Announced today are two new car packs for 1960s and 1970s. Attractive list price but do not get excited that new car types are included. They are not.
Each set includes 4 cars from the selection shown in the listing.
http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/oxford-rail-release-3-2016/products/carflat-pack-1960s-cars-or148cpk001 (http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/oxford-rail-release-3-2016/products/carflat-pack-1960s-cars-or148cpk001)
http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/oxford-rail-release-3-2016/products/carflat-pack-1970s-cars-or148cpk002 (http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/oxford-rail-release-3-2016/products/carflat-pack-1970s-cars-or148cpk002)
Strangely titled......
Oxford Rail Carflat Pack 1960'S Cars -1:76 Scale
Product Code: OR148CPK001
OXFORD RAIL
but the description reads............
A set of four Oxford Diecast N scale cars. A randomly chosen assortment of cars suitable for use on Carflat railway wagons during the 1960's.
Why's that strange...? ???
Quote from: njee20 on September 30, 2016, 02:26:05 PM
Why's that strange...? ???
Erm - N gauge is 1/148 not 1/76.
I believe Mike is advising Oxford of the error
Ah, right you are. I was looking for something more nuanced.
Hi
I would think they are 1/76 for their own Carflat model.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/111578-oxford-announce-carflat-additional-liveries-and-sound-options/ (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/111578-oxford-announce-carflat-additional-liveries-and-sound-options/)
Cheers
Paul
Hi all,
I hope they do mean N. What a great idea!
Cheers
Ben A.
They've got a broader range in OO, so a bit odd if they've copied half of them into the N gauge section, updated the description, but omitted the title...
:hmmm:
They also appear in the 1/148 section...
http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148 (http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148)
So maybe... :)
Tony
Just read this and I don't think they will be suitable for car flats as you get four randomly chosen cars ,surely on car flats you would get cars all the same ,or are the car flats meant for holiday traffic say from London to Penzance for instance not from a factory .
Sorry for my ignorance about them.
Bob
Oxford's MD has just confirmed that the description has been corrected to confirm 1/148 scale.
Quote from: Bob Tidbury on September 30, 2016, 06:45:46 PM
Just read this and I don't think they will be suitable for car flats as you get four randomly chosen cars ,surely on car flats you would get cars all the same ,or are the car flats meant for holiday traffic say from London to Penzance for instance not from a factory .
Sorry for my ignorance about them.
Bob
Hi Bob,
Car flats on Motorail services would be carrying whatever vehicle the motorist drove up in, so likely to be a variety of family cars with the odd small van or caravanette thrown in. I don't think caravans themselves could be transported though; I suspect they would have risked being out of gauge.
Delivery trains would probably comprise all the same marque, if not necessarily the same vehicles - for example Ford Escorts and Cortinas on the same train. I've certainly seen and read about a train that ran loaded with nothing but Hillman Imps.
Cheers
Ben A.
Probably some Singer Chamois and Sunbeam imps in the mix.As all Imps were made in Linwood and the main markets were down south they filled trains regularly
I seem to recall that initially there was a train of body pressings from Coventry to Linwood for the Imp range too. Early Imps did a lot of miles on trains! A new body pressing plant was commissioned next to Linwood once production was in full swing.
Quote from: njee20 on September 30, 2016, 02:43:29 PM
Ah, right you are. I was looking for something more nuanced.
:no:
This is me you're talking about :-[
Shame I can't get a heads up when they are ready t purchase, I would be quite keen
Quote from: mickster04 on October 01, 2016, 12:31:47 AM
Shame I can't get a heads up when they are ready t purchase, I would be quite keen
I am sure someone will flag up on here when they become available!
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I've certainly seen and read about a train that ran loaded with nothing but Hillman Imps.
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And here they are in all their glory...
I think however that getting Oxford to produce a multipack to recreate this is going to be mission Imp-ossible.
Sorry, that sort of joke is so old hat. Went out with the hippies. You could say it was over the Hill, man.
http://www.imps.me.uk/history/Imps%20on%20a%20Train.htm (http://www.imps.me.uk/history/Imps%20on%20a%20Train.htm)
These sounds like a good way to go, the 'randomly chosen selection' means I think I will wait and pick them up at shows rather than order blond. Do not want to end up with a less appropriate selection - not sure the AA landrovers would have ended up on motorail trains for example.
By the way, that is a lot of Imps on one train!!
Best wishes
Simon
I love the idea of a train delivering Imps.
I'm looking forward to having carflats from NGS with factory and Motorail trains (Cowley car delivery to London via Raeding, and Motorail to Penzance). I'm very interested to see what options come to fruition for car packs for those from different sources (NGS and DJM perhaps)... I think I will be likely to pick individual cars from the Oxford range to supplement those, rather than have a random pack delivered.
Quote from: newportnobby on September 30, 2016, 09:43:10 PM
Quote from: njee20 on September 30, 2016, 02:43:29 PM
Ah, right you are. I was looking for something more nuanced.
:no:
This is me you're talking about :-[
No, Mick, he said nuanced not nuisance :laugh3:
Quote from: bridgiesimon on October 01, 2016, 09:57:33 AM
I think I will wait and pick them up at shows rather than order blond.
What have you got against brunettes and redheads, Simon? ;D
hehe, awesome slip of the fingers!! Nothing against brunette, I married one!
Simon