Hornby R3012 A4 Merlin with Slipstream tender

Hornby R3012 A4 Merlin with Slipstream tender

At the time of writing this is Hornby’s current ultimate super detailed model. The tooling dates back to 2004 & has features such as 5 pole skew wound motor, DCC decoder socket, motor in the loco with power pickups on twelve wheels giving superb smooth running. Hornby have done a good job on capturing the complex shape of the A4’s front curves. The model has a wealth of other details.

In other review tests report that this model will haul ten coaches with ease & will run through through curves as tight as second radius.

Hornby offer the A4 with single & double chimneys, pre-war side valances & various different style of tenders as well. Hornby have also done a gloss finish which was included in the Gresley collection.

Key Features:

• 5-pole skew wound motor
• Power pick ups 12 wheels
• NEM sockets & removable tension lock couplings
• Flush glazing
• Wire handrails
• Fixed rear pony truck under the cab with flanged & flangless wheelset supplied
• Metal chassis
• Sprung buffers
• detailed cab / footplate
• close coupled tender
• Bag of extra detailed parts supplied for fitting by the modeller
• Singe & double chimney variants
• Different style tenders
• Removable coal load
• Fine scale wheels
• 8 pin DCC socket
• Some supplied with DCC decoder fitted & some with DCC sound fitted

Photo below showing different tender types used with the A4’s

A4 model releases 2004 tooling:

• R2965
• R2445
• R2373
• R3306
• R3307
• R3308
• R3309
• R3131
• R3199
• R3254
• R2805XS
• R2339
• R2973M
• R3196
• R3251
• R2684
• R3197
• R3252
• R2888M
• R3095
• R2688
• R3402
• R2338
• R2338
• R2798
• R3201
• R3256
• R2991XS
• R3320
• R2906
• R2435
• R2826
• R2494
• R2615
• R1064
• R2896XS
• R3200
• R3255
• R2909
• R3198
• R3253
• R2910
• R3008
• R2825
• R2721
• R3103
• R2794M
• R3012
• R2535
• R2340

Photo’s kindly provided by Jaike Annetts

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