RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted March 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2023 Hi @Suzy Sulzer, Many thanks for posting the pics. It was great to show off the body tooling for the first time and modellers seemed to like it a lot. We have a fully finished sample due with us very soon which we will show off once it lands. Cheers! Fran 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi @Suzy Sulzer, Many thanks for posting the pics. It was great to show off the body tooling for the first time and modellers seemed to like it a lot. We have a fully finished sample due with us very soon which we will show off once it lands. Cheers! Fran Remember to bring the 50 to Bangor Fran so I can have a look! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Looks like its multiplied the level of the Hornby underbody detail by a factor of 4 at least!! Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 All I can say is, that is looking very good so far! bit disappointed that I couldnt make it, but those pictures are looking good. One question Fran / McC .. will the noses have the grab rails / washer jets added? Also, not sure if its the camera angle but the marker lights in the former headcode area look at little underscale? NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted March 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, NickL2008 said: All I can say is, that is looking very good so far! bit disappointed that I couldnt make it, but those pictures are looking good. One question Fran / McC .. will the noses have the grab rails / washer jets added? Also, not sure if its the camera angle but the marker lights in the former headcode area look at little underscale? NL As Fran said, these are just some first tooling shots, the actual EP samples will be shared in the coming weeks :) 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted March 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, NickL2008 said: Also, not sure if its the camera angle but the marker lights in the former headcode area look at little underscale? NL Funny you should say that as my first thought was they look pretty spot on. That’s based on the assumption however that the black rubber surround is the raised ring, not inside it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: Funny you should say that as my first thought was they look pretty spot on. That’s based on the assumption however that the black rubber surround is the raised ring, not inside it. Agreed, especially as those on the Bachmann 47 are too large (no. 1 end with the grommets that is, the sealed beams at no. 2 end are fine). I always felt the Heljan ones looked more to scale so a friend of mine measured those on 47643 at Bo'ness and found that is the case - Heljan spot on, Bachmann too large. Edited March 21, 2023 by Flood 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: Funny you should say that as my first thought was they look pretty spot on. That’s based on the assumption however that the black rubber surround is the raised ring, not inside it. Yes there is that possibility that it could be a raised surrond, and the lens sits in a recess, I guess well see when the EP's come out soon as Fran and McC have said NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Flood said: Agreed, especially as those on the Bachmann 47 are too large (no. 1 end with the grommets that is, the sealed beams at no. 2 end are fine). I always felt the Heljan ones looked more to scale so a friend of mine measured those on 47643 at Bo'ness and found that is the case - Heljan spot on, Bachmann too large. Bachmanns 47s marker lights ive also always said are too big, and they just look wrong on the new model, which lets it down, but thats going off topic NL 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Going by 50006's no. 2 end headcode panel which is sitting in one of my cupboards at the moment I've measured the following dimensions: Overall diameter of horn covers including edge: 250mm (actually 10 inches? Probably) Overall diameter of marker lights including rubber edge: 222mm Diameter of opaque area in centre of marker lights: 176mm and just for completeness Overall length of panel covering original headcode box: 1197mm Distance between marker lights, rh edge of left hand rubber to lh edge of right hand rubber: 636mm Edited March 25, 2023 by Flood 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Flood said: Going by 50006's no. 2 end headcode panel which is sitting in one of my cupboards at the moment I've measured the following dimensions: Overall diameter of horn covers including edge: 250mm (actually 10 inches? Probably) Overall diameter of marker lights including rubber edge: 222mm Diameter of opaque area in centre of marker lights: 176mm and just for completeness Overall length of panel covering original headcode box: 1197mm Distance between marker lights, rh edge of left hand rubber to lh edge of right hand rubber: 636mm And some other people just have skeletons in their cupboards… 😃 At least yours should be clean… its Ajax afterall. Edited March 25, 2023 by adb968008 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 9 hours ago, adb968008 said: And some other people just have skeletons in their cupboards… 😃 At least yours should be clean… its Ajax afterall. Ajax? Ajax? I think you need to look at your railway books again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, Flood said: Ajax? Ajax? I think you need to look at your railway books again. Neptune’s fury … I thought I read 046. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted March 27, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2023 Hi everyone, Let's start Monday the right way, with some teasers of our first full EP sample.... Look for more pics soon, and make sure you get your pre-order in via your local stockist, or direct: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/class-50 Cheers! Fran 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonM Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi everyone, Let's start Monday the right way, with some teasers of our first full EP sample.... Look for more pics soon, and make sure you get your pre-order in via your local stockist, or direct: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/class-50 Cheers! Fran Looking good. Appreciate just a first sample, but do the wipers really stop in the middle of the front screens? Or maybe they're being modelled mid-swipe? Or even fully mechanised? Haha, that'll be when we know details have gone too far when we have fully working wipers on models! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted March 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2023 It is great to see the grab rails under the headcone box and the nozzles for the windscreen sprayer. Neither of those details are on the Hornby version. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 25/03/2023 at 09:57, Flood said: Going by 50006's no. 2 end headcode panel which is sitting in one of my cupboards at the moment I've measured the following dimensions: Overall diameter of horn covers including edge: 250mm (actually 10 inches? Probably) Overall diameter of marker lights including rubber edge: 222mm Diameter of opaque area in centre of marker lights: 176mm and just for completeness Overall length of panel covering original headcode box: 1197mm Distance between marker lights, rh edge of left hand rubber to lh edge of right hand rubber: 636mm Not many bits of 006 around, have seen a number panel and nameplates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 19 minutes ago, LaGrange said: Not many bits of 006 around, have seen a number panel and nameplates Plenty of bits probably out there, just need someone with an Aldi spot welding machine to stitch them together and we might have another preserved loco😁 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted March 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, MoonM said: Looking good. Appreciate just a first sample, but do the wipers really stop in the middle of the front screens? Or maybe they're being modelled mid-swipe? Or even fully mechanised? There were two "parked" positions for the Class 50 windscreen wipers when not in use. IIRC there was a nob on the desk you could turn to select either the central or outer position. My recollection is that before refurbishment, they were normally parked in the outer position, but after refurbishment it was the driver's choice. I agree their position on Fran's EP is very much mid-swipe. Personally I would prefer the outer position as its very much more in keeping with the face of the loco. Edited March 27, 2023 by brushman47544 attempt at improving clarity 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted March 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, franciswilliamwebb said: Those wipers look like they have stopped mid-swipe rather than being parked. This image shows what I remember parked as being parked in the central position. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham108 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, brushman47544 said: Those wipers look like they have stopped mid-swipe rather than being parked. Perhaps the driver wanted to put newspaper under them in case there was a frost overnight! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirwilliamfrs Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Stunning underframe and bogie detail, right down to the AWS receiver! Looking at quality of the rest of the cab front detail, I am unconcerned at the wiper position or shape, as the wipers shown cannot be the finished articles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted March 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2023 4 hours ago, brushman47544 said: Those wipers look like they have stopped mid-swipe rather than being parked. This image shows what I remember parked as being parked in the central position. They're definitely in the parked position, I have mine plumbed in and aired-up on my cab (50046) and they stop in that position when the operating knob is turned to park. When built, they always seemed to park on the outer part of the screens, whether a result of a differing air switch or the plumbing arrangement, who knows! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2023 I take it the horn grilles are the same as on the production 37s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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