Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The attention to detail on these Hornby Saints is impressive. Very, very impressive actually.
I’ve so far picked up on 11 tooling differences between these two models, some are pretty obvious whilst others are extremely subtle. See slides 6 & 7 for attention to detail that blew me away.
There are probably more differences too that I’ve not noticed yet.
Introduced from 1902, the real locomotives went through a number of alterations during construction of the fleet and then throughout their long careers. 2975 ‘Lord Palmer’ represents a Saint in early condition, whereas 2920 is an example of a class member right at the end of its career in the early 1950’s in BR days.
I believe that there are even more variations included on the model of new build 2999 ‘Lady of Legend’, but I’ve not had one through the weathering studio yet to examine.
The attention to detail on these Hornby Saints is impressive. Very, very impressive actually.
I’ve so far picked up on 11 tooling differences between these two models, some are pretty obvious whilst others are extremely subtle. See slides 6 & 7 for attention to detail that blew me away.
There are probably more differences too that I’ve not noticed yet.
Introduced from 1902, the real locomotives went through a number of alterations during construction of the fleet and then throughout their long careers. 2975 ‘Lord Palmer’ represents a Saint in early condition, whereas 2920 is an example of a class member right at the end of its career in the early 1950’s in BR days.
I believe that there are even more variations included on the model of new build 2999 ‘Lady of Legend’, but I’ve not had one through the weathering studio yet to examine.
