Kernow MRC announce four new exclusive editions at Old Oak Common Open Day

[Andy Y]

At the Old Oak Common Open Day today Kernow Model Rail Centre announced four new OO Gauge models which pre-orders are invited for.

 

 

 

31-657Z Bachmann Class 47/7 Diesel number 47 701 named "Old Oak Common" in Revised NSE livery.  47 701 was named at Old Oak Common Open Day on 17th August 1991 and the model will represent the pristine condition of the loco on that day.  Limited edition of 512, supplied with etched nameplates and a numbered certificate of authenticity, available DCC Ready (21 pin socket) £159.99, DCC Fitted £179.99 or DCC Sound Fitted £259.99.  Expected December 2017

 

 

32-816Z Bachmann Class 47/3 Diesel number 47 306 named "The Sapper" in Railfreight Distribution livery.  47 306 was named The Sapper on 22nd April 1994 and the model will represent the weathered condition of the loco as it was when working from St Blazey.  Currently being restored by the Bodmin Diesel Group at Bodmin, the model will also match the livery of the restored loco.  Limited edition of 512, supplied with etched nameplates and a numbered certificate of authenticity, available DCC Ready (21 pin socket) £159.99, DCC Fitted £179.99 or DCC Sound Fitted £259.99.  Expected December 2017

 

 

32-935X Bachmann Class 150/2 Sprinter DMU Set number 150 216 in First Great Western Purple livery.  150 216 was repainted into the plain purple livery and was one of the few to receive this livery without the toilet window being blanked out.  Limited edition of 512, supplied with a numbered certificate of authenticity, available DCC Ready (21 pin socket) £189.95.  Expected December 2017

 

 

R4868 Hornby Mk3a GWR Night Riviera Sleeper Pack.  This is the first Hornby exclusive model to be produced for us.  This pack will contain three Mk3a Sleeper Coaches in the new GWR Green livery and will feature three individual running numbers with individual logos in the correct position for each number.  Limited edition of 250, running numbers 10590, 10601 and 10612 £89.99.  Expected 2nd Quarter 2018

 

These models will be available to order from Monday 4th September (possibly earlier if the mobile signal allows us to set them live at Old Oak Common Open Day!)

[Andy Y]

Bump

[woodenhead]

A surprise with a surprise in it - 4 models.

 

No one saw a Hornby limited edition coming.

[MGR Hooper!]

Good to see Hornby back in the "Limited Edition" side....For a few years now it's always been their own LEs

[47423]

701 and the sleeper coach pack for me.

[Ian Hargrave]

Good to see Hornby back in the "Limited Edition" side....For a few years now it's always been their own LEs

 

Locomotion NRM ?

[brushman47544]

Well 47701 and the 150 were in John's (47423) video on the previous thread, but there were other 47s too, so perhaps there will be yet more announcements in due course. The BR blue loco that looks like it could be 47625 City of Truro and the GWR one that could be 47500 or 47628 would certainly wing there way to me if they are announced later. The current announcements are too "late" for me unfortunately.

[RJennings]

Fantastic announcement! Excellent to see 47701 in NSE, The FGW class 150 and GW Mk3a Sleepers. Admittedly a bit meh with 47306 though to be honest looks very nice so may still order one at a later date.

 

Just need to figure out how to explain the forthcoming dent in my bank account though to the other half . . . Again . . .

[MGR Hooper!]

Locomotion NRM ?

Apart from those! Most of their LEs were their own

[Phil Bullock]

A very appropriate announcement....well done Kernow!

 

Phil

[Hilux5972]

Do Kernow always take full payment when you try to preorder something?

[81C]

Do Kernow always take full payment when you try to preorder something?

I've not done in the past but it might worth asking them to make sure. 

[BR(S)]

Do Kernow always take full payment when you try to preorder something?

 

I believe this is a quirk of their ordering system and they then manually issue a refund.

[Hilux5972]

I believe this is a quirk of their ordering system and they then manually issue a refund.

Well I hope they still have them available for preorder in 2 weeks cause I don't get paid again until then. Fingers crossed

[Gwiwer]

Do Kernow always take full payment when you try to preorder something?

 

Yes.  It is the way their system works. For items not expected in stock within 28 days they then return the funds to you and ask for payment when the item arrives.  For items expected within 28 days you have already paid and it simply arrives on your doorstep when it gets there.  This is fully explained on their web site.

 

Some savvy announcements from the Camborne Crew.  More recent liveries seem to be in demand as BR blue fades into our memories as steam did a generation back.  And as ever for Kernow MRC there is a significant geographical connection with all these items having run in Cornwall.  

 

A "shove-duff" might make it to my display stock and I have a rake of toothpaste Mk1s and a NSE 50 so this would be a suitable addition though the rest are too recent for me.  I wish them well with what should be popular additions to their stock.  Who ever thought we might one day be offered a pack of three sleeping cars representing around 1/3 of the total fleet in that livery?

[tetsudofan]

Yes.  It is the way their system works. For items not expected in stock within 28 days they then return the funds to you and ask for payment when the item arrives.  For items expected within 28 days you have already paid and it simply arrives on your doorstep when it gets there.  This is fully explained on their web site.

 

 

 

That's fine when you live in the UK (unless you have a Barclaycard who credit the refund to your card account immediately but don't charge the original amount until the following month) but if you live overseas you will get charged for three fx transactions - when the card company process the original order, when they refund that amount and again when you are charged when the item is actually despatched.

 

Only option to avoid this is to contact Kernow directly and place the order over the phone which, of course, can be difficult and expensive if you live on the other side of the world.

 

Keith

[Hilux5972]

That's fine when you live in the UK (unless you have a Barclaycard who credit the refund to your card account immediately but don't charge the original amount until the following month) but if you live overseas you will get charged for three fx transactions - when the card company process the original order, when they refund that amount and again when you are charged when the item is actually despatched.

 

Only option to avoid this is to contact Kernow directly and place the order over the phone which, of course, can be difficult and expensive if you live on the other side of the world.

 

Keith

Exactly Keith.

[Gwiwer]

That's fine when you live in the UK (unless you have a Barclaycard who credit the refund to your card account immediately but don't charge the original amount until the following month) but if you live overseas you will get charged for three fx transactions - when the card company process the original order, when they refund that amount and again when you are charged when the item is actually despatched.

 

Only option to avoid this is to contact Kernow directly and place the order over the phone which, of course, can be difficult and expensive if you live on the other side of the world.

 

Keith

 

 

I have discussed exactly this scenario with Kernow MRC as it potentially affected me prior to returning home.  The way you can avoid all those bank fees and a phone call / email is to mark "Take full payment now" in the "Comments" box as you check out of the online store.  They will do so and you pay exactly the same price as you otherwise would.  The difference is that you pay one bank fee not three and you know that it's already paid for when it eventually turns up.  I reckon that's a win-win situation.  This is also information readily available on their web site.

Edited September 2, 2017 by Gwiwer

[rob D2]

Wow,

What a lot of models !

 

I'd like 47306 to run with my mIlitary stuff . They state " as it was working from st blazey " but my understanding was it went down for an open day and then festered down there. I'd love to see evidence if it actually working down there as it would fit a Cornish plank as well. Then .

[25901]

At the end she was a Old Oak loco and was placed into store, they then sent her to St. Blazey to get a tan lol

 

http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?s_loco=47306

[KymN]

I have discussed exactly this scenario with Kernow MRC as it potentially affected me prior to returning home.  The way you can avoid all those bank fees and a phone call / email is to mark "Take full payment now" in the "Comments" box as you check out of the online store.  They will do so and you pay exactly the same price as you otherwise would.  The difference is that you pay one bank fee not three and you know that it's already paid for when it eventually turns up.  I reckon that's a win-win situation.  This is also information readily available on their web site.

 

That is exactly how I do it, and what Kernow advised.  Works for me.

[PrestburyJack]

Post deleted because it was wrong! 

Edited September 3, 2017 by PrestburyJack

[Guest 47107]

I believe this was done by Cheltenham Model Centre a few years ago.

 

 That was 47560 'Tamar' in weathered blue.

[Metr0Land]

As mentioned above it's good to see Hornby doing LE models again. Of note (to me anyway) is that this is 250 models. At one time they wouldn't consider anything less than 1,000 models for a LE

[MGR Hooper!]

As mentioned above it's good to see Hornby doing LE models again. Of note (to me anyway) is that this is 250 models. At one time they wouldn't consider anything less than 1,000 models for a LE

A new factory maybe? Willing to do smaller batches? With the ways things go these days I'm surprised companies make 500 models in regular runs.