Eileens Emporium Newsletter May 2016

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The big news is that we have a new website. Still at http://www.eileensemporium.com but it has added features and will overcome some of the issues that some customers were having with the old website.

We are now able to take Paypal payments on the site for those who prefer to do it that way.

We have added many more photographs and images, and are now able to put more product information, images and links on the product pages.

We will be adding coupon codes once we have worked out how to do it.

If you have any problems with the site please let us know.

30 YEARS OF EILEEN'S

We were delighted to celebrate our 30th anniversary, not once but twice. We had a small ceremony at the York show and we were proud to be presented with a plaque commemorating Eilleens first show at York.

A couple of weeks later we were very pleased to see Eileen and Jim in person and for them to cut a celebration Birthday Cake at Scalefour North.

NEW PRODUCTS

One of the questions we are frequently asked is about pickups, so we have put together a Pickup Kit, part number PICK01. We have also put the PCB material on the website.

This kit comprises of:

Two sheets of double sided printed circuit board approx 0.25mm thick, easily cut with scissors. Be careful to file the edges to ensure that there are no shorts between the two faces. More is available under part number PCB025.

Phosphor Bronze straight pick up wire, one of each 0.35mm and 0.5mm diameter (also available in 10 packs PSW035A and PSW050A).

Phosphor Bronze Strip, 1mm x 0.15mm (PF010015A) and 1.5mm x 0.3mm (PF01503C)

This pack allows you to experiment and find out whether wire or strip suits you best and if thick or thin is more suitable.

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LIFE COLOR PAINTS

We have expanded our range of LifeColor paints. We now have in stock all the individual colours from the more popular sets. We have all the colours from "Rail Weathering", "Weathered Wood", "Dust and Rust" and "Shades of Black".

EXHIBITIONS

As previously mentioned, we are returning to Chatham this year.

We visited the Derby show and are pleased to say we have been invited for 2017 and will be there.

STOCK LEVELS

We are please to say we have no serious problems at this time.

PRICE INCREASES

We have been informed that price rises are coming on all Iwata airbrushes and will be significant, so get your orders in now. For example the Neo TRN brushes will go from a recommended price of £130 to £139 and Eclipse CS from £150 to £159.

SPECIAL OFFER

We are offering a very special price on the Neo for Iwata TRN2 airbrush and the Iwata Eclipse CS airbrush.

The list price on the NEO TRN2 is £130 (£139 from 1 June) and we normally sell them at £117, and are offering them for the very special price of £112.

The list price on the Eclipse CS is £150 (£159 from 1 June) and we normally sell them at £135, and are offering them for the very special price of £130.

These discounts also apply to the kits we sell that include the above. AIRDEAL8 (Economy Compressor with NEO TRN2 normally £177, offer price £172) and AIRDEAL14 (Economy Tank Compressor with NEO TRN2 normally £211, offer price £206).

Please note that if these offers are claimed for collection at a show, we will require pre-payment in order to apply the discount.

These offers are not available for long and are only valid for orders placed before the end of day on Sunday 29th May 2016. For all offers please quote IWMAY16 in the comments box on checkout and do not forget to give the show name for collection if appropriate. The discount will not show on our web system, but will be taken from the payment and show on the formal invoice shipped with the goods.

Please note if you want to pay by Paypal for this offer, please call or e-mail us for instructions. If you pay by Paypal on the website you will not get the discount.





Full details of all our other products are on our website.


Derek, Anita and Matt


Forthcoming Exhibitions:


Do not forget that you can beat the queues at shows by pre-ordering through the website. There is a checkout option for this. You can choose to pay through the website or on collection. Please state in the 'Comments' box which show you wish to collect the order from.

Please allow at least 1 week for pre-orders, 2 weeks for Guildex - Telford, Scale Model World, Scaleforum, Railex, Expo EM, York and Warley.

A full list of shows is on our website http://www.eileensemporium.com

28/29 May - Railex Aylesbury http://www.rdmrc.org.uk/

4 JuneG0G Summer Show - Doncaster, NOTE NEW VENUE http://www.gauge0guild.com/

11/12 June - Chatham http://www.chatham-mrc.com/show/

18 June - Scalefour AGM, Newport (Members Only) http://www.scalefour.org/

25/26 June - Perth http://www.perthmrc.com

13/14th August - Railwells http://railwells.com/railway-show/railwells-show-2016/

A limited subset of our products will also be available on the C&L London stand run by Phil Reid. Pre-orders can be accepted for any of our products for collection at these shows given 2 weeks notice. These shows include:

4-5 June - DEMU Burton http://www.demu.org.uk/home

16 July - Chiltern Modellers Day (Ticket only) http://www.cmra.org.uk/time.htm