GBRf 66 The Flying Dustman Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Well will the 66s be docking in the uk this week I wonder, be interesting to see 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencoe Model Railway Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 On 17/05/2024 at 08:19, Dutch-Traindriver said: But who can cancel such a beautiful model as the Accurascale class 66....... I also cancelled both of mine. Didn’t fit with my plans anymore so someone else can have them at the correct price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham108 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 I've just found the email in my junk mail - there's no way I would open an email from such a dodgy looking address anyway. As I'm fully paid up for this I have no intention of doing anything further. On a separate note, I recently managed to look through the original 66's which I purchased from Hattons, and hadn't realised they were delivered with the buffer beam detail added to one end - will the A/S models be similarly delivered? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Several pages back, isn't there a 'here's how to' summary of removing the as received buffer beam, to replace with the detailed buffer beam supplied? Perhaps that's on the 66 001 thread? Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted May 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19 (edited) 4 hours ago, Glencoe Model Railway said: On 17/05/2024 at 08:19, Dutch-Traindriver said: But who can cancel such a beautiful model as the Accurascale class 66....... I also cancelled both of mine. Didn’t fit with my plans anymore so someone else can have them at the correct price. I ordered the green Freightliner version one evening at the beginning of August last year, then the very next morning the GBRf Prostate Cancer charity model was announced, which was a must have for me so I placed a further order. Spent the whole winter ruminating over the idea of buying both, then in March, with spring and summer approaching which means more time and money spent on outdoor activities and travel and less on model trains, I decided to deal with all my outstanding pre-orders by either paying in full or cancelling. It was obviously cheaper to change the airdam on my Hattons Freightliner 66 to fit a coupling, so it could haul from both ends and run round its train at the end of my layout, rather than purchasing that second Freightliner loco which would have been needed to pull the return working. So I cancelled Freightliner and paid the balance on the GBRf at the same time and someone can now have my Freightliner 66 direct from Accurascale at the correct price and meantime I eagerly await the arrival of the GBRf loco. Edited May 19 by cessna152towser grammar 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold farren Posted May 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20 Sorry can’t help myself, but…. Are they here yet? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieghoff Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Agree, 🤣. Was just going to ask the same question. are they here yet are they here yet!!!! 🤣🤣. we need those 66's Accurascale...... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shedmaster Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Hi, My money's on the gang being dockside as we type, unloading them PERSONALLY! 😇 Cheers, Shed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch-Traindriver Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 7 hours ago, farren said: Are they here yet? What a stress again. Everyone knows that locomotive 66001 came first at the time. If he had chosen it, he would have been driving around the EU for weeks with great satisfaction. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold StuAllen Posted May 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20 Facebook has the answer 11 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Does anyone know what DCC decoder we’ll need for these? Don’t think AS have advertised a custom Lokpilot for the 66 yet? Can someone at AS advise? Would any of the other decoders advertised as for 37etc do the job? Keen to get mine up and running once arrives and I don’t have option to run my layout on DC. Thanks, M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted May 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20 11 minutes ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: Read back on the thread from 66001 arriving,i would wait for the accurascale chip as they are on there way too or be disappointed as they need the custom item for full function. The Modelu crews are now on the website and in stock and we should have all the decoders (two sound versions and lokpilot) in the coming 3-4 days. 4 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 50025 Posted May 20 Popular Post Share Posted May 20 When I was 4 my father bought me my very first loco, a Hornby class 25. After many years of happy running it now sits with pride of place in my display cabinet. In a few weeks it will be joined by Evening Star, the last loco my father bought for me before he passed away in March. Thank you in advance accurascale, I know he would be proud to see this beauty arrive. 1 1 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 http://www.hornbyguide.com/year_details_pricelist.asp?yearid=14 This says the price was £9.50 when it was introduced in 1977. I sure I paid less than this - purchased from Hobbies in downtown Liverpool when it came out, me a teenager. Al. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold zr2498 Posted May 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21 Call me old fashioned, but those tattoos will have to go. Less painful than real ones though! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21 16 minutes ago, zr2498 said: Call me old fashioned, but those tattoos will have to go. Less painful than real ones though! you’ve got to admit though, being able to print them direct in colour onto the 3D print is pretty impressive! Nice to see Bessie as a figure, she uses considerably less plastic than me that’s for sure, I’d cost twice as much to produce! 11 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted May 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, big jim said: you’ve got to admit though, being able to print them direct in colour onto the 3D print is pretty impressive! Nice to see Bessie as a figure, she uses considerably less plastic than me that’s for sure, I’d cost twice as much to produce! Your just after the recipe for her Yorkshire puddings............Shes a popular driver i guess, followed you both on Twitter before i gave up on it,nice to see youngsters getting involved. As with all kids they are more tattooed than my sailor brother. It would be rude not to get her glued into As one We Can of the Hattons bunch though. Edited May 21 by ERIC ALLTORQUE 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold zr2498 Posted May 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, big jim said: you’ve got to admit though, being able to print them direct in colour onto the 3D print is pretty impressive! Nice to see Bessie as a figure, she uses considerably less plastic than me that’s for sure, I’d cost twice as much to produce! Could'nt resist - ordered her twin sister as well as a pair of 66s will be arriving soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21 3 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: It would be rude not to get her glued into As one We Can of the Hattons bunch though. although, being pedantic she’s wearing a GBRF uniform! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted May 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21 32 minutes ago, big jim said: although, being pedantic she’s wearing a GBRF uniform! Must have been taken by dark side,she was a Freightliner shunt driver as she had her picture in 66587, i take it you mean the model figure not the picture with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21 Just now, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: Must have been taken by dark side,she was a Freightliner shunt driver as she had her picture in 66587, i take it you mean the model figure not the picture with you. yeah the model figure is wearing a GB uniform as she’s with us now, saying that we did have ‘as one we can’ cascaded onto one of our engineers trains the other week at Holyhead (I was gutted as I was the train in front or I could have red penned it!) 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, big jim said: we did have ‘as one we can’ cascaded onto one of our engineers trains the other week at Holyhead (I was gutted as I was the train in front or I could have red penned it!) I wonder if the pink one still has "The Panther" written in the cabs above the windscreens? Can't remember if I've driven it, but it was around a lot on Mendips when I was a shunter. Jo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melton Works Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 8 hours ago, big jim said: you’ve got to admit though, being able to print them direct in colour onto the 3D print is pretty impressive! Nice to see Bessie as a figure, she uses considerably less plastic than me that’s for sure, I’d cost twice as much to produce! The colour print is a far better job than my previous attempt at a paint job! Bessie is a beautiful human being! Tatts an all! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 My Accurafolk have arrived. I thought they were a tad on the expensive side, but didn't realise they come ready painted - others I've had from Modelu required painting, so bonus there. The 66 crew now just need one small thing, erm, .... !! Al. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBRf 66 The Flying Dustman Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 49 minutes ago, atom3624 said: My Accurafolk have arrived. I thought they were a tad on the expensive side, but didn't realise they come ready painted - others I've had from Modelu required painting, so bonus there. The 66 crew now just need one small thing, erm, .... !! Al. Well hopefully they are currently going through quality control at Accurascale and they will start to get pre orders out next week 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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