Hi Dave. Absolutely. I now have something like 23 of the HAA hoppers including both the new and old tooling. Weathered up and loaded it is hard to tell when they are travelling around. Cheers
I bought my 24 red frame hoppers over 10 years ago, all second hand for less than £3 a pop, would never dream of paying £20 for one! I am more than happy with the old detail!
The same crazy prices also go for the Hornby HEA railfreight hopper wagons. The ordinary ones are relatively cheap but the red railfreight are a lot more.
It would appear the red ones are somewhat in demand. Got to say I have since purchased many more New and Old variants to create some very long trains. Cheers
Excellent review. Some good points raised here, I have noticed the 2nd hand prices for model railway stuff seems to have increased drastically. BR Railfreight/Sectorisation is one of my main interests and the older Hornby models like the MGR hoppers and vans are commanding strong money on a certain auction site, even the Hornby 37s and 47s (pre Lima tooling) are going for really daft money! Hopefully when lockdown eases and model shops re-open prices will get back to sensible levels. You did well on getting the used hoppers for that price.
Hi Dave. You get it totally. I do love a bit of the sectorisation. I remember it fondly. I have over the years looked at the old Lima models which are still very good but the second hand market has just exploded recently with prices so close to that of new. You start to ask yourself if you should just buy new or get second hand only when it's an absolute steal. I admit i was very lucky to have walked in to the shop and not only found four but at an excellent price. Hopefully like you say when lockdown eases over time so will the second hand prices. Cheers Dave
Hi Ben Great video well edited Some of the details you are not going to notice in my opinion But it nice it there Same with locos I guess but hey what do I know Keep safe arp
Hi Adi. I think in this case with the hoppers, visually when they are running there is not a lot in it really. Loco's well we all like to stare at them when they are or are not running so more detail needed on them i think haha. Cheers mate
Hi there 😊good review and I agree with you about this subject. I don't really care about the details tooo much. When they are running a rake weathered looks quite good. I'm not buying new ones but second hand HAAs still hold a price. I bought an EFE class 58 so I'll watch what you think of them. Cheers
Hi Guy. Yes we have two of the EFE class 58's. In fact on the @Aidansrailways Extra's channel we have a number of shorts of them running with both Hornby new and old HAA hoppers. We also have a brief review of those 58's on our main channel here. They are a lovely well built model. Cheers
Hi Aidan - I hope you are well and a good comparison, it is a difficult choice do you pay £20 for a more detailed version or less for the older version and accept at normal viewing distance it would be hard to tell the difference. But the cost of pre owned seems to have increased and there is not too much difference between the prices now. Keep Safe........Cheers Kev
Hi Kev. Yes this is exactly the point. The price second hand is soooo close to new that in my opinion unless you find a real bargain like the four I managed to obtain realistically I may as well buy the new. Thank you for watching and getting in touch. Stay safe, cheers
hi aidan. some good points there. but ten for the price of three depends on the size of your wallet i think. as you say running round the layout will you notice ? i dont know. good video though cheers tom.
Hi Thomas, well i'm glad you could see my point within the video about the prices. If i could pick a full rake up at those low second hand prices i would in a heart beat. The problem i see is the second hand market at the moment seems to know how sought after these are and is keeping the prices really quite high. The four i got were at what i think is a great price for second hand but when on the internet auction sites you see groups of three selling for almost the same price as new. It's madness. Cheers Thomas
Good morning....It would be great to know the Hornby R numbers for those MGR wagons. I have two very old R.249 MGR wagons with the red framework (not yellow). They are in immaculate condition and never been out of their boxes. Could you let us know those reference nos.?....just for reference/knowledge....All the best kiddo. P.S. Nice sunny weather at moment...12.02pm.
Hi, we are fans of the railway series and the television series, however that being said we are not too interested in some of the more recent television series.
I bought one new triple pack, then hunted down a dozen more of the older wagons and, as you said, once they are filthy it is hard to tell them apart.
Hi Dave. Absolutely. I now have something like 23 of the HAA hoppers including both the new and old tooling. Weathered up and loaded it is hard to tell when they are travelling around. Cheers
I bought my 24 red frame hoppers over 10 years ago, all second hand for less than £3 a pop, would never dream of paying £20 for one! I am more than happy with the old detail!
Ah if only I had managed that. Unless a unbelievable group of bargains appear I think I’ll be buying new. Cheers 👍
Great video
Aidans Railways on the Hornby MGR HAA Wagons. But I love the Graffiti wagon as it adds some much more characters to it.
Yes i remember seeing them running and they were often covered in grafiti. Definitely adds character . Cheers
Nice video Aidan
Thank you
The same crazy prices also go for the Hornby HEA railfreight hopper wagons. The ordinary ones are relatively cheap but the red railfreight are a lot more.
It would appear the red ones are somewhat in demand. Got to say I have since purchased many more New and Old variants to create some very long trains. Cheers
Good video Aidan I need to get hold of some more hopper wagons to go with my old hornby 58
Hi David. Definitely. I would love to get a nice long rake for both of my 58's but i'll settle for one long rake if i can do it. Cheers mate
Excellent review. Some good points raised here, I have noticed the 2nd hand prices for model railway stuff seems to have increased drastically. BR Railfreight/Sectorisation is one of my main interests and the older Hornby models like the MGR hoppers and vans are commanding strong money on a certain auction site, even the Hornby 37s and 47s (pre Lima tooling) are going for really daft money! Hopefully when lockdown eases and model shops re-open prices will get back to sensible levels. You did well on getting the used hoppers for that price.
Hi Dave. You get it totally. I do love a bit of the sectorisation. I remember it fondly. I have over the years looked at the old Lima models which are still very good but the second hand market has just exploded recently with prices so close to that of new. You start to ask yourself if you should just buy new or get second hand only when it's an absolute steal. I admit i was very lucky to have walked in to the shop and not only found four but at an excellent price. Hopefully like you say when lockdown eases over time so will the second hand prices. Cheers Dave
Hi Ben
Great video well edited
Some of the details you are not going to notice in my opinion
But it nice it there
Same with locos I guess but hey what do I know
Keep safe arp
Hi Adi. I think in this case with the hoppers, visually when they are running there is not a lot in it really. Loco's well we all like to stare at them when they are or are not running so more detail needed on them i think haha. Cheers mate
Hi there 😊good review and I agree with you about this subject. I don't really care about the details tooo much. When they are running a rake weathered looks quite good. I'm not buying new ones but second hand HAAs still hold a price. I bought an EFE class 58 so I'll watch what you think of them. Cheers
Hi Guy. Yes we have two of the EFE class 58's. In fact on the @Aidansrailways Extra's channel we have a number of shorts of them running with both Hornby new and old HAA hoppers. We also have a brief review of those 58's on our main channel here. They are a lovely well built model. Cheers
Hi Aidan - I hope you are well and a good comparison, it is a difficult choice do you pay £20 for a more detailed version or less for the older version and accept at normal viewing distance it would be hard to tell the difference. But the cost of pre owned seems to have increased and there is not too much difference between the prices now.
Keep Safe........Cheers Kev
Hi Kev. Yes this is exactly the point. The price second hand is soooo close to new that in my opinion unless you find a real bargain like the four I managed to obtain realistically I may as well buy the new.
Thank you for watching and getting in touch. Stay safe, cheers
hi aidan. some good points there. but ten for the price of three depends on the size of your wallet i think. as you say running round the layout will you notice ? i dont know. good video though cheers tom.
Hi Thomas, well i'm glad you could see my point within the video about the prices. If i could pick a full rake up at those low second hand prices i would in a heart beat. The problem i see is the second hand market at the moment seems to know how sought after these are and is keeping the prices really quite high. The four i got were at what i think is a great price for second hand but when on the internet auction sites you see groups of three selling for almost the same price as new. It's madness. Cheers Thomas
Good morning....It would be great to know the Hornby R numbers for those MGR wagons. I have two very old R.249 MGR wagons with the red framework (not yellow). They are in immaculate condition and never been out of their boxes. Could you let us know those reference nos.?....just for reference/knowledge....All the best kiddo. P.S. Nice sunny weather at moment...12.02pm.
Hi Martin, the four older ones are three numbers according to the boxes. R039, R033 & R249. The newer one being R6961. Hope this helps
Hello, are you a Thomas fan or are you a fan of The Railway Series?
Hi, we are fans of the railway series and the television series, however that being said we are not too interested in some of the more recent television series.
@@AidansRailways Same here! Those original HAA hoppers are the ones I had!