Dapol announce Mk3 Sleepers?

ohlavache · August 07, 2020, 02:08:59 PM

I wanted to order KMS' sleepers but I didn't succeed.
I sent KMS an email on Tuesday evening but no reply yet.
Does KMS reply slowly to emails? Any experience with them?
I don't want to miss their Mk3 sleepers.
Thanks.

njee20 · August 07, 2020, 03:08:58 PM

Didn't succeed how? They're on Facebook too, and have been responsive there previously.

Still can't decide on these. Without the mk2s they seem a bit pointless, but they have hinted at mk2s as well...

Red Onion · August 07, 2020, 08:30:29 PM

I have found them both exceptionally quick to reply (as in minutes) and also exceptionally slow (as in weeks). It's a bit of a lottery...

ohlavache · August 07, 2020, 10:01:26 PM

Thanks for your replies.
It seems you cannot order fron France, only from Germany when non-UK...
I don't have a Facebook account.
Let's see.

LowerQuadrant · August 10, 2020, 12:45:50 PM

Quote from: nookfield on April 16, 2019, 08:40:36 PM
If you check on the Dapol Digest an update was made by Joel (Dapol MD) last week.

Could you please post a link? I can't seem to find anything...

woodbury22uk · August 10, 2020, 01:33:25 PM

Quote from: LowerQuadrant on August 10, 2020, 12:45:50 PM
Quote from: nookfield on April 16, 2019, 08:40:36 PM
If you check on the Dapol Digest an update was made by Joel (Dapol MD) last week.

Could you please post a link? I can't seem to find anything...

https://digest.dapol.co.uk/forum/n-gauge-models/rolling-stock/mk3-vehicles/2943-mk3-sleepers/page2

LowerQuadrant · August 10, 2020, 06:01:35 PM

Quote from: woodbury22uk on August 10, 2020, 01:33:25 PM
https://digest.dapol.co.uk/forum/n-gauge-models/rolling-stock/mk3-vehicles/2943-mk3-sleepers/page2

My eyes aren't the best... but isn't that last post two months old?

No updates, no decorated samples as of yet. Forgive me if I don't bet my money on 2020, let alone Q3.

woodbury22uk · August 10, 2020, 08:21:13 PM

Quote from: LowerQuadrant on August 10, 2020, 06:01:35 PM
Quote from: woodbury22uk on August 10, 2020, 01:33:25 PM
https://digest.dapol.co.uk/forum/n-gauge-models/rolling-stock/mk3-vehicles/2943-mk3-sleepers/page2

My eyes aren't the best... but isn't that last post two months old?

No updates, no decorated samples as of yet. Forgive me if I don't bet my money on 2020, let alone Q3.

With respect the post you asked about was in 2019. :-) Bit surprised at your negativity. I expect the coaches to be here within two months and almost certainly still in Q3/2020. Honestly a week or two here or there won't be the end of the world.

I am sure you have access to the online catalogue as well.

http://www.dapol.co.uk/Catalogue/46/index.html

LowerQuadrant · August 10, 2020, 09:26:39 PM

With respect the post you asked about was in 2019. :-) Bit surprised at your negativity. I expect the coaches to be here within two months and almost certainly still in Q3/2020. Honestly a week or two here or there won't be the end of the world.

I am sure you have access to the online catalogue as well.

http://www.dapol.co.uk/Catalogue/46/index.html
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I don't know where to begin to explain what happened here... I obviously need a vacation. Sorry guys, my mistake

Of course I know the online catalogue.

jamespetts · November 21, 2020, 01:20:19 AM

There seems to have been a delay in these, since decorated samples have not yet been shown even though these were most recently announced as being available in Q3 2020, which is now in the past.

woodbury22uk · November 21, 2020, 10:35:45 AM

Quote from: jamespetts on November 21, 2020, 01:20:19 AM
There seems to have been a delay in these, since decorated samples have not yet been shown even though these were most recently announced as being available in Q3 2020, which is now in the past.

My faith in Q3/2020 proves to have been misplaced. Maybe they are sitting in one of the containers on the ships lining up to get into Felixstowe. It seems like we are having a dry-run at January 2021 customs clearance with the huge delays to imports round our airports and seaports. Not seeing decorated samples does not concern me that much, but I have been known to misjudge a half full glass.

LowerQuadrant · December 31, 2020, 12:20:03 PM

According to Hatton's, the Dapol sleeper coaches should arrive during Q1 2021. We'll see.

woodbury22uk · December 31, 2020, 01:29:11 PM

Quote from: LowerQuadrant on December 31, 2020, 12:20:03 PM
According to Hatton's, the Dapol sleeper coaches should arrive during Q1 2021. We'll see.

I had a message today from KMS Railtech to tell me my Caledonian liveried ones are now in stock, so the others should be around soon.

LowerQuadrant · December 31, 2020, 02:32:16 PM

Quote from: woodbury22uk on December 31, 2020, 01:29:11 PM
I had a message today from KMS Railtech to tell me my Caledonian liveried ones are now in stock, so the others should be around soon.

Nah, KMS have just recanted: https://www.kmsrailtech.co.uk/ "Our website has sent out emails to customers saying the Caledonian Sleepers are now in stock. This is a website error. Please ignore this and we will invoice you when they arrive. Currently expected Q1 2021."

njee20 · December 31, 2020, 02:43:01 PM

Still can't decide whether to get a rake of these. Without the appropriate Farish mk2s to match them.