RMweb Premium amwells Posted May 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2022 I appreciate that this is a long shot, and it may not even be allowed, if so please feel free to delete, but I missed out on the purple one and so if anyone has changed their mind and wants to sell theirs when it comes, then I’d love to hear from you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted May 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2022 Just now, amwells said: I appreciate that this is a long shot, and it may not even be allowed, if so please feel free to delete, but I missed out on the purple one and so if anyone has changed their mind and wants to sell theirs when it comes, then I’d love to hear from you! there is also an ‘email me if available’ button on our site for each sold out item. If some units become available due to orders not completing we’ll email that list first. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 4 hours ago, SHMD said: This is useful info because I now have somewhere to safely store me nadgers for when the misses learns that I've been ordering more Accurascale stuff! Kev. If they weigh the same as one of these Deltics, how many did you actually buy? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium amwells Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 9 hours ago, McC said: there is also an ‘email me if available’ button on our site for each sold out item. If some units become available due to orders not completing we’ll email that list first. Thank you. I have entered my details there a long time ago - conscious that people may have paid deposits that they don’t want to lose so this path may be more fruitful (though I am not holding any breath!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 11 hours ago, McC said: there is also an ‘email me if available’ button on our site for each sold out item. If some units become available due to orders not completing we’ll email that list first. I'd be interested to know how many have clicked that button and whether or not it justifies a second run. I'm confident you'd sell every single one in short order but that goes for everything you guys make! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2022 52 minutes ago, E100 said: I'd be interested to know how many have clicked that button and whether or not it justifies a second run. I'm confident you'd sell every single one in short order but that goes for everything you guys make! it certainly helps us determine next runs. At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2022 Model Rail have pictured the inside of the model with the body removed for their ‘preview’ this month. This is the first view I’ve seen of the works and it’s given me a lot of reassurance that fitting aftermarket sound should be straightforward. In fact it’s got my finger hovering over a third purchase and swapping out my Legoman chip from a ‘withdrawn’ Bachmann Deltic …… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, McC said: it certainly helps us determine next runs. At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie Im one, BUT i would swap a purple slot for two tone green with WIPACs as per her brief post porterbrook career if you did a split batch for the next run (only difference body colour, all detail parts the same...!!!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post AY Mod Posted May 12, 2022 Moderators Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, McC said: At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie. I suppose the Covid loss of taste symptom may have led to this. ;) 1 1 2 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, AY Mod said: I suppose the Covid loss of taste symptom may have led to this. ;) I’ll not take the bait! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 The correct description for Porterbrook should be the locomotive formally known as Deltic.......... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Are they here yet? .... 🤣 Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 38 minutes ago, McC said: it certainly helps us determine next runs. At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 36 minutes ago, G-BOAF said: Im one, BUT i would swap a purple slot for two tone green with WIPACs as per her brief post porterbrook career if you did a split batch for the next run (only difference body colour, all detail parts the same...!!!) Do one in GNER. What the hell... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, guarded said: How are the driver/secondman figures for the cab coming along? I’ve been using these chaps for most of my diesels https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/collections/scenery/products/artitec-drivers-x3-painted I know they are primarily for bus/coach driving but are excellent value for nicely detailed and well painted figures, with arms actually doing something! I still have a few in stock but am waiting for the AS offerings as well, I do occasionally fit a second man reading the racing news 😄 Edited May 12, 2022 by boxbrownie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 13 hours ago, G-BOAF said: Re Box size, I can understand AS being cautious - afterall they will have to deal with replacements and lost revenue if models come in damaged, and ultimately VERY disappointed customers if there are no replacements to supply. Theoretically the more foam around the model the more it is cushioned from shocks. There is a LOT of fine detail especially on the bogies and nose horns, and a lot of fine finish that will ideally not have any rub marks on. Yes its annoying to have to store box(s) of that size (either with or without loco), but if it does the job, then all is well. Remember the first run of Dapol 68s had problems of pushing through the plastic tray due to their weight if dropped end-on in transit, so even a box of Dapol's size was not perfect when first attempted (and the fix is basically a bit of expanded poly packing the ends...) Some of the cameras (heavy cameras) I have bought in the past are packaged with an elastic “rubbery cling film” material which is free to wobble around within a card top and bottom section which means the box can be reasonably small but any shocks or knocks just get absorbed by the suspension it gives, seems to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40002 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) It would seem that as well as the purple Deltic the most popular are the latter year versions which I have ordered although my first choice was already sold out and Green versions with the small yellow warning panel which I personally think look the best in Green. I was around in the Deltic era and they were my favorite loco I remember going to the unveiling event with my Dad at the NRM when 002 was painted back into green for its final year of service and being slightly disappointed that they hadn't done anything with the plated over headcode, anyway I have bought that in memory of my dad. Doing a bit a research when deciding which blue one's to buy I had forgotten that the Finsbury Park race horses didn't carry the white window surrounds to the end but lost them when they were transferred from FP in 81. Of course the key thing for me will be imperfections and marks above the overall detail as they really annoy and coming from my last modelling period with Lima models no imperfections were like an optional extra you very rarely got. Edited May 12, 2022 by 40002 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 24 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Some of the cameras (heavy cameras) I have bought in the past are packaged with an elastic “rubbery cling film” material which is free to wobble around within a card top and bottom section which means the box can be reasonably small but any shocks or knocks just get absorbed by the suspension it gives, seems to work. Interesting approach. Any pictures? Of the packaging? I guess the key difference is that the external finish of a camera is more robus, and that the fragiles are internal. Versus delicate finish and fragile external detail on a model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 hours ago, McC said: it certainly helps us determine next runs. At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie. Having missed out on 55018 I'd certainly be up for a second run of that, or any Finsbury Park liveried racehorses... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvwilson Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 22 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi everyone, It is also important to remember that these travel many, many miles on the high seas in a container, then get put through a postal/parcels system (with a decent percentage internationally), stood on in courier vans etc. At the end of the day they're hand made models with a lot of extra detail, and seeing so many comments on threads about "detail bits left rolling around the box" on other locos, we have gone for the "belt and braces" solution. Cheers! Fran Being in Australia I am happy with the size of the box to keep it safe. Same when my A42 arrived in one piece. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 hours ago, 40002 said: It would seem that as well as the purple Deltic the most popular are the latter year versions which I have ordered although my first choice was already sold out and Green versions with the small yellow warning panel which I personally think look the best in Green. Don't forget that Accurascale has probably not produced the same number of each model. They may also have given themselves some scope to change liveries on the same tooling combinations depending on early pre-orders before specfic numbers of each version were locked in with the factory, to better reflect what they expected to be demand. The purple monstrosity has the WIPAC lights and so is unique in the first run so any underestimation of demand couldn't be countered by increasing the production run. Who knows if any of this supposition is correct - and I wouldn't expect Accurascale to tell us - but I don't necessarily think that overall demand for each livery variant can be judged on which are sold out and which not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, McC said: it certainly helps us determine next runs. At the moment there are 47 people on the waiting list for the purple beastie. I bought one out of sympathy, afterall someone had to buy a purple one. I wonder who bought the other ? :-) As for the 47, out of sympathy, that’s probably me under 47 different drunken aliases, to make you guys feel better about making such a monster, do the numbers at the end of the email address increment correctly or did I skip a few ? 😬 Edited May 12, 2022 by adb968008 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2022 I’m still waiting for “My Lovely Horse”. No, really… Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RozM Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 5 hours ago, The Black Hat said: Do one in GNER. What the hell... Had the Deltics lasted a bit longer always wondered how they would look in Inter City livery... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I'm waiting for them to produce Crepello - the platform tractor at Kings Cross, not the loco! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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