Chris-ECT

We have Neil who is our full time weatherer and repairer and this week he has been working though the huge list of customers pre-ordered presflo models. There are three stages of dirt Light, Medium and Heavy and on all three is a mix of Airbrush and powder work and all taken of prototype pictures. The price is an extra £25 per wagon, 

What do you think? 

On 13/05/2022 at 07:49, Hal Nail said:

Are the buffers separate units plugged in? I'd want the thicker type for my wagons but already have loads of unused Accurascale spares so would be tempted to buy these with oleos and whip those off for my spares box.

The buffers do pull out from the model so you may be able to swap them over 

On 06/05/2022 at 15:23, Roy Langridge said:

I wasn't aware of these until now. Any chance of re-uploading the images from the first post at some point please?

 

Thanks,

Roy

Please see the attached photos, if you have any more questions let us know 

5 hours ago, ozzyo said:

 

Hello Chris,

 

that's good to hear, now another question. Do you have any idea about the cost per pair or for multiple buys?

 

ATB

 

OzzyO.

There will be a full update on these including an RRP in the next week or so, we have been working flat out on the Presflo pre-orders this week so once that is at a level we will be back on to these projects 🙂

It's the news many of you have been waiting for... 

Our first-ever Ellis Clark Trains project, the Presflo Wagons, are now in stock and live on the website!

All 28 variants are available to purchase, with two multi-buy bundles to take advantage of!

We have just begun the mammoth task of fulfilling all pre-orders, and hope to complete this by tomorrow afternoon.

A full newsletter has gone out to all email subscribers, however this is also available to view on the 'NEWS' section of the website.

To recap some of the important info...

Prices
£69.99 per wagon
£67 each when buying 5 - 7 wagons
£65 each when buying 8 or more

Specifications
Super-fine detailing throughout
Carefully researched and designed using original drawings and dimensions, cross-referenced with pictures of original and rebuilt wagons.
Super-fine pipework, handles and small detailed parts in plastic and metal
Die-cast chassis
Sprung buffers
3-link couplings
Sprung axle boxes
Will run on Peco 2nd radius curves (1028mm)
Un-numbered wagons supplied with a sheet of water-slide transfers by Railtec

Showroom Open Days

We thought it might be nice to make a specialised couple of days where we have extra staff on hand in the showroom to hand over your models and show you the full range in person.

Not only that, but we will have a large range of complimentary sweet treats and hot, & cold drinks on offer!

If you've never been to the showroom before, now is the chance for you to come and have a cup of our 'posh coffee'!

The open days are as follows:

Friday 29th April 9am - 5pm
Saturday 30th April 10am - 5pm

No need to make an appointment, you can just turn up, with parking directly outside. 

The address, if you've never been here before, is Ellis Clark Trains, Unit 2 Toller Court, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2HG

Finally, thank you all once again for being so patient with us on this project. I'm sure as you can see, it has been well worth the wait!

On 27/04/2022 at 09:34, ozzyo said:

Hello Elis, Chris,

 

do you have any updates on the buckeye coupling yet?

 

ATB

 

OzzyO.

Morning OzzyO the couplings have just had minor tooling changes completed and are now in production so not too long now! 

12 hours ago, Bartb said:

Thank you Chris for keeping us up todate. Seems you have done your best to get them here on time, but sadly things haven't gone to plan.

It is extremely frustrating knowing they should be here now but instead are again delayed. Hopefully they will be on the move very soon and we can get them out to the folk eagerly waiting for them (myself included). 

As always thanks for the understanding and support they will be worth the wait 

On 31/03/2022 at 12:15, Bartb said:

Any news  Please

Ellis has sent out an update today on these so I have copied and pasted that here for you. To echo the below statement we are very disappointed on the delay but we know these models will be worth waiting for

Good morning,

We're very aware that we have said for the past couple of weeks now that the Presflos should be with us any day, so here's an update on what's been happening.

If you know how we operate, you'll know we are always completely transparent with you for any unforseen delays in one of our projects.

If you've joined us on our journey more recently, then you will find we'll always explain why a project is delayed open and honestly - it's also one of the reasons we don't take payments upfront on our pre-orders.

In January we booked our place on the ship with an ETA of early - middle of March for the models arriving with us. We did actually pay a large premium to have them shipped out before CNY (Chinese New Year), however there was a backlog in the port from where they were leaving.

The current status of the models is that they are in a container in Rotterdam awaiting collection from a smaller vessel, known as a 'Feeder Vessel', to bring them into the UK.

The wagons actually arrived in Rotterdam on the 21st of March and we would have expected them within a few days of that date. Unfortunately there appears to be a shortage of these feeder vessels due to high demand.

I myself (Ellis) would like to personally apologise for the delay in these wagons, as I know so many of you have patiently and eagerly awaited them for quite some time. All I can say is that I am by the phone daily awaiting the news that they are in the country and will be with us the following day.

The ECT family, that's what we call ourselves in the office, are a team that wear our hearts on our sleeves and put everything we have into all our projects, which I'm sure you can see from the lengths we go to, to deliver the most accurate models possible. Again if you have spoken to us over the phone or met us in person and this goes for anyone at ECT, I'm sure you can vouch for our enthusiasm for the hobby and our products.

We are a new manufacturing company, so we are always learning and improving every step of the way.

I hope you all understand our position and we look forward to picking up the phone and typing the email to inform you of their arrival!

2 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Will they be compatible with Kadees?

They will be compatible with Kadees

3 hours ago, ozzyo said:

Hello Ellis,

 

I'm impressed with the look of these couplings, but a couple of questions if I may.

 

How are the coupling going to be kept in the in use position, as in the real thing a pin goes through the coupling shank and rests in the hook.

 

For uncoupling are we just to lift the coaches, that will suit me as I won't be uncoupling on the layout. But for some it may put them off.

 

Yours

 

OzzyO.

They lift up and slot onto a lug which holds them up and in position similar to the pin on the real one but it's part of the hook on ours.

I haven't had a look at how they uncouple yet but I should have some answers for you on this when I'm back in work on Tuesday. 

Kind Regards 

Chris 

6 hours ago, ozzyo said:

Have you any news on these. Cost when they will be available etc.

 

Thanks

 

OzzyO.

Good evening OzzyO, I have attached some images we shared yesterday on our Facebook page. 

We are at the first stage of testing and already have a few little bits we want to look at adding and altering. Before we progress with them to full production we want to make sure they stand up to what we have outlined for them, so a month of heavy testing will be completed in all sorts of scenarios and any revisions we feel are needed will then be done ready for production. 

At this stage we do not have a solid delivery date or price as these will be dependent on any revisions we may implement. 

Hope this helps for now? And we will be sharing images and videos of these going through the testing stages

Kind Regards 

Chris 

On 22/12/2021 at 17:31, Mol_PMB said:

I'm trying to decide which wagons to order, and I've got a question because there seems to be a bit of an inconsistency both on the Ellis Clark website and on this thread.

Please can you help by confirming the main lettering layout on the plain bauxite ones?

 

E73-1-1U/A/B/C:

These are shown in the initial list on this thread as just lettered 'CEMENT'.

The website images for these variants each have one image of 'CEMENT' and one of 'PRESFLO / CEMENT'.

The artwork on a later post on this thread shows E73-1-1A being 'PRESFLO / CEMENT'.

The artwork on a later post on this thread shows E73-1-1C being 'PRESFLO / CEMENT'.

 

E73-1-7U/A/B/C:

These are shown in the initial list on this thread as lettered 'PRESFLO / CEMENT'.

The website images for these variants each have one image of 'PRESFLO' and one of 'PRESFLO / CEMENT'.

The artwork on a later post on this thread shows E73-1-7A being 'PRESFLO'.

The artwork on a later post on this thread shows E73-1-7B being 'PRESFLO'.

 

So, in the final production are all the E73-1-1 variants 'PRESFLO / CEMENT' and all the E73-1-7 variants 'PRESFLO'?

Have the plans for wagons just lettered 'CEMENT' been deleted?

 

In this album from @hmrspaul https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brpresflo there are plenty of 'PRESFLO / CEMENT' and just 'CEMENT', but not many which are just 'PRESFLO' though I appreciate this gives options for people to add other designations such as 'SNOWCRETE', 'PULVERITE' etc.

 

Some clarification of the main lettering on each model number would be much appreciated.

 

Many thanks,

Paul

Sorry for the late reply Paul, I've only just seen this post. I have had a quick look at the info available to me from home and -1-1 is Presflo Cement and -1-7 is just Presflo on the branding.

-1-1 is also double vac cylinder fitted where -1-7 is the earlier single vac version and they both feature different ladder types. 

I have included the link to the Presflo page on our website which should help clear up which each one will be carrying brand-wise to help with your potential pre-order.

https://www.ellisclarktrains.co.uk/collections/presflos

Kind Regards, 

Chris 

How much at home do our samples look on Mick Worrells Eastfield layout?! 

7 minutes ago, CME and Bottlewasher said:

Good to know - I'll try and research that - thanks for the heads up

As above they could be found in trip and mixed goods workings all over the country 

On 16/11/2021 at 19:22, ba14eagle said:

Hi

Ive seen more rumours on the delivery dates for these - any update from ECT - will they be delivered for Christmas or will it be new year?

We are currently quoting the end of January-middle of February at the moment, there are a few issues with production for everyone in China and like most other companies we have been affected by this too. Final assembly is taking place and I have attached some photos we have received to show this

Hope this helps? 

On 11/11/2021 at 08:47, gismorail said:

Very impressive the boiler and fire box samples on the GOG show can’t wait for this Loco 

We will be receiving most of the missing sample parts this coming week and a full sample in around a months time, some exciting few weeks ahead for the Black 5 

We spent the evening at the club last night freshening up the ballast and adding fine layers of ash to flatten it all off. Things are starting to progress again and in the next week or so I'll get some fresh pictures with all the buildings back in place 

15 hours ago, Bartb said:

Thank you Chris for the update, Sure they will be worth waiting for

 

We really think they will be worth the wait. We are at Hornby Mags Great Electric Train Show in October and the deco samples will be on display along with our other other projects 

Chris 

7 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said:

Can I ask one thing if I may please? Will it be easy access to the interior for fitting people and dinner table details?

The roofs will be clip fit like and secured with screws from underneath so access with be really easy and convenient.

Hope this helps?

Chris 

Good Morning all, I have attached some of our first renders to show off the range of Pullman cars currently going through our design teams desk for the Kitchen, Parlour and Brake Third as well as the converted brake Thirds too. We are confident they will be one of the most detailed Cars on the market with fully lit interiors and table lamps to compliment! Have a look through them and we look forward to hearing any feedback. 

Chris 

The folk who came over to the ECT Summer Exhibition will have had chance to see our first Pre-production sample of the forth coming Wichham Trolley and trailers. I have attached some images below, there are a few very small changes we will be making but overall we are very happy with the progress. 

Chris

On 14/09/2021 at 08:54, Bartb said:

Any news on these, Please. 

Unfortunately they have taken another slight delay and are now expected to land with us at the end of October/ Early November. If we hear any more news either way I will pop back on here with an update as and when we get it. Hope this helps? 

13 hours ago, Hilux5972 said:

Just placed a preorder for Ione and Zena as preserved. I’m recreating the VSOE/Belmond Pullman in OO so may as well begin in O as well lol

Good call! We may have chosen them specially for the reason above haha. It's nice to see the reservations coming in after months of research and extra hours to push these upto production stage. 

4 hours ago, Fredo said:

Hi, weren’t Cars 67 and 81 converted to Brake Parlours by 1966? Thanks Fred

They were, we are doing the carriages in the post 1930 and pre 1960 condition.

With Easybuild producing kits for the Metcam Pullman Mk1's and our manufacturing process allowing for variations we have decided to produce the extra 4 converted brake vehicles which is why we have duplicates in the listing as we are doing some numbers as built and as converted. 

Hope this helps? 

Chris 

On 06/09/2021 at 18:54, montyburns56 said:

Oooh, I see that they are Free. It's my favourite price point.

 

They are free to pre-order. We don't charge at all for pre-orders but like to give the option for people to have their name put down on their preferred vehicles. 

Hope this helps? 

13 hours ago, Grovenor said:

CAD Images?

Apologies I hadn't realised I had missed a link. 

Please have a look at the attached link for one of the many listings 

https://www.ellisclarktrains.co.uk/products/darstaed-d25-05u-finescale-o-gauge-all-steel-type-k-pullman-brake-3rd-coach-unnumbered-pre-order

Hope this helps?

Chris W