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Hi everyone, Just a message to extend a massive thanks to everyone who purchased our sound decoders, almost 70% of them have now sold so they have proven very popular indedd! Don't miss out on yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/dcc-decoders Cheers! Fran

Making Tracks is back! Today sees the return of the Making Tracks summer exhibition at Chester Cathedral with Pete Waterman and the Railnuts team. We're delighted to be sponsoring this wonderful event for the first time as the team look to raise much needed funds for the magnificent Cathedral which provides the venue for this wonderful layout. This year we’re treated to the biggest undertaking yet as the team recreates Milton Keynes station on the West Coast Mainline through a massive 64ft ‘OO’ gauge layout. The layout fiddle yard will be filled with all the latest stock from Accurascale which will be put through its paces running 7 hours per day for 6 weeks straight! The best part is visitors can take to the controls and drive our full rakes around the layout themselves. Further to this, we will be hosting an ‘Accurascale Takeover’ on the 4th & 5th of August where we’ll be showcasing early samples of our anticipated Class 50, Class 31, Class 89 and perhaps a new announcement... The Accurascale team will also be on hand to discuss all things Accurascale, so please come along and meet some of our gang! Don’t miss your chance to join Pete Waterman OBE and the Railnuts team for the third instalment of Making Tracks at Chester Cathedral from 26th July to 2nd September. Making Tracks 3 will run from 10am to 5pm Mondays to Saturdays, Tickets are priced at £3 per person with free entry for children under 5. All proceeds go to Chester Cathedral. View the full article

Hi everyone, 90% of Magnesite Wagons Sold - Got Yours Yet? Our magnesite wagons have proven to be one of the more quirky wagons in our range, but have indeed proved popular among modellers. So much so that only 10% of the production run now remains in stock. So, if you fancy some, or wish to build your rake further, then make sure you grab your packs while you can. Four different packs with different wagon numbers are currently available. Remember, there is 10% off when you buy two packs or more, and free postage and packaging around Ireland. Shop here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/magnesite-wagons Cheers! Fran

As above! Audio recording from the 1960s.

Hi everyone, After much pain, suffering and wild goose chases, we are delighted to announce that finally(!) we have a sound chip for the Crossley powered A Class locomotives! These consist of: A1 A12 A15 A30 A42 A46 A55 This is thanks to a rare recording unearthed in recent months and sent onto us. ESU have worked their magic and created a full fat sound chip to finally unleash the potential of these locos. We will have a proper, nice video of these in the next week or so, but here is a rough and ready thrash in the meantime (and before anyone says it; Yes, we know it's an EMD model, but it was all our sound man had to hand!) IMG_7495.MOV Whatsmore, these decoders are now IN STOCK and ready to order via our website for immediate dispatch right here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/dcc-decoders/products/a-class-crossley-sound-decoder Cheers! Fran

New turbo required!

One thing we would point out is that you very rarely, if ever, see smoke come out of a Class 66, a bit like our own 071s and 201s. But I'm biased... The ESU model is diecast, but our own model is no lightweight, in fact it's pretty darn heavy, has twin speakers, loksound 5 (same sound chip so!), hall sensors, stay alive all for a lot less... Cheers! Fran

With the Accurascale Manor just around the corner, we couldn't help but share these images of production sample '7801 Anthony Manor'! We're particularly proud of the finer detail on the running plate, inside the cab and the matt paint around the Smokebox. Of course, none of these projects are ever plain saling, and our inspection did throw up one mistake. Despite our artworks being correct, the tunnel on the firemans side has been painted black instead of green. Thankfully, this is a really easy fix, and the factory has corrected it on all models. We felt that this was worthwhile and did not want to locos to fall at the last hurdle. The models are now being packed up and prepared for shipping by air to the UK. We are currently waiting our logistics partner to confirm details and will share that in due course. They are coming in two batches one week apart. Batch one includes 7800, 7801, 7802, 7808 and 7812, with the remainder following on approx one week later. Keep an eye on our social media for more updates and prepare yourself for your Manor arrival this July! Missed out? Check out your local stockist for availability or sign up to email updates on any of the locos on our website coming back into stock. Just click on the locomotive that interests you and enter your email address on the right hand side. VIEW THE MANOR RANGE HERE! View the full article

Hi everyone, Production of our NIR and RPSI Mark 2 coaches is nearing completion at the factory! We are due production samples of these lovely coaches in the next couple of weeks and expect the models to arrive in late August/Early September in stock. We are all sold out, but you can register your interest for the remaining stock to go on sale on our website and you can also pre-order the orange and black Mark 2s due later in the year right here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/mark-2-coaches Cheers! Fran

Our next coaching stock to join the range following the lovely Mark 5s and our Siphon Gs will be our hotly anticipated Mark 2B coaches. Never before done to a high standard in OO/4mm, the Mark 2b coaches have been in huge demand since we first announced them to the point of selling out some months ago. A joint venture with our Irish outline brand IRM, we covered the specific tooling required for the cross-border 'Enterprise' trains which were operated by NIR from the early 1970s until the late 1990s. Production has been progressing well across coaches for both ranges, with the NIR coaches from IRM in the final stages of production and will begin shipping from the factory in July. The BR variants are not far behind this, with them currently at the painting stage. These will be complete in August and will arrive at our warehouse in the latter part of September. In further good news, we have received the first decorated samples of our BR Mark 2c coaches in recent weeks and are currently assessing them before greenlighting production. Look out for a look at them in all their painted glory in the coming weeks. We are fully sold out on Mark 2b coaches, so check our retailer network for availability. However, we still have availability on our Mark 2c coaches. Pre-order below! Pre-Order Your Mark 2c Coaches Here! View the full article

After 4 years of trying we have given up on Australia and it's from historical recordings, some of which were recently unearthed. Cheers! Fran

Don't worry Sean, once we're a bit more happy with it a full video will be provided of it!

Hi everyone, Just a quick update re Crossley sound decoders; we currently have one in testing. Tweaks will be required but it's shaping up nicely. Once we have tweaks completed a delivery date will be confirmed and pre-ordering shall commence. Cheers! Fran

More good news! The next three running numbers of our awesome new Class 37 are about to arrive in stock. Due at our warehouse early next week, the three running numbers consist of the hugely popular 37043 'Loch Lomond', in 1980s guise with Scottish car headlight, 37409 'Lord Hinton' in current condition as a modernised Class 37/4 and "Accurascale Exclusive" no 37402 'Stephen Middlemore', again a modernised Class 37/4 in current condition. All three wear the iconic BR Large Logo Blue, and well... we'll let the following images do the rest of the talking! These will be checked, packed and shipped and begin arriving with you towards the end of next week. As you know, we are currently sold out on pre-order, but there should be some stock left over for sale! This will be offered for sale after all pre-orders and stock to shops are sent out, so make sure you sign up to the email notifications on the website for the running number you fancy once they go on sale. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST FOR YOUR CLASS 37 HERE! View the full article

We are very happy to reveal a pair of very special Class 31s in our Accurascale Exclusives range, Nos. 31105 and 31285 in Network Rail yellow. Like many past models in this series, such as ‘Deltic’ No. 9016 Gordon Highlander in Porterbrook purple and Class 97/3 No. 97301, these additional releases showcase a considerable amount of unique tooling to accurately depict these locomotives in 4mm scale. The acquisition of the venerable Brush Type 2s by Network Rail, which eventually totalled five locomotives, was something of a formalisation of the previous arrangement between its predecessor Railtrack and Fragonset to provide motive power for infrastructure monitoring trains. This deal had even seen one member of the class, No. 31190, repainted in Railtrack’s blue and green house colours before the company was forced into administration. No. 31285 was the first Class 31 to be outshopped in NR yellow, being released from Fragonset’s workshops at the former RTC site in Derby in October 2003. While the livery was striking enough, even more dramatic was the addition of five large spotlight brackets (two on the lower cab front and three on the cab roof) and a forward facing camera in the plated nose door at the No.2 end. The ultra violet spotlights – of various designs over time – gave it the nickname ‘scooter’ and were deployed when running with the Structure Gauging Train and were also fitted to Nos. 31233 and 31602 (cab roof only). Meanwhile, the No.1 end also featured various sockets for connecting to the test coaches. At the start of 2008, No. 31285 debuted new larger LED tail lights and, at the same time, lost its original windscreen washer jets and baffles in favour of new wiper-mounted versions. After 12 years of service with NR and some 54 years after being delivered to Tinsley as D5817 in October 1961, it was retired and sold to Harry Needle in August 2015. It has been based at the Weardale Railway ever since, still with full light package, and is operational. No. 31105 was the third of Network Rail’s Class 31s to return to traffic and the only former disc headcode-fitted locomotive in the fleet, although it could often be found partnered with Howard Johnston’s hired in Fragonset, later BR blue-liveried, ‘skinhead’ No. 31106 on test trains. The former D5523, new to Stratford in March 1959 and withdrawn from Bescot in May 1997, was selected in 2002 for rebirth in NR’s QADD pool along with No. 31107. While the latter fell by the wayside, No. 31105 was released from Derby in yellow in August 2004, externally almost unchanged from its previous condition, even retaining the extra lamp iron on its plated nose doors. However, by the second half of 2005, Derby had taken the opportunity to remove the cab roof vent cover from the No.1 end cab roof to match the No.2 end that had been rebuilt in early 1984. While in late 2007, the front ends were further modified with same LED tail lights and the washer jet modifications described above with No. 31285. All good things come to an end though and No. 31105 was withdrawn for the second time in February 2015, leaving just No. 31233 still active for NR. Still in working order, it was occasionally used as a shunter at the RTC site before being sold into preservation at the Mangapps Railway in Essex in October 2018. Accurascale’s extensive Class 31 tooling suite has been designed to cover Nos. 31105 and 31285 and Network Rail’s other trio of Brush machines, Nos. 31233, 31465 and 31602. As well as the modified cab roofs, fully functioning spotlights and No. 31105’s additional lamp irons, other never before produced tooling on our initial NR pairing correctly dates these locomotives to the period from 2008 onwards with LED tail lights / washer jet modifications. Of course, the lights should be more purple in hue and they will be on the finished production models. The brightness will also be dulled down on the production models too. This latest pair of 'Peds' are now available to pre-order direct via the Accurascale website only in both DC/DCC Ready and DCC sound fitted formats. We are due decoration samples towards the end of this year and delivery will take place in Q3 2024. As will all Accurascale Exclusives, both locomotives will be complete with special presentation packaging. Pre-order with no money down by clicking the link below! Pre-Order Your Network Rail Class 31 Here View the full article

Our big announcement at the 2023 Model Rail Scotland show was the addition of the ubiquitous Class 66 to the Accurascale Diesel Depot. Adding the most numerous diesel locomotive of the current era (and indeed, the last 25 years!) was essential to match the vast array of wagons we have produced over the last five years, and indeed what we will produce in the near and longer term future. The announcement of the Class 66 has gone down very well indeed, with significant demand from current era modellers, and those becoming nostalgic for those early years of privatisation, going by the demand for our model of 66001 as delivered with red grilles. As you can see, we have now reached the decorated sample stage as we look to assess the colours of the new batch of locomotives, as well as the fit and finish to the additions to the tooling suite we have made, and the changes to the original Hattons tooling. Overall, we are delighted with how the model is shaping up so far, but as always, some subtle tweaks are required. Firstly, the yellows will be tweaked ever so slightly shade wise. the DB grey band is too light in its shade and the Freightliner green is also too light in our view. The TOPS panel on 66779 will also be altered in colour. We will also be improving the fit of the removable hatch to fit a DCC decoder. The typeface on 66763 is also hilariously wrong and will be corrected on the production models you receive. Overall though, we are pretty pleased with how this locomotive is shaping up, so here a look at each livery announced to date that make up the first run, including Accurascale Exclusives of 66001 and 66779 'Evening Star'. The best news of all is that these minor tweaks have not impacted on the delivery schedule, so we are on course for delivery in Q1 2024 with production soon to get underway. Place your pre-order today via your local stockist, or direct via our website (the only place you can buy our Accurascale Exclusives!) via the link below! PRE-ORDER YOUR CLASS 66 RIGHT HERE! View the full article

With our Class 37s arriving, our Manors on the way and Deltics and Class 92s already delivered, attention now turns to our fifth Accurascale locomotives, the wonderful Class 31/Brush Type 2s. Announced in February 2022 ahead of Model Rail Scotland, our 'Peds' have been quietly rumbling away in the background and progressing nicely indeed. Today we can give you a full update, reveal further deco samples including our Accurascale Exclusives, and let you hear our sound project for these beasts for the first time. Vast Tooling Suite A Skinhead dressed as a royal! As you may know from our previous blogs about our Brush Type 2, our tooling suite for these long lived locomotives is extensive, covering everything from the original Toffee Apple pilot scheme locomotives, right up to the current day as they covered their final years on the National Network. With body arrangements for the original Class 30, and re-engined, not to mention refurbished Class 31s, we have created the most comprehensive tooling suite for the class. This allows us to tell the full story of the Brush Type 2s! Extra Features The Class represents a further step up in our specifications too, with an independently powered operating roof fan included in an Accurascale model for the very first time. This feature is powered by a separate coreless motor. Our operating fan is on top of our already unbeatable specification of our Powerbank of capacitors, ESU Loksound 5 with custom sound recording, hall sensors for automatic triggering of flange squeal when entering curves, twin speaker set up on all sound models featuring an all new second generation "Accurathrash" large bass speaker which has received subtle tweaks to further enhance our sound fitted models. Feast your ears and eyes below! Body Tooling Refinements Despite the first samples of the Class 31 tooling being quite good, we still required some fettling to the final model. These include improving curvature of lower cab sides, rivets, bodyside band and other strapping, grille in bodyside door, window surrounds, body-roof transition, poor definition of certain roof panels, c parting lines (especially on roof, corner of body and at rear of cab rainstrip), base of bodyside door, removing tooling marks, correcting position of fire pull, deformed areas around grille and other injection issues such as warped bottom of body / flash, missing roof tread detail, nose end footsteps on certain versions and cancelled separate parts for cab door footstep (now molded to body). Other part refinements Further improvements to the tooling and part refinements have been made since the first EPs have been in hand including; Improvements to tooling marks on bogie sides, parting lines on top of bogie frame / fuel tank and battery box, removing incorrect cutouts from rear of fuel tank, removing flash from grilles, definition of panel lines on cab control desk, missing bodyside band on various door parts, ensuring that all textures on doors match those on body, extending banding on nose doors, making sure that steps on nose doors match steps on body, missing textures on tablet catcher door, missing raised lip around edge of bufferbeam cowl, poor injection of certain parts, missing rivets, injection release marks, rough edges, faint textures, tooling damage / scratches, flash on ABS and POM parts, especially pipes / grabs, missing textures on bufferbeam cowling, improving definition of NEM snowplough part, removing injection marks from boiler exhaust panel / Mirrlees exhaust surrounds, improving etched fan grille / improve alignment, alignment of buffer holes, scratches on window parts and revising injection of certain pipes to improve flexibility. Corrections to EP Samples Revisions to bodyside grilles to improve fit between parts, modifications to boiler panel and nose doors for tighter fit, additional supports on bufferbeam cowling to improve fit to make almost "seamless" join with body (this was worst feature of EP samples), modifications to separate bufferbeam part on all versions to improve join to body, buffer mods so they do not rotate, fit of all handrails, body / chassis connection to make more secure, removing light bleed, modifications to bogie / bufferbeam interface to avoid interference issues, improvements to Hall sensor mount, strengthening bogie baseplate clips, tweaks to centre wheel on bogie to improve roadholding, working fan improvements, tweaks to make fitting headcodes easier, changed lamp iron method of installation, reduce size of grab holes. This is typical of the development process of any new locomotive model, but it gives an idea the sheer amount of work we undertake from sample level to final production to ensure you get the best possible rendition of a locomotive we can deliver! Accurascale Exclusives Reveal We recently received our first decorated samples of our "Accurascale Exclusives" pairing of 31407 in Mainline Freight aircraft blue and 31466 in EWS maroon. Poor application of the yellow panel aside (which will of course be corrected on the production samples that you press into service on your layout!) they are shaping up rather well indeed. Delivery Schedule So, that's all the good stuff, but where are we at? Well, we did confirm some weeks ago that production for these beauties has commenced and we can report that is is progressing well. Like our Class 89, progress of the project had been hit by the COVID shutdown in China earlier this year, but the impact has been smaller than initially feared, which is great news. Due to the sheer popularity of our 31s, demand has been extensive and the production run as a result requires being split in two for delivery. Therefore they will now arrive in two batches consisting of the following: ACC2741-5544 ACC2742-5544DCC ACC2745-31248 ACC2746-31248DCC ACC2749-31409 ACC2750-31409DCC ACC2753-31402 ACC2754-31402DCC ACC2761-31432 ACC2762-31432DCC ACC2781-31128 ACC2782-31128DCC These will arrive in stock at our warehouse in late Q3 2023. Batch two will consist of the following, along with our Accurascale Exclusives 31407, 31466 and limited edition models for Hornby Magazine, Model Rail Magazine and Rails of Sheffield: ACC2729-D5549 ACC2735-D5615 ACC2737-5803 ACC2738-5803DCC ACC2739-5674 ACC2740-5674DCC ACC2755-31110 ACC2756-31110DCC ACC2769-31420 ACC2770-31420DCC ACC2771-31514 ACC2772-31514DCC ACC2773-31421 ACC2774-31421DCC These models are due late Q4 2023. We apologise for this slight delay but with the COVID shutdowns now becoming a thing of the past in China we envisage a smooth road ahead of us between now and delivery which bodes well for our standard setting Class 31s and other future announcements. We are sold out of the main range first run, but our retailers may still have stock, so make sure you check out your local stockist for availability. We do still have limited stock of Accurascale Exclusives 31407 and 31466 available to order, only available direct via our website. If you fancy one of them, then click on the link below and place your pre-order for late Q4 delivery today! PRE-ORDER YOUR ACCURASCALE EXCLUSIVES CLASS 31 HERE! View the full article

Great news! We've received decorated samples of our exciting new Class 89 special edition locomotive produced in association with our friends Rails Of Sheffield! Yesterday we previewed the beautiful GNER blue Badger on our social media channels and promised a full update on one of our most hotly anticipated projects to date. Now we can bring you up to speed with the progress of the project and reveal the one off loco in its as delivered Intercity Executive livery and of course the Intercity Swallow from its BR days and as it is currently in preservation. As you can see, it has progressed very well since the announcement last summer, with the tooling samples and now these decorated samples looking very well indeed. Our factory has done a truly fabulous job in tooling this marvel of Brush Engineering in miniature, with the complex shape around the face of the locomotive being spot on and matching perfectly with our scan and drawings. Utilising the same DCC operated pantograph mechanism as our much loved Class 92, the 89 has tried and tested technology throughout meaning we have been able to develop this locomotive at a much quicker pace than our Dyson, which once again is the benefit of now having several cutting edge locomotives under our belts. The locomotive is an excellent performer too, with excellent smooth running characteristics, weighty chassis meaning excellent haulage capacity, and of course, our industry leading specification of Powerbank capacitors, helical gearing and multiple lighting configurations means it will be a talking point on any layout. Sound will be of course provided via ESU Loksound 5 DCC decoders with a full custom sound file. It will also make use of our much loved Accurathrash sound set up with large speaker and smaller sugar cube speaker for maximum sound performance. We are anxiously awaiting completion of the repairs of the real locomotive at Brush Loughborough before recording the loco sound in the coming weeks. You can bet that the sound file on this locomotive is going to sound awesome! With China now returning to normal after their change on COVID policy in early 2023 production is gearing up but has been slightly delayed due to the shutdown of factories earlier this year. We will now see delivery in Q4 2023 instead of Q3 2023 as mentioned when first announced but as you can see, the slight delay will be well worth it. Make sure you get your order in via Rails of Sheffield, or direct via our website by clicking the link below. With production about to commence we are about to confirm production numbers with the factory so expect these to sell out quickly in the coming weeks. Don't miss out! PRE-ORDER YOUR CLASS 89 RIGHT HERE! View the full article

Our all new Class 50 has been very well received since we announced the project at the 2022 Warley show last November. At that time we presented the project with a 3D print and some early tooled parts. A fully made EP came to us around the turn of the year, and although we teased shots of it via social media, we haven't shown them in all their splendour, until now! We've been busy assessing these samples and testing them thoroughly, ensuring that we create the very best possible Class 50 we can. While the shape and detail is spot on, and the finesse is largely where we want it to be, there is always room for improvement. Firstly, the body isn't sitting exactly right on the chassis, but this is a fit and finish issue which is common on first samples and will be sorted for production with ease. The pick up strips will also be chemically blackened so they do not stand out on the bogies as they do on these samples. The fit and finish of the bodyside grilles will also be addressed, as although they look very nice indeed, they just require minor fettling to get them spot on. The battery box switch was mounted incorrectly and some of the roof parts also need attention. However, these are minor improvements that are required and will be addressed on the finished models. We're delighted with the overall look and feel of the model, as well as the performance and features like motorised fan, power pack, lighting arrangements and smoothness of the drivetrain. Decorated samples are currently underway at our factory and we will preview them in the coming weeks, along with our samples in action with our sound file to give you a feel for performance and how these beasties will sound on your layout. At this time we are on course for delivery of Q4 2023 at the end of this year. Are you as excited as we are? With Vacs, Mark 2b and Mark 2c coaches all on the way, it's an amazing time to be a BR Western Region modeller. Make sure you get your pre-order in today via your local stockist, or no money down with us direct, including 'Accurascale Exclusives' models of 50 007 and 50 149. Pre-Order Your Class 50 By Clicking Here! View the full article

The first delivery of our highly anticipated Class 37s took place in April and has been met with amazing praise and feedback by modellers who took delivery of our EE Type 3s. Of course, with only three running numbers delivered in the first drop, modellers eagerly awaiting the other 18 running numbers are very excited and wondering when their models will arrive so they can experience the joy of their very own Accurascale Class 37. Well, the good news first! The next three running numbers, 37026, 37027 and 37051 are in our warehouse and shipping begins today (June 2nd) now that the Siphon G pre-orders have more or less cleared. Also now in stock are the DCC decoders for the 37s, as well as the EM and P4 drop in wheelsets and Class 37 drivers from Modelu. We were delighted to join the 'Charwelton into the 80s' team at Railex last month to give these three locos an outing. The exhibition visitors certainly seemed to enjoy seeing them! We are currently reviewing the next three locos to be delivered which will be 37043, 37402 and 37409 and will share photos of these production samples later next week. These will arrive in stock in late June 2023. Batch 2 will see delivery of our Class 37/6 locomotives, including 37610 for our friends Rails of Sheffield and it will also include Accurascale Exclusive Network Rail 97301. Delivery for this larger batch of locomotives will now be mid August 2023, with production samples due with us in early July. Finally, batch 3 which consists of the original 5 locomotives in as-built condition (D6700 NRM special edition, 37001, D6702, Accurascale Exclusive D6703 and D6704) are now due in late August 2023. We apologise for this delay, but due to the sheer demand for our Class 37s the production run has been very taxing for the factory. Production of these locomotives begun over 12 months ago, and is three times greater in volume than our Deltics. As it is the biggest locomotive production order our factory has ever dealt with to date they have learnt a lot during the process when it comes to time expectations. As you can see from the reaction so far, they will be well worth the wait and we have plenty more planned for the future. With the first run pretty much sold out direct, make sure you check out our retail network for availability. Also, sign up for our email notifications on any sold out 37 as you never know when some may come back into stock. Just be prepared to act fast! In the meantime click below if you want to order DCC decoders, drivers, wheelsets or pre-order production run 2! Order Your Class 37 Goodies Here! View the full article

Hi everyone, I would rather not go into too much detail but Junctionmad has been a little bit under the weather recently, hence lack of updates. Cheers! Fran

Our beautiful Mark 1 suburban coaches have reached decoration sample stage and are looking very nice indeed. The 56ft 11" Mark 1 suburban coaches have been high on the wishlists of many modellers for sometime and required a 21st century model of these distinctive carriages to match our forthcoming Class 31 locomotives. We were delighted to take on that challenge, and have given them the full Accurascale treatment, particularly when it comes to the interiors. As previewed with our recent announcement of the Accurascale Exclusive BR BTU Tool Van ADB 963952, the decorated samples for the subs have arrived and while they show how attractive the coaches look with a lick of paint, they also show there is room for some improvements. Firstly, the footboards will be corrected, with the samples using wavy parts that will have much better rigidity once on the final models that run on your layout. On the whole, we are very happy with the colour shade of the coach bodies, between BR Blue and Carmine they look excellent and faithful renditions of both liveries. However, the shade of brown used for the BR Blue coaches is incorrect, and will be a much darker shade on the finished models. There will also be improvements to the shade used on the battery boxes. Lots of lovely detail though, right? Interiors are also shaping up nicely, with the decorated samples showing the lengths we have gone to when producing accurate representations of these coaches. With fully painted interiors, etched luggage racks and printed detail such as route maps, all visible via the removable magnetic roof and fully lit, they promise to add something a bit special to the coaching stock on your layout. With the corrections now fed back to the factory production can now commence and a delivery date of Q4 2023 is envisaged. With a museum quality specification of full diecast chassis, next level interior detailing and lighting, beautifully smooth running characteristics, a wealth of detail both internally and externally and close coupling system these aim to set yet another benchmark when it comes to OO gauge coaching stock. Pre-order yours today, with each coach priced at £64.95 which represents excellent value for money considering the high specification, via your local stockist or direct via our website. Remember too that you get 10% off when you order two or more coaches and free postage and packaging via the Accurascale website, as well as loyalty bonus points off future purchases! Pre-order below: Pre-Order Your Mark 1 Sub Coaches Here! View the full article

Time for another progress report, and this time it's the first showing of the decorated samples of our lovely Southern Railway D1478 and D1479 Diagram Banana Vans in OO/4mm. We alluded to receiving decorated samples of these vans when we launched our latest "Accurascale Exclusive" model last week, which was the Departmental Ballast Cleaner Support Van, repurposed from a D1478 wagon. Now, we get to share the rest of the Banana Van range with you. Particular attention has been paid to the logos of the differing banana importers, and getting the torn and worn look of these labels spot on, just like the prototypes. Distressing has also been added to the roof area of the departmental 'Tadpole' vehicles, to reflect their later life condition complete with replacement and beaten planking. The roof distressing is a complex and expensive process of tampo design and printing, but we feel it just adds that extra bit of realism to the models. These models are now signed off for production and it is now underway, with our delivery schedule of Q3 2023 remaining on course. Prices are £84.95 per triple pack of individually numbered wagons, each with their own unique decoration and each feature market leading specification from diecast chassis, a wealth of separately applied details and brass bearings for axles to ensure silky smooth running. Remember too, that if you buy direct from our website you get 10% off when you buy two packs or more and free UK postage and packaging. Pre-order below, or via your local stockist. Pre-Order Your Banana Vans Here! View the full article

Hi everyone, Just 20% of these beauties left. Looks like they wont last much longer in stock, so if you want them now is the time to act. Around 10% of our costal tour double deckers left too, so make sure you don't miss out! Shop: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/exclusive-irm-buses/availability_in-stock Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Time for a quick update on our NIR Mark 2b coach project, which is now rapidly progressing through production. Here you can see the body shells and interiors are being painted, in this case RPSI Green. Once this is complete then it is onto final assembly which will be completed at the end of June, ahead of delivery with customers of all NIR and RPSI packs in mid-August! These sets are completely sold out, but register your interest on our website by clicking on the notification email on each set you desire and should any go back on the website you will get an email prompt then. https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/mark-2-coaches Cheers! Fran