RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 Not sure if this has been picked up elsewhere, but according to Loco Revue, the DJH range of French kits has been picked up by AMF87. I went to their website and found a statement, which I've run through Google translate: A partir d'octobre 2018, AMF87 reprend les outillages des kits de locomotives Françaises en HO de la célèbre marque Anglaise rebaptisée pour l'occasion Model Loco France, ces modèles reprennent intégralement les kits Model Loco initiaux améliorés à la sauce AMF87 avec notamment de nouveaux châssis avec motorisation moderne par moteur RSF, train de roues AMF, embiellages à visser... Ces kits vont ressortir progressivement, à terme, les 26 références seront remises en production et de nouvelles déclinaisons des modèles existants seront proposés. From October 2018, AMF87 takes over the tools of the French locomotive kits in HO of the famous British brand renamed for the occasion Model Loco France, these models completely take over the original Model Loco kits improved with the AMF87 sauce with new ones chassis with modern motorization by RSF motor, AMF wheel train, linkages to screw ... These kits will come out gradually, eventually, the 26 references will be put back into production and new versions of existing models will be proposed. Seems like excellent news. Here's a link to AMF87: https://www.amf87.fr/prestashop/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I've dealt with AMF87 in the past and been very satisfied with their service. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 I've only used one of their products - a very handy conversion piece for NEM coupling pockets on REE locomotives, so you can plug Kadees into them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted November 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2018 I do wonder if DJH are slowly dumping Loco products in their entirety. 00 has been scaled right back (and 0 too?), with no new products for years; now the French products have been sold(?) on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 I do wonder if DJH are slowly dumping Loco products in their entirety. 00 has been scaled right back (and 0 too?), with no new products for years; now the French products have been sold(?) on. I can see there being more legs in the French range, in that the number of high-quality RTR steam models is still pretty limited. With regard to the UK range, I was surprised to see a lot of models missing or seemingly discontinued a while back, but which then returned to the listings. As you say, though, nothing new and no upgrades that I'm aware of so it can't be a big priority of theirs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted November 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2018 Already posted a few days ago http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138421-model-loco/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 The company who produce the DJH kits, Grandspot Ltd., have been gradually diversifying from just producing model railway kits since I was there some 35 years ago! When I last visited them a couple of years ago, I was told that the model railway market was now only about 20% of their turnover, so why not take advantage of something that might make them money on items that might previously they might have considered as obsolete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Already posted a few days ago http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138421-model-loco/ Thanks, Andy - sorry I didn't pick up on that. I'll ask for this thread to be locked. Edited November 5, 2018 by Barry Ten Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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