wyatt

Welcome Mario. Nice start to the SS. Enjoy your build, we will.

Ships from the UK.

Here's part of the email notification Agora sent me today; We hope you are still keeping safe and healthy during these challenging times. We are delighted to tell you that your Pack #1 of Terminator T-800 has been processed and we are shipping this directly to you from our UK hub. Your tracking number with Royal Mail International is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Due to shipping restrictions and delays caused by COVID-19, please allow an extra 7 days for delivery. The payment for Pack #2 will be processed on May 20th and we will ship Pack #2 to you within 48 hours. We will of course contact you then to send you your tracking number. An extra 7 days to what I don't know. I'm stateside, so we'll see.

Well how about that. Just received my tracking number. Look what you started YeepYeep. Cheers!

Good news for you YeepYeep. Hopefully more will be rolling out on this side of the pond.

Edited the original post. New link. Thanks Tinkertoo.

Very nice beginning Sascha. Great pictures also. Thanks.

Well, looks like Atlaya is starting a trial in France of a Star Wars AT-AT (All Terrain - Attack Transport). 1/47 scale - 56.4 cm (22 3/16 inches) long. Any Star Wars fans salivating yet? The URL worked before, but seems to change for some reason, So, use the link below to go to the news page and scroll down. Use your preferred translation app (google translate works for me) and peruse the news of partswork kits. Sorry for the hassle. Thanks for your help Tinkertoo. https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/kazuw01/diaryall/

1/8 scale with all the cool gadgets of the real (movie) car I'd be in for one.

Well John and those interested, looks like a trial has started for the Hogwarts Express in 1/32. Here is a tiny morsel on a Japanese website that keeps track of partworks. Hope more info is forthcoming. https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/kazuw01/diary/202004300000/ From the picture it looks like the locomotive and two cars. 1.3 meters is 4 feet 3 3/16 inches for us SAE folks. Nice!

Thank you for the update Lou. Looking forward to it. wyatt

Pictures are, indeed, worth a thousand words. Well done. Agora Pro. We'll see if Admin. is paying attention.😀

Awesome. Thank you. Thinking how much money it cost to develop the Routemaster it would be a shame not to bring it over here. Fingers crossed. Looks like you have a nice display of your BTTF DeLorean below.

Very nice build diary James. Awesome pictures. I think you could build this without the instructions using your pictures. Where's your Agora Pro badge?

Hi John, Thank you very much for all the pictures and building experience. That looks like one incredible model and also huge, complex, impressively detailed and I want one or two!! Looking at the pictures I start to think about the design and engineering that goes into producing a model this big and complex. Then the manufacturing of all the parts and bringing it all together for the whole range of model builders, novice to pro, to assemble and enjoy. Mind boggling, but greatly appreciated. Of course this applies to all partworks kits. Can you explain about the battery eliminator? Thanks again for sharing your build experience.

Any news on the Pack 1 deliveries? Fast approaching I hope. wyatt

Hi John, Being in it's infancy, this forum is kinda slow and I would like to make a request to maybe get some activity going (at least it will keep me going). If it's not a hassle for you maybe some more pics of your Routemaster bus? Detail or close-in shots? How was it to build? Stay safe, stay healthy and stay inside. Keep sane (if possible). wyatt

I heard about the Hogwarts Express also. To do it justice it will have to be at least 1/32 (G scale), but since it's a partworks kit 1/24 scale would be the only way to go. It would slot in with the C57, C62 and the D51 locomotives. Do the locomotive first, and later a couple of cars to tag along. Again, as with the Knight Bus, there is a HUGE fan base out there. Tap it. One thing to consider. Make an option for a 12 month subscription along with a longer subscription if necessary.

Thank you John. That just makes me want one even more. What a beautiful model. I don't know how the partworks companies decide which kit they are going to do, but I sure hope Agora Models are considering this one. I mean, Agora Models is a distributor of Hachette's. Now, the ultimate iteration of this kit would be a 'Knight Bus' version from JK Rowlings magic world. There's already a huge fan base. Plant the seed General Lou!! wyatt

Hi John, Thanks for the pics. Just makes me want it more. Looks to be a beautiful model and I'd rather build one of these than the F40 LM or La Ferrari. Maybe one day. Feel free to post more pics I enjoy them.

I've been following builds on utube also and it really looks awesome. There are even five or six figures from the bell bottom era including the driver, very groovy man. The only drawback I see is the use of Philips head screws on the outside panels, but I could live with that. For awhile the Hatchette Routemaster site said they were moving to a new warehouse and not available. Now it shows the packs for sale again, except for us Yanks. Blimey mate! Here's the link; https://hachettepartworks.com/classic-routemaster Come on people, raise your voices, "We want the Routemaster Bus!" PLEEEAAAASSSSSEEEEEE Agora!!!!

OK, General Lou and folks, here's my suggestion for a new partswork. 'From The Spy Who Loved Me', the James Bond Lotus Esprit S1 road/submersible. This was started as a trial by Eaglemoss back in 2017 but never made it for some reason. I would surely go for this one. Please add this to the list of possibles. Here's a link to an anouncement about it from a fan site in the Netherlands. Also a video of the car. https://www.jamesbond.nl/lotus-esprit-s1-schaal-18/ Stay safe, stay healthy, wyatt

OK, General Lou and folks, here's my suggestion for a new partswork. 'From The Spy Who Loved Me', the James Bond Lotus Esprit S1 road/submersible. This was started as a trial by Eaglemoss back in 2017 but never made it for some reason. I would surely go for this one. Please add this to the list of possibles. Here's a link to an anouncement about it from a fan site in the Netherlands. Also a video of the car. https://www.jamesbond.nl/lotus-esprit-s1-schaal-18/ Stay safe, stay healthy, wyatt

I agree with scalemodelfan, your pics are really good and will be very helpful in building this kit. Your post here is like the 'Reader's Digest' version.

Asiris28, You have great taste in automobiles. First the Bugatti Type 57 and now the Lancia Stratos. 1/8 scale, yes sir, sign me up. Is that, per chance, your Stratos? wyatt