the flying scotsman....
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just been watching TG repeat on Dave when what should come on - an ad for that collectible of the future the self assembly version of the flying scotsman - well I mean FFS what a bargain! Issue & presumably piece 1 an absolute bargain at...er 99p to be followed by another 124 mags / parts equally reasonably priced at £4.99 - so, for a whisker under £620 you'll have yourself - er a piece of crap.... oh joy!
My question to the great PH mass is has anyone ever completed one of these er....heirlooms & who will confess to it???
My question to the great PH mass is has anyone ever completed one of these er....heirlooms & who will confess to it???
I think all these stupid partworks should be compelled to print the total price on the front cover. It was bad enough when you had to pay £1:99 for 50 volumes of "how to knit your pubes" but the model ones are just ridiculous. For £670 you could buy a half decent lathe and a good amount of steel!
sa_20v said:
That's the baby. Add in some track as well (also not included on the DIY kit), and Bobs your mums brother 
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All utter bollox these magazines build your own 'fab thing'.
Interesting 'me' based fact - my great grandfather used to be a driver on the flying scotsman(before anyone asks I have absolutely no proof of this but it came from my grandfather who ought to know a little about his father or was it father in law? Anyways up I have his pocket watch that they used to issue to the railway staff).
Interesting 'me' based fact - my great grandfather used to be a driver on the flying scotsman(before anyone asks I have absolutely no proof of this but it came from my grandfather who ought to know a little about his father or was it father in law? Anyways up I have his pocket watch that they used to issue to the railway staff).
Tim-D said:
124 mags
Thats almost 2 and a half years if they are weekly. Madness.I remember I did sign up for a robot one, "Real Robots" I think it was called. I managed to build it to about 70% and by then had spent about £40 and it still didn't do jack shit. Eventually I stopped building it and the magazines kept flooding in despite me trying to ring them up to cancel. I think I still have some issues in their shrinkwrapping in some dusty corner.
sa_20v said:
That took me back to when I was a kid and wanting a really big train set! Don't have the space for it now (and cars are more fun 
).It's the magazine bit which interests me, I mean do they just chop up a book on the subject into bitesized pieces or what?
I suppose a lot of people get them from grandparents or something?
From what I remember, these are usually fortnightly which would see this take 5 years to make! Surely even the most enthusiastic kid will give up after a year and a 20% complete train. Do they actually have the whole thing written or what?
Has anyone ever gone through with one of these things? And the things which started a few years ago, the RC car for example from a year or two ago. Is it still available?
I think I made the spine of a glow in the dark dinosaur (before I gave up and stuck the 'bones' to my door). I have vague recollection of a cardboard Mary Rose or some such ship being made in my house too. Never got beyond a couple of weeks with them though. I remember avoiding the newsagent who was ordering them in when I decided I didn't want them anymore
I suppose a lot of people get them from grandparents or something?
From what I remember, these are usually fortnightly which would see this take 5 years to make! Surely even the most enthusiastic kid will give up after a year and a 20% complete train. Do they actually have the whole thing written or what?
Has anyone ever gone through with one of these things? And the things which started a few years ago, the RC car for example from a year or two ago. Is it still available?
I think I made the spine of a glow in the dark dinosaur (before I gave up and stuck the 'bones' to my door). I have vague recollection of a cardboard Mary Rose or some such ship being made in my house too. Never got beyond a couple of weeks with them though. I remember avoiding the newsagent who was ordering them in when I decided I didn't want them anymore
Spark 36 said:
And you know del-prado will just do a haymarket halfway through,
all the wheels will fall off and it just ends up jacked up on lego bricks in the corner like a 1;1 scale chav-project
Not so sure, their business model would apparently (on the basis of quotes above but not an assertion I am making) based on fleecing gullible tall the wheels will fall off and it just ends up jacked up on lego bricks in the corner like a 1;1 scale chav-project
ts. If so I'd say they had a very sound basis, certainly better than the banks that lent money to the same gullible t
ts. Especially since del-prado's mark-up on this stuff would be huge (apparently)Speculation time then,
given the previous protracted builds involved, what might be their next offering,
Suggestions involve (boringly) Plane for Eric perhaps,
personally I think the logistics of getting those wings into Patels shops nationwide rule that One out
full size gangsta 'piece' in Two hundred parts
Hollow points extra
given the previous protracted builds involved, what might be their next offering,
Suggestions involve (boringly) Plane for Eric perhaps,
personally I think the logistics of getting those wings into Patels shops nationwide rule that One out
full size gangsta 'piece' in Two hundred parts
Hollow points extra
Having been a WH Smith store manager in the past.....
You wouldn't believe the number of gullible, dole-scrounging, overweight, chav idiots that buy these things.
January is the peak selling time for them - all the new ones are launched and there are all the re-releases of the old ones which are a massive money-spinner for the 'part work' companies.
I wasn't around long enough to see anyone actually make it to the end, which suggests that most people don't.
They get people hooked by allowing the news-sellers sale or return on the first 6 in the series - so people get used to coming in and picking it up - then they hook people into subscriptions, either direct with the publisher or via their news agent.
We had file upon file full of them.
You wouldn't believe the number of gullible, dole-scrounging, overweight, chav idiots that buy these things.
January is the peak selling time for them - all the new ones are launched and there are all the re-releases of the old ones which are a massive money-spinner for the 'part work' companies.
I wasn't around long enough to see anyone actually make it to the end, which suggests that most people don't.
They get people hooked by allowing the news-sellers sale or return on the first 6 in the series - so people get used to coming in and picking it up - then they hook people into subscriptions, either direct with the publisher or via their news agent.
We had file upon file full of them.
sa_20v said:
Is that not what they used to call 'syncrosmoke'? If so it's not real steam, it's damn expensive.£620?
Currently, DJH are offering the A3 for £462 but that is minus wheels (£128.50) and motor (£100.00), so the chav HP method is actually pretty nearly on the money, IF and it's a big star spangled IF with dancing girls and fireworks, the magazine model is up to the quality of the DJH kit.
I would hazard a guess that it might not be.
I suspect there may be a lot of scrap brass etch around soon and a lot of part finished kits on eBay!
Currently, DJH are offering the A3 for £462 but that is minus wheels (£128.50) and motor (£100.00), so the chav HP method is actually pretty nearly on the money, IF and it's a big star spangled IF with dancing girls and fireworks, the magazine model is up to the quality of the DJH kit.
I would hazard a guess that it might not be.
I suspect there may be a lot of scrap brass etch around soon and a lot of part finished kits on eBay!
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