And from what I remember Humbrol Paints / Airfix went belly up a few years back.... so not sure what's going to happen there now that they are owned by Hornby - and not really making too much money.
Cant believe i cannot download a Hornby 2010 Catalogue in Pdf format , gosh most companies you can download for free on their web-site , how tight
Get on with it, seriously
I've got ~£14,000 worth of model railway stuff, still working on the loft though to actually set it all up properly in.
Wrt to the original question, find yourself a decent independant (NOT chain or everything under the sun) local model shop or model railway club, and there will be someone willing to lend you a paper copy
-Leezer-
Not really, nothing too special TBQH, just the results of acquisitions over the past 9 years
Most of my stuff is diesels covering the ~1970-1990 period.
A quick non-exhaustive major locos rundown:
1x Hornby HST
Couple of elderly Triang DMU sets
8x Lima Class 47, various liveries.
2x Heljan Class 47, one BR Blue, one Intercity Swallow
1x Bachmann Class 47, BR two-tone green (Was a mistake TBQH, the chassis is all wrong and the model doesn't look quite right)
1x Joeuf Class 40 (Awful model, but runs round the track)
6x Lima Class 37, various liveries.
1x Bachmann Class 37, BR Blue
2x Triang Class 37
2x Lima Class 31
1x Airfix Class 31 body on a modded Lima chassis
2x Hornby Class 25, BR Blue
3x Lima Class 20, one blue & two green
1x Heljan Class 14, BR Blue
Several (4 I think, would have to check precisely) Class 08 shunters of varying vintage.
1x Hornby Class 04 (I think, again would have to fish out and check)
Also a couple of ex GWR panniers, and a Hornby Duchess which needs a new motor, which I acquired from somewhere.
Add to that ~300 wagons, four 8 coach rakes, the sundy locos I've forgotten (I know there are more, these are just the ones off the top of my head), a large box of track, a box of scenic buildings and other junk, the electronics and all sorts of other bits and bobs and you start to see where the money goes
Also remember that most of this stuff has been modded to one degree or another, which wacks up the cost.
Just as a random FWIW, a decent showpiece exhibition layout with stock etc. is probably looking at a ~£50,000 value.
-Leezer-
Not really, nothing too special TBQH, just the results of acquisitions over the past 9 years
Most of my stuff is diesels covering the ~1970-1990 period.
A quick non-exhaustive major locos rundown:
1x Hornby HST
Couple of elderly Triang DMU sets
8x Lima Class 47, various liveries.
2x Heljan Class 47, one BR Blue, one Intercity Swallow
1x Bachmann Class 47, BR two-tone green (Was a mistake TBQH, the chassis is all wrong and the model doesn't look quite right)
1x Joeuf Class 40 (Awful model, but runs round the track)
6x Lima Class 37, various liveries.
1x Bachmann Class 37, BR Blue
2x Triang Class 37
2x Lima Class 31
1x Airfix Class 31 body on a modded Lima chassis
2x Hornby Class 25, BR Blue
3x Lima Class 20, one blue & two green
1x Heljan Class 14, BR Blue
Several (4 I think, would have to check precisely) Class 08 shunters of varying vintage.
1x Hornby Class 04 (I think, again would have to fish out and check)
Also a couple of ex GWR panniers, and a Hornby Duchess which needs a new motor, which I acquired from somewhere.
Add to that ~300 wagons, four 8 coach rakes, the sundy locos I've forgotten (I know there are more, these are just the ones off the top of my head), a large box of track, a box of scenic buildings and other junk, the electronics and all sorts of other bits and bobs and you start to see where the money goes
Also remember that most of this stuff has been modded to one degree or another, which wacks up the cost.
Mostly stored over 3 chests of drawers and some boxes at the moment, only fish out any major amount of stuff when somethings actually going on down the model club
Just as a random FWIW, a decent showpiece exhibition layout with stock etc. is probably looking at a ~£50,000 value.
-Leezer-
