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 We have been really surprised by these resin models. First, they look great but we expected that. Second, they look and feel just like a die-cast model with the exception that the hood and doors don't open. They even weigh the same as die-cast. However, there have been a lot of issues with these models getting made and to the U.S. One of the reasons we like working with Sunrich model company is they don't compromise. They understand how important it is to get every detail correct, and there are a lot of details on BRE cars to get right! They have spent the time to get the models right and not accepted anything less. The wait will be worth it but it doesn't mean the journey through production and shipping delays (think 3 month dockworker slowdown on the west coast) hasn't been painful.
For those people that put in pre-orders with us, we have been keeping you apprised of the details as we have had them. We will spare everyone these details here. The current status we have to share:
- 1:18 scale BRE 510 #46 models are produced, have arrived in the U.S., have cleared customs and we will have our inventory of them here by Thursday
- We are sold out. Yes, we will have enough models to fill pre-orders but that is all the models we will receive. In other words, our inventory of models is sold out even before we received them.
- We have been told this was a partial production run and more will be manufactured. At this time we do not have a date for when that will happen. We will let you know of course when we do.
- 1:18 scale BRE 510 #85 models are also being produced. We were taking pre-orders for them but have stopped until we have a firm arrival date. We will let you know when we have this.
That's a lot of information for what seems like not much progress. However, anyone who has already ordered a #46 510 model from us will receive it in approximately a week and there will be more to come for everyone else.
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