[Accurascale on tour]

 

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

Ahh the good old ETA, Thunderbirds when Scott would ask Virgil as Thunderbird one got there first at mach 15.

[The road to the moon and beyond to Mars.]

 

[Class 59 in 00]

Well now that 59003 is on long term loan to Colas we have another livery for it as its got Colas branding.

[Mark 5, By Accurascale]

45 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi folks,

 

We have teamed up with our friends at DCC Concepts who have developed a decoder with an attached stay alive capacitor specifically for our TPE Mark 5 Driving Trailer.

 

 

Zen decoder software has always been smooth, clever and easy to use but the new BLACK decoder range takes this to a new level, with extended and improved automatic braking and shuttle abilities, simple-to-use ONE step locomotive set-up and advanced brown-out protection.

 

All DCC Concepts decoders are tested at least 3 times before they package them for sale, so they know that they all work perfectly when sold and you can be quite confident that reliability is assured.

 

Decoder features:

• 1.1 Amps peak power
• 750mA continuous power
• 4 functions at 100mA each
• 2 additional “logic” functions
• 22mm x 16.5mm
• 21-pin direct, 8-pin & harness
• One-Step Loco Setup
• Shuttle mode (requires ABC boards for this to function)
• Stay-Alive connection

Decoder Programming:

• F0 – Head/tail lights
• F1 – Cab interior lights
• F2 – Destination boards
• F3 – Destination mode

This decoder is now in stock and can be bought exclusively via the Accurascale website right here: https://www.accurascale.com/products/transpennine-express-mk5a-dt-decoder-stayalive

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

They went well guys,thanks for the heads up @Accurascale Franmore might be needed.

[Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO]

16 hours ago, RBE said:

Not sure what his name is.

Should be Ferrous Oxide.........

[Class 50, By Accurascale]

4 hours ago, cornish trains jez said:

 

 

Is it the angle of the photo or does the front cab windows slant not look quite right?

 

P.S. please don’t shoot me, just saying.

 

Its got the perscription windscreen fitted so driver does not need to use his glasses...........:)

[Repairing and rerailing infrastucture catastrophies]

 

[Repairing and rerailing infrastucture catastrophies]

 

[Accurascale on tour]

3 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi @ERIC ALLTORQUE,

 

Model World Live is absolutely our next show later this month at the NEC. It's likely that we are going to bring something a bit special with us. Watch this space...

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

@McC is more than a bit special............

[Accurascale on tour]

So whos going to Birmingham,i take it thats the next roadtrip,Friday night room booked and the tickets to get in sorted. any show announcements.

[Class 37, by Accurascale]

1 hour ago, The Meerkat said:

is 97301 defo going for scrap or is it a rumour?

It looks rough and by posts on FB is getting useful stuff removed and scrapped.

[The road to the moon and beyond to Mars.]

 

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

48 minutes ago, McC said:

 

The sound fitted model is exactly 785g. The DCC ready version is about 8g less. 

 

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

3 hours ago, atom3624 said:

So how heavy is the A/S 66 then?

1/76.2 of 126 tons probably,no messing with these guys.

[Accurascale – Your Climate Hero]

42 minutes ago, McC said:

and indeed pretty much all of the models themselves

Good sales drive,encourage the other halfs to bin the lot,i thought it was an empty box dear........:)

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

3 minutes ago, Roy Langridge said:

Whooooshhh!!!

Its not the Shinkansen though......:)

[Fake Dapol Products]

2 hours ago, adb968008 said:

I was all for believing this until I saw Bells mentioned.

 

if you said there were 3 extra, i’d be game.

 

Its a minging whisky is Bells.

Theres a chap at Notre Dame likes it......

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

39 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

The red looks nice and vibrant as per a brand new loco 

Theres a great DVD showing the build of the EWS fleet if you like the 66, good watch if you like the engineering of stuff..........https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192910515398?itmmeta=01HV3YHQS57PAT69PFG9G03K31&hash=item2cea5cdcc6:g:jqMAAOSw5dNWmRBF&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwC9qlZOmYmYGq1GaQqB7qC9cdDL7pGIc5PC2TiYNCQxZGF8NbR7D460z%2FhJh7aVBM6iFAyqKqipUJskf4iMEI7jbLubQg5v%2FczSjlEN5lvNiigZhGPdfJuvpYsQ73mWcA%2B9%2BydFBBbKwk8iFsk1dMvU6PwfuWXqgN1%2B35P%2B1F%2FtD8WAqkUFTdL%2Bb9LF8DofxEY8Rc%2BF--wTK%2BJEIEoB60xYBMaLBvzfdWVgkhBFG0V49fRF67LrP%2FW8sKET540WHyA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9b8xv7YYw

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

3 hours ago, Steve Purves said:

Oh, and there's run 2 to reveal too soon enough!

Just when it should be as we dont need heating in the summer so the money may aswell buy models............so do we find out at making tracks in a few weeks................nice modern layout to spot the liverys on......hint hint..:)

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

6 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi @Cheekyharry,

 

Many thanks for your kind words and thanks, but the stars of this show are @Steve Purves, @Pixie and of course the staff from Hattons on the original design. I just get the brilliant job to tell you all the story with it.

 

I'm delighted that everyone is enjoying their locos though!

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

I would think the Chinese assembly team are the stars of the show using their skill to build the models,especially the one who gave the ultimate sacrafice and assembled the purple deltic.....:) the trick is keeping them together as the skill base gets better.

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

34 minutes ago, G-BOAF said:

My guess is most of the common Youtube suspects have ordered other models. And potentially many modellers who want an EWS 66 have ordered 171 as more representative member of the fleet and over a longer time period (from delivery to today, +/- a few details). Also 001 is a limited edition of 525 out of I'm guessing a 20k+ total production run.

The 66 is the model for today and as it was looked at as the red death when they came in force it is the Marmite of locos for the late 90,s modeller. the only ones i did not buy are this and the green freightliner.Just good to see them start to arrive and no list of this that and the other moans that they are not 110% perfect in every way.

[Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!]

1 hour ago, Stu7 said:

I am still waiting for my order to be dispatched. Anyone else still waiting? 

Diana Ross.......:)

 

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

Would also need to de EWS the sides, just remembered i had seen it last year going on its holidays to Scotland on the WCML.

 

[Genetically Modified (GM) – Accurascale Takes Route 66 With Latest Locomotive Release in 00/4mm!]

2 hours ago, Steadfast said:

To be honest, other than the buffer beam area, 66001 and 002 are pretty much standard bodyshells now. 001 had the lamp bracket moved, and both have the revised horn grill. The class 59 style bufferbeam arrangement is unchanged, apart from 001 having two tie downs removed to allow the tripcock equipment to be added.

For comparison, 002 still retains all tie downs

 

 

Looks like the model is missing the small rows of 4 black holes either side of the draw gear, I guess that's simple enough to add if you're keen enough.

 

Jo

So for anyone who likes the challenge removing the one and adding the two and the DB and HSE stickers could be modern day 66002 model made with 001, thanks for the reply Jo.