A British domestic train from Kato? 800 series available from May 2021

[railsquid]

Release announcement from Kato: https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/kato-model/poster/pdf/202011261551535fbf5089ce715/2021-4b.pdf

800 series due out in May in GWR and LNER liveries. Model is confirmed at 1:148. Minimum radius 282mm. "DCC friendly".

[Steven B]

24700-26000 Yen, which at today's exchange rates is around £180 - not bad for a five car train.

10-1671 - Class 800/0 GWR
10-1674 Class 800/2 LNER

My Japanese is not existent, but it looks like minimum radius will be 282mm (about 11 inches so R2). Scale is 1:148 (i.e. British N).
Motor is in the second of the five cars, so three decoders needed unless there's through wiring for the lights.

Steven B

[Train Waiting]

That is excellent news.  Thank you very much.

Best wishes.

John

[RailGooner]

Considering they've been available for 6 months, I haven't seen them being advertised much.

[railsquid]

Considering they've been available for 6 months, I haven't seen them being advertised much.

2020... the year which never ends...

[GlenEglise]

Hopefully this link will translate Kato page into English :-

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&tab=TT&sl=ja&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katomodels.com%2Fproduct%2Fn%2Fclass800

[RailGooner]

Interesting (not very,) that the LNER livery costs slightly more than the GWR one.

[woodbury22uk]

No obvious through wiring in the shots on the Kato twitter feed. so 3 decoders it is, I guess.

https://twitter.com/kato_team/status/1332232325837406209/photo/3

[Vonzack]

That's great news, but looks like 2021 is going to be another expensive year 

[Newportnobby]

Release announcement from Kato: https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/kato-model/poster/pdf/202011261551535fbf5089ce715/2021-4b.pdf

800 series due out in May in GWR and LNER liveries. Model is confirmed at 1:148. Minimum radius 282mm. "DCC friendly".

Aw, heck. Looks like another 'buy with my heart' purchase coming up of something that's totally out of place on my layout, but I've admired the GWR liveried ones since they were delivered and seen on the 'Paddington' TV series

[pape_timmo]

Such an expensive time all round, Revolution, Dapol, and now Kato...

I drive these on the GWR main line and they've grown on me. Still love my HSTs tho.

Cheers, Timmo

[gc4946]

I'm interested in the LNER version  to run alongside my Transpennine 68 + (preordered) MK5A set 

[railsquid]

Some info from Hattons: https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=949

Note this says "This new model is expected to be released in early 2021", but Kato lists it under their May releases, and they are good at sticking to announced release dates (slippages are usually measured in weeks).

[Snowwolflair]

Rails price £169.50

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/42168/kato-10-1671-n-gauge-class-800-0-gwr-iet-800-021-5-car-emu

[Sven]

Rails at £169.50. Hattons at £178... The prices for these models will be a race to the bottom between retailer, as the RRP is £209.95. Anyone else selling it will not stand a chance, until Rails and Hattons sell out.

Promises to be a great model, I can't wait to get my hands on it. The GWR livery has so much more class than the rest of the UK network.