They are really nice vans but for the price I expect a little more (Such as brass axle bearings, opening doors, working metal buffers etc., none of which these vans have. Would have been good if the chassis was designed for easy to conversion to EM or P4 but I will wait for those modellers to comment when they get their hands on one, and a way to adjust the tension lock coupling length positioning would have been nice so modellers can either couple them closer, or not according to their curves, but I am being fussy because of the market these vans are intended to hit as I would not have thought that these are aimed at the average modeller, as these vans are something special).
My thoughts...
I realize that prices are going up and that these vans are real highly detailed models, but if the RRP price was set at £10 less so at £29.95 each, I would have thought "Nice, but out of my price range" (If I was still into 00 gauge), and I would see modellers buying them. But with a RRP at £39.95, I think to myself "Is anyone going to buy one?"
Take a look at Sams review and see what you think as they are lovely highly detailed vans.
Will they sell well though? Time will tell, and if they don't try, they will never know, as markets are a funny thing and so are us modellers!
