Accurascale Fran

Hi everyone, As you can see, production of the silver queens is well under way! Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, We have sent off the changes to China and they will now be implemented in the production run. We noticed some decoration errors across all three liveries and taking the time to correct them means that delivery has now been delayed until late March as we are about to hit Chinese New Year. We really wanted to get them here beforehand but we rather they're right than rushed. Apologies for the slight delay but we know you value fidelity over everything. Cheers! Fran

Hi Paul, You’re looking at around 109mm (108.92 to be exact!) per wagon from buffer to buffer if that helps? Cheers! Fran

Hi Al, In all the pics we have seen so far the STS grey examples worked in their own rake, but that of course doesn’t mean they did not work with others, we just haven’t seen a picture of it yet! Yes, the CAIB livery was a one off. Cheers for your kind words! Fran

Cracking set of pics, Mick! Here is a pic with the detail pack put in place in addition to the decorated samples on the previous page. All it needs is a tail lamp! Cheers, Fran

The lettering is too light certainly and the lettering itself got a little stretched by China, but these snags have been communicated to the factory and will be corrected.

Hi everyone, Took the PCA samples down to my club last night for a shake down run, also took some closeups to show the detail on them a bit more. Firstly, some close-ups Nice long rake behind my Crompton And finally; a friend brought his repainted 73 so we could recreate this image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/southern_modellers/26139759602/in/album-72157666694657676/ Shocking last pic by myself, but you get the idea and video to follow! Cheers! Fran

Correct! Don’t worry though, we’re making enough to last us a long time, so won’t sell out straight away by any means! Cheers! Fran

Correct Mick, we do similar rake bundles for the Rugby and STS variants too and save a few quid on top, and then the ultimate bundle which is all the Castle, Rugby and STS packs together which has been more popular than we thought! Cheers, Fran

Hi Russellwar, STS Grey lasted from 1982 till about 1990 and Rugby cement lasted from about 85 to around 1990 too. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone We attended a New Years running day at the The Model Railway Society of Ireland club rooms today and felt it was the perfect time to give some of our pre-production cemflo wagons a run on their running layout. Once again we forgot our brake van, we really need some of those! It's great to see these silver queen beauties run and brings a close to a most memorable 2018. Thank you all for all the support and custom throughout 2018 and we wish you a very happy and peaceful new year. We have plenty coming your way in 2019, including a surprise or two along the way. It promises to be action packed! It's also worth keeping an eye and subbing to our new YouTube channel as we have plans for a lot more video content in the new year, and yes, the production values will be a tad better than below! Cheers! Fran

Hi Gary, It will not have FP cabs in this run. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Here's a look at the STS sample. Usual caveats apply! Cheers, Fran

Anyone care for some classic electric haulage of cemflos? As a lover of coathangers this has got me all gooey, I wont lie... https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/6770065421/in/album-72157624287975395/ Cheers, Fran

Hi Al, There is a black border on them. See below. And yes, there is some small variations on position which we will be catering for. Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Here is a first look at a decorated sample of the Rugby Cement PCA! Like the Castle Cement samples shown yesterday, some tweaks are required before production, but overall they look very well! We are doing the full rake of Rugby Cement PCAs, which were iconic wagons during the 1980s, in a very attractively priced rake deal with savings. All the 15 wagons with the different running numbers as per the real Rugby Cement rake. Once again, apologies for the hasty pics, we will take better ones when we get back to the office in the coming days. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, We have received the first decorated samples of our forthcoming PCAs from China for evaluation, and very well they look too! Here is a look at the Castle Cement variants, with some of the different types of branding that will be available. A couple of minor tweaks aside they look excellent and are still on course to be delivered before CNY! We will also share some more photos of them with better lighting in the coming days on our office layout! Cheers, Fran P.S - Rugby and STS samples to follow in the coming days so keep an eye out!

His parents are Irish so might try and flog him a metrovick too. Read in his biography that he used to catch rats as a child so maybe 25s are more his bag, hard to know....

Thanks everyone, glad you like them! We just wanted to show our appreciation for all your support and custom over the last year! Cheers! Fran

Hi Les, ESU are confident that they can do the Deltic justice in 4mm with the best sound rendition to date and design input for the chassis for the loco from the beginning, helping create what is the best possible Deltic sound in 4mm. Between that and the spec we are using for speakers etc it will be excellent. Will it rattle the fillings in your teeth? No. but no 4mm sound project can do that! It will be loud and sound like a Deltic, that much we can guarantee. Cheers, Fran

Hi John, The logo is dodgy and will be much, much better on the finished article. That's what these samples are for after all. As for the seams, they look a tad strong in pics but are very fine in reality, silver reflection not helping in the pics with the light, but in the plastic they are very fine. The factory cannot go any thinner either, we have pushed them to his limit. Would love to take the pic you require but it will have to wait till new year as our Christmas holidays has just kicked in! We'll see what we can organise! Cheers, Fran

I would argue that the colour in that photograph isnt great (serious blue hue) but the logo colour is also getting attention.

Yep, that's being amended!

Santa stopped off a few days early at Accurascale towers and dropped off some decorated samples of the silver queens to us. We havent stopped drooling yet....

We'll save it for just before you go on holiday in summer 2020!