Hattons Dave

January 8

Hi all,

I come to you today with the sad news that Hattons Model Railways is in the process of winding down and will close in the coming weeks/months.

This decision has not been taken lightly. We’ve undertaken a thorough assessment of the current business and investigated many potential options on how to adapt to current market conditions.

Unfortunately, no solutions were found and we have decided to wind the company up (leaving no outstanding debts).

We’ve put together a customer FAQ which will hopefully answer a lot of your questions that you can find at www.hattons.co.uk/closure

A closing down sale starts today which will give you all a final opportunity to acquire exceptional products at discounted prices. The sale can be found at: www.hattons.co.uk/sale

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Andy York, Phil Parker, and the rest of the Warners team for being good friends to us over the years and for building RMWeb to be the go-to model railway community where we had the opportunity and great privilege to engage with passionate members of our hobby.

And one final thank you to all of our customers and contributors. We appreciate all the support and wish you all the best for the future.

Cheers,

Dave

October 16, 2023

Hi everyone,

We're delighted to reveal we received the OO gauge Carriage of the Year award in the Hornby Magazine Awards, hosted at the Great Electric Train Show over the weekend.

A big thank you goes out to all who voted for us!

Cheers,

Dave

October 12, 2023

Hi everyone,

We've received our final decorated samples for the second batch of Genesis coaches - covering the LSWR salmon and brown liveried models.

You can see full 360 photos of all liveries here: https://bit.ly/3QcMWYi

Please note we have now placed our final order quantities with our factory, and many models are now sold out on pre-order. So pre-ordering is essential to ensure we can fulfill your models.

Cheers,

Dave

September 25, 2023

Hi guys,

We are pleased to let you know that we have now received decorated samples for most of our next batch of Warwells! All are still available to pre-order for release in Q2 2024, for £25 each HERE

We are still awaiting a sample for H4-WW-023 and hope to be able to share this as well in due course.

Cheers,
Dave

September 20, 2023

Batch 2 Decorated Samples Wave 2

Hi guys,

We are very pleased to share decorated samples for the following liveries:

CIE/ Irish Rail
BR crimson
Midland Railway
National Coal Board

We have very limited stock remaining to pre-order on these so we recommend any orders are placed ASAP. See 360 photos and preorder yours: https://bit.ly/3RKW0oP

We hope to receive samples for the LSWR models shortly.

Cheers,

Dave

September 20, 2023

On 01/09/2023 at 23:53, Chris116 said:

@Hattons Dave do you have any idea on when the batch three coaches will become available for pre order? Having just ordered a Met 1 from Hattons I am very keen to get the planned Metropolitan coaches.

Hi Chris, sorry for the late reply. We should have more news to share on Batch 3 after Batch 2 have hit the shelves. Cheers, Dave

July 31, 2023

7 minutes ago, Barry Ten said:

Will these be available in lit versions as well, Dave? The pre-order link I got in my email appeared to be for non-lit ones only.

Hi Barry,

All of our second batch of coaches are supplied unlit and we offer the lighting bars as an optional extra to fit separately: https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults?search/q/genesis lighting/product-types/Lighting equipment

Cheers,

Dave

July 31, 2023

Hi everyone,

We have received the first wave of decorated samples for our second batch of Genesis coaches!

We are very pleased with how these samples look and we're sure you will feel the same. The remaining samples are due to arrive soon, and we will share another update in due course.

Please be aware, many of our Batch 2 models have already sold-out on preorder and others have limited quantities remaining. We highly recommend that you place a pre-order as soon as possible to ensure your models are secured.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE to view full 360 photos of each sample.

Cheers, Dave

July 13, 2023

7 hours ago, NZRedBaron said:

Are you sure that the links are correct; the link for 'Wallace' goes to a different model.

Sorry about that! Here is the correct link: https://www.hattons.co.uk/1226859/hattons_originals_h4_ab16_006_andrew_barclay_0_4_0st_16_2266_wallace_in_lined_green/stockdetail

July 12, 2023

Hi everyone,

Pre-ordering your Warwell wagons is essential to ensure that production can go ahead. Some models have not yet reached our required order threshold, so if you have not yet placed a pre-order we recommend doing so as soon as possible or these items may have to be cancelled.

Pre-order yours for £25 each, HERE

Affected models:

H4-WW-006B 50t 'Warwell' military flat with diamond frame bogies in BR grey - M360335

H4-WW-007A 50t 'Warwell' military flat with diamond frame bogies in BR brown - M360332

H4-WW-021 50t 'Warwell' military flat with diamond frame bogies in MOD 1960s green - 83020

July 12, 2023

Hi guys,

Pre-ordering your Andrew Barclay is essential to ensure that production can go ahead. Some models have not yet reached our required order threshold, so if you have not yet placed a pre-order we recommend doing so as soon as possible or these items may have to be cancelled.

Pre-order yours for £85 each HERE

The affected models are:

H4-AB14-009 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14" 47 in NCB blue

H4-AB14-012 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14" 'Efficient' in lined green

H4-AB14-013 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14" 2201 'Victory' in plain maroon with wasp stripes

H4-AB16-005 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 16" in lined apple green - unnumbered

H4-AB16-006 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 16" 2266 'Wallace' in lined green

July 12, 2023

Hi everyone,

We are currently reviewing our order books for our new batch of ZZA Beilhack Snowploughs and at the moment, there are not enough to proceed with the re-run. We advise customers to pre-order as soon as possible to ensure that this new batch can proceed to production. If we do not reach a satisfactory order threshold these items may have to be postponed or cancelled.

You can pre-order yours for £70 per twin pack HERE

April 24, 2023

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce a new run of our popular Beilhacks! We are now offering these as twin-packs in both BR yellow (1990s to Early 2000s condition) and Network Rail (post-2022 condition) liveries.

We currently expect these to arrive during Q2 2024. They can be pre-ordered HERE

Cheers,
Dave

April 21, 2023

4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

Wrong cab on Efficient though....

Jason

37 minutes ago, Ruston said:

Efficient isn't right. The prototype has a curved cab opening for one thing. What's the prototype for the Caledonia Works one? There is an engine of that name, but it's a much smaller type and is painted green.

41 minutes ago, 26power said:

@Hattons Dave Hi. Will these, and other newly announced production runs of previous models, be available through the model shops that stock your own brand models? In the interests of supporting my local shop etc. Thanks.

To answer a couple of questions:

1) We are ware that Efficient's cab is square-sided rather than round but it has been such a popular request and was very local to us (running less than 2 miles away) as well as being in close to standard Barclay green so we decided it was too close not to choose.

2) These items will only be available via Hattons, this time.

3) The Caledonia Works model is a semi-fictional release as we have not seen any images of these exact locomotives in this livery. Still, there are other Barclays in various works grey liveries so we have done this as a 'what could have been' as prototypically literate as possible.

April 21, 2023

13 minutes ago, Garethp8873 said:

Looking at their Facebook page, a re-run isn't on the plans at the moment. Btw @Hattons Dave thank you for using my photo of 3252 on your website. Also would you mind adding my name to the photo you're using of GWR MICA B 105873 at somepoint please at it's one of my photographs :)

Hi Gareth, thanks for allowing the use of your photos - they're perfect! Apologies for missing off your credit on the Mica B page, I've updated that now.

April 21, 2023

Hi everyone,

Following on from the new batch of SECR P Classes earlier this week, we have now announced nine new variations of the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST covering a whole new range of industrial, works and plain liveries!

These are also due to arrive with us in Q2 2024.

All are available to pre-order now for £85 each HERE

Cheers,

Dave

April 20, 2023

Hi all,

I am pleased to let you know we are announcing a new batch of Warwells - with eight variations due in Q2 2024. These cover new versions of the popular WD grey, BR grey and BR brown liveries with fresh running numbers, as well as some new MOD variations covering some different eras that we haven't produced previously.

These are available to pre-order now for £25 each, HERE

Cheers,
Dave

April 18, 2023

Hi all,

Back for the first time in nearly five years, we are producing seven new 'P Class' locos in a variety of SECR, Southern Railway, British Railways and Bluebell Railway liveries, as well as a new SECR 'Goods' plain green loco.

Pre-order now for £85, at hattons.co.uk

All of the locomotives below are to be produced in limited quantities. Placing a pre-order is essential to avoid missing out!

Cheers,

Dave

December 28, 2022

Good afternoon everyone!

Don't forget that we are still open for feedback on our recently updated GER Stratford brown liveried Genesis coaches. You can provide feedback to us on this livery via ideas@hattons.co.uk or this article: https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/article?id=1305

We have nearly completed most of the artwork for this livery - which you can check out on the individual products here: https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults?search/sub-types/4 and 6 wheel Genesis coaches/liveries/GER - Great Eastern Railway/sort/2

Cheers,
Dave

December 22, 2022

Hi everyone,

Due to high levels of interest from customers, we have re-introduced Great Eastern Railway liveried Genesis coaches to our second batch - which are due to release during Late 2023/ Early 2024.

The Great Eastern Railway is becoming increasingly popular with modellers, and these coaches will be perfect to pair with GER releases from other manufacturers.

Following consultation with GER experts and modellers, we have changed the livery applied to our coaches to GER Stratford brown with lining, cream/ grey roofs and black roof furniture. This will better match other GER rolling stock of that period.

We are still at a stage where modifications can be made to this livery, so we are keen to hear any suggestions from our customers. If you have any feedback, please let us know via the article linked below or email ideas@hattons.co.uk.

We will showcase full artwork for the GER coaches in January after we have received feedback. However, all coaches can be pre-ordered now for £33 each.

The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway used a 4-wheel coach as a brake/ luggage van which was converted from a D501 3rd brake. We will represent this coach on H4-4BT-1001A to run with the Class J70 0-6-0T and W&U coaches from Rapido Trains UK.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3VifajK

Cheers,
Dave

December 5, 2022

25 minutes ago, PeterStiles said:

I'm wishing i'd bought lit versions now.

Hi Peter, we are now offering separate lighting packs to retro-fit unlit coaches! They will be in stock during 2023: https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/article?id=1275

November 14, 2022

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce we will now be offering Irish outline 6-wheel vehicles as part of our range of Hattons Originals OO gauge Genesis 4 & 6 Wheel coaches.

Livery options will include CIE dark green, CIE light green and CIE black and tan. These are due for release between Late 2023 and Early 2024 as part of our 2nd batch of Genesis coaches.

Check out the full announcement HERE

You can take part in the full Genesis RMWeb discussion thread HERE

Cheers,

Dave

November 14, 2022

Hi guys,

With the first of our newly tooled Genesis coaches now with customers, we have been inundated with suggestions for other liveries to produce. There has been one standout suggestion that we have decided to append onto our Batch 2 run, the Irish Railways CIE colours.

CIE had a fleet of 6-wheel coaches inherited from many of the old companies of Ireland, with the ex-GSWR fleet being one of the most prominent. This is what we have used for inspiration for the livery application for our coaches, as the features closely resemble the prototype.

We are not just producing 1 livery however, we are covering all 3 liveries that CIE used with this type of coach:

CIE Dark green (used until early 1960s)
CIE Light green (used Late 1950s to Mid 1960s)
CIE black & tan (used Early 1960s)

These coaches are priced the same as the rest of the range, with single coaches available at £33 and a pack of 4 (in Dark Green livery only) priced at £120. They will launch in Late 2023/ Early 2024 along with our other Batch 2 coaches.

View the full announcement HERE

November 11, 2022

2 hours ago, SDJR7F88 said:

Is there any confirmation when pre-orders for liveries in batch 3 can be placed?

Not right now but we are hoping to have more news on Batch 3 once we are further along with batch 2.

58 minutes ago, JohnR said:

There will be a price increase if you have ordered one of the packs of coaches though. So you'll pay £5 more.

Just to confirm, almost all products will be the same price or will actually be cheaper this way. The only items affected by the £5 increase are H4-46Pack-1401L and H4-46Pack-1501L, this is due to the unit price of the lighting packs.

November 11, 2022

Hi guys,

We have been asked by many customers if we can offer separate lighting packs to retro-fit to previously unlit coaches. I am pleased to announce that we now have these available to pre-order, here: https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1275

These are priced at £7 each for a single 4 or 6 coach light pack or £25 for a pack of 2 x 4-wheel and 2 x 6-wheel units.

All coaches from batch 2 onwards will be supplied unlit only with the option to buy lighting packs to fit yourself. It is extremely easy to do this and can be done in a matter of minutes. This is detailed in the article above.

Cheers,

Dave

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