No. 144 Llanvair Grange – new from Hornby 2018
In the 1960s we lived in the north east of England and took our holidays in west Wales. This Spring after a winter season of north east model railway memories I have taken a ‘Western’ break and invested in Hornby’s latest BR (WR) Grange. Hornby R3452 Llanvair Grange – front end I think the Grange is one of Hornby’s more finely detailed models. As a result it is rather delicate and in my opinion lightweight, benefiting from the addition of some lead ballast. Hornby’s previous Grange, Bucklebury Grange, was one of the first models to be sourced in China from ‘Refined’. I had to return my first model to Locomotion for replacement because of quality control issues. I wrote a Blog Post at the time about adding lead ballast together with comments on some of the quality issues: https://longsheds.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/no104-more-refined-grange-hornby.html What do I think of the new model, Llanvair Grange? Judging by the reference number on the box Llanvair Gr