Accurascale's First Steam Locomotive; GWR Collett 78xx Manor Class!

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

Well by Key Model World they are here,paid my balance this morning after they e mailed, want it done with TRS smoke system so got it non sound,see how it turns out eh.

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said:

Can we see a video of the box unboxing?

Yes, I want to see a video of them unboxing a box of boxes...!

 

[Lord Cooper]

2 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

Well by Key Model World they are here,paid my balance this morning after they e mailed, want it done with TRS smoke system so got it non sound,see how it turns out eh.

Oh yes , that will be the ultimate oo gauge steam loco , I might have to do the same . Bradley manor here we come 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[Miss Prism]

16 hours ago, Ribird said:

I just got Great Western Manors by Laurence Waters. Thankfully found some pics of the five Bristol Bath Manors around 1946-48, only one in clear enough detail, which is on page 23. It shows 7814 Fringford Manor in 1948 with narrow hornplates and what looks to be a flush tender. But interestingly, Dapol produced 7814 with a riveted tender? (7814 did get a wide hornplate riveted tender by 1955) Either I’m seeing the picture wrong and Dapol did it correctly, or the other way around. Which would it be? (I have 7819 on order, which is flush and narrow hornplates)

 

To muddy the 7814 tender situation further, the loco ran with a Collett 3500g for a while.

 

[melmerby]

7 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

 

To muddy the 7814 tender situation further, the loco ran with a Collett 3500g for a while.

 

Is that tender lined or is it just uniform crud?

[Ribird]

12 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

 

To muddy the 7814 tender situation further, the loco ran with a Collett 3500g for a while.

 

Fantastic news, even more mud to sift through. Thankfully I’m earlier than that mess with what you’ve shown. 

[Miss Prism]

7 hours ago, melmerby said:

Is that tender lined or is it just uniform crud?

 

It looks unlined, which is a bit odd, since most Collett 3500g seem to be lined, and received lining even when being shopped as late as 1964. That said, some of them could have been in post-1958/60 economy green. Collett 3500g tenders were comparatively rare, there being only 27 of them.

 

[trevor7598]

My retailer has requested full payment for my Torquay Manor,

and say it is due in 14 days time, so they are not far away!

[ThaneofFife]

18 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Yes, I want to see a video of them unboxing a box of boxes...!

 

Msybe next itll be a video of the DHL driver pulling up making the delivery of the box.......ho hum.

[Black 5 Bear]

5 hours ago, trevor7598 said:

My retailer has requested full payment for my Torquay Manor,

and say it is due in 14 days time, so they are not far away!

Likewise with Derails, 7812 Erlestoke  Manor will soon be with us!

Edited August 3, 2023 by Black 5 Bear

[Lord Cooper]

2 hours ago, Black 5 Bear said:

Likewise with Derails, 7812 Erlestoke  Manor will soon be with us!

Is that batch 2 ? If so that's not bad for between batches . Says that my bradleyanor is shipped and coming to me , I think it's early but it might be genuine.  I'm on holiday so I'll have to rearrange the delivery if it comes before tomorrow 

[JST]

All this hype, anticipation and excitement is getting silly. So much so that I have decided to opt out of it and not look at my Accurascale account order for evidence of shipping more than once an hour.

[Lord Cooper]

1 hour ago, JST said:

All this hype, anticipation and excitement is getting silly. So much so that I have decided to opt out of it and not look at my Accurascale account order for evidence of shipping more than once an hour.

Same here , although it will all die down once there released . This chat will become a ghost town 😂. Fran when are the sound  decoders due ?

 

[Melangoose]

Do any of you folks know if Hinton Manor is in the 1st batch from China or the 2nd?

[gwrrob]

12 minutes ago, Melangoose said:

Do any of you folks know if Hinton Manor is in the 1st batch from China or the 2nd?

 

Second.

[Melangoose]

6 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Second.

thank you

[Adrock]

I saw one running on Pete Waterman’s Making Tracks 3 today at Chester cathedral. Looked amazing and ran pretty well too!

 

The class 89 was outstanding actually. 

Edited August 4, 2023 by Adrock

[gwrrob]

On 04/08/2023 at 19:41, Adrock said:

I saw one running on Pete Waterman’s Making Tracks 3 today at Chester cathedral. Looked amazing and ran pretty well too!

 

 

[Harry220]

Hopefully we may see shipping commence this week. Hornby Magazine advised Bradley Manor would be shipping from today although I have a feeling that is fairly unlikely.

[McC]

5 minutes ago, Harry220 said:

Hopefully we may see shipping commence this week. Hornby Magazine advised Bradley Manor would be shipping from today although I have a feeling that is fairly unlikely.

Hopefully won’t be :) 

[No Decorum]

27 minutes ago, McC said:

Hopefully won’t be :) 

Hopefully won’t be shipping starting this week or won’t be hopefully, i.e. definitely will be starting this week? 🚂 If it’s getting close it’s time to dig out my Colletts.

[McC]

2 minutes ago, No Decorum said:

Hopefully won’t be shipping starting this week or won’t be hopefully, i.e. definitely will be starting this week? 🚂 If it’s getting close it’s time to dig out my Colletts.

 

The manors are in the warehouse being counted and checked and dispatch should start asap. 

[Limpley Stoker]

I can’t see them yet !
 

 

 

[StuAllen]

So I’ve just seen the video Accurascale have posted showing their highlights from Making Tracks 3 - why have a I got a sudden urge to buy a sound enabled manor! I don’t model steam and I don’t have a dcc layout. 
 

It looks and sounds awesome! Well done Accurascale!

[Harry220]

2 hours ago, McC said:

 

The manors are in the warehouse being counted and checked and dispatch should start asap. 

Thank you Stephen, that is brilliant news. Incredibly excited to receive mine. Many thanks for the reply!