Gulliver

If 1000 people have ordered, we are talking £1m here, with £0.25m in deposits paid so far. A lot of money to be thrown in to a company that has failed to file accounts on time two years running.

Nothing to do with the accountant, Dave confirmed on the previous thread that was locked that it was his fault, copied below. Posted 30 June 2018 - 15:54 Gulliver, on 30 Jun 2018 - 13:54, said: Hi mate, forgive me if i dont wash that particular item in public. and yes she was, but it was my fault for not supplying her with this info. like i said, my fault.

Dave, your accountant hopefully is aware that you have to file your accounts with Companies House - this is where your notice of being struck off has come from. It is nothing to do with HMRC. I am surprised your accountant had not warned you that you were so overdue, or that the strike off notice had been raised as you would have had two warnings about this prior to the first gazette for compulsory strike off being issued. Your accountant would usually deal with all of this to prevent this sort of situation arising?

Not sure what you are getting at Mick? I would say the reverse is true, it is the non DJ projects that have progressed (witness the Bulleid Diesel for instance, or the 4-TC) while the DJ projects have been heavily delayed (Gate Stock, 1361, D600, Road Van?) The only other project remaining is the GWR Railmotor which was a DJ project, unless I am missing something?

Also with ADB968008 in awaiting a response to this question. I still don't understand how a project which will involve six figure sums can be at this stage without already knowing the answer to this. As with ADB, I have supported other crowd funded DJ projects, and have just had my 74s cancelled. That project was supported by Kernow and the terms were clear (despite conflicting info posted by DJ). It does seem a lot of people are happy to risk a large sum of money on the basis of "trust me gov". I would like to support this but it is still too vague for me. Sorry.

Should the crowdfunding target not be met, all monies paid into the crowdfunding project will be refunded, minus the postage Why? If the project does not get off the ground, why retain the postage?

In what way are these terms not clear? While you have chosen to quibble over the word "proceed" you have totally failed to take account of the next line You can also cancel at any time, without penalty, and receive a full refund, right up until the model is sent to you. ​​Nothing to doubt about there, and your totally unfounded suggestion that a reputable retailer with a long established track record as copy/pasted these terms from their commissioned models is nonsense. I have not yet actually placed an order for an APT but have been thinking about it, but I too have similar worries as adb968008. I had also not realised that if I ordered through DTOS my details would be passed to a different company for invoicing, and I find it worrying that in response to the questions adb as asked we will have to wait until Monday for clarification? Surely a project of this magnitude these contractual details should already have been sorted? I also have a Class 74 on order and it has been a considerable time since I paid with virtually no updates in the two plus years since I paid in full for this. I have no concerns over this as I am confident that my money is safe and I would like similar reassurance for the APT before placing an order.

As has been said on their newsletter, it is not the date you ordered but the date you actually paid that is important. The last update I saw said they were processing orders paid for in October 2017.

Agreed, and I think it was the previous CEO Steve Cooke (?) who put a stop to all of this, so I am not sure they have actually said anything new!

That image is dated 1949. Presumably they changed them to the straight type by the time of the image posted on Kernow's website. Not aware I had done anything to stop PMs. Will check.

Very heavily discounted, £159.95 RRP down to £115? 28% off? Perhaps because the one you have highlighted has tapered buffers when they should be straight, it has the wrong cylinder drain cocks, is missing the handrails from the coal bunker near the cab doors, is missing the handrails from the coal bunker at the rear and has the wrong number of brackets on the rear. Think I will stick with my order which will have these correct, even if it does have a barely noticeable splasher.

The Bachmann Polybulk with an RRP of £59.95 at 2016 prices, £15 higher than the Tiger? I don't really know how you can compare the two anyway, they are totally different models?

Bumping this in the light of the NRM announcement today, with a price of £179 for a very similar loco, shows The Stationmaster to be spot on (as usual!).

Dapol's website now says "The first shots of our JA 73/0 Class 73 are now in. Contrary to what BRM have published shots of the JB 73/1 variants are not too far behind" So what are they actually trying to say - BRM got it wrong? BRM were told the wrong thing by them? Looking at the actual samples they appear to have more than one version of the JA (with and without headlight at least) and yet only have one JA listed - 4D-006-004 E6003 BR Green. I hope that does not turn up with a headlight!

I was responding to the previous poster asking if anyone had received the book. I did not see the need to contact the seller at this stage as previous posts showed they were only just sending them out. It has arrived today and no doubt they are working through their orders. I had not realised that pre-ordering through that supplier meant paying up front as well, but if I had known I would probably still have done so anyway. The good news is the booklet suggets a hard back book being a difinitive history is also on the way. I am sure these models have increased interest in the prototype?