tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981191439097948442024-03-14T04:11:15.070+11:00Ixion ModelsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-23420831963719110852016-03-06T00:30:00.000+11:002016-03-06T00:30:09.036+11:00Ixion's Official Response to Austrains' announcement of a C30 tank and C30T in HO scale<span style="font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, Segoe UI, Segoe, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;"><b>Ixion's Official Response to Austrains' announcement of a C30 tank and C30T in HO scale</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;"><i>Austrains' principal John Eassie has announced on the Austrains website that he intends to produce HO scale models of the NSWGR 30 Class 4-6-4 tank loco, and the C30T 4-6-0 tender locomotive. This has led to speculation that Ixion will now drop production of the ex-Shrike Models C30T. This is our official response.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">Ixion Models will not "walk away" from producing the 30T. We are men of our word. </span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">Nor will we be walking away from our promised arrangement for Shrike Models 30T pre-paid customers.</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">We are disappointed that Austrains have announced that they are duplicating the 30T, which is likely to affect sales of both locos, but it is a free market. We wish John Eassie the best of success in all his endeavours, which have done so much to grow the modelling of Australian railways in HO scale.</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">The Ixion 30T is ready for production - the tooling is complete and waiting, as the decoration samples have shown. As a small company, we simply await enough sales of the 32 Class to top up our reserves sufficiently to be able to fund the 30T production run.</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">I hope this counters some of the speculation and rumour that seems so rife in the local modelling community and online forums.</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">Best wishes to all,</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">Lindsay O'Reilly,</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, wf_SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.5333px;">Director, Ixion Model Railways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our website is in the process of being revamped and rebuilt. No online, postal or telephone sales will be available until this process is complete. When they resume, the price will be <b>$595.00</b>, plus $20 P&P if postage is required. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To secure a particular loco, the best way now is to place a firm order with a retailer who is an Ixion stockist. If your nearest model shop does not carry Ixion Models, contact Barnes Hobbies in New Lambton, NSW - details at http://www.barneshobbies.com.au/ .</span><br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-49946165054066815322016-02-26T23:44:00.000+11:002016-02-26T23:47:17.436+11:00<div class="" data-block="true" data-offset-key="qb3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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We have today pushed the "Go" button on the 32 Class. The manufacturing process will commence immediately, and will take two months. Allowing for shipping and customs delays we expect to have the locos at the end of April/early May.</div>
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Consequently, the pre-order price of $545.00 inclusive of postage is good for ONE MORE WEEK ONLY, and will expire at midnight on Saturday 5th March.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-71971319817720952242016-02-16T18:37:00.001+11:002016-02-16T18:37:09.052+11:00An Open Letter to Shrike Models Customers<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Shrike Models 30T customers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have contacted us, or are thinking about contacting us to confirm your order:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please forgive me, I do not have time to deal with your enquiry at the moment. There are over 150 Shrike Models customer names names on a very convoluted list, and I am flat out dealing with my new full-time work, my volunteer and family commitments, and the upcoming Ixion C32. The correspondence that the 30T is generating is a bridge too far.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have bank records of your payment to Shrike Models, we WILL honour your pre-order, as explained online. However, we will be manufacturing only 1500 models in the first run of the 30T, not the 3000 Shrike had planned, so some variations are going to have to be dropped from the list of offered liveries and numbers. Once we have had time to assess this issue, we will again post news online. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We really need a month to get the 30T in order before I can consider your request. Please extend your existing patience a little longer as we sort through the decisions that need to be made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kind regards,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lindsay O’Reilly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ixion Model Railways Australia Pty Ltd.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-19392445821333569892016-02-15T19:44:00.000+11:002016-02-15T19:44:52.389+11:00Statement from Ixion Model Railways Ltd, Feb 15<div class="MsoHeader">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">STATEMENT FROM IXION MODELS
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">15 February, 2016</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">Ixion Model Railways Ltd recently
announced the acquisition of the rights, design and tools to the Shrike Models
HO scale NSWGR C30T 4-6-0 model locomotive from the new owner of those rights. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">Ixion
Model Railways Ltd was incorporated in England in 2007 financed by a mix of
equity and loans from the six founding shareholders and four directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The executive directors are Christopher
Klein, a UK citizen, and Lindsay O’Reilly and Phil Badger, both Australian
citizens. The ownership and management has not changed since
incorporation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">Ixion
Model Railways Ltd has successfully brought to market five models and has sold over
5,200 locomotives and railmotors of British and Australian prototypes, in three
scales. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">The
company is profitable, solvent and liquid and pays UK Corporation Tax and Value
Added Tax (VAT). The annual reports and accounts can be downloaded from the UK
Companies House website for GBP1. Ixion Model Railways Ltd banks with Lloyds
Bank plc, and there is no mixing of company and personal funds. The accounts
are subject to a full audit every year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">The HO
scale NSWGR 32 Class 4-6-0 locomotive is fully funded. The money is held in
cash in the bank, ready to pay for production and shipping to Australia. The
production run will commence after Chinese New Year, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">In 2015,
the directors of Ixion Model Railways Ltd incorporated a new company in
Australia, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ixion Model Railways Australia
Pty Ltd</i>. The shareholders are Chris Klein, Lindsay O’Reilly and Phil
Badger. We decided to do this because almost all sales of the 32 Class will be
in Australia, and we believed it was more ethical to manage the finances
locally, including the collection and payment of Australian taxes. Ixion Model
Railways Australia Pty Ltd operates a business account with the National
Australia Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">Although under no obligation to do
so, it is the intention of Ixion Models as a matter of goodwill to honour the
pre-paid advance sales of the ex-Shrike 30T locomotive.</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;"> We expect to start manufacture of
the 30T when revenue from the sales of the 32 Class is sufficient to cover the
costs of production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will have to raise
the price by up to AU$85 because of increased costs, and unfavourable exchange
rate changes. This will be payable by pre-purchasers, but we will <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not</u></b> collect the extra payment
until the models are ready for shipping. We hope to confirm the retail price
shortly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">We are in
possession of the Shrike Models pre-paid orders list. We are considering an option
whereby any customer who ordered <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">four or
more 30Ts</b> from Shrike can opt to drop one loco off their order, and pay no
additional monies before receiving their models. This is to be confirmed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt;">The
shareholders of Ixion will be sacrificing approximately $63,000 of revenue in
order to fulfil the obligations of the Shrike Models pre-sales. We trust that
those who have paid for 30T locomotives will be patient as we sort out these
matters,<span style="color: red;"> </span>and ensure that all parties will be
happy in the end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-39135480339050615822016-02-14T22:49:00.002+11:002016-02-14T22:49:29.409+11:00New Information Coming re 30T Locomotive<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tomorrow night I will be posting another Ixion press release regarding the 30T. It has been authored primarily by our Financial Director, Chris Klein from Hampshire, England. It has the imprimatur of all three principal partners in Ixion Model Railways Ltd.</span><br />
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With most, but not all, issues relating to the manufacture of the 30T now worked through with the factory, it will contain information directed specifically to those modellers who have pre-paid monies to Shrike Models. </div>
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<b><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ixion to release Shrike Models’ HO scale 30T</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ixion Model Railways Australia Pty Ltd</b> is pleased to announce that, having come to an agreement with the new owner of the tooling, the <b>Shrike Models HO scale NSWGR 30T Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive</b> will now be manufactured and released as an I<b>xion</b> model.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The release of the 30T will follow the Ixion Models HO scale NSWGR 32 Class, and the production run of the 30T will commence once we have sufficient income from sales of the C32 to fund the production run.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ixion Models looks forward to adding the 30T to our range of locomotive models, as a clear demonstration of our commitment to modellers of Australian railways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chris Klein, Phil Badger and Lindsay O’Reilly.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-6530667006725669242016-01-19T23:07:00.001+11:002016-01-19T23:07:13.082+11:003265!<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OK, here it is! The decoration sample of 3265 - photos taken at the factory. The loco is now winging its way to Phil Badger for checking, but initial reactions are positive. Except for the unpainted buffers - those are a mystery, again. Enjoy!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-11647682030360819282015-12-22T22:49:00.001+11:002015-12-22T22:49:45.148+11:00The Painted 32s are coming<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had notice from the factory that the first decoration samples are on their way. This will take a couple of days, but here's a taster, in the form of a photo taken by the factory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have received news tonight that the 32 Class decoration samples have left the factory in mainland China for the company offices in Hong Kong. They should arrive there on Monday night or Tuesday morning, and will immediately be sent on to us using the EMS courier service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, all being well, we will have them before Christmas, as promised. We'll post photos ASAP then, remembering that Christmas will interrupt that; as much as we love them, our families come before trains!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The factory has had us in a production schedule which has been seriously affected by delays to projects which were ahead of us in the schedule. Some of these share components like axles, motors and metal castings, and we have been stalled waiting for those issues to resolve. Eventually, we got fed up with waiting, and have negotiated a reshuffle of the schedule to move the C32 up the list. Our factory are GREAT guys to work with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back home after 2 days at the AMRA Sydney Model Railway Exhibition. First order of business was to get feedback on the colour to be applied to our models of 3265. The consensus from representatives of the Rail Transport Museum, eminent historians and modellers was that the actual colour of the loco - Claret - should be the one used. (See photo). The stand was shared with Phil Badger's Gopher Models. Thanks go to Phil, Jamie, Leon and Steve for making me so welcome.<br />Thanks too, to everyone who called in to check progress on the 32, check out the Hudswell Clarke and just generally chat. It was nice to meet you all!<br />The decoration samples of the C32 are now being produced, and we should have these (and photos of them for you) in about a month. Once we are happy, and sign off on these, then the production run can start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been challenged by the issue of matching the colour; we have used photos, and observed the real thing. We made up a range of colours, and compared them to the real thing. In the sunlight, 3265 appears to be a purple shade of maroon; but even parked in the sunlight, it's one colour on the sunny side, and another on the shades side. And it's a completely different colour inside, under artificial lights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By a small miracle, completely by chance, our Technical Director Phil Badger met the man who painted the loco at the end of its restoration. He identified the colour as as shade called 'Claret', from a well-known commercial paint manufacturer. Phil obtained the paint... but, despite being EXACTLY the correct, real colour, it looks wrong on the model! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Phil has experimented, adding white and black in tiny increments to try and represent the colour of the loco, seen at a distance. Well, we've settled on the shade of the paint to be applied to the HO scale 3265. I don't doubt that people will debate whether we've got it right; just don't let it be said that we were lazy or sloppy in the process used to select it!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-21059697044170823802015-08-17T19:59:00.001+10:002015-08-17T20:01:13.473+10:00The perils of fitting tiny bits to little locomotives...<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The two Australian partners of Ixion Models were together this weekend, as Phil Badger stayed at my place whilst he was running his modelling clinic table at the Newcastle Model Show.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The main discussions out of hours centred around the etched "Hunter" nameplate on lined maroon 3265; how and when to fit it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Essentially, we have two choices; one is to supply it as an accessory, for fitting by the purchaser. One solution is to have two dimples on the underside of the sandbox, which is cast as part of the metal chassis. Undo two screws, and the body and chassis can be separated; drill the two holes in each sandbox, from underneath, with a 0.5mm drill. Fit the extended legs of the etched plate into the holes, bend them over inside and superglue. Voila!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sounds easy? Well, yes and no.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The problem is that this solution requires modellers to have the confidence to dismantle and reassemble a brand new loco, and have access to and the skills to use a mini drill, and at least one 0.5mm drill. It can't be done as part of the factory assembly process because the loco can't be disassembled after painting because of the extra time, and cost, this would require.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alternatively, the loco could include the fitting holes in the design and manufacturing process. Then the nameplate can be installed during factory assembly. The problem with this solution is that the holes would be on every loco, not just 3265. Would tiny holes in the top of the sandbox be visible on the rest of the locos, which are all going to be painted black? We don't know, but we've asked the factory to really step up and see if they can help us find a solution. In HO scale, the legs of the nameplate are just 0.4mm wide, so there's not enough surface area to glue it on. This is all part of the fun of trying to make the most accurate model of the 32 the market has yet seen. We'll keep you posted...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648947361911588576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698119143909794844.post-6495952550261394652015-08-14T18:14:00.002+10:002015-08-14T18:14:43.600+10:00Newcastle Model Show 2015<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For folk who are heading to the Our Town Model Show in Newcastle this weekend (August 15 & 16), Ixion director Phil Badger will be up the stairs (and escalator, if it's running) at his modelling clinic desk. He will have the first EP of the 32 Class for viewing, though don't expect it to be in the pristine condition seen in the photos below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having been dismantled multiple times, and in multiple ways, it's now missing the funnel, and lots of the fine etched details on the tender. It is worth seeing though, if only for the absolutely brilliant sprung buffers. At various times on the Saturday, I'll be up there too, so do call in and say hello if you're in the neighbourhood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have finished the artwork for the 32 Class box. This will be printed on high quality card and folded up into the box lid. Click on the picture for a larger image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the quality is high enough to allow the viewer to read the text on the end, the eagle-eyed will note the details there are for the new company, Ixion Model Railways Australia Pty Ltd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This company has now been established and registered, and the bank account will be operating next week. This will allow for a much wider range of ways for customers in Australia to purchase from us, including cheques and direct deposit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phil drew the New South Wales Railways (NSWR) crest from scratch in Corel Draw; I'm not an expert in the software, but this looks like a creative tour de force to me. Bravo, Phil!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Ixion's Technical Director Phil Badger has signed off on the CAD drawings for the 32 Class, which is a major step in the production process. The tooling now has to be modified to match the drawings, and a new prototype sample manufactured and assembled - the second Engineering Prototype (EP). I am currently working on the box artwork, and then we'll have to create the instructions for the decoration samples for our chosen liveries.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll post images of the new CAD in a few minutes (I need a different computer, as the Blog software can't access them on my iPad! Unless I'm doing something wrong...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. I have got the Ixion Facebook page up and running, about three or four years after I created it! I just couldn't make sense of it, and had to wait 'til my eldest son returned from Canada with his wife and moved in temporarily with us. This gave me a captive Technical Advice Bureau, and so Ixion has properly entered the Social Network.</span></div>
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