John ks Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: Don’t know what’s happening with the quotes in your post but the first quote was David, not me Your correct, I think i took the quote from David's Quote in your post so it came out as your quote Sorry for any confusion My answer was related to both quotes John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30ftw Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Have these already sold out at the major retailers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 Looks like a price drop R3874.. i’m sure this used to be an rrp £484.99 ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wrex Posted April 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Looks like a price drop R3874.. i’m sure this used to be an rrp £484.99 ? Interesting, the 5-car R3873 is now £329.16 from £394.99 too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roddy Angus Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 These prices exclude VAT at 20%, which is presumably added at the checkout stage. Roddy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Anyone with them on pre-order from Hattons, check your account: I had the components on order to make a 14 coach train. I am 100% certain of this. I have just checked my Hattons account but there is no sign of it & they never emailed me about it either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Markwj Posted April 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 38 minutes ago, Pete the Elaner said: Anyone with them on pre-order from Hattons, check your account: I had the components on order to make a 14 coach train. I am 100% certain of this. I have just checked my Hattons account but there is no sign of it & they never emailed me about it either. Just checked mine is still on will be interested to know if you get ‘the’ email etc cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCity80s Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Roddy Angus said: These prices exclude VAT at 20%, which is presumably added at the checkout stage. Roddy Yes, I added the 7 car set to my basket but when I got to checkout it was showing the price as £484.99 (including £80.83 VAT). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac1874 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Showing as "Expected Winter 2021" now as well, I may have missed updates but I thought it was supposed to be July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, ac1874 said: Showing as "Expected Winter 2021" now as well, I may have missed updates but I thought it was supposed to be July. They only just received painted samples. So a delay was expected. They need to make improvements and changes to the painted sample before they can begin production and have a production sample. When you get a production sample (as the name suggests) then you know they're close 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, ac1874 said: I thought it was supposed to be . . . Was being the operative word All manufacturers are having issues with predicted dates it’s inevitable with the supply and workforce available unpredictability, with more variant outbreaks. They can’t win if they put soon some think that is ‘on the boat’ They haven’t answered my follow up question about the single power car in the 7 coach set being enough for a full set yet and their auto reply said up to 7 days for a response two and a half weeks ago. It should make a nice Christmas present in ‘Winter’ or possibly March? Hey Ho it looks good so far. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac1874 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: It should make a nice Christmas present in ‘Winter’ or possibly March? Hey Ho it looks good so far. Not complaining on delays, it is inevitable. Reckon we assume March and might get an early surprise! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: Was being the operative word All manufacturers are having issues with predicted dates it’s inevitable with the supply and workforce available unpredictability, with more variant outbreaks. They can’t win if they put soon some think that is ‘on the boat’ I don't think much anything has changed in this respect. Going back as far as the 80s, Hornby have always been the same with their release dates. Models with an expected summer release date have usually arrived just in time for Christmas & those in autumn or winter usually arrive the following year. I understand the issue. You want to keep the customer informed on when to expect their product & you usually want to give good news that it will arrive sooner rather than later. Those producing it want to get it right & this can sometimes mean a re-design which misses a production slot. Hattons tried to be more communicative with their class 66 & this exposed every issue which caused a delay. This was probably even more frustrating for them than it was for the customers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivebunny Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 7 hours ago, adb968008 said: Looks like a price drop R3874.. i’m sure this used to be an rrp £484.99 ? Sorry to say the same reference is back up to £484 now unfortunately . I wonder if any lucky so-and-sos will get it for £404.... Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCity80s Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, jivebunny said: Sorry to say the same reference is back up to £484 now unfortunately . I wonder if any lucky so-and-sos will get it for £404.... Alan I doubt it. When I put one in my basket it added the VAT at the checkout stage and went back to £484. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henners84 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Strange that Hornby website now shows the 5 car set as being due winter 2021 but the 7 car set due summer 2021...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey28 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 15/04/2021 at 23:45, Henners84 said: Strange that Hornby website now shows the 5 car set as being due winter 2021 but the 7 car set due summer 2021...? its really hard to tell when anything is due soon by the Hornby website it’s even worse than the old site I don’t think we will see the APT till at least Christmas or next year maybe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of IKB Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 15/04/2021 at 23:45, Henners84 said: Strange that Hornby website now shows the 5 car set as being due winter 2021 but the 7 car set due summer 2021...? Perhaps they estimate it will take 6 months to remove the two extra cars from the 7 car sets and put them away somewhere safe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCity80s Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) On 15/04/2021 at 23:45, Henners84 said: Strange that Hornby website now shows the 5 car set as being due winter 2021 but the 7 car set due summer 2021...? I just took a look and Hornby website's is now saying all the APT stuff is due Summer 2021: I'm pretty sure that can't be the case? Edited April 18, 2021 by InterCity80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJack47790 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Just to add to this to give a little hope. Hornby put the coronation scot coaches as winter 2021-22 despite previously saying spring 2021. and later it was changed back to spring 2021 in a matter of of days, And now the coronation scot coaches have arrived on time at spring 2021. I think it could just be a small glitch. Thanks Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 14/04/2021 at 15:31, PaulRhB said: They haven’t answered my follow up question about the single power car in the 7 coach set being enough for a full set yet and their auto reply said up to 7 days for a response two and a half weeks ago. It should make a nice Christmas present in ‘Winter’ or possibly March? Hey Ho it looks good so far. Don't hold your breath. I've had occasion to contact them on two separate topics in the past 12 months. One took 9 weeks for a response, the other was 11 .........! And both cases required a reminder before a response. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henners84 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Doesn't makes sense the 5 car will be later than the 7 car in my opinion. Surely 5 cars easier to produce vs 7 cars, and no black ends to paint. Don't know if anyone else feels the same, but the black ends on Hornbys painted sample doesn't look quite right to me. Don't thing the black vs yellow join should match the join on the front panel that covers the buffers. Otherwise look spot on to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APT-P Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Hornby have just posted a video of the APT-P in action - 6 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCity80s Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Looks great. I wonder if both of those power cars are powered? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRail642fan Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 28 minutes ago, APT-P said: Hornby have just posted a video of the APT-P in action - It has interior lighting by the looks of it, my hype for it has gone up 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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