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As a new post I take it that your have only just recently bought your A3 and A4's, so it is disappointing to see that there are still quality issues with them straight from the box? What bits were found in the boxes that had to be re-attached? The smoke deflectors really seems to be a main problem for falling off that one would have thought would be much better attached. Apart from the bit that that fallen off and had to be re-attached what is your impression of the overall build quality and attention to detail?
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The new ones were being sold for £119 with used ones around the £99 mark. Now, it seems, that the last new ones have been sold there is suddenly a plethora of what I assume are all the new ones that were returned as a result of damaged paint, missing parts etc, (I had return my 1st one for those reasons,) classed a PO's. However, I note that they are now charging £120 plus for damaged and missing parts 66's!
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Does this mean that you would be able to have the smoke and sound on an analogue system or do you require a full dcc system and appropriate decodes for it to operate?
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How does one identify or know who a Tier 1 dealer is if you wanted to place a pre-order with any of them?
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That is clearly very bad to have gone through 4 and ultimately had to take a refund. Would be interesting to know specifically what the problems were that he had and if/they were the same each time or multiple issues? You would have expected/hoped that within 4 units that they would have been able to have resolved any issues/problems?
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Perhaps he/she would like to pass on their individual experience?
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Thanks for the reply and the point you make about contacting Hatton's directly makes sense, but it would also be good to hear from those who have actually purchase one of the models and who can give some 1st hand experience.
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My understanding was that with any new product there are bound to be teething problems that you sort out, as best you can, during the production run. I believe that there were some issues with seams along the top face of the body that were a result of production issues which were resolved? There was also some problems with the drive gears again have/were these resolved during the original production run? Would be nice to hear from those who have had no problems and are are happy with them.
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I am aware that they were first released a couple, or more, years ago and that they have been at this price now for over a year. But during the original production run they were clearly still looking to sort out some of the production issues raised, so that hopefully the later ones would have had a number of the QC and mechanical ones resolved? Has anybody purchased one over the last year or so and can advise as to what issues they may have experienced and how they have been sorted, or not?
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So what is the consensus on the A3's at the reduced price of £579 are they considered good value or are there still many issues with them? Have they ironed out all of the moulding and other quality issues or are they still falling apart, particularly the smoke deflectors and are the running gears, motors etc now sorted and reliable?
