NIRCLASS80 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 A couple of NSE West of England locos would be nice. 5 & 43 would be great. Along with 32 with the dark blue nameplates. Also 26 with the bandit windscreens and 31 in the last days large logo with NSE flashes on the headboard. Sure just make the fleet as seen between 1989 and withdrawal and then I will be bankrupt! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4 (edited) In 2016 I bought a 50 from Kernow to replicate 50032 Courageous. For whatever reason its still sitting part renumbered on my shelf. The blue nameplates really stood out on this 50, I have vivid memories of seeing it fly through Clapham. There, now Ive admitted it… it has to be in Batch 2…, just to guarentee it, this weekend i’ll get the box out and see if I can move it along a little… Edited April 4 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4 On 03/04/2024 at 09:09, Accurascale Fran said: Hi Tom, We may have been having a most epic internal argument about the viability of doing it. Some are for, some are not sure. We'll see where we end up with it! If more people lend a voice to the "for" cause here then it might help win the argument.... Cheers! Fran Based on responses so far, plus allowing for a few ditherers, a limited edition of about 20 models would sell out :-) As for darker NSE, you're never going to be able to please everyone so i would go for the common livery application with a shorter nameplate and no crest, making it easier for people to change identities without leaving visible marks. Me... I'll pass on any livery later than 1980s Large Logo and/or with an orange cantrail stripe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50025 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 This is what I remember best 50003at St Davids. Fran, when are you going to put us out of our misery and announce the next batch? 🤣 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted April 5 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5 14 hours ago, 50025 said: This is what I remember best 50003at St Davids. Fran, when are you going to put us out of our misery and announce the next batch? 🤣 Hi @50025, We will be announcing batch two at the end of this year. Cheers! Fran 7 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37081LochLong Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 6 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi @50025, We will be announcing batch two at the end of this year. Cheers! Fran Yeah let's actually get batch one in our hands before taking over the chat with batch 2, 3 and 4 :) 4 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 39 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi @50025, We will be announcing batch two at the end of this year. Cheers! Fran Looks like you just have announced it ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Bus Driver Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Got one of these beauties on preorder 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Seeing as I’m actually building a West Country plank just for this model and the accurascale HST, id better go ahead and order one really ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14 (edited) 50017 only seemed to run in this livery for a few years (and spent a few parked up at Tyseley). When it did run it was mostly Northern Belle… and we would need decent coaches to be made in this livery. You have some quite nice mk2d’s on the IRM site, could these get the BR era treatment ? https://irishrailwaymodels.com/en-gb/collections/murphy-models-mark-2d-coaches Edited April 14 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 2 hours ago, adb968008 said: 50017 only seemed to run in this livery for a few years (and spent a few parked up at Tyseley). When it did run it was mostly Northern Belle… and we would need decent coaches to be made in this livery. You have some quite nice mk2d’s on the IRM site, could these get the BR era treatment ? https://irishrailwaymodels.com/en-gb/collections/murphy-models-mark-2d-coaches I think there are one or two Irish quirks about the Murphy versions. If I recall correctly one of the Accurascale crew has already stated that all Mk2 versions are in their plans! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold zr2498 Posted April 15 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15 (edited) Just had this reminder from Accurascale. I've been waiting for a sound demo before making a decision. Is there one out there? Edited April 15 by zr2498 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meerkat Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 On 14/04/2024 at 11:21, adb968008 said: 50017 only seemed to run in this livery for a few years (and spent a few parked up at Tyseley). When it did run it was mostly Northern Belle… and we would need decent coaches to be made in this livery. You have some quite nice mk2d’s on the IRM site, could these get the BR era treatment ? https://irishrailwaymodels.com/en-gb/collections/murphy-models-mark-2d-coaches in BR grey and white and network rail yellow please :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50025 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Decided to bite the bullet and go for my 3rd 50, 017 in NSE as I saw her at Saltley when she was freshly painted. Disaster though, she was sold out! However, I’ve been saved by by favourite local model shop in Exmouth! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted April 16 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 19 hours ago, zr2498 said: Just had this reminder from Accurascale. I've been waiting for a sound demo before making a decision. Is there one out there? Hi @zr2498, Final sound file is just being finalised now. We will likely demo it in the decorated sample of 007 or 149 in the coming weeks. You can always place the pre-order on the website and if you don't like what you hear, just cancel it. It's no money down after all, and keeps the one you want reserved. Cheers! Fran 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) On 15/04/2024 at 12:58, zr2498 said: Just had this reminder from Accurascale. I've been waiting for a sound demo before making a decision. Is there one out there? Is it the angle of the photo or does the front cab windows slant not look quite right? P.S. please don’t shoot me, just saying. Edited April 16 by cornish trains jez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 (edited) 9 minutes ago, cornish trains jez said: Is it the angle of the photo or does the front cab windows slant not look quite right? P.S. please don’t shoot me, just staying. Looks pretty much spot on to me compared to photos at the same angle on Flickr. Roy Edited April 16 by Roy Langridge Typo 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 🙄 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said: Looks pretty much spot on to me compared to photos at the same angle on Flickr. Roy 21 minutes ago, Southernman46 said: 🙄 Must be my eyesight. Too many years modelling 2mm! 😂 Cracking looking model though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SulzerPeak Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, cornish trains jez said: Must be my eyesight. Too many years modelling 2mm! 😂 Cracking looking model though. Its years of looking at models with the wrong rake and angle. Hours of filing the old lima model and custom made windows made a slight difference! The Hornby one was much better but still iffy. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Just for a comparison: Hornby 50 with Shawplan etches I must do a better job of blending in the Phoenix Precision NSE dark blue. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted April 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16 4 hours ago, cornish trains jez said: Is it the angle of the photo or does the front cab windows slant not look quite right? P.S. please don’t shoot me, just saying. Its got the perscription windscreen fitted so driver does not need to use his glasses...........:) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post McC Posted April 17 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 17 (edited) 9 hours ago, SulzerPeak said: Its years of looking at models with the wrong rake and angle. Funnily enough the biggest challenge, we face nowadays is not in achieving accuracy of body shape, detailing, variations, bogie position and wheelbase or color matching, but rather that the customer will not compare to the prototype, but to models that have gone before, which are in many cases, quite wrong and part of our motivation to bring out corrections 😀 Edited April 17 by McC 14 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, McC said: Funnily enough the biggest challenge, we face nowadays is not in achieving accuracy of body shape, detailing, variations, bogie position and wheelbase or color matching, but rather that the customer will not compare to the prototype, but to models that have gone before, which are in many cases, quite wrong and part of our motivation to bring out corrections 😀 It's not just you, there was a post on here when the Midland Pullman HST first appeared that it was the wrong colour!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Here is my trio of CJM class 50’s. Certainly the benchmark in N by a country mile. Best regards, Jeremy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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