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Northern Spec is Midnight Blue Moquette

As per an earlier listing on this topic: The first four models will be: 144-111: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Abelio Night Blue (New Northern Rail livery November 2011 Onwards) with running numbers 144008 Specification: 144008 Northern Night Blue / Serco & Abellio Joint Venture livery with Metro & SY Travel logo's Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55812 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55835 Night Blue Seats, Missing Overhead warning in front windscreens, Grey internal Handrails, Missing No Smoking stickers in passenger windows, Bicycle Emblems on one car re prototype, Current yellow HSE warning stickers applied. Destinations: YORK - LEEDS 144-112: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Night Blue (Old pre Nov 2011 Northern Livery) with running numbers 144007 Specification: 144007 Northern Night Blue livery with Metro & SY Travel logo's Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55807 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55830 Night Blue Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Current yellow HSE warning stickers applied. Destinations: YORK - SHEFFIELD 144-113: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Red & Silver 'Waves livery' (Ex Metro Livery) with running numbers 144003 Specification: 144003 West Yorkshire 'METRO' Red & Silver livery. NORTHERN Branding Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55803 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55826 Metro Red Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Old style Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Old White HSE warning stickers applied, Branded with early NORTHERN logo Destinations: LINCOLN - SHEFFIELD 144-114: Class 144 Two Car DMU Arriva Trains Northern Red & Silver West Yorkshire Metro 'Waves' Livery with running numbers 144009 Specification: 144009 West Yorkshire 'METRO' Red & Silver livery. ARRIVA Branding Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55809 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55832 Metro Red Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Old style Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Old White HSE warning stickers applied, Branded with early ARRIVA TRAINS NORTHERN logo Destinations: LEEDS - MANCHESTER VICTORIA

We are currently trying to pin down our Chinese factory to a production slot on the 144 during late January, if not the Chinese new year slows it down by 6 weeks!

If and when we do them! We would do 2 X Provincial & 2 x Tyne & Wear PTE Yellow & White. With different running numbers & Heaton depot logo's. Before these though will be a Regional Railways North East Pair. Start Saving Up! Charlie If anyone wants to commision 508 models, let us know!!!!

See the 144 Sample at ModelRail live (Barrow Hill) this weekend along with a Regional Railways 143!

The units have glossy roofs when Ex-Works (Neville Hill Paintshop), but if you have seen the sample in the flesh, then it aint super glossy! You cannot win on this subject as its easier to 'Dull Down' a semi gloss roof, than it is to 'shine up' a dull roof. In my experience 'Joe Public' like things sparkly clean, not weathered as we modellers do! Sadly we need to sell 2,500 so we have to sell to Joe Public!

REALTRACK OUTSIDE TESTING DEPARTMENT HERE! We have had various mods done on the chassis, wheelsets, gearing, lighting, etc. We are now testing, testing, testing. This unit has now done two shows, one on DC and this weekend on DCC with sound. All is going well so far, Red & Silver Metro units for testing awaited! Youtube Clips going live when Arran gets back off his holidays on a beach near Felixstowe? Or is that a container port!!!! Charlie

Arriva Trains Wales ignore Group Standards for some unexplained reason, and FGW seem to roughly stick too it. That is all New light clusters should show in Daytime mode: Left Light on Left Cluster (Bright White) & Left LED Light on Right Cluster (Dull White).

Final Production Sample arrived (Unpainted) for running and DCC evaluation. Currently testing over Peco Track, all types and seems fine. Running speeds are greatly improved with tweaking of gearboxes & drive train, now overtakes Bachmann 158s. The front lighting is sorted and now is spot on, probably the only UK model with correct daytime running (1 X Left Hand Bright White & 1 X Right Hand Dull White). At Skipton this weekend and no DCC layouts so that part will have to wait while Blackburn this weekend coming. We are still running late but thing are now hotting up. Livery samples awaited.

The Class 144 units will be £110 from August, orders before £100. The 143s are not planned till the 144 in on sale so we cannot promise holding prices on this version as we are uncertain as yet to when it will be available. Current 143 orders placed and new orders will be £110. Sorry but the Chinese have more reverse gears on their cars than forward ones! Charlie

ALL orders placed before 31 July will be at £100 for the 144, confirmation of this will be sent for ALL online orders. Charlie PPS The Website does now say £110. But RM Webbers can save a TENNER if your quick.

The cost is a 144 & a Legoman decoder. £100 + £105 We plan to do some sound ones at some stage.

The order should be: 144: 2 X Northern 2 X Metro (Arriva & Northern) 143: 2 X Arriva Trains Wales 2 X First GW 144: 1 X Northern (Named) + Updated ariel. 143: 2 X Visit Bristol 2 X Valley Lines (Named) 144: 2 X WYPTE Red/Cream (Regional & Arriva) + Bus Seating 2 X Regional Railways + Bus Seating 143: 2 X Regional Railways (Named) + Bus Seating 2 X Tyne & Wear PTE + Bus Seating 144: Original WY Metro Red & Cream + Bus Seating 143: 2 X Provincial + Bus Seating 2 X Provincial (Bathgate-Edinburgh) + Bus Seating

The order of introduction will be: 144: 2 X Northern 2 X Metro (Arriva & Northern) 1 X Northern (Named) + Updated ariel. 2 X WYPTE Red/Cream (Regional & Arriva) 2 X Regional Railways 143: 2 X Arriva Trains Wales 2 X First GW 2 X Visit Bristol 2 X Valley Lines 2 X Regional Railways 2 X Tyne & Wear PTE 2 X Provincial 2 X Provincial (Bathgate-Edinburgh) That's the plan, All this relies on someone buying the first models! No dates yet.

All orders placed before 01/08/12 will get them at £100.00

Excellent! Charlie

Should be an unpainted (Fully Rivited) sample for our close inspection, The promise is: 'soon' Which in our experience is longer than a Chinese shortly! Charlie

Legomanbiffo has fitted these so he should know the best speaker options/modifications. Suggest contacting him. Charlie

We need photos of 143007 with the 007Bond logo replacing the number 7. ANYONE got one?

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Thanks for that! The interest over the weekend in leading order was: Northern, Regional Railways then Provincial. Charlie

We are running late on the 144/143 project so things are happening there and not on the PCA. Sorry Charlie

#] REALTRACK models: Update on 144 Models: LIVERIES Project still running late but all livery information now finalised with our USA design team, as promised we will update you as and when we have more information. The first four models will be: 144-111: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Abelio Night Blue (New Northern Rail livery November 2011 Onwards) with running numbers 144008 Specification: 144008 Northern Night Blue / Serco & Abellio Joint Venture livery with Metro & SY Travel logo's Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55812 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55835 Night Blue Seats, Missing Overhead warning in front windscreens, Grey internal Handrails, Missing No Smoking stickers in passenger windows, Bicycle Emblems on one car re prototype, Current yellow HSE warning stickers applied. Destinations: YORK - LEEDS 144-112: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Night Blue (Old pre Nov 2011 Northern Livery) with running numbers 144007 Specification: 144007 Northern Night Blue livery with Metro & SY Travel logo's Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55807 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55830 Metro Red Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Current yellow HSE warning stickers applied. Destinations: YORK - SHEFFIELD 144-113: Class 144 Two Car DMU Northern Red & Silver 'Waves livery' (Ex Metro Livery) with running numbers 144003 Specification: 144003 West Yorkshire 'METRO' Red & Silver livery. NORTHERN Branding Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55803 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55826 Metro Red Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Old style Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Old White HSE warning stickers applied, Branded with early NORTHERN logo Destinations: LINCOLN - SHEFFIELD 144-114: Class 144 Two Car DMU Arriva Trains Northern Red & Silver West Yorkshire Metro 'Waves' Livery with running numbers 144009 Specification: 144009 West Yorkshire 'METRO' Red & Silver livery. ARRIVA Branding Driving Motor Second DMS (No Toilet) 55809 Driving Motor Second Lavatory DMSL (Toilet) 55832 Metro Red Seats, Overhead stickers in front windscreens, Yellow internal Handrails, No Smoking stickers fitted to all passenger windows, Old style Wheel Chair emblems applied on both cars, Old White HSE warning stickers applied, Branded with early ARRIVA TRAINS NORTHERN logo Destinations: LEEDS - MANCHESTER VICTORIA We are working on the 143 Liveries as we speak. Charlie

The 143s we have are livery Mock-Ups of Provincial & Regional Railways liveries. These have been done to assess customer demand as we are uncertain which way to go with regards too the older liveries, thoughts were a limited batch of Tyne & Wear Yellow/White & Provincial liveries with bus seating (3 X 2). The liveries for the 143s currently planned (but will be 6 months late! sorry but partially our fault for wanting an additional 120 rivits putting on) will be Arriva Trains Wales & First Greal Western, after that is up to YOU, so let us know your thoughts.

Class 143 Samples on the company test track (On the carpet!)