17 March 2023
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Exclusive reveal of manufacturer's new range of GER 0-6-0T locomotives, and interview with its Project Manager, Paul Isles.
Accurascale has today revealed a new suite of tooling for OO gauge/4mm:1ft scale to depict the GER 'buckjumper' 0-6-0 locomotives, (later classes as J67/J68 and J69) under the LNER.
Model prices have been confirmed at £139.99 for DC/DCC ready versions, and £239.99 for DCC sound-fitted models, with models expected to arrive with retailers in 2024.
Howard Smith speaks with Paul Isles, ProWatch the video below, to discover more:
The specification of models promised is as follows:
- Scale length of 110.66mm over headstocks, 36mm across body
- Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd radius set-track)
- Die-cast metal chassis and boiler, target weight in the region of 260g-275g
- Factory fitted brake rigging
- All-wheel pickup, DCC ready with stay alive arrangement
- Scale width wire handrails and sand pipes
- Fully detailed cab area, with easily removable roof
- Moveable roof ventilator
- Eroded metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, buffer pipework, lamp irons
- Brass turned whistles/valves fitted
- Etched metal pre-painted numberplates and plaques (where applicable)
- Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and screw couplings
- Different liveries, lined where applicable
- Magnetically removable smoke box door for access to decoder
- Small, flexible neck NEM compliant coupler mounts set at correct height, with mini-tension-lock couplers
- Next18 DCC ready (to suit ESU LokSound V5 Micro, or similar), slot mounted in smokebox
- Factory installed DCC Sound option, with two quality sugarcube speakers contained in sound capsules located for best possible sound, in the side tanks (DCC Sound models only)
- Flickering/steady Firebox glow (depending on DCC fitting)
- Five-pole motor with flywheel, for a haulage capacity of not less than 1kg, from a standing start, on a 3% incline
- Helical gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale maximum top speed of 50 mph (80 kmh)
Accurascale would like to the thank the Great Eastern Railway Society for its help with the project.
Early 3D-printed prototypes of the models have been witnessed, images of which can be viewed below:
For further details on these new models, visit the Accurascale website.
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