Thanks again to the Railnuts team for a great day on Making Tracks 3 yesterday. It was great to see our Class 56 samples out through their paces on full length trains! Making Tracks will be at Chester Cathedral until 2nd September 2023, it is well worth a visit!
Pre-production Class 56 samples
Making Tracks 3 - We're looking forward to meeting the Railnuts team and running our superb new painted class 56 samples on their fantastic layout tomorrow!
As we await the final pre-production samples from the factory which will include the latest sound file and final speaker setup, the testing of our painted samples has continued. Thanks to Barrow Hill Junction; BR Blue 56008 was given a MGR working very prototypical for the area whilst 56049 was given some mileage on bogie tank wagons. Link to YouTube video here:
Please keep an eye out for updates coming soon.
We’re very excited to be attending DEMU showcase this weekend for the premier D&E exhibition of the year. We will be on stand 24, come and visit the stand for updates on all of our projects and support the society!
We’re very excited to be attending the Rail Riders exhibition this weekend at the Crewe Heritage Centre! If you’re attending the show please come and visit the stand to have a chat about our various projects.
We’ve been working with the factory to make further improvements to the 56 ahead of the production models, with the mesh horn grille being an area we wanted to focus on. As you can see the mesh has been further improved vs the painted samples alongside other areas which we will showcase on the production samples.
Cavalex are pleased to report that the Class 60 project has been progressing nicely in the tooling stage to a point where we are confident, we can release the price of the loco without changing it further into the project - with the DCC Ready RRP price being set at £194.95. The price of the DCC sound fitted versions will be £294.95.
Following the past few months of hard work to get to the project to this stage in the process, we are very excited to receive the first shots out of the moulds and will provide a full update on the project once these have been received.
We would like to thank all of our customers and followers for their overwhelmingly positive reaction to the project so far.
The Cavalex 60 can be pre-ordered from all of our retailers listed below:
● Collett’s Models - https://www.collettsmodelshop.co.uk
● C&M Models - https://candmmodels.co.uk
● John Dutfield - https://www.johndutfieldmodelrailways.co.uk
● KMS Railtech - https://www.kmsrailtech.co.uk
● Rails of Sheffield - https://railsofsheffield.com
● Rainbow Railways - https://rainbowrailways.co.uk
● Trains4U - http://www.trains4u.com
● Ultimate Model Railways - https://ultimatemodelrailways.com
● TTC Diecast - https://www.ttcdiecast.com
● Cheltenham Model Centre - https://cheltenhammodelcentre.com
Cavalex are pleased to report that as the Class 56 project enters the production stage of the process, we can release the price of the DCC sound fitted loco - with the RRP being set at £289.95.
Photo courtesy Thornbury & South Gloucestershire MRC
Thank you to British Railway Modelling for a great weekend at Alexandra Palace last weekend - thanks also to everyone that visited our stand over the weekend and spoke to us on various projects. We are also very grateful to the New Sodbury layout team by Thornbury & South Gloucestershire MRC for running our 56049 painted sample over the weekend - it looked great on the Revolution Trains log carriers!