I did not want to hiijack the other Shay thread. Someone was taking preorders for a newly manufactured Shay months and months ago. It wasn’t a company most of us would recognize like Rapido or Athearn.
Has that loco hit the shores? If it has are there any reviews?
https://krmodels.net/shop/the-shay-ho-gauge/
Expected delivery was nowabouts, but I don’t know if it happened.
Thanks that gave me a Facebook listing to work with. In November they posted a video and said they had a few more things to work out and it would be “soon”. It does not run a smoothly as my Bachmann
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While on the KRM website I got a Full Page Notice that “your Firefox is out of date” “click here”. My Firefox is not out of date and I don’t know what you will download if you click on that radio button.
My video link is Youtube and should be as safe as Youtube ever is.
I have been waiting just over a year now. A few emails saying trouble with China.
The video shows an engine that seems to run rather rough, like the RTR MDC shays.
I have put down $450 two years ago. I sure hope it ships in the near future, and that it is a decent running model.
Did they actually charge the $450? Or did you place a reservation and you’ll be charged when it ships?
I’ve never ordered (and would never order) from a company that charged the full price at pre-order time.
I did pay the $450, and yes, I am questioning my own sanity at this point in time for doing so.
Just email them and tell them you decided to move on, and request a refund. I did, and they sent it. That was about a year ago, which was a year after the promised date.
I may just go ahead and actually do that. I am not sure what to expect at this point.
On Feb 1, Michael Revell (KR Models) sent me their newsletter. “The Shays are due the second quarter of 2024”. Since I’ve been waiting over a year I can wait until June.