Coach bogie Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just received an e-mail from Modelzone and apparently a few leftovers from Ltd Editions have come back into stock at proper retail price. Just bagged an RTC Test Car 6, no way was i paying Ebay extortionists for that one, well pleased! Thanks for the info. Just bagged one myself. Signal Box also taking orders, compared to sold out a few weeks back https://www.thesignalbox.co.uk/index_new.php?pg=3&p_cat_id=43&prod_id=15421 Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I just bagged one of the Test Car 6's for myself as well! I too was not going to pay over the odds for them either! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIAM Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just received an e-mail from Modelzone and apparently a few leftovers from Ltd Editions have come back into stock at proper retail price. Just bagged an RTC Test Car 6, no way was i paying Ebay extortionists for that one, well pleased! Not sure they are 'leftovers' as I don't think they have been released yet. I read it that they have increased the batch number therefore making them available to pre-order again. Doesn't mention how big the limited edition batch is now or when they are expected however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 6, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2012 Not surprisingly that didn't last long, now showing as out of stock online again so it would appear my quick reactions were well timed! I just hope they were snapped up by genuine buyers who want one to run and use and not the Ebay Carpetbaggers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The signalbox site just let me order one, so they can't be out just yet (unless the website just keeps taking orders until some-one manually updates it) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 6, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2012 ModelZone is probably more widely known than the Signal Box I suppose (after all that is where the email links go to) so it does sometimes pay to check them as well as they will most likely slow out more slowly. The Mk2 Brake Force runners still seem to be available on both sites at this time suprisingly, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Thanks to the info on here I checked the signal box site and ordered test car 6. Should have done it in the first place but just orded the yellow mark 1 brake coach which arrived recently and that is a very nice coach too. Thanks Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickieM Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Signal Box has just accepted my order for Test Car 6. Hopefully find out soon if it is successful. Will look good running behind my Class 24 'Experiment' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Now i have bagged Test car 6, I am now on the look out for a class 58 as these were used behind them then the wagons. I have a pic of it at Toton Loco - Test car 6 - MGR wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickieM Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Signal Box called yesterday to confirm that a new batch of Test Car 6 was now available. So it isn't a mistake or glitch on the website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper20059 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Told by my local Modelzone yesterday that they should have the model in store for me on Monday 20th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 i was told that test car 6 had been cancelled by Bachmann. then got a phone cal today to say my RNA barrier wagons, my brake force runners and test car 6 were all in stock! an expensive day tomorrow me thinks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim76 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 After initially being told there were none left on further enquiry I was also able to order a Test Car 6. I was told a batch had arrived unexpectedly (?) late on Thursday night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2012 the N gauge RTc 08 is now in sock got mine yesterday and very nice it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic79 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Let's hope Meadowhall finally get their allocation of BTUs when they get Test Car 6 etc. Called the shop several times but they just say they're waiting for their delivery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickieM Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Doesn't take long for a new batch of Test Car 6's to appear on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Bachmann+rtc&_sacat=0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 ^^ ha ha have you checked out the guy selling the brake force runners? stating "i am not a trader" yer right, and " no returns, am braking up a large collection..." whose collection?? modelzones?? nothing like ripping other folk off of their hard earned cash! What an idiot! Nothing like making a profit off people! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Doesn't take long for a new batch of Test Car 6's to appear on eBay http://www.ebay.co.u...nn rtc&_sacat=0 Two guys with 3 each for sale - and check out the prices of one lot - £80 each - Greedy b*stards !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 ^^ ha ha have you checked out the guy selling the brake force runners? stating "i am not a trader" yer right, and " no returns, am braking up a large collection..." whose collection?? modelzones?? Hi Dan I dont think they are brake force runners. I think they are an earlier (2-3 years ago?) limited edition RTC release. Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 nothing like ripping other folk off of their hard earned cash! What an idiot! Nothing like making a profit off people! Isnt that what a free country is called ? He's not pointing a gun at peoples head to buy them is he ? Great Western, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Gets me how he can expect people to pay out the price they want for them! Like this guy! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Bachmann-Modelzone-RTC-MK2-Test-car-6-Coach-limited-Edition-39-330Z-00-/300760992605?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4606c08b5d I wonder if he will sell any at that price!!! FAO Great Western It has been mentioned before that people like this should be stopped! I am not the only one that thinks that they are rip off merchants that like to cash in on this!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Has anyone got a picture of the compartment side of the modelzone test car 6. All their own pictures show the corridor side and I wondered how the windows that have been plated over or replaced by louvres have been reproduced. Is this Test Car 6 before the wasp strips were painted on the ends? http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/6681411549/sizes/l/in/faves-48252636@N07/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Gets me how he can expect people to pay out the price they want for them! Like this guy! http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4606c08b5d I wonder if he will sell any at that price!!! FAO Great Western It has been mentioned before that people like this should be stopped! I am not the only one that thinks that they are rip off merchants that like to cash in on this!! I dont to drag this off topic, but why should they be stopped ? If someone has the cash to buy the maximum of three, and then someone else wants to pay twice or even three times the retail price then thats their look out? There are so many ways round any 'one per customer' rules modelzone or indeed anyother shop impose, this bloke has already sold one at £80 with one left to go. So there must be a market out there for after intial sales. I say fair play to this chap, where in a recession and this chap is making some money. I assume he will reinvest this money in new models or other bits thus helping get the country back on its feet. Great Western. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2012 If they buy one then later decide to sell it on then all is fair and well, it is the bulk buying Ebay Carpetbaggers that are the cause of the problem, by doing this simply for the motivation of profit and greed deprives some genuine modellers of acquiring them at the proper retail price. Admittedly this is not on the scale of that utter bottom orifice who bought up arm fulls of that Limited Edition Scotrail 158 at an exhibition once leaving many who wanted one going home empty handed whilst he filtered his booty onto Ebay at a 100% mark up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Test Car 6 is still available on the MODLEZONE web site at £31.99. Hopefully this will stop people paying the over inflated prices on ebay. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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