Real punk steam?

So.  Hornby are celebrating 100 years of selling model railways. And releasing lots of new (and old) stuff in recognition of, basically, longevity.

And although I've gone on about rockets before on this blog (eg here, here, here, here, here, here, here (sort of), here (by extension) and here - and to be fair, other places too).  But Hornby are re-releasing one of my favourite rockets from the sixties.

This one....

All very wonderful, but as a result they may have overshadowed their interesting new 'Steampunk' range.  Labelled as Bassett-Lowke, I suspect to distance them from the main range and pacify the rivet counters.

The new steampunky products  aren't that special at all, but as a move to link together hobbies as diverse as model railways, science fiction and role playing games, this is an interesting development.

So as well as ordering a model of the winner of the Rainhill Trials, I bought a chaotic, steampunky, shabby 0-4-0.

Joy!