The unmistakable lines of the Class 43 High Speed Train have been immortalised in ‘TT:120’ scale by Hornby. MIKE WILD reviews the first arrivals in InterCity ‘Swallow’ and GWR green liveries.
The impact of the Hornby ‘TT:120’ scale HST pre-production samples at the 2023 Great Electric Train Show was quite astounding. As soon as we placed the models on our brand-new ‘TT:120’ scale layout, people flocked to see them. Perhaps its was the brand-new nature of the product, or maybe it was the attraction of the InterCity ‘Swallow’ livery.
Either way, we’ve been looking forward to the final production models arriving for review and they are also now in stock with Hornby ‘TT:120’ official stockists, including on the Key Model World Shop.
Above: The first of Hornby’s new ‘TT:120’ scale HST power cars and Mk 3 trailers arrived in March carrying InterCity livery.
The real HSTs have been in the limelight of late with the final withdrawal of the CrossCountry sets in September 2023 bringing down the curtain on almost 50 years of long-distance express work by the fleet – the first entering service in 1976. Now only ScotRail and GWR operate short formation HSTs for dail…
