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Some J Class customers have told us they’ve had difficulty making the electrical connection between the loco and the tender. Ixion’s Technical Director Phil Badger shows how to do it (it takes around 40 seconds).

Ixion’s VR J Class is being shipped to stores, and the remaining versions added to our Webshop. If your preferred loco is not visible in our shop, it is sold out with us; however, model shops may have stock – call around to ask. Ixion J Class stockists are: VICTORIA: Branchline, Trainworld, Hobbies Plus Stratford, […]

The production run of the HO Scale VR J Class 2-8-0 locomotives is here, and being distributed to model shops and added to our website shop.  

Ixion’s freight agent has confirmed that, in the current COVID-19-affected situation of a world shortage of shipping, the first available transport window from Hong Kong was accepted, and our J Class shipment is on a vessel that is coming to Sydney via Melbourne. All being well, the ship will be unloading on Sept 16 at […]

  Ixion’s HO Scale VR J Class locomotive is on its way to us! The production run is complete and the shipment departs Hong Kong on August 24. All being well, the locos should be in our hands and ready to distribute to model shops, and added to this website’s shop, around the middle of […]

Ixion Model Railways will be on holidays from New Year's Eve 2020, and will reopen on Monday 18 January, 2021. Any website loco purchases are unlikely to be shipped in that period. We thank you for your understanding as we enjoy a well-earned break with our loved ones. We will be back in late January [...]

EDITED TUES MAY 5, 2020: 3333 now SOLD OUT. In a time when so many of us are social distancing at home, there seems to be lots of modelling getting done! To help that happen, we’ve discounted one of our most useful 32 Class locos – 6-wheel tendered 3298, – down to just $399.00 for […]

Ixion Model Railways Australia is proud to announce that our next HO Scale loco will be the Victorian Railways J Class 2-8-0 in both coal- and oil-burning tender versions.

Ixion Model Railways Australia is proud to announce that our next HO Scale loco will be the Victorian Railways J Class 2-8-0 in both coal- and oil-burning tender versions.

As of May 1st, 2019 the O Gauge Hudswell Clarke is officially sold out worldwide from Ixion.

As of April 3rd 2019, the Australian landline phone number (02 9626 9273) appearing on our models’ packaging has been disconnected. Please use our mobile numbers

We’ve done a stocktake & here’s a breakdown of what’s currently available.

We’re reducing our prices!!! The Ixion Model Railways partnership has for some time now been discussing the affordability of modern fine scale railway models.

We are planning a run of limited edition “specials” of the 32 Class. These will all be lined locos, and some will be ‘namers’.