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Author Topic: Hornby Goes Steampunk  (Read 6637 times)

Offline Keith

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2020, 01:45:27 PM »
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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2020, 09:23:58 PM »
There you go chaps, convert your buildings to a steampunk setting by adding cogs to the roof ad adding a pipe or two. Genius.

No rivets though. That's Victorian territory.

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2020, 08:38:23 PM »
Funny I'd just seen this today. I couldn't make up my mind if he was incredibly brave or a complete idiot. Then I remembered the product and I suddenly had my answer.

Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2020, 09:39:47 PM »
Funny I'd just seen this today. I couldn't make up my mind if he was incredibly brave or a complete idiot. Then I remembered the product and I suddenly had my answer.

To be fair, I sort of see his point. But I was more amused by the Space Marines on the top of his display, and the idea of some Astartes shoveling coal into some contraption of the Imperium to make it run.  lol

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2020, 11:05:06 AM »
I quite like the cased display he has done there. Modelling is not the highest display railway standard but the ideas are good, a better modeller would be able to do something spectacular with that.

The Steampunk genre does lend itself to railways in a way that most sci-fi does not. I think you could get away with something styled like a Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon "pulp sci fi" railway layout as the tech on display would still be recognisable but not later.


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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2020, 12:40:32 PM »
The Steampunk genre does lend itself to railways

It certainly does...

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2020, 12:44:10 PM »
They should've got you to do it Michi  8)
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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2020, 02:21:24 PM »
They are probably trying to cross-sell to the same customer base that bought Harry Potter themed trains.
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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2020, 06:34:12 PM »
That is "Steam Wizard" he and the other characters are actual, or based on, characters from the Steampunk CosPlay community.

They are indeed - I know a number of them well - Merlin is a sweetie... They all hail from the Kent Steampunk community

Offline Mammoth miniatures

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2020, 06:58:01 PM »
The paintjobs on the actual engines are a bit...well, shit.
they're cheaper than what i remember horny being so there's that i suppose, but still, A bit shoddy for the price.

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #26 on: July 06, 2020, 03:02:47 AM »
Sorry to be to this so late, but does anyone recognize the origin of the ship?

Doug

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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #27 on: July 06, 2020, 05:03:30 AM »
Sorry to be to this so late, but does anyone recognize the origin of the ship?

Doug
If you mean the grey ship, the closest I can get you is, maybe, the Airfix 1/600 HMS Hood?
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Re: Hornby Goes Steampunk
« Reply #28 on: July 06, 2020, 06:05:03 AM »
Nice work Michi!

Beast I’d guess the ship is based on the Airfix Tirpitz/Bismarck...
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