Hornby/Arnold enter British N Gauge market

Ollie3440 · February 15, 2013, 01:12:33 PM

I'm just relaying what i heard. I know we placed our order for them earlier this week but its worth noting this is nothing do with Hornby at Margate. All UK orders are being dealt with by OnTracks so it may be worth contacting them to find out what they know?

Ollie

moogle · February 15, 2013, 01:30:21 PM

Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

daveg · February 15, 2013, 02:57:57 PM

I get Ollie's point but without any kind of indicative price I'm unwilling to commit to an ongoing pre-order.

I have other bits of kit on pre-order but at least I know the cost and have set aside that amount.

In the end demand may exceed supply and I lose out getting one but it does seem a bit strange that a retailer is placing an order on a supplier without any knowledge of their costs.

Dave G

Greybeema · February 15, 2013, 05:23:09 PM

Mines on Pre-order but if it comes out as much more than the Blue Pullman - I will be cancelling. I am not going to ripped off and there is a recession on. I'll spend some of that money purchasing the bits to make a couple more 465 Networkers...

Adam1701D · February 15, 2013, 08:11:56 PM

To quote Leonard McCoy, "What the hell kind of strategy is this?"

I really wonder what sort of marketing plan Hornby are using at the moment. They don't seem to be winning many friends in the retail sector at the moment, if posts on some of the other forums are to be believed.

Agrippa · February 15, 2013, 08:54:58 PM

It's marketing Jim , but not as we know it.

Seriously though, despite Farish and Dapol having the lion's share of the UK rtr market nothing lasts forever
and if Hornby / Arnold produce a successful model at an affordable price it may encourage them to do
further British N products , especially if their quality control is better than Farish and Dapol.

painbrook · February 17, 2013, 04:13:30 PM

Reading the News section of this month's BRM page 94, there is an article re the BB. Cheers john.

Greybeema · May 08, 2013, 01:09:55 PM

Ok last posts on here were in February.

Does anyone have any news? - I have a Belle on pre-order from Rails. I still have no idea how much or when... Is it really going to materials or was it all just expensive hype?

Pengi · May 08, 2013, 01:21:04 PM

Still nothing - I've been checking regularly

red_death · May 08, 2013, 01:46:59 PM

When I spoke to Hornby a month or so back it was definitely going ahead, but Hornby (UK) hadn't been given the price still.

Cheers, Mike

H · May 08, 2013, 02:35:15 PM

As reported in both N'spirations11 and UPDate #70, I spoke with Simon Kohler (Hornby's Marketing Manager) at the Ally Pally show in March. He confirmed that the model was going ahead and was scheduled for delivery in early 2014. He also said that he had pictures of the tooling that he would take along to DEMU's ShowCase exhibition in July for examination.

H.