toolongtoremember Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 So delivery of the second batch is nearly upon us, slated for January 2022. I have an Avanti and a flowing silk, both 11 car sets on order! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 12 hours ago, toolongtoremember said: So delivery of the second batch is nearly upon us, slated for January 2022.... Hi all, The scheduling information on the Projects page of the Revolution website is our best estimate, and while given in good faith is no kind of guarantee. What we have learned over the last 18 months is that, until we receive notification that the models are on pallets and ready to ship, 'they will be here when they are here' is about the only thing we can say with any degree of certainty! cheers Ben A. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 57 minutes ago, Revolution Ben said: Hi all, The scheduling information on the Projects page of the Revolution website is our best estimate, and while given in good faith is no kind of guarantee. What we have learned over the last 18 months is that, until we receive notification that the models are on pallets and ready to ship, 'they will be here when they are here' is about the only thing we can say with any degree of certainty! cheers Ben A. Hopefully now that the Chinese Government have had to pull back from some of the extremes of zero Covid, perhaps in the next 6 months the Chinese economy might begin to find itself on the road to recovery as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Expect the opposite - massive disruption as a huge wave of covid cripples the county. Hardly anyone has been vaccinated. We can all wait for models, hopefully the deaths aren’t too high. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamphillip Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Are retailers getting any? I really want one and couldn’t for the life of me workout where to order them on the website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongtoremember Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, The Black Prince said: I have a pre-order with Rails if that helps at all :) Kernow also have these on order Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamphillip Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Just placed an order with my local Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 13/12/2022 at 20:26, bmthtrains - David said: Expect the opposite - massive disruption as a huge wave of covid cripples the county. Hardly anyone has been vaccinated. We can all wait for models, hopefully the deaths aren’t too high. David About 90% of the Chinese population is fully vaccinated. Not 100% admittedly but I think it counts as a bit more than hardly anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby_tl10 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, jjb1970 said: About 90% of the Chinese population is fully vaccinated. Not 100% admittedly but I think it counts as a bit more than hardly anyone. You could say they are "fully vaccinated", but China currently has not approved of foreign mRNA vaccines, nor have they developed their own mRNA vaccines. So whether Chinese vaccines are effective is, to an extent, questionable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, toby_tl10 said: You could say they are "fully vaccinated", but China currently has not approved of foreign mRNA vaccines, nor have they developed their own mRNA vaccines. So whether Chinese vaccines are effective is, to an extent, questionable. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36222203/ Here's one study. There are others. Overall, inactivated vaccines appear to be as effective as any in terms of mitigating the consequences of infection. Which in any case is a different argument from vaccination rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted December 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2022 6 hours ago, jjb1970 said: About 90% of the Chinese population is fully vaccinated. Not 100% admittedly but I think it counts as a bit more than hardly anyone. That differs to both data published in December (86%) and anecdotal evidence from the Chinese side of my family. A 4% difference in China is a lot of people. Also don’t forget, fully vaccinated means two doses, necessary boosters are not included in that figure. For many “fully vaccinated” people, the effects of the vacaccine is significantly decreased. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 A bigger concern might be that now Chinese citizens are allowed abroad again they will soon know we've had 12 months clear of restrictions and that the World Cup did go ahead with not a mask in sight. Then they take that knowledge back to the mainland on their return...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2022 People in China are quite aware of the lack of COVID restrictions in much of the world, there is travel between China and the outside world if people can accept the onerous controls. I meet with Chinese (from the PRC) people quite regularly. And it's worth keeping in mind both that: -much of Asia has kept COVID controls until very recently, Japan has only just re-opened for leisure travel, Taiwan ditto, Singapore still requires masks on public transport and in healthcare facilities etc; and -In most of Asia people are still wearing masks regardless of whether or not the government says they have to. I'd estimate 80% of people here are still masked, it was the same in Vietnam when I visited in September, Tokyo Haneda was fully masked a few weeks ago, in all my meetings with Korean colleagues they've been masked and it's obvious from zoom calls with people around Asia that people still feel safer masked. There is a tradition of mask use in much of Asia that pre-dates COVID. On the whole, people around Asia (including in China) are very aware of the state of play around the world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted December 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2022 9 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: For many “fully vaccinated” people, the effects of the vacaccine is significantly decreased. Hi Off topic but my antibody level was at a higher level (as recorded by the ONS) from December 2021 when I had my booster until September 2022 when I had my next booster so no real decline over ten months. My wife who was vaccinated at the same time was also at the higher level for the same period. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumpkin Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 A quick question, I know on the Project Updates part of the Revolution site it says (as of 31/1/23) that the next batch of Pendolinos is due this month. Is this still the case and if so will they be here in time for Ally Pally weekend to collect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted March 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2023 Hi there, We haven't had notification from Rapido that they are ready to ship, so I'd say almost certainly not. When there is an update we will put it on the projects page. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXDH92 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Hi Ben, Mike and team, Have you ever considered doing the Pendo in OO gauge? Just curious as your N gauge offering is so much more advanced than Hornby's OO equivalent despite being half the size. The Hornby model doesn't even have an interior and I don't think Hornby has even done half of the livery variations possible. As the fleet gets older and goes through more liveries, I would have thought there could be a space for a high-spec OO model... Thanks in advance, Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted May 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) Hello all, We have received production samples of the second run Pendolino models. These have been airfreighted over for final checking and, subject to approval, the models should be shipping to customers and retailers in the next 4-6 weeks. There's more information and images on the Revolution news page here: https://revolutiontrains.com/news/ We'd like to thank Rapido for their hard work in producing these models and thank everyone for their ongoing patience - the delays have been as frustrating for us as for anyone however we are in the final straight now! cheers Ben A. Edited May 22, 2023 by Revolution Ben 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted May 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2023 Some terrific livery application there, chaps. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbsg65 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Hi, finally having chance to run my pendolino properly. Has anyone else had issues with the bogies derailing if putting more than one intermediate car in. It feels like the couplings are stiff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted June 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2023 Have you waited 4 years to run it?! Not had a problem with couplings on any of mine, but did have issues with detailing caused by bogies not being seated correctly IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbsg65 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 It's been test run but not had a layout with the gentle curves before. Will check the bogies as a couple do seem tight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongtoremember Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Stirings seem to be happening at Revolution... I just got my VAT refunds for the pendolinos from them, does this signal delivery is imminent? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted June 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Hi all, Yes, the Pendolinos are inbound. They are coming in two tranches: first, the original Virgin, Flowing Silk and DfT variants, then (around 6 weeks later we think) the Virgin Pride and Avanti versions. cheers Ben A. Edited June 20, 2023 by Revolution Ben 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedlee Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Yahoo!! 9 car Avanti has arrived! Looks absolutely superb and runs beautifully straight from the boxes. Amazing!! Right up there with the quality of the first run, if not better. Excellent execution of the livery. Thanks Revolution. Delighted!! Ged. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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