Accurascale Class 55 Deltic - 4mm scale

[Mark Saunders]

5 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Great for a model of London Underground 😀

Remember in the 80’s an April fool in Railway Modeller, with an underground layout under the floor and one of my colleagues falling for it!

[adb968008]

7 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Great for a model of London Underground 😀

Could also be translated as..

 

Over the wifes head railway, depending which room she is in…

[Ian Hargrave]

48 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

This is Birmingham - it will be some rather delicious curry and Cadbury's chocolate for dessert.

Curry maybe. But Bourneville is now American owned and on short measure.In any case it’s in the more fashionable part of Birmingham . Tyseley sure ain’t. Still it has its 84E heritage to commend it as somewhere for Accurascale to establish itself.
 

[Ian Hargrave]

59 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

It's not the traffic, it's the traffic lights - always on red, always against you.

Then try the M6 ….no traffic lights there.

[woodenhead]

24 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said:

Then try the M6 ….no traffic lights there.

Except on a Friday evening when they turn it into a car park, so then you have to use the 'faster' red traffic light' routes.

[woodenhead]

27 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said:

Curry maybe. But Bourneville is now American owned and on short measure.In any case it’s in the more fashionable part of Birmingham . Tyseley sure ain’t. Still it has its 84E heritage to commend it as somewhere for Accurascale to establish itself.
 

Depends on what they are aiming for - a warehouse in Newton-le-Willows would have suited the EE contingent of the fanbase, 84E on the other hand is GWR territory, great manor to house your Manors, but if your next item is an A3...

 

Still I think the team probably chose Birmingham for it's central links to the whole of the UK and it's available distribution centres at a cost effective rate.

[ikks]

2 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

Remember in the 80’s an April fool in Railway Modeller, with an underground layout under the floor and one of my colleagues falling for it!

So did I!!!😟😟😟

Felt like a real dick!

Mike

[Ian Hargrave]

1 hour ago, woodenhead said:

Depends on what they are aiming for - a warehouse in Newton-le-Willows would have suited the EE contingent of the fanbase, 84E on the other hand is GWR territory, great manor to house your Manors, but if your next item is an A3...

 

Still I think the team probably chose Birmingham for it's central links to the whole of the UK and it's available distribution centres at a cost effective rate.

Oddly enough,the Bachmann thread atm references nearby Barwell as being close to motorway access for ease of logistics. Tyseley is even closer though and use of the M42 onto M6 south for Thamesport orA14 Felixstowe/Harwich and M40 south for Southampton makes it a winner . The new EMA hub is also nearby. No wonder we’re stuffed with hgv.

[dibber25]

2 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

Remember in the 80’s an April fool in Railway Modeller, with an underground layout under the floor and one of my colleagues falling for it!

No doubt based on the 1960s one in Model Railway Constructor. (CJL)

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

6 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Banging on the doors demanding your purple beastie with the deep bass vibrations.

 

"Err don't you want Ann Summers mate, they're next door"

You missed out... with, after demanding, if thats the case surely.........

Edited May 15, 2022 by ERIC ALLTORQUE

[Michael Hodgson]

7 hours ago, adb968008 said:

Your keeping some under the floor boards ?

 

Hmm now thats one area of the house Ive not yet used…

 

That's reserved for a model of the Waterloo & City Line.

[Mad McCann]

On 13/05/2022 at 13:09, scots region said:

@Accurascale Fran a Scotrail IC 55 from you lot would definitely get a pre-order of me, assuming my bandwidth is up to the job. 

I'm massively impressed with that 'What if'.

The Deltic wears it exceptionally well!

 

Davy.

[Graham108]

21 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Banging on the doors demanding your purple beastie with the deep bass vibrations.

 

"Err don't you want Ann Summers mate, they're next door"

I have a mental image of Ann Summers selling something approx 12" long in purple🤩

[Colin_McLeod]

3 minutes ago, Graham108 said:

I have a mental image of Ann Summers selling something approx 12" long in purple🤩

...complete with sound.  🥲

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

The anticipation is like the night before christmas and your five years old,we know now what Phil Collins feels like sitting at the drums before the lights go up at a genesis gig.

I just hope Johnny five has worked out how to past the are you a robot question to get his...

[rembrow]

15 minutes ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

The anticipation is like the night before christmas and your five years old,we know now what Phil Collins feels like sitting at the drums before the lights go up at a genesis gig.

I just hope Johnny five has worked out how to past the are you a robot question to get his...

As long as postie/DPD/Evri etc don't also get into the Christmas anticipation spirit, and shin up the drainpipe before dropping AS Deltic down the chimney. I wonder if AS included that possibility in their packaging robustness test, including its resistence to a log fire. I'm also not leaving sherry and mince pies out!!

[Roy Langridge]

17 minutes ago, rembrow said:

I'm also not leaving sherry and mince pies out!!

 

I would hope not, it should be Guinness and Barmbrack.

Roy

[Bucoops]

1 hour ago, Colin_McLeod said:

...complete with sound.  🥲

 

Interesting new use of a stay alive too. Directional lighting could be interesting.

 

I think now we know why the purple one was so popular...

[TomScrut]

2 hours ago, Graham108 said:

I have a mental image of Ann Summers selling something approx 12" long in purple🤩

 

I like how you were generous with your rounding there

[MikeParkin65]

2 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

,we know now what Phil Collins feels like sitting at the drums before the lights go up at a genesis gig.

 

'Must remember to fax the wife and tell her shes dumped' ? lol

[woodenhead]

3 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

The anticipation is like the night before christmas and your five years old,we know now what Phil Collins feels like sitting at the drums before the lights go up at a genesis gig.

I just hope Johnny five has worked out how to past the are you a robot question to get his...

"Egads Phil, what is that awful smell"

"Don't worry Mike.  It's just something in the air tonight" looks down "Oh lord!"

[brushman47544]

22 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

That's reserved for a model of the Waterloo & City Line.

Wouldn’t the outflow pipes be more appropriate for the Waterloo & City Line?

[Graham108]

On 16/05/2022 at 13:03, TomScrut said:

 

I like how you were generous with your rounding there

OK so it's only 11" - but let's face it all men exaggerate

[reddragon]

Just wondering @Accurascale Fran, on the sound version does each power unit start up separately like the real thing? My Class 52 DCC sound starts both together which isn't correct?

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

3 minutes ago, reddragon said:

Just wondering @Accurascale Fran, on the sound version does each power unit start up separately like the real thing? My Class 52 DCC sound starts both together which isn't correct?

Does it not,it even has the driver profanitys when it does not fire first time,theres film on you tube Accurascale channel of the Deltic sound