Continued testing of our Class 60 has been taking place whilst we await pre-production samples from the factory. 60049 looked excellent this week on a rake of BBAs - a big thank you to the Railnuts and Making Tracks team for hosting us and testing the Class 60s. More news to come on the Class 60 project over the next few days!
Photo courtesy Jack Taylor
We had a great time at DEMU Showcase last weekend - a big thank you to everyone that visited our stand and the show organisers for a great time at the show! It was excellent to show off our painted Class 60 samples, and put them to work on Deadmans Lane. Thanks to Jack Taylor for this excellent photo of the GBRF example.
We’re looking forward to attending the Rails Of Sheffield shop event tomorrow - if you’re in the area, please do come and say hello!
Class 56 Second Run announcement
Following the incredible reception of the first run of our first locomotive, we are proud to reveal the next range of locomotives that make up the second production run of our Class 56 Locomotive, ready to pre-order from our range of Cavalex retailers.
Read more here: https://www.cavalexmodels.com/cavalex-class-56-secondrun
60001 announcement
Cavalex Models are pleased to share the final addition to the Cavalex Class 60 range is 60001 “Steadfast” in as delivered condition. In addition to the wealth of accurately reproduced detail that you would expect from Cavalex Models, the model also includes the following unique features, across a custom tooling suite to replicate the unique 60001 in as delivered 1989 condition.
Read more here: https://www.cavalexmodels.com/60001-launch
Ahead of the DEMU Showcase exhibition this weekend, Cavalex Models are pleased to provide an update on our Class 60 project following the review of the painted samples received, and showcase our latest innovation, Adaptable Magnetic Detail (A.M.D).
No body removal or screws are required to change the buffer beam and ploughs on the Cavalex Class 60 - we have, of course, designed the model to be as user friendly for modellers as possible. Read more here: https://www.cavalexmodels.com/cavalex-class-60-update-demu-2024
We recently visited Mike Wild and Mark Chivers at Hornby Magazine HQ with the first decorated samples of our Class 60. A very enjoyable time was spent running the samples and talking about Class 60 locomotives.
Look out for more content from Hornby Magazine about our visit and an update on our Class 60 project coming soon.
We had a very enjoyable weekend at Model World Live, our thanks to the Key Model World team for organising the event.
On Saturday 27th of April, Pete Waterman’s Railnuts team set a Guinness World Record with their Making Tracks 4 layout – ‘The Final Frontier’, for the Largest portable model railway.
The record was for the worlds Largest Portable Model Railway and had to meet stringent criteria set by Guinness including being measured to within 0.001m, being a single scale model, prove that it is portable, be built to a professional standard as well including details of the number of trains, loops, track length, locomotive movements and all measured tracks being used.
One of the criteria was for all the usable track to be measured for which a special Sonic Track Measurement wagon was created.
The official track length came in at 694.9m / 2279ft.
Our congratulations to the Railnuts team for their achievement.
It was great to have some of our models, including our latest Class 60 samples, running on the 208 foot long layout.
We are very much looking forward to attending Model World Live and excited to show the latest painted samples of our forthcoming Class 60.
If you are attending the show, this weekend please visit our stand, A30, for the latest updates on all of our projects and chat about model railways and modelling.
The brand-new Model World LIVE event takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on April 27/28 2024 and we will be there! Featuring more than 35 layouts, over 35 scale modelling displays, radio control displays, full size military vehicles, demonstrators and over 70 trade stands, this new event is not to be missed.
We’re looking forward to attending Model World Live this coming weekend at the NEC - if you’re attending visit stand A30 to see the latest updates on our Class 60 project!
Our thanks to Pete Waterman, Chris Clenton and Phil Moreton for allowing us to visit the latest iteration of Railnuts’ @MakingTracks3 the final frontier. It was great to see the Cavalex Class 60 given a run out on part of the new layout.
