shanks522 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 3 ft diameter layout. 11 car pendolino. no problem. Graham. Edited April 21, 2020 by shanks522 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongtoremember Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Anybody know whether they will produce a 390 in the new Avanti livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 There's a Facebook live session tomorrow, why not attend that and ask them? You don't need a Facebook account. Regards, John P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 You may not need a Facebook account to view the session but I suspect posting will require an account 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedlee Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Yes, they are going to do a Pendolino in the New Avanti livery. Permission granted and design work is underway. cheers, Ged. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hello all, Just to be clear, although Avanti have provided us with the livery diagrams, we have not actually finalised the arrangement to produce these models, in part because the coronavirus pandemic overtook events. Right now Avanti are, understandably, focussed on their core business. Once we everything is agreed we will update our website and open the order book. Cheers Ben A. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Right now most of their fleet is still in the ex Virgin all white - have you considered a model in that livery at all? Purely from a point of interest - in that livery who owns the image as it is neither Virgin branding nor Avanti - do you need permission? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2020 Hi there, I don’t see any reason we couldn’t do the unbranded livery. TBH we kind of dismissed it before because it seemed a little, well, dull and because we assumed all the Pendolinos would get exciting new Avanti colours. Given what’s happened that situation seems to be fluid! When we finalise the versions we are doing in the second run then we may offer the vanilla Pendolino - if it doesn’t generate enough pre-orders it can always be cancelled. Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJennings Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Another ‘new’ livery this morning ... 390134 now has the Avanti livery on the driving ends with the intermediate trailers all wearing the base white with the black banding around the windows. Didn’t take a pic unfortunately. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted June 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, RJennings said: Another ‘new’ livery this morning ... 390134 now has the Avanti livery on the driving ends with the intermediate trailers all wearing the base white with the black banding around the windows. Didn’t take a pic unfortunately. Thanks for the update - interesting. TBH I expected the original Avanti livery to be like this, following the trend of the Virgin Flowing Silk with the “primary” branding on the driving cars only, and the intermediate cars having just some small branding repeaters (eg decal on door windows and maybe company name on centre of car) but they really went for it! EDIT: Found a video here: It looks like this is a cost or time saving - the intermediate cars are untouched, as far as I can see. Unless the plan is for the unit to return for full re-branding at a later date? Does anyone know whether new work patterns are making it too time consuming to rebrand an entire train in a single visit? cheers Ben A. Edited June 14, 2020 by Ben A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 6 hours ago, Ben A said: It looks like this is a cost or time saving - the intermediate cars are untouched, as far as I can see. Easier to rebrand when the franchise fails? Though I guess another possibility at the moment is the need to social distance making non-urgent stuff like intermediate cars hard to justify. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Ben A said: Unless the plan is for the unit to return for full re-branding at a later date? Reported that is the plan, do the driving cars first and return to the intermediates later. These have also been unveiled today if anyone wants a virus-themed reminder http://www.flickr.com/photos/141281212@N07/50005421197/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 So yet another variant. At this rate Ben & Mike will never get any more done, the livery's changing too fast John P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongtoremember Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 30/04/2020 at 00:24, Ben A said: Hello all, Just to be clear, although Avanti have provided us with the livery diagrams, we have not actually finalised the arrangement to produce these models, in part because the coronavirus pandemic overtook events. Right now Avanti are, understandably, focussed on their core business. Once we everything is agreed we will update our website and open the order book. Cheers Ben A. So I hear there is good news to be had on this next live stream... "We will have good news for those patiently waiting for the second run of our Revolution/Rapido Trains Pendolinos too." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harvey Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) Revolution has asked for expressions of interest in a new run of Pendolinos. Best to follow the link from this news story to get the full picture. EOI period closes 30 September 2020. https://www.revolutiontrains.com/tilt-to-another-pendolino/ EOI page is here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUu6ZpJseV7O0kAg0-nQ9jPrMKHmhsG61s_tl2RtIpyN65jw/viewform Edited August 2, 2020 by Mike Harvey EOI Date inserted 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Looks like I am out, I was hoping for a 5-car set like they had during the crowdfunder/first run... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted August 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2020 12 hours ago, MGR Hooper! said: Looks like I am out, I was hoping for a 5-car set like they had during the crowdfunder/first run... Hi there, The 5-car set was offered first time round as a teaser to get people to support the project but in the final count the demand for 5-car sets was low. In addition, because it is just a single tray it needs separate packaging. This adds to the cost and means that in practical terms the price difference between a 5-car and full 9-car would be less than you’d think. cheers Ben A. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Ben A said: Hi there, This adds to the cost and means that in practical terms the price difference between a 5-car and full 9-car would be less than you’d think. cheers Ben A. I'll have a look at it when prices are announced.... Cheers 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted August 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2020 10 hours ago, MGR Hooper! said: I'll have a look at it when prices are announced.... Cheers We've put indications of prices on the page linked above by Mike. However at this stage we're not asking for money but Expressions of Interest. Cheers Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, red death said: We've put indications of prices on the page linked above by Mike. However at this stage we're not asking for money but Expressions of Interest. Cheers Mike Thank you Mike , I might have missed that. The internet is playing spoilt sport and I'm either getting a "Connection Time Out" note or the page isn't loading fully. I'll have a look at it once the internet is back. Edited August 4, 2020 by MGR Hooper! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 New Avanti Pride livery on 390119 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYrlVoTyko0 Good luck chaps 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc2016 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Simon Bendall said: New Avanti Pride livery on 390119 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYrlVoTyko0 Good luck chaps That livery will certainly give a headache to whoever be in charge of putting livieries onto models if it was chosen to be produced. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrSimon Posted August 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2020 Needs glitter. But if you’re going to do it I’ll buy one. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 WOW!! I'd succumb to one of those John P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2020 It most certainly is eye catching! Tom. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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