IRM Bakes Some Danish Delights As We Team Up With Heljan To Deliver Oil Tankers

[NIRCLASS80]

All sorted on the web site now. My withdrawal symptoms have eased and I have cancelled the therapy!

[NIRCLASS80]

 

[Robert Shrives]

Well mine landed today.  so Sligo should be awash with fuel now !! Lovely models but will need uber gunking at some point, will need to look at photos.  Thanks to all involved in this project around the globe.

Robert    

[DJ Dangerous]

55 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

 

 

They look gorgeous!

What's that scraping sound as the train leaves?

[Mol_PMB]

Over on RMWeb some people have reported (of the Heljan base models) that some brake shoes aren’t fully clear of the wheels, making the wagons a bit stiff. Might be worth checking if they don’t roll as freely as you would like. 

[NIRCLASS80]

11 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

They look gorgeous!

What's that scraping sound as the train leaves?

The two wagons at the end need a check over. I would imagine it is the reported problem with the UK Heljan release 

[DJ Dangerous]

15 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Over on RMWeb some people have reported (of the Heljan base models) that some brake shoes aren’t fully clear of the wheels, making the wagons a bit stiff. Might be worth checking if they don’t roll as freely as you would like. 

 

12 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

The two wagons at the end need a check over. I would imagine it is the reported problem with the UK Heljan release 

 

Found it HERE, thanks!

They also mention the couplers being stiff and a little higher, but that probably only affects those doing lots of shunting.

 

[NIRCLASS80]

Just a short video for anyone concerned about the noise in the previous video. Some very light lubrication using Kadee Coupler dry graphite power done the trick. A really soft pencil would do the same job. 
 

[Wexford70]

@Warbonnet have these all been dispatched? My order is showing fulfilled but not received any notification of posting. 

[ttc0169]

1 hour ago, Wexford70 said:

@Warbonnet have these all been dispatched? My order is showing fulfilled but not received any notification of posting. 

Yes-same here???

[Ironroad]

As it stands it looks like my order for these tankers and the H vans are stuck with US Customs in New York which is something new and most likely related to the abolition on Feb 5th of the exemption to duties on small parcels under $800. This action is specifically intended to target such parcels either originating in China or containing products made in China.  It also looks like the paperwork requirements are more stringent and accordingly I'm expecting both orders will be returned to IRM/AS.  

https://www.easyship.com/blog/section-321-de-minimis-changes

 

[Mayner]

29 minutes ago, Ironroad said:

As it stands it looks like my order for these tankers and the H vans are stuck with US Customs in New York which is something new and most likely related to the abolition on Feb 5th of the exemption to duties on small parcels under $800. This action is specifically intended to target such parcels either originating in China or containing products made in China.  It also looks like the paperwork requirements are more stringent and accordingly I'm expecting both orders will be returned to IRM/AS.  

https://www.easyship.com/blog/section-321-de-minimis-changes

 

Ironically for many year NZ Customs used to charge 5% duty plus GST (VAT) + processing + Bio-Security fees on model railway items with a value in excess of $850US. 

The duty mainly affected high value items imported from the United States (mainly e-Bay and Accuacraft). 

I challenged duty being charged on model railway items, being exempt in UK and Europe but chargable in this part of the World. 

NZ Customs tended to focus on collecting their duties, taxes and fees and not get too hung up on the technicalities of the declaration. Its possible US Customs simply may not have the capability (staff or technology) to process low value parcels following the change in policy.

The Irish Customs/An Post and most other countries  spent two/three years preparing to implement the 2023 changes to Global Customs Clearance requirements.

[Ironroad]

13 hours ago, Mayner said:

. Its possible US Customs simply may not have the capability (staff or technology) to process low value parcels following the change in policy.

The Irish Customs/An Post and most other countries  spent two/three years preparing to implement the 2023 changes to Global Customs Clearance requirements.

Yes, to put this in perspective, the number of parcels with a value of less than $800 arriving annually in the US is estimated to be more than a Billion. So the level of chaos that now exists in the clearing centres may take some time to sort out. and it may be the case that to clear the back log they will be forced to arbitrarily allow some parcels a free pass.  That may already be the case for my H van order as it looks like that parcel may have been released earlier this morning but the tanker order is still stuck. 

This is not the only instance of chaos in the US in recent weeks as a result of executive orders and some backtracking has been necessary.  Pausing shipments to allow things to settle down might be a good idea.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

On 22/2/2025 at 4:16 PM, NIRCLASS80 said:

Just a short video for anyone concerned about the noise in the previous video. Some very light lubrication using Kadee Coupler dry graphite power done the trick. A really soft pencil would do the same job. 
 

That’s class!

Where did you apply lube?

The hubs or axle points?

[mphoey]

On 24/2/2025 at 10:44 PM, ttc0169 said:

Yes-same here???

mine still showing unfullfilled

[BEANO3005]

They run very well after a drop of oil on all the axle boxes as they were not free running and terrible squeeky. Happy with them now. Highly recommended. No derailment, even at speed.