Christmas 2024 update
The Guildford Show
A big thank you to all who braved the bad weather warnings and came to the Guildford Show. It was by far the quietest how we have had since we started. Unlike last year it proved to be comfortably heated. I think many people missed out on a good show.
The Atlantics Project
Due to serious illness at home the builder manager has been off-work for more than two months looking after his family. As a consequence of this situation, he had to lay-off over half of the factory workforce and the full production programme became seriously delayed. Production of components and some sub-assemblies continued, boiler production had to be delayed to incorporate the additional detailed information gathered from the replica H2 Beachy Head on the Bluebell Railway as the relevant CAD work was delayed.
The full workforce returns at the beginning of January and the builder estimates that the overall project has been delayed by about three months. He promises to make a massive effort to recover some of the lost time, but we are more cautious as we want quality accurate models and a few more months of delay are better than a rushed job.
The builders have just sent over some more pictures of the assembly lines. These show detailed component assembly of the GNR/LNER and Brighton H1s and H2s locomotive footplates and chassis, as well as the tender chassis and bodies. So, despite the setbacks substantial progress has still been made. The motors were purchased in the UK and were sent out to Korea in November.
48XX 0-4-2T
We have a plain green GWR locomotive available for sale.
45XX 2-6-2T
We have received a virtually unused pristine 45XX GWR green GREAT WESTERN flat tank locomotive from someone’s estate. Please contact me if you are interested.
28XX/38XX 2-8-0 tender locomotives
Excluding reserved locomotives still to be delivered we are down to our last available locomotive in plain GWR green which is in Scale 7.
49XX/59XX/69XX Collet Halls 4-6-0 tender locomotives
Excluding reserved locomotives still to be delivered, we are down to our last three available locomotives.
47XX 2-8-0 tender locomotives
Very few BR locomotives left, but a reasonable choice of GWR locomotives still available.
70XX Castle 4-6-0 tender locomotives
All now single chimney, mostly early BR condition, very few left.
68XX Grange 4-6-0 tender locomotives
No GWR but good choice of BR.
Class 52 Western Diesel
Good choice of blue and maroon, but few green engines now left.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTACT AND FRIENDSHIP DURING 2024.
WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROPEOUS NEW YEAR 2025.
John Borkowski 24 December 2024