News From the Factory (almost)

There have been some significant changes at the factory of late and with a number of projects currently underway needing attention it was decided that some face to face contact was overdue. In what was to be a very quick visit we headed north last Wednesday (after a seven hour delay getting away due to a sand storm), visited the factory on Thursday and Friday and will arrive back in OZ on Saturday.
This dispatch is being posted from our hotel in Hong Kong as we could not send it last night from our hotel on the mainland as international blogs cannot be accessed on the mainland.
This was one of the most challenging meetings that I have had at the factory and as time permits some of the matters discussed, particularly those relating to projects underway will be reported on either here on this blog or our web site.

PS. I understand that the air shipment of 38s arrived in Sydney whilst we were away and we will take delivery on Tuesday.

Streamlined C38 photos

Here are photos of two of the streamlined models due to arrive in port about 20 October 2009.

The front shots show the hook and link couplers as on the original, these may be removed and the supplied metal Kadee style clone coupler can be easily substituted.

More Production Models Arrive:

The factory forwarded a further 23 models (one of every variation) today and we will have them tomorrow (Tuesday).
Will try to get more photos up this week especially a streamliner.

C3827 Production Model Photo

Here is a photo of 3827, one of the seven production models air freighted out of China.



Some more photos will be posted on the Eureka Models web site later this week.

Click on the photo for a closer look.

Production Run 38s Arrive

Seven 38s from the production run arrived today from the factory which confirms that the September 20th dispatch date should be met.
The models will be photographed and posted here and on the Eureka web-site.

38 Class Delivery Date:

Advice from the factory is that the 38s will be available for shipment on the 20th of September. Allowing for sailing time and clearance through Port Botany the 38s should be in hand around the 20th of October.
The sailing date of the vessel carrying the 38s should be available within the next two weeks and this will allow a more precise date for their arrival at Port Botany to be calculated.

38 Class Update

There is no official news yet on delivery of the 38s from the factory although they have advised that assembly is underway. We are pressing the factory to have the models at Port Botany by mid-September in time for the Liverpool exhibition but they are not guaranteeing anything at the moment.