RMweb Gold Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 6 (edited) Hi everyone, Our hobby has been rocked by the news that Hattons Model Railways, a stalwart in the industry since the 1940s, has decided to close their doors for the last time. The familiar parcels wrapped in twine that many of us remember for many years have gone, along with one of the absolute pioneers of British retail with mail order, online sales and an eye for a shrewd deal along the way. We may only be around for 6 years now, so we only had the pleasure of working for Hattons in their very final years. But, what a pleasure that has been, and a relationship that has educated us as well as helped us to preach the gospel that is Accurascale to even more modellers. From top to bottom, they have been fantastic to deal with and we hope that their staff and management go on to have great success in new roles and careers. But, some of Hattons will live on, and we are delighted and privileged to be able to play a small role in securing their legacy. As you may already know, acquired the tooling of the Hattons Originals Class 66 locomotives and announced a whole new run with some added Accurascale ingredients at Model Rail Scotland 2023. The production is now almost complete on those locomotives and they ship in mid February. Utilising that existing relationship with Hattons, we have also been able to secure the future of other "Hattons Originals" toolings, beginning with the OO gauge Warwell wagons, The P Class 0-6-0 tank engine and the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 tank locomotive. These three models will now join the Accurascale range forevermore! All three models are currently in different stages of production, with Hattons taken pre-orders on all three projects before they closed. We will update you on each project separately in future, but for now the current status of each project is below; OO Warwells The Warwells are complete and will leave the factory in China just after Chinese New Year in late February, landing in stock with us in April 2024. The price of these will be maintained the same as the Hattons price of £25 each. Our bundle deal of 10% if you buy two or more applies along with free UK Postage and Packaging and 3% cashback on all orders. Our new "Accuracare" lifetime warranty will apply to these wagons too! Trains4u will receive their special limited edition commission as planned. Please contact them for further details on those. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 ST We're delighted to report that these locomotives are at decoration stage which we will reveal in the coming weeks. Production is slated to begin after the Chinese New Year break and delivery will be in Q4 2024. Unfortunately, with rising costs, the original price of £85 was impossible to maintain, so these locomotives are now priced at £99.95 each. However, with free postage and packaging and 3% cashback on all orders we can still soften the increase with some added value. They will also be covered by our new lifetime "Accuracare" warranty. P Class These locomotives are also at the decoration stage which we will also reveal very soon. Production is also slated to begin post Chinese New Year with delivery also in Q4 of 2024. These are likely to arrive after the Andrew Barclay tanks.As per the Andrew Barclay tanks, the P will also see an increase in price to £99.95, but with free postage and packaging and 3% cashback on all orders we can still soften that increase, along with covering them with our new lifetime "Accuracare" warranty. Your Hattons Pre-Orders So, if you have pre-ordered Warwells, P or Andrew Barclay, what happens next?Hattons will contact you asking if you have any objections with them moving your pre-orders to us. If you do not, then we will need you to register an account on our website and log your payment details for your pre-order. This is so we can safeguard your pre-order so you do not miss out. If you do not register after 2 weeks, we will consider your pre-order cancelled and we will offer the model for sale to other customers. Next Steps And Placing Pre-Orders As we are so deep into the production process on the P Class and the Andrew Barclay tank locos we cannot add any further locomotives to the production run, or make any further changes such as offering DCC Sound Fitted options. The specification will remain the same as Hattons originally specified when they first announced this new production run of locomotives. These models will be for sale exclusively on our website only in order to protect historic pre-orders and keep prices as low as we can in line with Hattons.As mentioned earlier, the commission of Warwells by Trains4u will remain in place and will be delivered to Trains4u in April as planned. Please see them for more information about those models. And finally, the question many of you may be asking; what other Hattons Originals models have joined our line up? Well, you will have to keep an eye on us for future announcements later this year and beyond to find out! Pre-Order Your OO Gauge Warwell Here: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/50t-kwa-warwell Pre-Order Your Andrew Barclay Tank Here: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/andrew-barclay-14-16-0-4-0st-industrial Pre-Order Your P Class Tank Here: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/secr-p-class-locomotive Cheers! 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Edge Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 @Accurascale Fran - a little bit confused. I have an existing account with accurascale - do I need to do anything to tie my pre-order in to my account? Do I just wait for Hattons to contact me? Or should I place a new preorder on your website? 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 minute ago, Edge said: @Accurascale Fran - a little bit confused. I have an existing account with accurascale - do I need to do anything to tie my pre-order in to my account? Do I just wait for Hattons to contact me? Or should I place a new preorder on your website? The email I got from Hattons said orders would move over to Accurascale unless I didn't want it to move. Excellent news, I had a feeling these models wouldn't be dead after Hattons announced they wee closing. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny151 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Excellent to see these picked up and moving to a safe home! A slight shame about the price increase on the locos, but not that hard to stomach given the £99 tag is the exact same as these launched with back in 2018. For those of us on Hattons books but already with an active Accurascale account, will the transfer process be any different? A minor point, but do you know yet if these will arrive in Hattons or Accurascale branded packaging? I'm already imagining the 'Exclusives' job that could be done with a box in that Bluebell livery! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 It's good to know these tools are going to a good home. Well done to Hattons and Accurascale for achieving such a positive outcome. 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Ive preordered a P Class and a Barclay. For £99 each it was hard not to! Will they be exactly as the previous releases or will they be reworked to include a stay alive? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 Well no email from Hattons but this happened when they lost the Hornby account level so they said they couldn’t tell me as I didn’t subscribe to their email shots! So how do I transfer my pre orders from Hattons? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6 18 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: And finally, the question many of you may be asking; what other Hattons Originals models have joined our line up? Well, you will have to keep an eye on us for future announcements later this year and beyond to find out! FEA flats? 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 1 minute ago, meatloaf said: Ive preordered a P Class and a Barclay. For £99 each it was hard not to! Will they be exactly as the previous releases or will they be reworked to include a stay alive? It says above the spec is as Hattons as they are in the process too far to change. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted February 6 Moderators Share Posted February 6 Just now, PaulRhB said: Well no email from Hattons but this happened when they lost the Hornby account level so they said they couldn’t tell me as I didn’t subscribe to their email shots! So how do I transfer my pre orders from Hattons? This is what's been emailed out - https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1504&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hattonsoriginalsupdate-newowners 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 I take it my hattons preorders (warwells) that are moving across to accurascale will automatically populate my ‘preorder’ at some point, they aren’t showing at the moment 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkchinaclay Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, newbryford said: FEA flats? Hopefully with some yellow track panel carriers! 🤔🤞 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, AY Mod said: This is what's been emailed out - https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1504&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hattonsoriginalsupdate-newowners Thank you Andy👍 So it should transfer automatically, only one more question will they show up in our Accurascale accounts in two weeks so we know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 14 minutes ago, Tiny151 said: Excellent to see these picked up and moving to a safe home! A slight shame about the price increase on the locos, but not that hard to stomach given the £99 tag is the exact same as these launched with back in 2018. For those of us on Hattons books but already with an active Accurascale account, will the transfer process be any different? A minor point, but do you know yet if these will arrive in Hattons or Accurascale branded packaging? I'm already imagining the 'Exclusives' job that could be done with a box in that Bluebell livery! The Warwell range is packed and done, and will be in transit immediately post CNY. All other ranges / tools will come in accura boxes. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginhst539 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Same boat as many, not showing in the pre order pot as it where. Imagine it will take a day or two to transfer across. Glad to see these saved, now who do i speak to at glasgow about getting some correct scale warrior tanks and cradles added to the range 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 (edited) 2 minutes ago, virginhst539 said: Same boat as many, not showing in the pre order pot as it where. Imagine it will take a day or two to transfer across. Glad to see these saved, now who do i speak to at glasgow about getting some correct scale warrior tanks and cradles added to the range Look at Trains4U they are already doing them. http://www.trains4u.com/p/301941/Trains4u-OOWarriorA-OO-FV510-Warrior-With-Track-Guards-1-76 cradle http://www.trains4u.com/p/301940/Trains4u-OOCradle-OO-Warrior-Transport-Cradle-1-76-Scale Edited February 6 by PaulRhB 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Excellent news, though for once I'm not that surprised by an Accurascale announcement! A question for further down the road concerns the GPC crane project which Hattons announced but cancelled for insufficiency of pre-orders. Is there any hope of that being resurrected in the future, assuming of course there is enough demand? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, virginhst539 said: Same boat as many, not showing in the pre order pot as it where. Imagine it will take a day or two to transfer across. Glad to see these saved, now who do i speak to at glasgow about getting some correct scale warrior tanks and cradles added to the range 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastbroadcast Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Very happy to see these three models go to a good home. They were all high quality at release and remain so. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Great news, well done all involved. Just the Genesis coaches to find a home for now - and hopefully the stillborn Genesis bogie coach project too! 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, NXEA! said: Great news, well done all involved. Just the Genesis coaches to find a home for now - and hopefully the stillborn Genesis bogie coach project too! There at Rails of sheffield - just seen on facebook 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, NXEA! said: Great news, well done all involved. Just the Genesis coaches to find a home for now - and hopefully the stillborn Genesis bogie coach project too! See the Hattons email link Andy posted ;) 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post McC Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 6 4 minutes ago, meatloaf said: There at Rails of sheffield - just seen on facebook Rails are delivering the production run on these, and we'll have more news in the coming months about the other ex-Hattons tools that are now part of the Accura-family. 19 2 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidH Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 The question I'm not clear about is, how do you know which account has ordered something? or put another way, how will you link the accounts on your website to the accounts that have the Hattons pre-orders? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted February 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, DavidH said: The question I'm not clear about is, how do you know which account has ordered something? or put another way, how will you link the accounts on your website to the accounts that have the Hattons pre-orders? I presume its by email address? Maybe by delivery address? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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