38 Class Update - 5 November, 2009

As of today 25% of total orders have been filled and steady progress is being made on posting out the remaining orders. Anyone wishing to check the status of their order is welcome to contact us for details.

The response to the 38 has been nothing short of overwhelming. We normally try to order what we think will be sufficient units in the first production run to keep the model in stock for 12 to 18 months however, such has been the response that in non-streamlined units 3809 in black and 3820 in black are now sold out. In streamlined units 3805 in green is now also sold out. We have reasonable stocks of 3801 and 3830 but stocks of 3813 and 3827 are getting low.

38 Class Update

Three van loads of 38s arrived at the Eureka office last Thursday and after a day sorting things out distribution commenced. A mixture of pick-up and postage has resulted in about 10% of orders on hand being filled by close of business tonight (Tuesday).
We are a little bit overwhelmed by the response to the 38s to date but we will be concentrating on maintaining the above distribution rate until all existing orders are filled.

Shipping News

The motor vessel carrying the 38s is scheduled to arrive in Port Botany on the 15th of October. Allowing time for customs clearance, distribution should commence around the 20th.

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.