An add from Railway Modeller 1978

[Georgeconna]

Got given a copy of Railway Modeller off of a chap on Sunday and thought it might make you guys chuckle, Take heed young men

 

 

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[Glenderg]

Bloody 'ell. The "we try harder model shop"?

[Broithe]

Fully automatic working? Automatic shunting? In 1978?

 

Who needs DCC - whatever that will be..?

[scahalane]

Yes it will be socks for the Mrs. this xmas now that the orange 071 is due!!

[heirflick]

Yes it will be socks for the Mrs. this xmas now that the orange 071 is due!!

 

who said romance is dead?

[Garfield]

who said romance is dead!!

 

Well, Hadley Model Shop pretty much made the announcment it back in 1978...

[BosKonay]

Space age technology

 

Love it

[Weshty]

The 1978 prices are also interesting:

 

 

 

Turntable £49 = £450 labour hours's equivalent today. A modern powered equivalent is c.£110

Pacific £29 = £267 labour hours's equivalent today. Today's bachhy/hornby equivalent is c.£120

 

Summary? Thanks to globalisation, cheap chinese labour and higher competition, prices are 25% of what they were 35 years ago...