Class 37, by Accurascale

[gridwatcher]

Ooooft that looks a serious improvement. ....but hold what's that I hear?

 

 

"It's not made entirely of steel and cast iron and few wires, it's only 9.7 inches long the real thing was 61ft 6, is doesn't have a working diesel engine and for £150 that's a total rip off, yadda yadda yadda" 

 

Well done lads (and lasses) 

[JackB95]

I say, this is just pornography... 

 

Hats off to everyone involved in this project. I'm rather excited to see how the /4 turns out as that'll be one for me to foam over. 

[Phil Bullock]

That looks cracking! Great to see those air control pipes too.....

[The Stationmaster]

Cor!!!!!!!!!!!!!   That looks exceedingly tasty - well done fellahs.

[boxbrownie]

OK looks fine for the gauge one model but when are you showing us the 4mm version? 

[37114]

That does look great, definitely streets ahead of what has gone before in so many areas including the interior and bogies to name 2.

 

One area for review: the cab windscreen, it is nice to see the panel join captured above/to the side of the windscreens, it maybe my eyes but looks almost a little too prominent, it looks like the windscreen panel is a separate piece so it could be it is not fitting perfectly? Either way it jumped out at me as soon as I saw the picture..

[Accurascale Fran]

Just now, 37114 said:

That does look great, definitely streets ahead of what has gone before in so many areas including the interior and bogies to name 2.

 

One area for review: the cab windscreen, it is nice to see the panel join captured above/to the side of the windscreens, it maybe my eyes but looks almost a little too prominent, it looks like the windscreen panel is a separate piece so it could be it is not fitting perfectly? Either way it jumped out at me as soon as I saw the picture..

 

Hi Rob,

 

Many thanks. You are correct, it is a separate part to allow us to replicate some of the windscreen variations. As we mention in the blog various areas will be improved for "fit and finish" and this is one such area.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

[Roy Langridge]

Wow, that is incredible - so looking forward to mine arriving. Stand out feature for me? Was hard to pick one but that frost grill is fantastic!

Roy

[RBE]

Looking great that guys, nice work. 

 

I'll certainly be keeping my eye out for the later refurbished versions!!

 

 

[Chilly]

Now that is a Class 37 !

 

Roll on deliveries of them and Class 55, can you wait until 2022 for any other major engine locos my bank account can't take it  

[tractor_37260]

1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said:

Wow, that is incredible - so looking forward to mine arriving. Stand out feature for me? Was hard to pick one but that frost grill is fantastic!

Roy

 

The frost grilles are indeed very nice, Brian's EE versions are also very similar, having fitted a number of them.

The model looks very promising indeed, for me one thing that does jump out is the rather heavy (is it plastic ?) roof grille mesh retaining ring.

Pretty sure on the first reveal of these models the ring was much finer and metal ?

Roll on a painted sample.......

 

 

[66738]

A thing of beauty! All of You at Accurascale should be very very proud of your work. Magnificent!

66738

[Accurascale Fran]

Just now, tractor_37260 said:

 

The frost grilles are indeed very nice, Brian's EE versions are also very similar, having fitted a number of them.

The model looks very promising indeed, for me one thing that does jump out is the rather heavy (is it plastic ?) roof grille mesh retaining ring.

Pretty sure on the first reveal of these models the ring was much finer and metal ?

Roll on a painted sample.......

 

 

 

Hi @tractor_37260,

 

The roof mesh retaining ring is something we are working on, but are bound by constraints in tooling too. This is the very first sample of this loco, there was no samples with them as metal before?

 

Thanks,

 

Fran

[Grimleygrid]

Superb!

That is going to be a stunning model.

 

37502 & 37501 at Toton TMD by blackwatch55013, on Flickr

 

I am eagerly awaiting a 37/5 release hopefully in the future to recreate these two at Boxenby!

[37501]

Yes please.... 

Although the thought of replacing my Bachmann TE 37/5 fleet is threatening to give my bank account a heart attack...!

[dogbox321]

On 12/12/2020 at 11:56, BR(S) said:

 

Seemed to lose them in 1992.  Black boxes were at the fan end, but are yellow in these (non-fan end also shown in same year):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then on both ends in 1995:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at the tooling - the headcode boxes look to be a separate component.  As a suggestion - could it be possible to provide an extra set with this "lady".   So then people could choose between the yellow and the black?  

 

Best Wishes,

 

Chris.  

[Accurascale Fran]

Hi everyone,

 

Thank you very much for all your kind comments, even from other manufacturers, wow! Very kind indeed. As you know we put our heart and souls into each project and this is indeed a massive one. The level of research and planning that has gone into this model has taken years and today is a fantastic milestone for us. We cant wait to show you the other variants and then progress onto decorated samples.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

[lwnameplates]

Just now, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi everyone,

 

Thank you very much for all your kind comments, even from other manufacturers, wow! Very kind indeed. As you know we put our heart and souls into each project and this is indeed a massive one. The level of research and planning that has gone into this model has taken years and today is a fantastic milestone for us. We cant wait to show you the other variants and then progress onto decorated samples.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

top top marks, any chance you could make every other class of loco so it doesn't look like toys against the accurascale models haha.

[TravisM]

Hubba, hubba, hubba, a thing of beauty and naked as well!  Pure porn 

[Crisis Rail]

1 hour ago, Grimleygrid said:

Superb!

That is going to be a stunning model.

 

37502 & 37501 at Toton TMD by blackwatch55013, on Flickr

 

I am eagerly awaiting a 37/5 release hopefully in the future to recreate these two at Boxenby!

 

Boxenby?

[Accurascale Fran]

On 12/12/2020 at 08:56, Ouroborus said:

When you come to do 37026, Shapfell, is it possible to double check the colour of the headcode boxes at either end?  Shapfell ended her days at Wigan and there is a lot of media of her here.  As far as I can determine, Shapfell had black indicator boxes at one end and yellow at the other.   Seems odd, but I can't find footage of her in grey livery without these mismatched boxes.

 

Hi @Ouroborus,

 

Just catching up on this one; 37026 Shapfell did later get black headcode panels but as this was after the period in which it carried the car-style headlight we won't be providing alternatives.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

[BR(S)]

2 hours ago, Crisis Rail said:

 

Boxenby?

 

 

[maico]

I'm planning to buy one but looking at those full size rear wheels does it really go round R2?

 

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2020 by maico

[Daddyman]

Looks very nice. Good to see that the fit of the windscreens has been flagged as it really does jar - it was the first thing I noticed.

 

It also looks like the gutter above the cabside windows is too subtle, but you have no doubt noticed that. 

 

How are you getting on tooling up every other bit of 1980s West Highland rolling stock to match this standard? Well, I hope. 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Daddyman

[lwnameplates]

Just now, maico said:

I'm planning to buy one but looking at those full size rear wheels does it really go round R2?

 

 

 

 

i was thinking the exact same a R2 would seem tight for that