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There is only one shipment. All coming together.

Not too long 😃

Yes these were launched in May 2022 so just 21 months to delivery. Now that all the mk2b and c tools are complete and tested future runs wi be delivered in 9-12 months from launch. Thank you for your support!

If you could we wouldn’t do it.

We processed the RTC packs first as they were simplest and as always the balance of stock once all preorders were allocated was offered on the website. This was about 50 packs in total. Nothing in any way nefarious and identical to how we process every preorder. All preorder customers orders are in the queue and the handful who were lucky today get added to the end. The first hundred or so we also managed to ship today.

We have a great many stockists all of whom can also replenish their stocks should their customers ask. https://www.accurascale.com/pages/store-locator

Do drop us a note - sounds like a formatting issue rather than a glitch tho :)

Brief syncing, they are up now tho not all the stock has been sync'd up yet - early next week we will put the balance of mk2 on stock.

Included as standard. We would never photograph a model with after market accessories fitted :) HTH!

Both.

Don’t worry our tooling suite for the 30/31 like all our range is pretty comprehensive and we have already mapped out the next 4-5 runs :)

TMC should have theirs today. Our own processing has been slow with the massive mk2 run landing at the same time but we’re also due to commence shipping today.

From the website spec: Class 31248 (SKU ACC2745-31248) - Original boiler port and water filler with water filler steps

Due to ship shortly. We’ll have confirmation once the factory is up to speed again post the lunar new year holidays.

As supplied.

On both the Deltic and the Class 50 the chain is connected to a bracket mounted on what is effectively the body. This is one reason why attaching it to the chassis is not as easy as the Class 37, where the chain bracket is actually mounted direct to the underside of the chassis on the real thing! The Deltic and Class 50 also require the base of the chassis to be much higher than the bottom of the body in order to accommodate the wheels (flanges and all), especially for guys that might want to install scale diameter OO, EM or P4 wheels. This means having cutouts in the body for the brackets which will make body removal more tricky and would also likely incur a visual penalty as well. It's not as simple as just "fitting it on the chassis". Long story short, they will be easily attached as per the real thing, in a manner that will allow for body removal when needed, and still retail an accurate appearance.

Not yet and yes.

None at all remotely taken. We are grey / charcoal boxes tho to stick with the box based nomenclature 😃

I am a proud Irishman but with 3 irish team members and 12 british it’s probably unfair to label us the emerald team ;)

Lol, not sure a Chinook ZA723 could manage a fully loaded 45 foot box...

See non OEM licensing and costs. When you buy a stand alone decoder you pay for a lot more than just components. The discussion , with respect to the OP, is about definition of DCC ready, fitted, etc not specific manufacturer issues. My question was if it made sense to the customer to include a decoder as standard in all locos for a small additional cost (also offset by the fact you don’t need to prepare, package and post that decoder separately.

Agree. Does that not place the argument back in favour of fitted a quality decoder that is good enough as standard?

Since decoders are ‘simple’ enough components with little real difference between them is it a little akin to having a preferred brand of hifi or similar? Does it really matter if the actual functionality is all ‘out of the box’ so the decoder maker is abstracted away? It’s feasible to ‘build in’ a decoder to the pcb or leave it pluggable for under £10 these days. Would DC only users object to paying £179 say rather than £169 to have a decoder come as standard

If anything it makes a case for only shipping models DCC fitted and DCC Sound fitted? Both options support DC running and both provide full functionality?