The website will show VAt inc once you are in the UK otherwise you can pay in a range of currencies with shipping to ROW and no VAT charged. hope that helps!
To defer payment, use the reservation fee / instalment options in the cart. Really PayPal credit and clearpay are for in stock items, as both will take your money right away.
The first run did a couple of packs, which were much slower to move that TOPs, hence them in this run. No more packs planned for this batch, but perchance in the future.
Layout dependant, we found 100% successful running started to fail at around 12-14 coaches, which is why you can mix in the fixed bar dellner couplers into the rake if you have longer than that or a more challenging layout.
https://www.accurascale.com/en-us/collections/in-stock-now/products/fixed-dellner-coupling-bars-4-couplings
D’Oh! my apologies. It’s late and i’m getting my classes mixed up!
The ready deltic includes the stay alive and sugar cube speaker so will work out of the box with a sound chip but you will need to pop off the body to fit the accurathrash speaker for the full deltic experience.
One of the delays with the Mk5's was the replacement of a faulty component in the lighting circuit that was causing mild overheating issues. It was caught in our testing regimen and replaced before shipment.
they arrived at the warehouse yesterday after a rather extended brexit customs holiday :(
no chip shortage issue (that they were in customs meant they existed :) ) (we forward buy all of our chips (like our dollars :)) to mitigate ‘normal’ delays and shortages as much as possible)
A batch of about 200 packs was released at 11.31am, and sold out by 11.57am I'm afraid. If you are on the waiting list for a pack, you will get an email alert, but it's first come first served.
In real terms, these days, adding, painting, fitting 4 metal sprung buffers to, say, a wagon, or loco, adds a little under $1 to the total model cost. With the price of models these days, it would be foolish to NOT include them.