Hornby R3828 British Railways, 60163 Tornado The Aberdonian Train Pack - Era 11 Locomotive - Steam

DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.

Beautiful model

First of all, this is an excellent value for money train package. The Tornado locomotive itself is good quality and runs superbly on the track. The carriages themselve are of equal quality and construction and detail. The train was supplied by Cheltenham Model Centre. It arrived a week before the estimated delivery date and was well packaged. Delighted to receiving the delivery early, l was slighty disappointed when l unpacked the train to find one of the carriage couplings missing (hence 4 stars instead of 5). While this has nothing to do with Cheltenham Model Centre and more to with Hornby's quality control, l contacted Cheltenham Model Centre. They asked me to provide photos of the missing part and they would see what they could do, which l did but l"m still waiting to hear back from them. However, don't let my slight disappointment from putting you off buying what is an excellent model train and gives you more bang for your buck if you were just buying a locomotive for an equivalent price. Regarding the review, l don't know what the stretch or sheerness ratings have to do with a model train, so l haven't rated them. All-in-all a good product for the price. I hope this review is helpful.

Very good quality runs well

This is a fantastic train pack. The locomotive alone is worth it. It is very heavy, and that is partly down to the fact it has a flywheel, which means the loco slows down and speeds up a lot more realistically (even on DC). I have only just run it in but I would imagine it could pull upwards of 20+ Coaches on straight and level track (with ease). Finally, the coaches are what you’d expect from Hornby. Designed and manufactured to a great standard. I could recommend this train pack enough.

This a a nice little model but at full price expensive for what you get. You need to be aware that this offering of the Tornado only has electrical pickups on the driving wheels and not on the tender. This may sound a small issue but in practice it makes it stutter and stop over points where other trains have no problem and spoils the entire experience. For this money I would have expected the version with tender pickups which Hornby produce because of this well publicised problem. Nice model but could do much better!

good quality product. Good service and fast delivery

Arrived quickly unfortunately the box is damaged but the set is good and what you would expect from a new Hornby.