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3 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

It could get a lot quieter on the OO front in terms of new stuff I imagine if this goes well for Hornby.

 

To be fair with Peco doing a range of track and Heljan dipping a toe in, it may have quite a future if others join in.

 

Lets face it, modellers flocked to O gauge RTR - look at the proliferation in the past decade, you can bet your bottom dollar that as the range expands beyond Hornby then a lot more modellers will give it a go too.

Yes, customers did flock to  O gauge, but most saw the models at shows or in shops, and were tempted after much looking and pondering at the tempting items on display.

online only is a huge mistake, but hey, at least I don’t need to make space in my shop for it.  TT may well be notable by its complete absence in the very places that advocate the hobby.

Website exclusive eh?

good luck with that.

We have also been weathering up BBA and BLA wagons

these too will be available to buy at the show

We are now producing steel coil loads for the BLA wagons

These are 3D printed in resin.

Painted and finished sets are £20

unpainted sets £10

these will be available this weekend at GETS in Milton Keynes and directly from us afterwards 

The tie-downs are from Scale Model Scenics.

I may be mistaken 

but I’m sure the Heljan Kestrel used class 47 bogie sides.

That might simplify the search

1 hour ago, andythenorth said:

Those are nice 🙂

 

Is there a painted price, for those of us who are too lazy to Model things? 🙃

Hi

we are looking at the option of a base coated model in sand or green.

they are likely to be in the £15-£18 range depending on effort involved 

bearing in mind these would be finished by hand in the UK and are not mass produced.

26 minutes ago, scots region said:

@KR Models Any plans on a second run? Asking for a friend. 

well, if anyone is looking for a Fell now…

http://www.trains4u.com/search

I haven’t gotten around to adding photos yet.

Hi Paul

these are from the first batch of weathering and are representative of their end of life condition.

The post at the top of the page shows the lighter weathering we are applying to later batches.

1 hour ago, WILLIAM said:

Any update Gareth on when the remanufactured HAAs are due? Thanks.

very soon!

there will be an update once they are here and gone through QC

Thank you for the constructive feedback.

the coupling hooks were identified as an issue. A heavier gauge hook is being supplied with the remanufactured wagons.   I am trying to see if spares can be obtained for anyone who might need them.

The vertical height of the couplings seems to be down to the pressure used (or lack of) to fit them.  It ought to be possible to align them by pushing fully home, but I appreciate that this should not be something you, as a customer, should have to do.

with regards the other issues pointed out. These have been brought to the attention of Cavalex, but it I will leave it to them to respond.

Last three images…

If D&E is your thing, we’ve taken in a large collection of OO locos and rolling stock,

Give us a call, or better still, drop in if there is anything of interest!

I don’t want it to be said that we don’t pay attention to customers!

Whilst our weathering of the HAAs has been generally well received, it is appreciated that some customers have found it a bit on the heavy side.

The weathering produced thus-far was based on wagons in their late 90s -00s condition.

We have been playing around with the finish, and now have a pattern for an 80s/early 90s condition 

our next batch of weathering will be done to this standard, and we will introduce these as C and D versions (D will have tyre marks)

giving customers the choice of light or heavy weathering.

We will advise when these wagons will be available as we are currently working through several hundred wagons.

As before, we will provide an identical batch to KMS Railtech for distribution to their customers.

On 17/08/2022 at 19:32, Dragonfly said:

My rake from Trains4U arrived today too, with the overall weathering and no shunter bands.

 

Fine work by Trains4U and Cavalex, and very nice models overall. Personally, though, I'm finding the weathering a bit too heavy on almost all of them, most being almost black (like the middle one of the three pictured). But that's my personal taste so others' may vary, of course

 

If the weathering is too heavy and you are not satisfied with them, we will be happy to supply a rake with lighter weathering, or exchange them for pristine wagons which are due soon.

our weathering has been carried out using photographs for reference, and we have tried to replicate in-service condition, but I can understand that the weathering may be a bit heavy for some tastes.

We are trying a lighter touch with the next batch to see how they work out, and we have opportunity to try a “lightly weathered option”

The weathered wagons are now available from ourselves and KMS in limited numbers at £99.95 per pack of three, with twelve different packs available.

http://www.trains4u.com/c/656/Cavalex

We are working through the wagons and it is taking time!

We now have sufficient to supply both ourselves and KMS with a batch to sell.  
 

Given that our  pre-order customers have been waiting patiently for rectified models, we all felt it would be best to give them first refusal, and at no additional cost.

The initial delivery contained varying quantities of each version.  We thought the fairest way to handle this is for the batch to be split evenly down the middle between Trains4U and KMS Railtech and we each have evenly split quantities of all 12 different packs.

This means that we have some KMS branded packs, and KMS have some Trains4U branded packs, but this only applies to the weathered versions.

We are planning to release the wagons generally in a week or so, once we have contacted our preorder customers.

The weathered packs will be available in two versions 

A version - evenly weathered

B version - with tyre shunter marks

On general release, the weathered packs will be available at £99.95 per pack of three.

We are still working through them (there are a lot) so there may be a short wait whilst we complete subsequent batches of weathering.

Meanwhile, the remanufactured clean wagons are getting close to being shipped and we look forward to making them available soon.

These will be available at £89.95 per pack.

Thanks again

Just to say, the reviews for these are now appearing in the press, though they are now getting hard to find.

We still have stocks of all versions available (Albeit in very small numbers in some cases)
http://www.trains4u.com/c/656/Cavalex

I understand that the old Fratton Bargain Shop (latterly St. Petrocks models?) Has finally closed down.

It used to be my local. Always filled me with wonder, and was my inspiration for wanting a model shop of my own.

But even by the time I left Portsmouth in 1994 it had seemed to have declined quite significantly from its heyday in the mid 80s.

We have, this evening, and despite promises to the contrary (though made by my now redundant sales rep)

Received an email from Hornby advising that our “set-in-stone”allocations of the A4 “Sir Nigel Gresley” and Dublo set have been cut.

This will probably be true for most retailers.

some of you are going to get some disappointing news I’m afraid.

These are Hornby booking office steps

we have more in our secondhand than we can poke a stick at.

(about £2.50 each)

give us a call on 01733 895989 (tue-sat 10-5) and I’m sure we can sort you out.

17 hours ago, Steven B said:

Interesting, in which case a DC version that can be upgraded in the future is tempting.

 

Are there any videos of the factory sound fitted ones online yet? All I've seen are from the likes of Legoman Biffo.

 

Steven B.

we posted a short video on our Facebook feed yesterday 

https://fb.watch/dR1YAY3f5_/

they have a good speaker in them.

I have a couple remaining…

on your marks…

go!

http://www.trains4u.com/p/64801/Bachmann-39-737DC-BR-Mk2F-DBSO-(Refurbished)-Driving

We are booking on our delivery today

keep your eyes open…

We got a few more NR DBSOs allocated than I realised.