Revolution Trains has opened the order book for its forthcoming Class 128 Parcels unit, with a low Earlybird price of £120 available until midnight on 16th July 2021.
Revolution is offering six versions, covering the entire lives of these units from their introduction in 1960 to their final withdrawal in 1990, and in both Midland Region centre headcode and Western Region gangwayed versions.
CAD has been approved and tooling is underway. We are anticipating that EP1 samples will be here in 6-8 weeks.
As well as the gangway/non-gangway variation, the tooling has been designed to allow variations including round, oval or clipped buffers, sandbox variations, differences in exhausts and plated headcode boxes.
For those modelling the BR Green/transition era, two models are on offer: M55987 in green with speed whiskers, and W55994 in BR green with speed whiskers.
BR Blue era enthusiasts have M55990 in Parcels Service livery with domino headcode displays – as carried from the mid-1970s until its withdrawal, and W55991 also in all-over blue with plated headcodes, representing this unit from 1981 onwards.
Finally we are offering two units in the eye-catching 1980s-90s Royal Mail red livery; one has plated-over headcode boxes but retains the gangway, the other has the last end variation: fully flush with the gangways removed.
Note: CAD images show approved designs. Some details (eg buffers, exhausts) may vary on production models following further research. Livery diagrams are basic graphic images for illustrative purposes only.
N-128-55987A – M55987 in BR green with speed whiskers
N-128-55994A – W55994 in BR green livery with single speed whiskers
N-128-55990A – M55990 in BR blue with yellow ends and domino headcode display
N-128-55991A – W55991 in BR blue with yellow ends and plated over headcodes with marker lights
N-128-55992A – 55992 in Royal Mail red with gangway and plated over headcodes with marker lights
N-128-55993A – M55993 in Royal Mail red with plated gangway and plated headcodes
