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New KR Models Shay edit

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New KR Models Shay edit
Posted by BigDaddy on Sunday, October 22, 2023 3:46 PM

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?

Henry

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Posted by crossthedog on Sunday, October 22, 2023 11:21 PM

https://krmodels.net/shop/the-shay-ho-gauge/

Expected delivery was nowabouts, but I don't know if it happened.

Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, October 23, 2023 7:33 AM

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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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, October 23, 2023 7:48 AM

warning

While on the KRM website I got a Full Page Notice that "your Firefox is out of date"  "click here".   My Firefox is not out of date and I don't know what you will download if you click on that radio button.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.

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Posted by TBat55 on Thursday, November 2, 2023 8:12 PM

I have been waiting just over a year now.  A few emails saying trouble with China. 

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Posted by rrebell on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 7:52 AM

The video shows an engine that seems to run rather rough, like the RTR MDC shays.

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Posted by swisstrain on Monday, November 13, 2023 10:37 AM

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.

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Posted by AEP528 on Monday, November 13, 2023 1:40 PM

swisstrain

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.

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Posted by swisstrain on Monday, November 13, 2023 3:27 PM

I did pay the $450, and yes, I am questioning my own sanity at this point in time for doing so.

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Posted by Geared Steam on Thursday, November 16, 2023 11:53 AM

swisstrain

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. 

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein

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Posted by swisstrain on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 5:32 PM

I may just go ahead and actually do that.  I am not sure what to expect at this point.

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Posted by TBat55 on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 8:52 PM

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.

 

Terry

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