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Mr Accucraft has said the batch due in November 2018 will have a flangeless middle wheelset so will be good for sharp curves.

I have treated myself to an early Christmas present and reserved a track powered one which I will convert myself to R/C with lights and sound.

Anyone looking to order one this year?

I ordered one about 3 years ago and if I hadn't cancelled the order I would be still waiting Accucraft just push the delivery date back by 6 months twice each year.

March 2019 now!

Hmmm... does this mean that my Mk1 version is worth a fortune??

Removing the flanges on the middle wheels is something I have considered doing on both of mine. They are fine on radius 3 LGB bends, but radius one, they do slow down some what. If you go to a track that is hand made, some areas of the track can be fairly painful to watch when they have the flanges on.

philipy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:35 am Hmmm... does this mean that my Mk1 version is worth a fortune??

Not if it's got a plastic chassis...

-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:19 pm Removing the flanges on the middle wheels is something I have considered doing on both of mine. They are fine on radius 3 LGB bends, but radius one, they do slow down some what. If you go to a track that is hand made, some areas of the track can be fairly painful to watch when they have the flanges on.

I am told the latest batch will have flangeless centre wheels.

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:29 pm March 2019 now!

Now don't go holding your breath.

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:22 pm

-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:19 pm Removing the flanges on the middle wheels is something I have considered doing on both of mine. They are fine on radius 3 LGB bends, but radius one, they do slow down some what. If you go to a track that is hand made, some areas of the track can be fairly painful to watch when they have the flanges on.

I am told the latest batch will have flangeless centre wheels.

I did read that in your first post which is why I mentioned it, let's hope that is true

Still considering removing them from mine, I have already done it with an IP Jessica but that was easy as I did it before I built it, lol.

I should be getting mine before the end of the month!

Yippie

Got to get a photo of it then Tom.

Should be delivered tomorrow

What's in the box?

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:41 pm What's in the box?

A year's supply of cat food?

Come on Tom, your keeping us in suspense........

FWLR wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:14 am Come on Tom, your keeping us in suspense........

That's a good one Rod when it took over a year for you to open your parcel.

We all know what it is, we just want to know which colour you chose.

Sorry, I didn't mean to play the suspense game but when I opened the box the joy of getting a new loco diminished as it is damaged so dealing with the supplier at the moment.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:28 am

FWLR wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:14 am Come on Tom, your keeping us in suspense........

That's a good one Rod when it took over a year for you to open your parcel.