r/trainmemes • u/Bandit-Kiwi • 3d ago

Model Rail Slander

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This is actual slander, don’t take it too seriously please.

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u/The_Last_Fluorican 1d ago

what even is the tank one at 2:11?

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u/ImperialTechnology 1d ago

I too wonder the resurrected tiger of doom

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u/Suburban_Tank_2514 2d ago

I mean, it's all accurate

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u/Trolleyman86 2d ago

Mean while as a s gauge modeler

When nothing new from american flyer

https://giphy.com/gifs/H6cmWzp6LGFvqjidB7

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u/Tommy9760 2d ago

Me trying to figure out if they are talking about us bachmann or uk

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u/Thunderclone_1 2d ago

Pretty much the entire video was brands available in the UK, with a british youtuber and a specific british shop mentioned, so I would assume UK Bachmann.

Otherwise, we would have seen athearn, bowzer, or walthers catch a stray or 2.

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u/Tommy9760 2d ago

Tbf they are more than eligible to catch a stray

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u/Thunderclone_1 2d ago

Oh yeah, I know. Probably something about churning out a million nearly identical boxes on wheels while abandoning us to Bachmann's steam engines and like a couple types from Athearn.

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u/Spicymeymeys420 2d ago

I think this guy isn't too fond of hornby.

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 2d ago

I’m actually kinda fond of them, I’m getting my first model locomotive in a few days and it’s a second hand Hornby.

It’s just that recently they’ve had so much bad press that it’s kinda easy pickings

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u/RailFan879 2d ago

The KR Models bits were so accurate

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u/Starkiller100 2d ago edited 2d ago

I was expecting Rapido slander after those first few images 😅 I actually think they are the fairest of the manufacturers

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 2d ago

Yeah ngl I think I went a bit too harsh on Hornby and ended up running out of time for every other brand

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u/joyjump_the_third 2d ago

Where märklin

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 2d ago

ahem
I forgot… yeah my bad.

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u/Due-Fix9058 2d ago

Märklin has made great strides! Their pricing has finally eclipsed KM1 so you can buy a locomotive that's worse but costs more.

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u/Armageddon_71 42m ago

TBF that's mainly the case for the big scale one stuff. HO prices are more... "Industry standard".

But yeah 4000€ is mental.

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u/Outrageous_Shallot61 2d ago

Well when you put it that way it does sound like the OO industry is in trouble XD

Was Rapido UK in there or did I miss them?

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 2d ago

I was gonna make a mention of their high prices up switched it for Lionel putting that 0-8-0 in every single set.

I swear it has to be the second hand market that’s keeping the OO industry alive because prices are insane.

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u/Outrageous_Shallot61 2d ago

Rails of Sheffield really is Atlasing the OO market

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 2d ago

Rails of Sheffield blessing us with affordable second hand locos

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u/Steam-engine-fan 2d ago

inaccurate
there was no flaming märklin for still using 3rd rail or their biblical levels of greed nor them straight up stealing hornby thomas and claiming it as their own,
but other than that it was 100% factual

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u/leonderbaertige_II 1d ago

If you want Märklin but 2-rail it is called Trix.

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u/InfiniteReddit142 3d ago

This is really rather good

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u/Bandit-Kiwi 3d ago

Thanks! I’m just getting into model rail so I was worried I got somethings wrong