reddragon

Ally Pally announcement confirmed, an OO gauge kettle, lol

40 minutes ago, Southernman46 said:

Them vents could do with dust though .................😁

Weathered . . 

Well my blue/grey rake has arrived & been tested. At the front I have the A/S siphon G newspaper van, followed by 6 TSOs, a Mainline RBR and a FK+BFK. The RBR renumbered as W1644 looks fine in daylight but in the dark the lack of lighting stands out.

I timed the lights after turning off the power. They fade slowly with the first going off about 4 mins, the last went off at 5m30s.

Below are some pics of the interiors with lights on. You can actually also see the WC through the obscured glass and if you wait about 2-3 mins after power off can actually get a pic showing that.

All I need now is an A/S BG and buffet car with a W prefix!

I have my DPD email from an order on 11/11/21 😁

1 hour ago, stovepipe said:

 

Got my shipping notification for the Blue and Grey ones at 2pm this afternoon. These were ordered on 28 August 2021.

I was Nov 2021, so 3 months behind you

43 minutes ago, Mark said:

Just had the dpd email for the Blue and Grey versions.

 

Mark

when did you order?

more the poor fit over the buffer beam under microscope

1 hour ago, McC said:

 

DPD has been our primary carrier now for about 12 weeks, you have to specifically choose Royal Mail at checkout if you prefer that options, here's what it looks like in the checkout screen

 

 

My 2021 pre-order mk2bs are Royal Mail , the rest are DHL

I am happy with your current service, as mentioned above except the Royal Mail.

Due to the value of the products, the ability to choose the delivery date or deliver to a pick up point is very useful. Royal Mail despite offering the service, don't actually do it and this week for example, I stuck a note on the front door for the postman to deliver the next day. He told me that the notification system doesn't work so he delivers on the day it arrives. He doesn't get divert, chosen date, or deliver elsewhere info most of the time. Great postmen, just crap organisation!

Perhaps ability to tag order with preferred deliverer?

5 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

Nobody said there was.

And nobody said there wasn't!

3 minutes ago, South-East Rail said:

I'm looking forward to the Electrostar announcement!

 

(If I say this every time, it's bound to come true eventually...)

 

Ed

As much as I agree, imagine all versions being announced at once!! You'd need a mortgage to cover that lot as 8/12 car units

Sure there a BR maroon livery version with a mk1?

18 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi @Michael Hodgson

 

Funny enough our Glasgow announcement last year, the Class 66, was due to be announced on the Friday, and was leaked by an individual who was passed on the information by another manufacturer. The individual posted it onto a well known Facebook group with much glee about 30 mins before the actual announcement.

 

The same individual has been boasting that he will pull the same trick this year, while referencing our fondness for potatoes. You know, cos we are Irish and all. So, let’s see what he leaks this year.
 

Cheers!

 

Fran

Potatoes & Leeks! No idea what loco that is 😁

Perhaps you need to 'leak' an announcement for 01/04/24 for him to leak, something really errr silly!

Last new loco announcement was the class 50 in November 2022 and 1 year to the day later the 57xx.

We must be well overdue one now!

12 minutes ago, DutyDruid said:

 

I would tend to agree with you...

 

However, by posting that screen shot I am probably now on the naughty step and as punishment they now won't be doing the Longmoor Military Railway variants that I'm waiting for...  😭😭😭

I missed that, a WR coach! Its not listed on the AS website . . 

2 minutes ago, The Evil Bus Driver said:

Yeah maybe put it at 50 or 55 it'll probably go. I've been outbid every time I've gone for one. 

Well, I have to fund my AS purchases somehow 😁

3 minutes ago, The Evil Bus Driver said:

I'm looking at probably 30 to 40. Bit skint at the moment though mainly partly due to going shopping on Accurascale's website hehe 

I paid more than £40 but less than £70, maybe I should list it?

7 minutes ago, The Evil Bus Driver said:

Mk2a coaches. I'm not paying £70 to £100 on Ebay for a second hand Bachmann TSO 

How much would you pay for one? I have W5316.

So the race is on for the 1st notification, receipt & pics of the Mk2B coaches then!

On 13/02/2024 at 11:03, Accurascale said:

Well, Well, Well - A First Look At The Warwells In OO!

 

 

Following on from the rather exciting news last Tuesday that we had taken on a number of the Hattons Originals toolings, beginning with the Warwells in OO, The Wainwright P Class and the Andrew Barclay tank engines, we can now bring you the first update on these projects.

 

We will have news of the Wainwright P Class and Andrew Barclay tanks in the coming weeks, but first let's look at the production samples of the Warwell wagons in OO gauge!

 

 

As reported in our announcement blog last week, production of these models is already complete and the models had already been signed off by the Hattons team. We are now responsible for the delivery of these models to market, with any Hattons pre-orders having been transferred over to us and is now logged on our system.

 

If you have not heard from Hattons, or from us and you do have a Warwell pre-order, please get in touch with us immediately so we can safeguard it for you.

 

 

We can report that the fit and finish, along with the decoration on these wagons is excellent, and a credit to the Hattons Originals team, making these distinctive wagons really stand out. 

 

 

We can now confirm that these wagons will leave the factory next week for their trip from the Far East to our warehouse in the UK. We envisage them landing with us in April, depending on the continued unrest and shipping disruption in the Middle East. 

 

 

Although some of the running numbers are now sold out, we still have a selection which you can pre-order via our website for £25 per wagon. Click on the link below if you fancy adding some to your fleet, and be sure to check out Trains4u who have also commissioned two Warwell Wagons in this production run.

 

Pre-order today: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/50t-kwa-warwell

I like this one on your social media!

I said tumbleweed because of the total silence for a least an hour after the Tarmac announcement when it wasn't a class 40, or Stanier!!

16 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Did I miss an announcement ? Can’t see an new thread or anything 

tumbleweed I'm afraid! 🙂🙃🙂🙃

44 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Alright, let's get this straight!!

 

LIKE THIS!!

 

 

and this ....

 

Those squeaky 37s again . . .

20 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Any chance the number '40' figures in this list ...... ??

 

Al.

Class 404!

14 hours ago, McC said:

 

Honestly, these days, it’s impossible to know :) 

 

We have an extensive roadmap and right now there are over a dozen powered models past the point of no return and unannounced. If another manufacturer announces them or already has after we passed that point there isn’t much we can do except perhaps avoid directly duplicating numbers / liveries (which can be done right up to about 9 months before delivery). 

 

Tomorrows announcement tho has not been announced by anyone else though. ;) 

No countdowns anywhere . . . I await midday :)