Accurascale Welcomes Alex Carpenter On Board

[Accurascale]

Our Accurascale family grows ever stronger as Alex Carpenter has joined us in the role of Project Manager (Special Projects and Reproductions). 

 

Alex will be familiar to many within the hobby through his business "ABC Workshops", set up by Alex at the tender age of 14 to detail and weather models to a professional standard in 4mm and 7mm. Alex has also written numerous articles on detailing and improving existing ready-to-run (RTR) models for "Rail Express Modeller", further demonstrating his excellent eye for detail and wish to push RTR models to the next level.

 

 

In 2011 Alex began working with Bachmann Europe on their annual catalogue and from 2019 joined the company full time as a a Researcher and Design Engineer, a role which he held until joining us last month.

A long time member of Derby club, Mickleover MRG since 1998, Alex has been heavily involved in organising the Derby roundhouse show and overseeing MMRG Exclusives, limited edition models for the club.

Away from the model railway scene, Alex also holds interest in the real railway, and there have been some big developments recently in this area. 

 

As part of the 125 group, Alex has taken the plunge into real train ownership, realising a life long ambition with the purchase of a HST powercar! 43025 has been secured for preservation and recently moved to Ruddington to being its new life after finishing its career in squadron service on the mainline.

 

 

The plan for 43025 is to restore it to mainline operating condition so while Alex will be working on producing museum quality models for you to enjoy by day, he will also be working to restore 43025 to her former glory for you to enjoy on railtours and galas at the weekend!

 

Speaking about joining Accurascale, Alex expressed his excitement about the job ahead; “I’m very pleased to have been invited to be a part of ‘The A Team’, and I’m genuinely excited to start on a new chapter in my working life with them doing what I love.

 

"The industry has changed significantly in the last few years, and I firmly believe Accurascale has changed the UK market for the better, bringing modellers and enthusiasts high quality well presented models at reasonable prices, whilst also actively pushing the boundaries of what is physically possible in a model regardless of what has gone before. Price doesn’t mean compromise.

 

"For me it’s also about the presentation and launch of a model and not just the work that goes into it behind the scenes, breathing fresh air into key things like packaging, paperwork, accessories and even social media. Another big one for me is being able to buy an entire rake of wagons off the shelf, all with different running numbers and variations, a novelty which simply didn’t exist in the UK market before.

 

"The use of high quality DCC sound and speakers as a factory fit, to the same standard that was previously only achievable via the aftermarket has also become a major game changer. All of these things have now become the standard by which other manufacturers are measured by, and I’m excited to be let loose on some new projects large and small.. or is that small or far away..! Here’s to the future.”

 

Accurascale Managing Director Stephen McCarron outlined his excitement on adding Alex to the team; "As accurascale continues it’s drive to bring innovation, fidelity and fair pricing to the market, we are delighted to welcome our newest team member, Alex, to help us maintain and exceed our high standards of delivery and customer experience.

 

"With extensive industry and ‘real’ train experience, we’re excited to showcase what Alex brings to accurascale in the months and years ahead! He is already working on some very interesting projects which we know will delight and excite the hobby as they come on stream in the coming years."

Look out for some exciting and interesting models from Alex in Accurascale boxes very soon!

[sulzer71]

Congrats mate :)

[E100]

Congrats on the new job. Fantastic news to see Accurascale keep expanding. The pace of development is clearly going to continue to accelerate with the additional staff members being added which is great news for the hobby. That's also certainly one way to get the froth going over a potential HST!

[Bucoops]

Congrats :)

 

So new announcement soon - HST? 😁

[Ian Hargrave]

Well done Alex and class judgement on Accurascale’s part .Fantastic news.About time you had the opportunity to reach the full potential that’s always been there.Look forward to seeing you on the Accurascale stand soon. 

Edited May 10, 2023 by Ian Hargrave
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[RedgateModels]

Nice one Alex 😃

[Northmoor MPD]

Great news, congratulations!

 

Fingers crossed for a Accurascale HST 🤞🤞

If so, can you announce it before I pay for my red box one? 😁

 

Asking for a friend…is there anyone left at Barwell? 😅😂

Edited May 10, 2023 by Northmoor MPD

[RedgateModels]

1 minute ago, Northmoor MPD said:

 

 

Fingers crossed for a Accurascale HST 🤞🤞

 

 

 

in O gauge .....

 

or preferably the Prototype 252 in OO, pretty please 😁

Edited May 10, 2023 by RedgateModels

[Krieghoff]

Welcome to the fold......the Accurascale fold that is!

👍👍

[Covkid]

Congratulations Alex.

Accuracies clearly choose well.

 

Although HSTs were TOPS era, please don't forget blue pre TOPS !!!

[woodenhead]

Congratulations Alex

 

Is the SK announcement still embargoed 😁

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

4 hours ago, Bucoops said:

Congrats :)

 

So new announcement soon - HST? 😁

 

2 hours ago, RedgateModels said:

in O gauge .....

Hmm this sounds very Richard Watson also,Lulu must have something to drive about the garden.

[60800]

If this isn't a 'soft' announcement for an Accura-HST I don't know what is 😂

 

Congrats Alex and it's great to see the Accurascale team growing. 

 

Should I be selling my Hornby HST's now? 😉

 

Cheers,

  60800

[Islesy]

1 hour ago, woodenhead said:

Is the SK announcement still embargoed 😁

I think we can safely say that's a definite NO.

[Bucoops]

2 hours ago, Islesy said:

I think we can safely say that's a definite NO.

 

Oh :( I reckon Stephen King could come up with a wicked Steampunk Horror range. You could call it "The Devil is in the Detail, Detail, Detail".

[Bucoops]

3 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Congratulations Alex

 

Is the SK announcement still embargoed 😁

 

I reckon Rapido might snap him up?

[Huw Griffiths]

28 minutes ago, Bucoops said:

 

Oh :( I reckon Stephen King could come up with a wicked Steampunk Horror range. You could call it "The Devil is in the Detail, Detail, Detail".

 

I reckon I'd give that one a very wide berth - I think it might be called "exorcising restraint"?

 

OK - coat - hat - clove of garlic - gone.

[wairoa]

3 hours ago, 60800 said:

If this isn't a 'soft' announcement for an Accura-HST I don't know what is 😂

 

Congrats Alex and it's great to see the Accurascale team growing. 

 

Should I be selling my Hornby HST's now? 😉

 

Cheers,

  60800

 That’s how I read it. An Accurascale HST would be outstanding!👍

[ruggedpeak]

10 minutes ago, wairoa said:

 That’s how I read it. An Accurascale HST would be outstanding!👍

Accurately reproducing the moss growing in the panel gaps will be a challenge though!

 

Congrats to Alex.

[Mike Bellamy]

Well that's two secrets in the same announcement as our club members have known about the move to Accurascale and the purchase of 43025 for a while and so now it's been made public, we can all add our congratulations to Alex. I must admit that it was a bit of a surprise to see such a large photo of his face on a big PC screen whilst trying to drink my early morning tea - it's bad enough seeing him twice a week at club !!🤣

 

For those interested in 43025, have a look at this on YouTube which shows the transfer from Ely to Ruddington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y6hoSL9qd4

 

As for the next model to be produced, I think I might know - it's another of Alex's favourites, he's sitting in it in that first photo and it can be seen in the video link above - after all, if Rapido can make buses, why can't Accurascale make a model of a Volvo V70 - I have lost count of the number of different ones he's had over the years.

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[97406]

You do seem to be attracting some proper cranks. Keep it up! 🤗

[scottrains29]

Great news.

 

Hopefully Accurascale will produce a XC 43 pack in the first production run. Hornby produced plenty of the xc mk3s but not enough power cars!

[figworthy]

On 10/05/2023 at 16:26, Islesy said:

I think we can safely say that's a definite NO.

 

What is it they say about not believing anything until it has been officially denied ? 😈

 

Adrian

[Ian Hargrave]

10 hours ago, Mike Bellamy said:

Well that's two secrets in the same announcement as our club members have known about the move to Accurascale and the purchase of 43025 for a while and so now it's been made public, we can all add our congratulations to Alex. I must admit that it was a bit of a surprise to see such a large photo of his face on a big PC screen whilst trying to drink my early morning tea - it's bad enough seeing him twice a week at club !!🤣

 

For those interested in 43025, have a look at this on YouTube which shows the transfer from Ely to Ruddington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y6hoSL9qd4

 

As for the next model to be produced, I think I might know - it's another of Alex's favourites, he's sitting in it in that first photo and it can be seen in the video link above - after all, if Rapido can make buses, why can't Accurascale make a model of a Volvo V70 - I have lost count of the number of different ones he's had over the years.

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I’ll endorse this. Watch the video.It’s fascinating and very professionally made.Starring Mr.Accurascale Cool and the trademark V70….which will soon get a reputation as a scene stealer akin to Ivo Peters’ famous Riley ( ? ). The video is the best possible commercial for the forthcoming ( ? ) ACC 125. 
 

[Pmorgancym]

I'm guessing the issue with an Accurascale HST is, you have to go all In and do the coaches as the only source for MK111s is a competitor so they can run you out of town by putting huge prices on MK3s or ensuring what they release  doesn't match your power cars or the nuclear option only release them in train packs with their own power cars and effectively starve you out...

Edited May 14, 2023 by Pmorgancym