These have been communicated to the major model railway magazines in the UK and Australia, and posted by Chris on RM Web, but here they are on our official blog.
28 August, 2014
Ixion Model Railways foreshadows new models
Total sales of the 7mm
scale Hudswell Clarke saddle tank now exceed 1300 units, and Ixion has now sold
over 2850 O scale locomotives.
This success of our
products has resulted in these commissioning of these three new models:
1. O
Scale: A new production run of Hudswell Clarke locomotives
Ixion Model Railways Ltd is pleased to
announce that we are now sold out of both green and maroon Hudswell Clarke tank
locomotives.
To satisfy customer demand, we have commissioned
a second, limited edition run of Hudswell Clarke locomotives in a new livery of
forest green, lined in red and black.
An artist’s impression of the livery is
included below. These will be available from selected retailers in the UK and Australia,
and online from the Ixion website. We hope to have these in stock for Christmas
this year.
2. An HO
Scale Locomotive
Ixion is pleased to announce that our next new
locomotive will be produced for the Australian HO scale (1:87) market.
With two of the Ixion directors being NSW
modellers, this is a logical move into their home market with a familiar
prototype.
It will be a New South Wales Government
Railways (NSWGR) steam locomotive, never before available in injection-moulded
ready-to-run form.
Produced in the same factory which has made the
acclaimed and award-winning On30 Coffee Pot, and 7mm scale Hudswell Clarke and
Fowler locomotives, it will follow Ixion's well-established standards of
prototype fidelity and excellence of performance, and will be DCC and
sound-ready.
The identity of this locomotive will be
revealed when the first computer-aided design drawings are available in October
this year. Delivery is anticipated for the third quarter of 2015.
3. A new O
Scale Locomotive
Ixion is also collaborating with another
company (a new manufacturer, not an existing one) on the production of a ready-to-run 7mm scale standard gauge steam
locomotive suitable for both the UK and Australian markets.
More information about this model will be
available soon - watch the Ixion website and blog for updates on all
locomotives.
Please direct any
enquiries to info@ixionmodels.com
Phil Badger, Chris Klein
and Lindsay O’Reilly
Directors,
Ixion Model Railways Ltd.
