RMweb Gold Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2021 To The Manor Born! Our First Steam Locomotive! Hi everyone, Well, who saw that coming? After many, many requests for an Accurascale steam locomotive, we are delighted to announce the beautiful GWR Collett 78xx Manor class in OO gauge as our third birthday celebration! As you will have seen in the Hornby Magazine video, we began work on this locomotive 18 months ago and have just received the first images of the test mouldings. It's shaping up rather nicely with etched and turned metal parts still to come! We're offering 10 different locomotives in our first production run, covering a multitude of liveries and variations! We have gone all out on covering the variations and modifications the real locomotives received throughout their lives, just like we do with our diesels! Price is £169.99 for DC/DCC Ready, and £259.99 for ESU loksound 5 with three (!) speakers, powerpack capacitors for uninterrupted power and synchronised firebox flicker. Delivery is Q4 2021! Secure yours via your local stockist, or with us direct with a £30 deposit pre-order. Read the full story here: https://accurascale.co.uk/blogs/news/to-the-manor-born-our-first-steam-locomotive Cheers! Fran 46 1 2 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 Wow! Just wow! Sorry Dapol, Accurascale ahead by about 18 months. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Completely unexpected! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Seems the fans on Youtube are not all happy - they want modern and no duplicates. First, why can't Accurascale do steam, and avoiding duplication is difficult today. It looks an inspired choice to me. 8 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 The blog page link is not working at present 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Nice one ! ....................... how can I possibly justify one getting lost from Redhill umpteen years before they ever got there from Reading ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On the face of it it seems extremely good value for money. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Nice to see them Branch out to the Steam side, Getting closer and closer to my region!! Well done lads! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Seems the fans on Youtube are not all happy - they want modern and no duplicates. First, why can't Accurascale do steam, and avoiding duplication is difficult today. It looks an inspired choice to me. Clearly they couldn't work out that this model was started many months before Dapol announced theirs 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 Whilst I’m a modern image modeller, this looks fantastic, and agreeing with previous comments, what fantastic value by current comparisons! Great to see Accurascale going from strength to strength, well done guys. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattA Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 This is awfully tempting... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 You guys need to stop staring lovingly at the 66s going past Didcot, people will be getting ideas about Gareth's next diesel. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 Die cast boiler as well as frames according to the video. Should give a good weight for haulage. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: Die cast boiler as well as frames according to the video. Should give a good weight for haulage. I think the vid mentioned 300g which is excellent news, the Bachmann 94xx is 280g and that has no problems with significant haulage at that weight. (see post below ) Edited February 1, 2021 by PMP 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: Die cast boiler as well as frames according to the video. Should give a good weight for haulage. Loco without tender is around 400g Edited February 1, 2021 by McC 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hopefully this is the first of many steam locos to come. Well done Accurascale ! 5 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Bird Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I'm not a GW modeller so I won't be buying one but all credit to Accurascale for the tremendous efforts they are putting into securing every detail. It promises to be a very popular model. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I reckon there will be a Black 5 or Jubilee coming in the future, starting with simple valve gear and then graduating to something designed by Ivatt or a Standard. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hello Accurascale Well done on this announcement - I intend to get Nos.7810 and 7812. Putting my 'Poll Team hat' on for a moment, the Manor has been in The Top 50 of (what was) The Annual 00 Wishlist Poll since 2014. In 2019 (the final 'full' Poll), the loco was the most-wanted GWR loco and came in overall 2nd position - just two votes behind the USATC S-160. All the very best with the project! Brian 4 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis JB Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I'm very happy that Accurascale are further ahead with theirs than Dapol, it's nice to see other manufactures getting more opportunities. Well done for listening to what the market wants and all the best with this guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 Well that was a shock and a pleasant surprise as well, I'm not really a steam fan let alone GWR but I've always had a soft spot for the Cambrian line so I may have to purchase one when they are released. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattA Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) The more I read about this, the more I can hear my wallet screaming "oh no, not another engine"...! I'm going to have to get my hands on 7812, I think! Edited February 1, 2021 by MattA 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Not in my Manor but watching the video and the specs it will be interesting to see which items that might be in future issues in my neck of the woods. Looking damn fine. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I like the idea of the removable coupling at the front and its replacement with an accurate bogie front. Are those valve rods going to move? (Is there any harm in asking?) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) Let's hope the 'wonderfully smooth operating motor' will get a wonderfully realistic gear ratio. I feel the 'Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90 mph' is inappropriate. Manors ran out of puff above 40mph... Edited February 1, 2021 by Miss Prism 5 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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