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Which modelling company do you think provides better, more detailed models?
Very true.I would agree that detail on both has improved considerably over recent years -- but, that is tending to make some models increasingly unaffordable. A few years ago, a tolerably acceptable (unpowered) coach could be bought for maybe £15 to £20. Now, some coaches cost over £50. I feel that the model companies are in danger of pricing themselves out of the market if this trend continues. Yes, super-accurate detail looks nice - but plenty of people are unable to afford it.
Some models are just as detailed as OO but half the price!The models are slightly cheaper (especially the coaches) and Bachmann have done wonders with the Graham Farish range.
Definitely, and the range just gets better.Some models are just as detailed as OO but half the price!
Depends what model.
The Hornby 08 and Bachman 08 are pretty good equal contenders.
Quite a few decades since I did any modelling so I can't give an up to date comment. Back in the 70s I did have the feeling that Hornby's marketing was pitched more at the toy market rather than at modellers.
At least Bachmann are consistent with their quality and seem to have a clear idea of their target market. Quite simply, more or less, you know what you're going to get.
Hornby are schizophrenic as they're trying to be all things to all men. Level of detail varies enormously from item to item. I'm not just talking about the difference between their Railroad range and their main range either. Even within each range, there are enormous differences at similar price points. You really can't anticipate what a model will/won't have until you physically see it - that's just plain wrong on so many levels.
I think the Railroad range is a good concept, as many of the models in it are pretty decent for the price and helpful if you want to build up a decent-sized fleet on a budget, but even within that, there's good models and terrible ones.
Depends what model.
The Hornby 08 and Bachman 08 are pretty good equal contenders.
Its weird how Dapol can get the 68 so right (if you ignore the livery blunder on the first batch of DRS ones) and yet blunder so badly with the 73 (troublesome pick ups and poor liveries - wrong shades, lettering wrongly proportioned). The Western is an irritant, fine providing the lifting eyes for separate fitting but they could have least designed them to slot into the roof with a fold over tap to secure them to the inside of the roof. In terms of the ones they do supply varnish has been suggested to me as a way of fitting them but its not a strong hold on them and any slightly uncareful handling sees them fall off, so the alternative is to leave them off but then the roof is covered in strange slits.