[All-new Heljan 47 in 00 gauge]

Unfortunately, I am in the a shame is it not better camp. Having seen samples at shows I was not expecting much. I was hoping for much better. Very disappointing. It just looks wrong from many angles. I believe the shape of the old Bachmann model is better.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

Many thanks for the coach numbers and formations. That will be very useful.

[Class 50, By Accurascale]

I would be wary of doing the 50 in LMS Coronation livery, it is probably a war crime.

[More model ideas]

In fairness to GWR  modellers I will concede that Panniers do not look like 4-6-0s. However I still do not subscribe to the theory that there was more than one type of 4-6-0 or indeed more than one type of Pannier. Crazy talk🤪

[Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO]

For what it's worth I always believed that the bang plate was the grid and this was a long time ago. It was much later in the  90s when I heard people saying the horn grille was the inspiration for the name.

 

The bang plate always made more sense as it was actually a grid.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

11 hours ago, dj_crisp said:

 

Interesting.... were the BFKs Mk2bs? 

Looking at notes here I have one example was 17097 which is a 2A. There were not that many 2B BFKs so I would guess that 2As were more common. There were 48 x 2A BFKs but just 9 x 2Bs. 

 

Edit: Just seen apollo 079's post above, so no 2B BFKs.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

54 minutes ago, Melton Works said:

I have watched plenty of YouTube footage and the set that seems to feature alot is a 9 coach rake, which comprises of TSO, TSO, TSO, BFK, TSOT, BFK, TSO, TSO, TSO, predominantly Mk2 A and B, with and without the TSOT, or a TSO missing. This is the set I am modelling. Bachmann 2A bodies on modified Accurascale Interior/chassis, mixed with MK2Bs, Just got to wait for the mk2c TSOT I have on preorder. 

TSO, TSO, TSO, BFK, TSOT, BFK, TSO, TSO, TSO, was indeed the most common configuration. Occasionally an FK could replace a BFK but it was generally as you mentioned. I believe there were 5 such rakes.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

13 minutes ago, The Evil Bus Driver said:

On other things there's a third detail bag with yellow thingies in it in the IC branded ones, on a sprue. Destination boards perhaps? They do appear to have writing on them.  It's all part of the fun figuring these things out though. 

They are for destination boards on the Western region.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

4 minutes ago, JSpencer said:

I tested the lighting on these yesterday evening. They stayed on for almost 5 minutes after cutting the power.

 

Ah, I wish I had ordered more of these NSE ones, they are really well above the Bachmann types.

 

You can probably still get them from an Accurascale stockists.

[Accurascale Takes On Some Hattons Originals Favourites - Warwells, P and Andrew Barclay Tanks]

Mine arrived this morning 😀

[IRM To Produce CIE A/001 Class Locomotive]

18 minutes ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

Who knew this then.......

 

That is pretty well know. At the time it was the heaviest item ever carried by air. It was later beaten by a generator of some sort. That is not an A cliass as you no doubt know.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

2Ds would be great, they have not been done in many, many years. That would only leave the Es to be done to a high standard. 

[Cavalex - New Class 60]

58 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said:

It may save you a future headache.

Other manufacturers have the same issue too. Just go with the manufacturers recommendation. High end DCC models are very complex with lots of extra features. Beyond the standard functionality of the DCC standard you cannot expect manufacturers to try every permutation of chip availabe to in order to access extended bespoke features of every given model.

[More model ideas]

We have not had HTVs

[Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO]

17 minutes ago, RBE said:

If I'm honest I still don't know what the nail does. 🤷

You are not alone. I cannot see what it does apart from being able to say "I nailed it" if it does work.

[Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO]

2 hours ago, franciswilliamwebb said:

 

Some of the Black 5s aren't too far off...

I take it you are referring to the dark grey ones

[Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO]

13 minutes ago, Carver Bridge TMD said:

I did not release both locos had the old magnatesion system fitted. It seems very powerful.

[Class 37, by Accurascale]

5 minutes ago, spamcan61 said:

 

The point being made though is that the 'basic' functions should work with any 21 pin DCC chip, whereas it seems that they don't. I don't recall seeing any info on the packaging for AS or Cavalex ' DCC ready' products pointing out that life could get complicated if you fit a non custom chip.

I can see the merit in that approach alright. I suppose people will debate what is "basic"

[Class 37, by Accurascale]

It is not the case that any 21 function decoder should work for all features of every model, it can only work as far as the DCC standards go and the DCC standards only go so far.  With all the extra features the market is demanding and the innovations that model manufactures are implementing, the standard has to be extended. There is allowance in the standard for this but individual DCC manufactures (ESU, Zimo etc) can implement their own enhancements.

 

It is stated by the model manufacturers what system that are using - ESU (Accurascale, Cavalex). Zimo (SLW). People might have preferences for one over the other. However swapping an ESU chip into an enhanced system advertised as designed for Zimo and vice versa, and expecting everything to work identically and out of the box is unrealistic. In many cases it can be made to work but it requires a lot of effort. If someone wants to do that it is up to them.

 

Personally, I am quite happy leaving the chip in the loco it was designed for. You would not buy a car from Ford and put a Renault engine in it.

 

[Class 37, by Accurascale]

The new colour scheme on 37418 is not great at all. It was in the much superior Large Logo paint scheme when I was lucky enough to be propelled by it.

[Accurascale on tour]

18 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

*Fires up oxyacetylene torch and begins scrapping new tooling

 

Joke, of course! 

That does not sound like a denial to me 😁

[Accurascale on tour]

7 minutes ago, Fred Rich said:

I’m not sure. Here’s a side by side comparison

I would love to be wrong.

[Accurascale on tour]

6 minutes ago, Fred Rich said:

I think you might spot a revealing Easter egg in the video Accurascale released today on their YouTube channel. It’s around the 1.25 mark (appropriately). RIP my wallet if I’m right 🙀

Unfortunately I think that is the Hornby RailAdventure HST.

[Obvious RTR models missing from peoples collections/wish lists]

Purely for Bachmann and low hanging fruit as they have much of the tooling:

Class 116

Class 205 -3 car - 3H

Mk 2E

[BR 16t Minerals, By Accurascale]

53 minutes ago, phil gollin said:

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Well !  I got an e-mail last night saying that they were preparing my order for delivery   ( YEA ! )

 

I hope they get here in time for Christmas (?)

 

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Considering the website says Q3, 2024, I would not get my hopes up. They are not in Production yet and judging by the picture on the website there seems to be some unannounced ones hiding in plain sight.