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DPD has come to my door this morning with a nice delivery. I have just opened my 1501 and I am blown away by it. It is so heavy for a tank engine and mine has arrived in perfect condition. I have put it on a small test track to run it in and it runs beautifully. So controllable and the sound is very good. No noticeable wobble on mine and it just looks amazing. It is love at first sight. This will be my main locomotive for my small heritage railway model that I am slowly building. Well done rapido!!! This is an outstanding model and should be very proud. Looking forward to the USA160.

Perhaps it is a DMU? A class 142 or class 143 pacer would be good in O gauge. Lots of liveries over their lifespan and not too big so would suit a simple branch terminus layout in O gauge. I collect both O gauge & 00 gauge. I am currently Planning small 1foot by 10 foot O gauge layout ready for the new Heljan class 153 so a pacer from Accurascale would be very welcome 😀

Yes please. You can put me down for an O gauge manor locomotive. I would probably expect to pay £500 - £550 for a Manor in O gauge DCC ready and £600 - £650 for an O gauge Manor that is DCC sound fitted. I think that would show good value for money and amazing to be able to pay in instalments so by the time it has been released, it would be all paid for. 😀

When the next batch of Manors are announced, could I request 7828 Odney Manor. This is my favourite. Spent the day at the West Somerset Railway yesterday travelling behind her. She is by far the loudest of the Manors from my experience so a bigger speaker might be required for this one 😉

This is fantastic news! Accurascale are producing some top quality models and it is a shame to have them damaged at the last hurdle in transit. This will hopefully greatly reduce the number of models needing to be returned. So thank you for having new packing. This will be a game changer! It’s such a breath of fresh air when a company listens to feedback and takes on board.

Mk1 gangway coaches have been mentioned a few times in this thread (including by myself) but I would like to add I would like to see them also produced with the window frames that were added later on in their operational life. I don’t think this has been done on any MK1 coaches that have been produced in 00 gauge yet. I would also like to see them with connecting gangways. This has been done on the fantastic Dapol Lionheart MK 1 coaches in O gauge using magnets. I understand the issues with this as they would need to negotiate radius 2 curves but perhaps an option where the user can adjust them for realistic curves where they are connected and have them further apart for 2nd radius.

An Ivatt tank engine would be a nice addition the the RTR O gauge market. I have been collecting the stunning lionheart mk1 coaches and an Ivatt tank would be perfect for them.

Both the 121 and the 117 have gone very quiet. Hopefully we will have some news in these soon.

Has anyone heard any updates regarding the progress on the 117?

Thanks Fran. Just a question, DHL seem to be very poor in my area and don’t take care at all with packages when in their possession. Obviously your models are great, but from this experience, I am now worried that any future model I purchase is going to get damaged in transit. Would it be possible that if I order another model in the future, that I can request another delivery company? I would be quite happy to pay additional postage to make sure it gets to me in one piece. Many thanks again.

Perhaps I have just been unlucky and received a Friday afternoon job.

That is very interesting indeed. I wonder if they use a different facility to ship the international orders. As both the ones i have received from Accurascale have had inadequate padding inside the box meaning the models box is free to bounce around inside.

So unfortunately this post isn’t going to be a very positive one. I had to send back my Cookham Manor that was purchased direct from Accurascale due to it arriving damaged. I very much believe the damage is caused by the lack of care taken when these models are packaged up to be sent at the warehouse. It arrived in a box with hardly any padding and the locomotive box was free to move and rattle around inside. Today, I received my replacement and exactly the same thing. But this time the model is in an even worse condition with the drain cocks broken off, the chimney broken off and the box battered to bits. I wasn’t too worried about the chimney as I can glue that back in, however the drain cocks are so tiny and I can’t find them in the box anywhere. I have ordered a few of these manors and they are excellent models. It’s interesting to note that all of the ones I ordered from rails of Sheffield have arrived perfect and they have taken lots of care when packaging the models up to be sent. On the other hand, all of the models I have received direct from accurascale have arrived damaged. This I believe is caused by poor packaging and DHL not taking care when the parcel is in their possession. Now i am not criticising the help that I have received from the guys at accurascale. They have been very prompt in replying and sorting out a replacement, however all of these issues could almost be solved if they sorted out the poor packaging when sending from their warehouse. Sorry for the negative post on what is such a fantastic model but it really needs to be addressed.

I would like to see a right up to date locomotive or DMU/EMU. O gauge has very little modern image models available. Heljan have recently announced the class 153 which I think is the only modern ish model in RTR O gauge that has been announced so lots of exciting opportunities. I hope for a class 150 & class 158 DMU in O Gauge.

My guess is that it will be a class 153/155 DMU. This would be a good model to produce!