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Due to arrive in the next day or two according to Rails.

Suki & Luna. Best friends.

Update on this saga. It arrived eventually with the outer packaging battered & bruised. Fortunately the model was ok in its box. Only took a month to arrive Fitted a sound decoder from Roads & Rails. Excellent runner & very smooth.

Its all to much for Charlie

Rails say they hope to have the model in stock by the end of the month so any Rails official photos will have to wait until then.

Time will tell?

Rails were going to put up some offical photos of the model but their version of Photoshop is out of date.

I contacted Rails about the questionable details which showed up in the photos & below is the reply I received. "Thank you for your email, this is only snap shots from the youtube video and not actual footage. We are hoping to release some images ourselves fairly soon. You are welcome to cancel the preorder but as stated on the website in the terms and conditions deposits are non refundable, please let me know if you wish to go ahead with the cancellation?" I will wait until I see the Rails photos before deciding whether to cancel or not. If having seen Rails photos I am still unhappy then I will cancel. Yes I will lose the £30 deposit but that is down to me for having trusted Rails / Bachmann to get the model right. If I do have to cancel be assured it will be the last time I will be pre ordering anything from them. On a side note & to illustrate what can be done I recently purchased one of these A/001 Class Diesel Electric locomotives from Irish Railway Models https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive The level of detail & features would put other manufacturers to shame. Below I list some of the features & details. Common Features: Highly detailed OO scale model Heavy Die-Cast metal chassis Separately applied steel detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers and more Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket Five-Pole motor with two flywheels Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 130 km/h DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power Two quality speakers with large sound capsules for best possible sound Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including: Directional lighting, DC and DCC Marker lights can be turned off when train is coupled to loco high beam headlight function separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console Engine bay lighting RP25-110 OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to 21mm gauge Rotating axlebox hubs (with alternate axlebox covers for earlier versions) Fully sprung metal buffers Extra fine factory-fitted pipework Extra fine factory-fitted plastic and etched steel detail parts Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track) Length over Buffers 203mm. That was all achieved for a cost of approx £160 / €189 which shows what can be done if the will is there. To say that the model ran like a swiss watch out of the box would be an insult to the model which I'm sure that anyone on here who has bought one will attest to. This is the level which must be achieved if people are expected to shell out £200 with non refundable deposits. I have no connection with this company other than a very satisfied customer.

I've just seen close up photographs of the Bachmann Caledonian 812 which you are bringing out. What happened with the tender top which is far too thick & bears no resemblance to the prototype ? As for the cab handrails, they look like scaffold poles ? Someone obviously wasn't paying attention. Very disappointing, so much so that I will be cancelling my pre order.

I'd say you won't be alone

It's a very elimentary mistake for the price being charged.

Whatever about the cab thickness that tender top edge is a disappointment. It might be possible to relieve that sharp tender top inside edge if only to get rid of that square look. This shows one of the problems of pre ordering models especially if you have to pay a non refundable deposit. Pre ordering is often made on the basis of a few photographs. Tony.

Luna & Sukie aka Madness & Mayhem who were spayed on Tuesday relaxing together complete with bare patches Didn't take a bother out of them.

Unfortunately my replacement railcar from Hattons never arrived. Hattons no longer have my model in stock so I'm now going through the refund process. Pity as I already have a Sound decoder waiting here for it Once I get my refund I may be able to get one elsewhere.

I have now sourced a supply of these. Thank you. Tony.

Anyone help on this please ?

Hello Everyone. The reason I'm restricting this request to modellers in Ireland is because of the present postal difficulties between the UK & Ireland. I've got several packages stuck somewhere in the postal system. I'm looking for NCE Mini Panels & a quantity of SPDT Momentary Toggle Switches. If any modeller on here living in Ireland has any of the above that they wish to move on then please let me know. Thank you. Regards. Tony.

I'm still waiting for my replacement Railcar from Hattons but in fairness to Hattons its not their fault as they sent it last Friday. The problem is the crap postal service An Post that we have in this country. They're having problems with Customs declarations sent by postal services outside of Ireland. Instead of contacting the sellers or recipients as per the rules that are simply sending the mail back to where it came from All I'm getting for a couple of registered signed for packages from the UK on the An Post site is " 22 September 2021 17:09 We have your post in DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12" They've had it since last week with the same message repeated every day. If they have it why don't they deliver it to me

I heard back from DCCconcepts & the Mimic panel will do what I need so the required hardware is on its way. I need to sort out the Mini Panels first. I've started on installing the SPDT momentary switches on my diagram panel.

He's always looked like that. Ten years old now is Fudge.

These are some of ours. Charlie. Jamie. Fudge. Luna & Suki aka Murder & Mayhem

Thank you. I sent an email on Sunday so just waiting for a reply before proceeding. Tony.

I just wonder if the weight of the electronics at that end is too much for the bogie connection. Hopefully it's just bad luck & my replacement will be fine. After the Bayer Garratt disaster I am suspicious of anything Heljan

Thanks Nigel. I'll take a look at Arduino even though I know absolutely nothing about it.

Thank you for that. I'm looking at the DCCconcepts products at the moment but I've also go to keep a grip on costs. This could get very expensive very quickly. Regards. Tony.