I have so far, stated that I am out of pocket to the tune of £455.
If I am being perfectly honest, the extent to which I am out of pocket, is considerably more than
that.
In excited anticipation of receiving the model, I ordered and received all of the additional items I would
need to complete :
Motor and ABC gearbox (not cheap)
Slaters Wheels
£40 for decals
Paint
Loksound V4 L decoder
This amounts to another mistake of mine, buying all of this assuming I was going to get the
model initially.
Obviously this was my mistake and I only mention it so that others can avoid making the same
mistake.
Advice to others would be, don't buy the additionals until you've got the model, and are happy with it.
I have since found the money to purchase a DJH model, so the additional materials will be used for that.
DJH wasn't my first choice because I don't like the one piece, extremely heavy, pewter, body.
So I have gone from £455 for the JLTRT 47, to £600 for the DJH 47, and now to £700 if I want the MM1 models
47.
It does seem, in 7mm scale modelling, that £100 here or there is acceptable ; I can't help agreeing with what has been
said before, in many posts, that modellers are probably being priced out of the hobby/scale.
What went wrong with JLTRT in pricing their 47 at £455, and, as far as I know, the same thing through
MM1 models, is now £245 more, at £700 ?
It does seem as though there were either some dire mistakes made with the original pricing by JLTRT, or
the MM1 offering is extremely over priced.
Regards to everyone
Keith
Keith I totally agree with your above comments with regard to JLTRT pricing policy. I purchased their Class 40 when it first come out and spent a long time making the model into an excellent machine which I was very happy with considering it was the first 7mm loco kit that I had ever built. It was a joy to assemble although I did find the instructions a bit confusing to start with. The locomotive stills runs to this day but have changed the motor and gear boxes with the up to date ABC gears and Canon motor which has improved the running quality considerably. Looking forward I'm now looking to purchase a Class 24 which MM1 models are now marketing at the considerably increased price as you rightly point out and although I know what a good quality kit it is I am in two minds about making the purchase. Firstly will Heljan bring about a Class 24 rtr model and if I purchase one will I be happy with it knowing the high standard of the MM1 model even though the Heljan model will probably command a price of £500 ish.
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Keith I totally agree with your above comments with regard to JLTRT pricing policy. I purchased their Class 40 when it first come out and spent a long time making the model into an excellent machine which I was very happy with considering it was the first 7mm loco kit that I had ever built. It was a joy to assemble although I did find the instructions a bit confusing to start with. The locomotive stills runs to this day but have changed the motor and gear boxes with the up to date ABC gears and Canon motor which has improved the running quality considerably. Looking forward I'm now looking to purchase a Class 24 which MM1 models are now marketing at the considerably increased price as you rightly point out and although I know what a good quality kit it is I am in two minds about making the purchase. Firstly will Heljan bring about a Class 24 rtr model and if I purchase one will I be happy with it knowing the high standard of the MM1 model even though the Heljan model will probably command a price of £500 ish.