Hornby 2019 catalogue - it's here!

Hornby's new Model Railways and Accessories Catalogue arrived in the office this morning. Seen as much as an item for the collector as it is for the passing enthusiast at a local model shop to glance through the Hornby range of products to get ideas and background information, 2019 marks the 65th edition of the catalogue.

William Stanier's Princess Royal 4-6-2 'Pacifics' are the flagship models of the range recently announced. We saw delivery of the first streamlined iterations late-2018, with more batches following shortly afterwards and earlier this year. The newly-tooled unstreamlined models announced at Margate last year will be No. 6201 (R3709), No. 46206 (R3711) and No. 46207 (R3713). All are available DCC-fitted with the addition of the 'X' suffix to the 'R' number. All are expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of 2019.

In traditional style, a vibrant painted image adorns the cover of the 2019 catalogue, this time 'Princess Royal' 4-6-2 No. 46208

The catalogue dedicates a short section to the background history of each newly-tooled item and highlights the number of detailed components which are required for each new item.

With CAD artwork at such an advanced stage for many of the newly-tooled items, Hornby has favoured these in the catalogue rather than rendered artists' impressions.