RE: Re China hold ups11 Sep 2022 23:52
A smaller competitor called Dapol, manufactures in the U.K. I believe. Hornby should rationalise the scales of it's various brands and products over a period of time, when it has to make new tooling for it's moulds. Some of the old tooling for the Airfix model railway products(now possibly 40/50 years old) was bought by Dapol ages ago and is still being used by them. Why produce Airfix aircraft in mainly 1:72 scale, Hornby British railway and Oxford road transport models in 1:76 scale and European Rivarossi, Jouef etc. in 1:87 scale? Who is going to put a 1:72 scale model alongside a 1:87 scale one? The answer is, that is because the adult market wants it but it should not apply to the children's market, which is what Hornby should be cultivating for the future.