.  At the first glance it would appear to be a normal A4 streamlined express which we all know and love.  However this one is in fact a streamlined version of a 'B17/1' class, this was a real locomotive but nowhere as popular as the A4 as it was a conversion from a standard B17/1 locomotive.  Anyway let the pictures do the talking, I've included the text panels from the box that will give you more details...