The Ghost of IKB

Call me a conspiracy theorist if you like, but I'm beginning to think that this whole SLW class 25 thing is an elaborate hoax, perpetuated by a secretive cabal of deep state actors, the illuminati and the CIA. Rumour has it that the so called launch event at Bentley was actually a film shot by Stanley Kubrick in a Hollywood sound stage, using AI generated customers. That is the only possible explanation for these delays. From now on everytime I check this thread I'll be wearing a tin foil hat.

Announcement? Is there going to be one?

Roll on 2025!

One thing the inflated ebay prices shows is there is a market out there waiting for a second run. I'd have another two blue ones tomorrow at list price that is. Plus 56036 in LL.

Anyone received a sound fitted loco yet?

Brilliant thanks! Now ordered

Thanks Mike, it's the 4mm cargo wagon unrebuilt version I'm after. I'll ring round, can't find any on Web.

Does anyone know if there are any of these available anywhere, or failing that is a second run planned?

Similarly what's the point of all those coal wagons without a class 40 to pull them?

I'm unhappy with the delivery time, and the poor communication not the model. I have 6 SLW class 24s already and 5 class 25s on order. I believe their locos are among the very best, and there is no acceptable alternative rtr class 25 available, at least not yet, (Bachmann my offer a rival soon, but heljans is nowhere near imo) so canceling would be cutting off my nose to spite my face. I'm moaning about their ability to deliver models already in stock, nothing more. Anyway that's my last comment on the matter. Complaining on here is pointless anyway, to my knowledge slw don't read this forum.

What's the point in Phil Sutton turning up at the york show taking even more orders when they can't cope with dispatching even the first two locos from the first batch. He'd do better spending the easter weekend packing up locos for mailing on Tuesday. It's simply not acceptable to wait four months for a loco that's in stock! Don't tell me I need to learn to be patient in condescending replies either. I was told at the Bentley "launch" event they'd be despatched before Xmas. Foolishly I didn't realise they meant Xmas 2025!! And what kind of business would keep all that stock sitting around for so long, reserved but unpaid for? Couldn't they offer the option of collection from slw's base. Couldn't they get friends, family, or take on temps to get the orders out, generating revenue? Shambolic in my opinion. With so many locos still to come, not to mention further 24's, this saga will drag on all year unless they pull their fingers out.

Any chance of limited numbers coming back in stock,? Or have I totally missed the boat?

Looking forward to a head to head comparison with Bachmann's.

Is there an announcement planned today?

Anyone got a sound fitted version? Is it the same sound file as the 24?