Mark 5, By Accurascale

[Market65]

They have arrived! They are fantastic! I’m so pleased with these TPE Mk 5a carriages. The box they were delivered in is huge at 18 inches by 18 inches by 9.5 inches. Inside it are the goodies. Good they are too. So let’s take a quick look at what you can expect to see on opening up the outercard box:

 

 

Now, I then, with the greatest of care, took the actual box the carriages are in out of the outer box. Then, again with extreme care opened it up. I have to say that I was just exclaiming “Oh Wow!” at regular intervals. It really is a jaw dropping time, with all sense of time vanishing! So here’s that box:

 

 

Now for the tray, is it? that the carriages are contained in:

 

 

As you can see at the top, the magic wand for the lights is found at the top. As with the sleepers, the carriages are wrapped up to help protect them. I can find no faults  with them at this time, with breakages etc.,

 

So, the destination boards. They are separately applied and I can’t decide whether to use varnish or something else.

 

 

 

The exquisite driving trailer will be given a Scarborough destination.

 

 

Also, you get a little booklet about the history of the Mk 5a’s, along with some details etc., of the models.

 

 

So, in short, I could not be happier. These models are groundbreaking, super detailed, exquisite replicas of the prototypes which make me think that I’m stood on Scarborough station waiting for the next TPE departure  to York.

Thank you, Accurascale. You have made a truly outstanding set of models here. 
 

I must now go and lay down and try and get my breath back. It’s been a remarkable afternoon!

 

Very best regards,

 

 Rob.

 

P.S.I’ve found out why I received no email. Since the pre order was placed, I changed my email address. The order etc., has gone to the old email address which I no longer use. I have got it fully updated in my details on the Accurascale website.

 

 

 

[AY Mod]

15 minutes ago, Market65 said:

So, the destination boards. They are separately applied and I can’t decide whether to use varnish or something else.

 

Clear PVA did a good job for me.

[Market65]

Many thanks, Andy, I’ll use clear PVA too. 
 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

[AY Mod]

3 minutes ago, Market65 said:

I’ll use clear PVA too

 

I just ran a cocktail stick dipped in the PVA around the inner of the frame. As there's a nice ledge in there the boards drop into it quite nicely with no excess coming out.

[Bill Radford]

Wow, justWOWWW!!!

 

A quick blast around the track in the attic - pull then push. No problems. Replaced tension lock with a Hunt magnetic and runs superbly. (Tested with Oxford Mk3s last year in advance)

 

 

[Bucoops]

I have to say, these coaches look amazing.

 

If that's what you can do with new fangled stuff, hurry up with LNER and GER stuff please :D

[Ncarter2]

The colour match of the coaches and 68 looks good.

[newbryford]

9 minutes ago, Bill Radford said:

 

 

Good to see that any colour differences between loco and coaches isn't particularly glaring as the blue/purple areas aren't immediately next to each other.

 

[TomScrut]

2 minutes ago, Ncarter2 said:

The colour match of the coaches and 68 looks good.

 

Which I find interesting given all anyone wanted to say about the end of the 68 when it came out is "it's wrong".

 

In reality, I expect it's just very difficult to get that amount of colour variation (as exhibited by the real life trains) into the paint that goes on the models.

 

I am pleased they match the 68 well, not matching those is a bigger issue than it matching what looks like a pearlescent finish in real life in all situations.

[TomScrut]

2 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

Good to see that any colour differences between loco and coaches isn't particularly glaring as the blue/purple areas aren't immediately next to each other.

 

 

I saw a photo on Facebook of the cabs next to each other and they look close too, which is good

[TomScrut]

On 23/01/2023 at 14:52, adb968008 said:

these coaches have been on sale since before Covid. There’s no excuses not have bought them. There was several different payment routes on offer and very flexible terms. Until recently most were on sale,  aside of the 6 coach Aberdeen set, most were in stock until not long ago.

 

if people missed them it’s their own issue, £25 down they could have bought them years ago and paid in instalments

 

Exactly. A bit like the 68s, 023 and 032. They had been on pre order available for two years yet the moment they showed up people were scrapping about for them.

[jamie.dunn]

So glad I decided to pre-order a set after I started working on the real deal early November. 
 

so I won’t be High on the delivery list but honestly I can’t wait, seeing photos filter through show just how much work has gone into them… 

 

Little Felix will finally have something to pull ( Felix was actually purchased after the coaches were ordered 🤣). 

 

 

 

[Torbay Express]

20 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Good to see that any colour differences between loco and coaches isn't particularly glaring as the blue/purple areas aren't immediately next to each other.

 

Will it matter when you weather and graffiti yours up????? 

[Torbay Express]

On 23/01/2023 at 12:34, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

The way these are going on e bay the lads need to keep a pallet back of each for the pension fund, i did think by now the tread would have had someone posting they have the coverted dispatch e mail for TPE,s

I think that the largest issue with the ebay thing, is simply the Chinese are a pretty intelligent bunch, and they can see all this 'third party inflation' by logging on a computer or their mobile phones. 

 

They start seeing those prices and you wonder why prices go up extortionatly year after year, like with other manufacturers.  Its simple - they produce an item for x, see on e-bay a few sell for 3 or 4 times, and all of a sudden models are costing much more from the manufacturers, because they think every item should be selling for 'that much!', and are happy to increase prices accordingly.... 

 

 

[atom3624]

My 5-coach TPE set just arrived today - look absolutely stunning.

Might get them out this evening.

If not, will await the weekend.

 

Al.

[Legend]

Alas mine still not despatched despite being ordered almost straight away .  Brutus has conked out through fuel exhaustion at the end of the platform 

[Code3Displays]

Wow, what can I add to what hasn't already been said. These are stunning!

First Mk5's arrived today so I thought i'd see how the working display screens look.

Well done Accurascale, top work :-)

Edited January 25, 2023 by Code3Displays
Corrected spelling :-)

[newbryford]

3 hours ago, Torbay Express said:

Will it matter when you weather and graffiti yours up????? 

Not weathered, but....

 

 

[Torbay Express]

32 minutes ago, newbryford said:

Not weathered, but....

 

 

Good to know that the vandals are thinking of you..... 

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

Sad that society sees fit to let property be defaced like that, i doubt if they caught who find this fun that there is any law to cover it and stop them doing it.imagine it been done to the steam fleet of the time.

[AY Mod]

1 minute ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

Who knew they run to Little Bytham...........must be a new service.

 

I'm confused.

[brittannia]

Achilles and Brutus wait is over my M5s arrived today thank you Accurascale

[John ks]

Tried to run a 16-coach train (with original magnetic couplings) & it continually decoupled between coaches 2 & 3 after a couple hundred millimetres.

Tried Kadee & Hornby/Roco couplings, they worked but I wasn’t happy with either

Was going to borrow Fleischmann Profi from other wagons when I found a half empty bulk pack of Profi’s that I had forgotten about.

With those & some I borrowed from other wagons I had enough to do the first 14 coaches  

After loosing a couple of troublesome bogies, I finally had a 16-coach train that would do laps without uncoupling

Apart from the magnetic couplings that didn’t work for me I am otherwise happy with the train

The loop of track has a 2.3% grade which the class 92 handled easily.

[Ian Hargrave]

Brutus has finally found gainful employment. This set is astounding. It works well too in both directions thanks to great design & attention to detail,especially the magnetic couplings, on my tabletop roundy. We now have contemporary 21stC locomotive powered passenger trains in OO scale of incomparable quality. 

 

[McC]

3 hours ago, John ks said:

Tried to run a 16-coach train (with original magnetic couplings) & it continually decoupled between coaches 2 & 3 after a couple hundred millimetres.

Tried Kadee & Hornby/Roco couplings, they worked but I wasn’t happy with either

Was going to borrow Fleischmann Profi from other wagons when I found a half empty bulk pack of Profi’s that I had forgotten about.

With those & some I borrowed from other wagons I had enough to do the first 14 coaches  

After loosing a couple of troublesome bogies, I finally had a 16-coach train that would do laps without uncoupling

Apart from the magnetic couplings that didn’t work for me I am otherwise happy with the train

The loop of track has a 2.3% grade which the class 92 handled easily.

 

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