50025

My 2bs have arrived . Wow! Lighting looks great on them. Detail is amazing. Coupling options are fantastic.

Really sets the standard for all future coaches. It shows what can be done with care, attention and a focus on getting things right.
 

I went for blue/ grey, to remind me of excursions I used to go on with my dad. Absolutely thrilled.

Cant wait for my 50s to arrive to pull them.

Thankyou accurascale.

I’ve got 2 on order but so tempted with 50017. I remember seeing her go past me at Saltley in that livery thinking ‘what the hell’. Was the first NSE I saw, a bit of a shock after large logo!

Are there any plans for other suprised in this batch?

Hopefully announcement is more Class 50s

I remember seeing 58002 at Birmingham New Street just after she had entered service . Lovely machines. Sad that most lying in bits now on the continent 😢

Not 002 in the pic, but still brings back memories 

Agree with the above. Would love to see what you could do with one of these

🙏

On 14/11/2023 at 07:52, Dicky L said:

These loads look great. What are They?

17 hours ago, Covkid said:

 

What you need is a beat up class 31, as used extensively for ballast work in the West Midlands back in the day.

There is more than one manufacturer of class 31s, but I have an order with Accurascale  !!!  

 

 

EDIT

Not sure if this link will work but here is a Flickr image of a West Midlands electrification train of the type the "special" wagon was used in.

The Flickr user is Richard Norris and the caption reads

A nice colourful image in fine evening light.....31119 (D5537) +31101 (D5518) Northfield OTP Depot-Lichfield City via Burton on Trent electrification train Saltley 12 June 1991

 

 

 

 

I needed an excuse to buy an accurascale 31. Thank you! 👍👍

Just purchased this beauty with my rewards. What would have pulled it and what load would it have had? Cheers!

On 23/01/2024 at 21:49, owentherail said:

That is coming for sure..... been pics in magazines 

Where did you see that? If so, take my money now! I remember buying the limited edition Lima one of these in 91. Think it was with Rails magazine?

It’s a new phrase ‘Just saying Fran 🙏’

cough 50019 departmental blue

D400railtour

Really nice to see some additional models for the Cavalex 60 forum. Just saying Fran 🙏

IKB ordered 👍 looking forward to these.

Variants comment has thrown me a bit. 8fs not really that varied? Hmmm

This would be lovely 

What’s great about accurascale is that they make a number of liveries and named for each model. With some other companies it’s a drip feed of 2 maybe 3 different identities every few years.

Really great for me to be getting excited about modelling again after a few lean yers for me

I remember seeing her being built at a Crewe works open day, hence my order for my 1930s GWR layout! From memory the visit was organised by the class 58 group and we spent time climbing over withdrawn class 40s.

I’ve got a sneaky feeling Cavalex are going to do the 58. I thought their class 60 announcement was going to be this.

Heljan 58 was ok, but did suffer from crude details, especially cab handrails. Mine seemed to lose a bit of its innards every so often as well!

I hope that eventually we get the ‘deltic treatment’ with one of each number (although my wife would disagree!

. I’ve always fancied a model of 50001. From memory I think it was one of the last models Lima brought out, around the time when the real thing was part of ‘operation Collingwood’

50019 in its departmental blue would be other one on my wish list! 

In fact thinking of my own 50 wish list top 5 (taking into account that I’ve ordered what’s available ;) I’d say:

50025 large logo (favourite, see profile pic)

50003 revised NSE (last one I saw in service)

50019 departmental blue

50001 br blue

D400 latter day rail tour livery

Cheers all for replies. I’ll keep a cheeky eye out for a second hand one😉

Does anybody know what the deal is with  the LMS 10000? I missed out the Tails exclusive LMS livery. Do we know if there are any plans to make these available generally?

For me…(I know I snuck the 151 in, I always used to see it at Burton on Trent!)

Just mentioning this again Fran 👍

I used to love seeing Class 50s on the Paddington to Birmingham New Street service. Living in Solihull, it was unusual to get a train into New Street as neatly all headed to Moor Street.

I remember on Thursday nights catching the 1953 from Olton station into New Street. For some reason it was usually 50042.

Happy times.

29 minutes ago, No Decorum said:

I’d go for any of those except the 40; I’m happy enough with what I’ve got. As for the elecrics, see my signature! Curiously, of the six steamers I was thinking of, only one is duplicated on your list. It shows just how much there is left to go for. Only six in the pipeline? What a shame!

All look good. Living in Exeter though I’d love one of these beasts.