autocoach Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) Just as curious as the other posters, I had assumed there was progress but heard nothing so far. They are on the website as future items. I will add my voice to this growing choir. As a pre 1948 UK modeler this appears to be the only one of your direct products announced that would apply. Commission products too are tending to post December 31, 1947 rolling stock (except Kernow Gated Stock coaches.) Edited June 2, 2017 by autocoach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) I'll add my voice here, too. I'm currently working on an industrial shunting plank as a side-project. I have no intention of paying over the odds on eBay for a Hornby Peckett, lovely model though it is. If I could reserve one of these with a deposit I'd be first in line! Edited June 3, 2017 by MarkSG 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I imagine that Dave is concentrating on other models at the moment and needs the profits to come in before he tackles this one. This project has the advantage that there is no other RTR version to compete with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexl102 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I imagine that Dave is concentrating on other models at the moment and needs the profits to come in before he tackles this one. This project has the advantage that there is no other RTR version to compete with it. Fair play but I just don't understand why he hasn't even answered anyone's questions on this thread since a post back in August... 10 months ago. Even questions in the Ask Dave thread about this project go un-answered too. I understand why he's a busy guy and he has every right to respond as he chooses but it just seems odd, especially given the amount of interest being expressed. Not trying to smear his good name or anything. Just confused. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 So where in the DJM food chain is the H-C engine to come? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 So where in the DJM food chain is the H-C engine to come? Currently in cad/cam. Can't tell you more at this point I'm afraid. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Seems to be there a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Only because of reasons that I have made very clear within quite a few threads in the DJM section. Once the cad is completed and I'm happy, it won't make a jot of difference to its release time, as that is down to cash flow. So....if you've got £100k stashed down the back of the sofa and want to sponsor the tooling, I will look forward to your cheque and will push the project through quickly for you? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy81 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Thanks for the update Dave, Keep up the good work! Loving my DJM J94 and really looking forward to being able to have your H.C to run alongside this & my Hornby pecketts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Thanks for the reply and the tone of it, Dave. It was just a comment and it is free speech in this country, or is it , can we not have our views. Remember good customer will is vital to the success of any business as we are the customer who you rely on to ultimately purchase your products to provide your living ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 Thanks for the reply and the tone of it, Dave. It was just a comment and it is free speech in this country, or is it , can we not have our views. Remember good customer will is vital to the success of any business as we are the customer who you rely on to ultimately purchase your products to provide your living ! Bit strong, isn't it? C'mon folks, it's model railways. It's not as if our very lives depend upon it. Dave appears to have offered a potential client the opportunity to prioritise the production of the Hudswell Clarke locomotive. Seems to me a fair offer. I'll chip in for two, just to help the project along. There you go, just 10 minutes on the RM Web forum, and you've already achieved £250 worth of sales already. Only £99,750 to go. I'd guess that if all of he people feel the desire to have the model, then it's a surefire certainty. By the way, my offer to buy at least 2-3 is sound. I've got a home for them on my colliery layout. I can wait for them until they come along. In the meantime, I might be doing something else, like, well, life really. Funny old thing, life.... Cheer up people. As the German sausage said:- " It could be wurst". Ian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big James Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I'll buy one for my brewery. So that's a third one purchased. Big james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 "So....if you've got £100k stashed down the back of the sofa and want to sponsor the tooling, I will look forward to your cheque and will push the project through quickly for you? " Bit strong, isn't it? Ian. Not really, it was meant about the comment about the "£100K and pushing it through" as it could be taken the wrong way very easily! Just that others may think it but don't say anything. Enough said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I don't have £100K. I can wait.... Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2017 "So....if you've got £100k stashed down the back of the sofa and want to sponsor the tooling, I will look forward to your cheque and will push the project through quickly for you? " Not really, it was meant about the comment about the "£100K and pushing it through" as it could be taken the wrong way very easily! Just that others may think it but don't say anything. Enough said. Or 10 people with £10k, or 100 with a £1000, but what's the ROI looking like ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2018 Reading through the latest BRM and the 'Warley 2017 Roundup' section, I spotted under DJ Models' Hudswell Clarke entry, 'a Q4 2018 or Q1 2019 release is expected' -- pleased to see this! all the best, Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Reading through the latest BRM and the 'Warley 2017 Roundup' section, I spotted under DJ Models' Hudswell Clarke entry, 'a Q4 2018 or Q1 2019 release is expected' -- pleased to see this! all the best, Keith Will believe it when and if it happens its been 3 and half years (2014) since it was announced ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I think if you read Dave's end of year message when funds permit he will start the development process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilpupster Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Okay folks. I dropped into my local MR shop today and asked if there is anything forthcoming that might be of interest. The owner said that there is, to paraphrase, don't expect anything soon. I gather Hornby are still struggling and something may be going on at Bachmann as some 2018 products have been pushed back to next year along with other signs. I made the point, which the shop owner accepted, that although DJ leaves himself open to criticism through his marketing and announcements he does seem at the moment to be delivering products. OK there are long lead in times. Yet the products are decent and out there. I'm inclined to think that people complaining on this site don't necessarily appreciate the financial commitment required to design, commission and produce a locomotive, or for that matter a piece of rolling stock. Like many sectors the model railways are currently undergoing a period of consolidation. That we have the likes of Oxford, DJ, Peco (who have been around since just after the flood and are a thriving business) as well as some others are the best hope for the future. Edited March 17, 2018 by theevilpupster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted July 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2018 Will believe it when and if it happens its been 3 and half years (2014) since it was announced ! Just taken a look at the description on the DJM website for this loco and hadn't noticed this line before, "This model is already in development within the factory in China." http://djmodels.co.uk/?page_id=375 Plus a price of £109.95 mentioned. Cheers, Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2018 Just taken a look at the description on the DJM website for this loco and hadn't noticed this line before, "This model is already in development within the factory in China." http://djmodels.co.uk/?page_id=375 Plus a price of £109.95 mentioned. Cheers, Keith Have a look on the progress chart - two lots of 'TBA' which suggests there might not be much happening and certainly nothing reported as completed apart from initial R&D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Just looked at the first post in this topic and it is now over 4 years since it was posted. I'm wondering if it will ever appear or was it just announced to stop anyone else producing a similar model? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Only Dave can say for certain, of course, but I'd expect this to be a definite goer. We've already seen, with the Hornby Peckett and the Hatton's Barclay, that industrials do sell. I've placed a pre-order expression of interest in it, and I suspect I'm far from the only one. The J94 is a lovely little model, and I have no reason to believe that this will be any different. The only real issue with it, as far as I can see, is that as an essentially one-man-band company, this may not necessarily be high on DJM's priorities. But I'm not too fussed about that. I've now got a Peckett on order, which is due to arrive in the next month or so. So I'm not reliant on this for progress on my industrial project. But when it does turn up, it will be a welcome addition. Whenever it arrives. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Just looked at the first post in this topic and it is now over 4 years since it was posted. I'm wondering if it will ever appear or was it just announced to stop anyone else producing a similar model? As with a lot of DJM items it will appear but it will take a long time and is dependent on a number of other projects coming to market first to release capital. Only Dave will know the position for certain though. Lovely prototype though...... I have a 7mm scale version and love it! You could always 'go O gauge' if you're desparate for one The Ixion model is fantastic value for money but will set you off on a slippery slope to the senior scale....... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexl102 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I think the thing that confuses me with this (though I openly admit I know nothing about the industry and production process) is how many models have been announced and completed (or at least made considerable progress) since this was announced. I discovered DJM a few years ago because I was googling for an oo model of a Hudswell and this popped up. At the time there were quite a few less models on the pre-order list. Since then, Dave's announced all sorts of new models and most of those seem to be making progress, whereas this one seems to have been standing still the whole time. Does he anticipate a very small customer base so he's prioritising other potentially more popular stuff first? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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