Accurascale Fran

Hi everyone, I know this is very, very short notice, but I will be doing a short talk and a meet and greet at the The Model Railway Club rooms at Keen House this Thursday evening (August 9th). The Model Railway Club have very kindly agreed to facilitate us for this event and are also throwing their doors open to the general public. It would be fantastic to meet you there and answer any questions you have about Accurascale, the industry and what we are all about (except 'what models are we doing next?' no dice on that one!) We know it's short notice, but I just happen to find myself in London this week! I also heard a rumour about the club having a fully licenced bar?? Doors open from 7pm and the talk and Q&A begins at 8pm. I look forward to seeing you there for a chat! (P.S - I will also be on the following railtour so if you cannot make Thursday and you are on the train on Saturday I'll be happy to chat too!) More info: http://www.themodelrailwayclub.org/ Cheers, Fran

Hi locoholic, Many thanks for that. Correct, they mostly ran in pairs, especially in latter years as they bookended a ballast hopper rake, but there are instances of them running solo on occasion too. Cheers! Fran

The pic is dated early 80s, but of course it might be wrong. At the end of the day it would cost too much to retool the whole body for a single oil lamp and it would render the whole project unviable. If modellers would rather go for a single lamp arrangement that was used in the earlier years the can either buy this van and modify it with some Modelling, or pick up the SSM kit and modify that too. We do believe that the van did have twin lamps during the CIE era too however, and are producing this livery based on our customer feedback. The great thing is now Irish modellers have a choice. We do work closely with many experts in prototype operations like the IRRS and others who have been a great help. Hope this helps. Cheers, Fran

Hi Mark, That's incorrect. Cheers! Fran

Hi Mark, It will have twin tail lamps. Cheers Fran

My colleague came across this one too Hazlehead. by Keith Long, on Flickr

I finally found it, there is one in this train! I would've thought more would've run over the route over the years? https://www.flickr.com/photos/66247864@N03/38710290880/in/feed

Me 'may' be able to do that for you, but we are flying Ryanair, so if you promise not to tell a soul about this arrangement it might be possible so we dont have to sacrifice clean clothes for HUO space in our luggage..... Email us nearer the time and we can see what we can do!

Hi everyone, Production well underway. They will be delivered with our TOPS packs in early September as planned! Cheers, Fran

Hi Jim, I have seen a picture of a solitary HUO in a mixed freight behind a 76 in later years on Flickr, but a more knowledgeable person than myself would be able to give better insight than myself. Cheers! Fran

Some nice footage of the Rails Limited / Locomotion special edition set in action, a perfect addition to our pre TOPS packs (and indeed, vice versa!)

Irish Railway Models to Release Ballast Plough in Original CIE Condition as Bonus 2018 Range Surprise We are delighted to announce that our forthcoming highly exclusive CIÉ/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series ballast plough van, is now available to pre-order in original CIE condition as an additional bonus model in the 2018 IRM range. Five of the CIÉ/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series vans were introduced in 1978 to supersede elderly pre-grouping vans for the Civil Engineering Department. They usually ran in pairs, top and tailing ballast hopper trains with the plough/veranda facing inward across the Irish railway network until their withdrawal in 2013. We had previously announced the vans in later IR and IE condition, but after calls from modellers an additional pack in original CIE condition has now been added to the production run, strictly limited to 250 packs. The CIE plough vans will be faithful to the prototypes, lacking the later applied mesh screening over all the windows and it will also feature the half-sized doors on the veranda of each van. The vans will come finished in yellow with CIE roundels as per the real thing. The model will utilise the same chassis as the ballast hopper and cement bubbles as per prototype, and will include features such as fully detailed interior, including bunks and heaters for the crew, as well as full DCC control of interior and tail lights via a two function 6 pin decoder. (sold separately) The vans will also feature a switch for these features for analogue control users. The Plough Vans will be made in a strictly limited production run with the vans coming in a pack of two for a sale price of €119.95. They will make a perfect companion for a new run of IRM Ballast hoppers with CIE roundel livery which we plan to release in 2019. Discount bundles will also be offered for those buying all three packs of plough vans, with a special price of €340 for all three sets, meaning the CIE set will cost just €100, a saving of €19.95! This will be open to those who have previously ordered both IR and IE packs who wish to add the CIE pack to their order, with an email being sent to customers with a personal discount code enclosed later today. If you have already bought one pack, and wish to add the other two and receive the special offer, email us with your order number and we will process it for you. This price reflects the very small production volume and complexity of the model. The adapting of the moulds to account for the tooling changes required to offer the plough van means that delivery of all the plough van models including IR and IE livery will now be pushed back to October 2018. Orders are now being taken here.

Hi everyone, Quick update on our TOPS HUOs. They are currently been assembled in China and will be with us in early September! They're proving to be quite popular so make sure you don't miss out. Unsurprising really when you see images such as this https://www.flickr.com/photos/23983516@N05/37641430996/in/photolist-Zmfb2A-Je96BW Here's a glimpse of the pack F deco! They're available to pre-order now on our website: https://accurascale.co.uk/product-category/wagons/24t-huo-hop24/huo-oo/ Cheers, Fran

Thanks very much for the support, we really hope it’s the first of many 7mm models from Accurascale! Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick update on this model, it has now progressed to tooling. It's looking like we may have this in your hands BEFORE our original estimated date of December, but we don't want to get ahead of ourselves just yet. As we said previously, if this goes well there will be more 7mm models from us in the future. The best way to support it is with orders! Cheers, Fran

And there are two manufacturers who do just that, a third if you include OO Works as stated above. The likelihood of anyone doing RTR co. Donegal stock is next to nil I’m afraid to say. Cheers, Fran

Hi Steve, That’s correct re shipping. The order is safe and accounted for, so don’t worry! Thanks, Fran

Looking like September! Above average, but not far off what we envisaged Our stuff is short run stuff, lots of variety of numbers, but low amount of each. It is a case of grab them before they go, as per our Irish models.

Happy Friday everyone! Just a quick heads up, we are starting to run quite low on some of our pre TOPS HUO packs. So much so in fact that we are only able to fulfill less than 30 rake bundle packs! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far, it's much appreciated and very encouraging. Cemflo sales have been encouraging too, along with our detail packs as mentioned elsewhere. So, if you're thinking of getting the best deal on what Andy York described as "The best ready-to-run wagon we have had in 4mm scale" in this month's BRM, then don't miss out before they go! Cheers, Fran

Real cement dust perhaps? He did do this to our Irish cement tanks.... CIE really let them get into terrible states, especially in their latter years of service as the top one represents!

Hi everyone, We have put this up on Facebook, but no harm asking here too.... We’re delighted about how popular our buffer packs have proven to be so far among modellers. So much so that we are considering expanding the range. What detail parts would you like to see? Let us know below! Cheers, Fran

For steam yes, but a good percentage of diesel era models and stock have been catered for in RTR, both by ourselves and Murphy Models. Cheers! Fran

Hi there, Blackwood Models did kits for these in that scale, but are no longer available. However, I may know a man with some for sale if you want to PM me your email I can see what I can do. Alphagraphix do them in O I believe, but I'm not 100% certain. And sadly I cant see us doing one RTR. Sorry! HTH, Fran