RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, Southernman46 said: Anywho, Don't need one of these - must resist .......... must resist .................... must resist 😵 (been trying to convince myself ever since seeing the EP sample in Rails emporium ............ it's a stunning model) That sums up my situation well. I don't have knitting, model the 1975-1985 era,so it is just too late, and still I keep hovering over the order button. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Accurascale Posted June 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2023 Badgers Break Cover! Check Out Class 89 Decorated Samples And Update Great news! We've received decorated samples of our exciting new Class 89 special edition locomotive produced in association with our friends Rails Of Sheffield! Yesterday we previewed the beautiful GNER blue Badger on our social media channels and promised a full update on one of our most hotly anticipated projects to date. Now we can bring you up to speed with the progress of the project and reveal the one off loco in its as delivered Intercity Executive livery and of course the Intercity Swallow from its BR days and as it is currently in preservation. As you can see, it has progressed very well since announcement last summer, with the tooling samples and now these decorated samples looking very well indeed. Our factory has done a truly fabulous job in tooling this marvel of Brush Engineering in miniature, with the complex shape around the face of the locomotive being spot on and matching perfectly with our scan and drawings. Utilising the same DCC operated pantograph mechanism as our much loved Class 92, the 89 has tried and tested technology throughout meaning we have been able to develop this locomotive at a much quicker pace than our Dyson, which once again is the benefit of now having several cutting edge locomotives under our belts. The locomotive is an excellent performer too, with excellent smooth running characteristics, weighty chassis meaning excellent haulage capacity, and of course, our industry leading specification of Powerbank capacitors, helical gearing and multiple lighting configurations means it will be a talking point on any layout. Sound will be of course provided via ESU Loksound 5 DCC decoders with a full custom sound file. It will also make use of our much loved Accurathrash sound set up with large speaker and smaller sugar cube speaker for maximum sound performance. We are anxiously awaiting completion of the repairs of the real locomotive at Brush Loughborough before recording the loco sound in the coming weeks. You can bet that the sound file on this locomotive is going to sound awesome! With China now returning to normal after their change on COVID policy in early 2023 production is gearing up but has been slightly delayed due to the shut down of factories earlier this year. We will now see delivery in Q4 2023 instead of Q3 2023 as mentioned when first announced but as you can see, the slight delay will be well worth it. Make sure you get your order in via Rails of Sheffield, or direct via our website by clicking the link below. With production about to commence we are about to confirm production numbers with the factory so expect these to sell out quickly in the coming weeks. Don't miss out! Pre-order your Class 89 today right here: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/class-89 19 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purnu Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Simply stunning. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 Where’s the drool emoji? 🫠 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2023 I remember thinking "Ugh!" at the first photos of the Class 89 back in the 1980s but I am looking forward to one of those coming! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 Just imagine a parallel universe where an order was placed for a fleet of them. I’ll leave that with you…. …and no, I’m not before you ask! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Accurascale said: I’m tempted to do a 89002 following the wildlife charity naming. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy2305 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Truly a thing of beauty! Can't wait for my IC Executive one! - James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Fair Oak Junction Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2023 50 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: I’m tempted to do a 89002 following the wildlife charity naming. I love that idea!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2023 Looking great. I really glad that I ordered the class 89 in exec. Well done @Accurascale Only a quarter slippage suggests the production time is becoming a lot more predictable which is good news all round too. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7100 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 6 hours ago, 97406 said: Just imagine a parallel universe where an order was placed for a fleet of them. I’ll leave that with you…. …and no, I’m not before you ask! That's exactly what I was thinking. My imagination has been doing overtime remembering WCML Speedlink & steel formations racing up & down shap with railfreight distribution livered class 89/1's. Followed by Original Freightliner grey 89/2's on heavily laden container flows to and from mossend. Come on you Accurascale guys. You know you want too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, D7100 said: That's exactly what I was thinking. My imagination has been doing overtime remembering WCML Speedlink & steel formations racing up & down shap with railfreight distribution livered class 89/1's. Followed by Original Freightliner grey 89/2's on heavily laden container flows to and from mossend. Come on you Accurascale guys. You know you want too. Not to mention…. Image nicked from here…. http://www.25kv.uk/fictitiousliveries.php 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac1874 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 pre ordered........3.....For a one off prototype. What am I doing? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Ordered the executive liveried version as that is the livery I had it for haulage in. It looks fantastic, just a little tweak of the stripes on the cab corners and it’ll be spot on. im looking forward to getting my hands on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 10 hours ago, 97406 said: Not to mention…. Image nicked from here…. http://www.25kv.uk/fictitiousliveries.php looking at some of the other fictitious liveries on that site it’s funny that there are a few that have actually happened, large logo and triple grey 66s and the blue pullman HST for example 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 17 hours ago, 97406 said: Just imagine a parallel universe where an order was placed for a fleet of them. I’ll leave that with you…. …and no, I’m not before you ask! Railriders magazine came out with 89008 on the cover once back in the 1980’s…. Dead excited as a kid at the time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, 97406 said: Not to mention…. Image nicked from here…. http://www.25kv.uk/fictitiousliveries.php No.. wrong.. no no.. just plain wrong. what is it with orange ? people drinking too much tango as a child ? 🙃 LNER Red might have been interesting though or perhaps TPE ? ok i’m leaving… Edited June 14, 2023 by adb968008 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, adb968008 said: No.. wrong.. no no.. just plain wrong. what is it with orange ? people drinking too much tango as a child ? 🙃 LNER Red might have been interesting though or perhaps TPE ? ok i’m leaving… There’s a Large Logo and Strathclyde PTE version amongst others on the Fictitious Liveries site 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 24 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Railriders magazine came out with 89008 on the cover once back in the 1980’s…. Dead excited as a kid at the time. I recall the original artist’s impression had a front end more akin to the Class 43 power car with a front valance, as opposed to the droop snoot of the prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 13/06/2023 at 10:15, Roy Langridge said: That sums up my situation well. I don't have knitting, model the 1975-1985 era,so it is just too late, and still I keep hovering over the order button. Roy Expand your era to around 88 and drag it with a diesel. Problem solved 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, adb968008 said: No.. wrong.. no no.. just plain wrong. what is it with orange ? people drinking too much tango as a child ? 🙃 LNER Red might have been interesting though or perhaps TPE ? ok i’m leaving… Don't you remember? The future's bright... The future's... (Other defunct telecommunications providers are also no longer available)0 Edited June 14, 2023 by letterspider 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25kV Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 14 hours ago, 97406 said: Not to mention…. Image nicked from here…. http://www.25kv.uk/fictitiousliveries.php One of the better ones. 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 1 minute ago, 25kV said: One of the better ones. 👍 I didn't like the actual Loadhaul livery application, but making it symmetrical along the length of the locomotive improved it a fair amount. I'd have loved it if it had been done in the style of Large Logo with just the lower cab fronts in yellow. A bit like the GBRF 50s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25kV Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 16 hours ago, D7100 said: That's exactly what I was thinking. My imagination has been doing overtime remembering WCML Speedlink & steel formations racing up & down shap with railfreight distribution livered class 89/1's. Followed by Original Freightliner grey 89/2's on heavily laden container flows to and from mossend. Come on you Accurascale guys. You know you want too. Don't get me started ... again. 😉 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 89 was never a freight loco, even if built, it would be in service today still as a passenger loco. The closest ive seen to a slope front freight loco is the OBB Taurus loco (which equally looks cool). (flickr url not mine) if it had built built in number, maybe now we would have seen some in Grand Central running on Euston to Blackpools. Edited June 14, 2023 by adb968008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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