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Although we do not hear a lot about it, Covid restrictions are still being applied vigorously in Hong Kong and China, and this has meant that the tooling for our Siphon G is not completely finished.Unfortunately therefore, we will not have a sample to display at Stafford this coming weekend.... read more →

We are now happily in a position to be able to add the Class 14s onto the online shop, and customers wishing to purchase can now do with the reassurance that despatch will be prompt.   However, despite our best efforts, for various reasons we have not been able to... read more →

The replacement cabs for the Class 14 are now here, and we are starting to send out more advance orders. The first will be despatched tomorrow, and will be a mixture of DC and DCC Sound models. We will advise customers when their models are about to leave, but if... read more →

Just a quick note to say that we will have the Minerva stand at the Gauge 0 Guild's Doncaster show this coming Saturday. As you arrive we will be more or less in front of you on Stand 36. Sadly we will not have any Class 14s available for sale,... read more →

At the start of this year, we were delighted to be appointed as the exclusive UK retailer for the forthcoming Chrezo Sarl 140C 2-8-0 loco and tender. At the time, with all the uncertainty about lockdowns and 3 day weeks in Hong Kong and China, we decided to keep the... read more →

Our factory and suppliers have, like everyone else, been beset with constant cost rises over the last 12 months or so, and these have often been passed on to us at the time. Whilst we have been able to absorb these up to now, we regret that we now have... read more →

We have now despatched several hundred Class 14s to customers, and are awaiting the next batch of replacement cabs before we can complete the remaining advance orders and also those received since the Kettering show. Our latest estimate of when the cabs will arrive is at least 6 weeks, which... read more →

Firstly, fingers still crossed that all will be good, we will be on Stand 65 at Kettering this Saturday. Apart from Class 14s, we will have a full range of stock, and are looking forward to meeting friends and customers for the first time in two years. However, contrary to... read more →

With another delivery of new cabs, we should just have enough now to complete all the advance orders, and possibly a few left over. We are fitting sound to even more models now than we were last week, and a new batch of Zimo chips has left Austria and should... read more →

As of 8am this morning, and not including models being sent today, we had completed just over 20% of the advance orders for our Class 14. We have a couple of early orders that are awaiting up to date card details, but have contacted many customers already to obtain these.... read more →