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Pre-Order Colas Rail Class 66 66850 David Maidment Era 11

Pre-Order Colas Rail Class 66 66850 David Maidment Era 11

by Key Publishing Ltd
£1.00 - £1.00
£1.00
£1.00 - £1.00
£1.00
SKU TT3019MP

Hornby’s class 66 is a must-have locomotive type and an ideal start to modelling in TT:120 scale. Accurately portraying a universal modern diesel type in a wide range of colourful liveries, the class 66 is perfect for any current-era TT:120 layout.

Pre-order today from the Key Model World Shop with a £1 deposit. Our customer services team will contact you to collect the balance of £118.99 on arrival of the model into stock. Model due autumn 2024.

The class 66 is a highly successful and reliable freight design produced by EMD, with 480 examples constructed specifically for the Britain’s railways between 1998 and 2016 and further examples later imported from Europe. Class 66s are truly ubiquitous and can be found on all types of freight across the UK, with the fleet operated by five main companies and carrying a huge range of liveries to this day.

Carrying the distinctive orange, black and yellow livery of Colas Rail, Hornby’s TT:120 scale model brings the class 66 range right up to date with 66850 ‘David Maidment OBE’. With multiple sub-classes and countless design differences including etched metal detailing and Hornby has accurately produced this model as a class 66/5 reclassified as 66/8 by Colas.

Internally the locomotive features a Next18 DCC decoder socket, making it a simple upgrade to digital control with Hornby Triplex Sound Bluetooth decoders or other brands of decoders. Hornby’s TT:120 class 66 is highly detailed and is the perfect companion to the era 11 modern image freight rolling stock and HSTs currently in development by Hornby.

Product highlights include:

  • Class 66/8 66850 ‘David Maidment OBE’ in Colas Rail
  • DCC ready with a Next18 decoder socket
  • NEM standard couplings
  • Separately fitted etched metal steps, handrails and grilles
  • Must-have model of a stand out class 66 for the modern period (era 11)

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