Bachmann Branchline 35-200 Class V2 2-6-2 4791 in LNER green

[Kestrel]

I'll have to keep an eye out for an email from Rails, I assume they will also have to amend their price.

Rails are still at £141.00 but are expecting a price increase. They're slow in doing it.
https://railsofsheffield.com/search?sea ... 791&page=1

[burnie]

I too was invited to pre order a V2, in my case the St Peters School of York variant, I will have a chat with the folk from Rails at the Scottish model exhibition in Glasgow next month to see what the score is.

[Atlantic 3279]

I'm not clear about what the new item is to be. Is it just yet another livery and number on the 1990s body shell with mis-shapen boiler and blobby cab, or is this the long rumoured new "proper" body?

[Woodcock29]

I understood this model to be the new retooled body V2.
What I'm wondering also is whether this includes a retooled tender to current standards?
Andrew

[davidwest]

I'm not clear about what the new item is to be. Is it just yet another livery and number on the 1990s body shell with mis-shapen boiler and blobby cab, or is this the long rumoured new "proper" body?

Its apparently to be fiited with firebox flicker and dcc speaker pre installed. Oh yippee- sarcasm intended. I emailed bachann after the announcement to ask why on those items as surely they'd be better off keeping ost down and had a reply that is would add very little to the cost. Can't help feeling that they've 'lost the plot'.

[Seagull]

Its apparently to be fiited with firebox flicker and dcc speaker pre installed. Oh yippee- sarcasm intended. I emailed bachann after the announcement to ask why on those items as surely they'd be better off keeping ost down and had a reply that is would add very little to the cost. Can't help feeling that they've 'lost the plot'.

I share your enthusiasm for these 'valuable' additions......

Bachmann are probably right that in terms of production costs the speaker and (LED?) flicker do cost very little.

However I have no doubt that the marketing people are expecting them to "add retail value at the point of sale".
Translation:- We can screw more money out of the customers.

As for losing the plot - my experience of marketing people is they probably come from a different planet so they are either working to a different plot to normal people or they don't know what a plot is - more likely the latter.

Alan

[manna]

G'Day Gents

Think I'll wait until Hatton's have them on sale for 79.95, 'cos they can't sell them

manna

[nzpaul]

Rails have now followed suit with Hattons and advised of the price increase. So we're faced with a 25％ price hike . Geez, all of a sudden Hornby are looking like the good guys, how will RMWeb cope?
I usually run trains in good lighting so a glowing firebox is worthless and I can't stand the sythetic noises that sound decoders spew forth, so again a pre-fitted speaker has no value for me, many will be glad to have these features of course.
I do have a GBL V2 and a spare Hornby A3 body... maybe some choppy choppy modelling rather than spending lots of money will be the way to a nice V2.
Hmmmmmm, I'll wait and see what else they come up with before I decide to keep or cancel the order.

Cheers
Paul