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haha good question! Do we have 7 announcements pre A Class?

Hi everyone, Our beer kegs and fert backs are back in stock due to popular demand! These sold out in double quick time when we did our first run before Christmas, and we expect these to be just as popular. Perfect for your goods yard, lorry or your 42ft flat wagon! You can order them here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/loads Thanks, Fran

Fert Alert!!! We have found a few fert packs in a warehouse clean up. First come, first served! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cie-bogie-fertiliser-wagon Cheers! Fran

Earlier this week we brought you a first look at the Caledonian Sleeper Mark 5 coaches. The positive feedback on the sleepers has been unbelievable. Today, it's the turn of the TPE Mark 5a coach sets! The Driving Trailer (DT) is probably the most interesting and distinctive looking of all the Mark 5 coaches. As you can see in these images, it has received the full Accurascale treatment, with a wealth of separate detail including much use of etched components. The fit of the headlight and destination board glazing will receive further refinement too. (Oh, and we are aware the buffers on the DT are the wrong way round, this will be rectified for production!) The DT will also feature space a DCC socket to allow for independent control of the headlights and for sound installation. All coach interiors will be lit too, which will be controlled by magnetic wand and will function on both DC and DCC layouts. There are currently a couple of areas on these samples which suffer from 'light bleed'. but this will be corrected on the final models. The DT is not the only star of the show though, with each coach in the five car set also featuring our high demands for detail and accuracy. Like the Caledonian Sleeper Mark 5s, these coaches are currently being assessed by our design team, and once that is complete we will be able to bring you a more accurate delivery date for these models. However, it is now looking like Q3 2021 due to the COVID 19 situation and current logistical difficulties due to the pandemic and changes to recent changes to custom procedures. These coaches will also feature a specific close coupling system using magnets similar in look to the real thing. However, early testing indicates we may have to make them a tad longer than this to cope with tighter curves! Traditional couplings and one to couple to the locomotive used to haul the coaches will also be provided. There are four separate coach types in the TPE rakes, which have all been tooled. With a price of just £225 per five coach set which includes full lighting, this standard of detail, DCC capability and all variants tooled represents the highest bang for buck which we strive to provide. We are all about the best deal, and with the levels of features and detail we provide for a most reasonable price point we firmly believe we are the best value around. But enough of the sales patter! Check out the images of each coach above and make up your own mind. If you like what you see, you can place an order direct with us by clicking here. View the full article

Every chance, just need to make sure they work first! Update on the Mark 5s here for anyone who wants a look: https://accurascale.co.uk/blogs/news/caledonian-sleeper-mark-5-wake-up-to-something-beautiful Cheers! Fran

It's been a long time coming. Indeed, it's been a slog as we explained in our last update, but the first tooling samples of our Mark 5s are finally here, and don't they look well? Later this week we will bring you a first look at the TPE Mark 5s. But, first let's look at the iconic Caledonian Sleeper Mark 5 coaches, which make the perfect companion to our Class 92. We announced both the Class 92 and the Mark 5 project at Model Rail Scotland 2019, before the real coaches entered service. During this period they were still on test and featured a number of modifications during this period that we needed to capture on our models. As you can see below, we're experimenting with a new magnetic close coupling system for between coaches. These will be easily swapped out for tension locks, Kadees or other NEM couplings if desired. Tension locks will be provided to couple up to a locomotive too, or one of our magnetic couplings can be used on the locomotive! There is some beautiful details around our prototypical representations of the bogies too, capturing the minimalist nature of the real thing and with our coupling system in place they avoid an ungainly NEM pocket and coupling arm moulded into the design. There is interior lighting too, naturally. These will be controlled by a magnetic wand to on and off positions and works on both DC and DCC layouts. It's warm and subtle too, and really sets the coaches off nicely giving a cosy atmosphere for your 4mm sized passengers! These coaches are currently being assessed by our design team, and once that is complete we will be able to bring you a more accurate delivery date for these models. However, it is now looking like Q3 2021 due to the COVID 19 situation and current logistical difficulties due to the pandemic and changes to recent changes to custom procedures. Place your pre-order for these nocturnal beauties direct with us here, with a deposit of just £30 per pack, With four coach packs featuring a wealth of detail, a multitude of separately applied detail, fully detailed interiors, close coupling system and magnetic couplings, as well as full interior lighting for £179.99 they represent excellent value for money! You can order your Class 92 here including GB Railfreight liveries also found on sleeper services. We will also bring you a look at the TPE coaches later this week. In the meantime, check out below for a look at both sides of each of the four coach types which make up the Caledonian Sleeper rake. Accessible Coach Club Coach Seated Coach Standard Sleeper View the full article

Feel free to froth men, but I will throw a few logs on the fire... 1. We are working on several new tool projects at the moment, but we wont do one big announcement like project 42. Instead we will announce one at a time. 2. We will only announce when we have a tooling sample to display. We are doing the same for Accurascale. 3. We should have news on re-issues of other projects dotted throughout the year too, but this will be based on receiving samples too to show off. We will have one or two small re-issue announcements in the next couple of weeks, but I think (dont quote me!) the next all new model probably wont be until just after the As land (though I might be wrong on that!) That's all yer getting. Enjoy!

So, how many of you guessed correctly? We dropped a hint that we had a whole new announcement coming in our recent January newsletter, and the guessing game continued on RMWeb. But, now we can reveal to you our next ready-to-run wagon in OO gauge/4mm; the Coil A – BR diagram 1/412 to Lot 3450 steel coil wagon. In the late 1950s/early 1960s, British Railways was out of step with the increase in production of rolled strip steel and as a result, neither the correct type or necessary quantity of wagons were available to British Railways to be able to meet the demands placed upon the system by this traffic. Fortunately, this demand for specialised rolling stock occurred at a time when there was a surplus of rolling stock available and eventually some thirty different diagrams were issued, as a variety of surplus stock was converted for the carriage of steel coils, in varying capacities. One of two purpose built 21 ton designs, diagram 1/412 covered the building of fifty 21’ 6" four wheel wagons under Lot No. 3450 at Derby, on underframes that were originally intended for the diagram 1/120 21 ton mineral wagons under Lot 3390, due to be numbered in the range B311950-999. All were fitted with roller bearings and vacuum brakes and the steel coils were carried transversely in an 18’ long well, lined with wood; a nylon hood supported by three movable bars keeping the elements at bay. When first built, the ‘Coil Wagon’ brand was carried on the wagons until the mid to late 1960s, when they were then branded ‘Coil A VB’ and later ‘Coil A’, probably as a result of British Railways trying to market the design to RTB/SCoW in South Wales, where it was suggested that a greater radius of well would better suit their product, resulting in the Coil B wagon variant. To differentiate the two designs, the A code was added to the earlier design once the first Coil B entered traffic. Under TOPS, the designation KAV was used, which was later changed to SFV and SFW (for the surviving wagons that were air-piped) from 1983 onwards. 1/412 Coil Wagons were first allocated for cold reduced coil traffic from John Summers, at Hawarden Bridge during 1962 and by 1975, 35 vehicles were in Pool 3019, working Hawarden Bridge to various locations that included Leith South, Wolverhampton Steel Terminal, Whitehall Road in Leeds, Pressed Steel at Swindon, Stroud (for Elphor Ltd, a subsidiary of John Summers and Sons and producers of aluminium coated steel strip up to 45cm wide) and Jackson and Bell at Watford North. By 1971 examples of Coil A wagons could also be found at South Shields, and at Middlesbrough by 1975, by which point 15 were allocated to Pool 1307 on hire to the British Steel Corporation at Motherwell. They were also to be seen at Grangemouth Docks and at Ebbw Vale in traffic from Gartcosh with Coil B, Coil E, Coil G, Coil L and Coil T wagons. By the middle of 1976, Coil A wagons were to be seen on inter-regional traffic at Severn Tunnel Junction, running with Bogie Coil G (JGV) wagons and during 1979 some of the diagram were involved in movements between Lackenby and Strood, carrying hot rolled coil rather than cold reduced coil, working alongside Bogie Coil M (JMV) stock. By 1981 examples were working from Goole Docks alongside ex-SPV Coil D (KDV) stock and during 1982 several examples were noted at Newport Docks, branded to Pool 7121 alongside JGV stock. They were also working to British Leyland at Swindon, Brierley Hill and to Ford at Dagenham. By 1984, the 29 remaining vehicles were used on South Wales workings, along with the 27 Coil B survivors, particularly to Newport Docks where most of the survivors collected but also to Hamworthy Docks at Poole. In 1986 several examples worked to Avonmouth but by early 1992 the 21 surviving vehicles were all operating out of Llanwern, along with the remaining SGW types, but only to the end of the year, by which time the last examples were scrapped. We have been able to develop this wagon alongside our MDO/V project and it forms the basis of their “Building Britain” series; featuring wagons used to build Britain and its industries such as the cemflo and PCA bulk cement wagons, the more modern JSA steel coil carriers and the PTA/JTA/JUA tippler wagons. As the photographs demonstrate, the Coil A wagons are well advanced in development, with a hand painted sample on display above. Feedback amendments have been made back to the factory, particularly regarding the canvas hood, which will be significantly improved on production models (as you can see from the CAD image below). Rivet details and further tooling embellishments are also currently taking place to improve definition. The wagons themselves feature a wealth of detail and separately applied parts as modellers have come to expect from us. Despite these wagons having run with the tarpaulin in place only, we (being wagon geeks of the highest order) have modelled the full interior beneath the canvas cover, which can be easily removed to allow for cameo scenes in loading sidings. Three packs of three individually numbered wagons will be available covering various stages of pre TOPS and then the TOPS era KAV coded wagons to reflect their operational lives from the early 1960s up to their withdrawal in 1992. They are priced at £74.95 and factory decorated samples are due in March, with delivery expected in Q3 2021. These interesting wagons are now available to order via your local Accurascale Stockist or direct via the following link: https://accurascale.co.uk/collections/coil-a View the full article

Absolutely no chance, ever. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it makes absolutely zero commercial sense. Best of luck with it though!

Hi everyone, Just an update; due to the most recent Government guidelines on COVID 19 click and collect is now suspended until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Many thanks, Fran

Welcome to the January 2021 Accurascale newsletter. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all modellers a very happy new year. On the model railway front it will be an excellent year, with a number of new Accurascale models coming your way, both previously announced and yet to be announced. Here is the latest news from the past four weeks. REMEMBER: IF YOU DONT SEE NEWS ON A PROJECT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BELOW IT MEANS THE PREVIOUS NEWS UPDATE IS THE LATEST UPDATE. YOU CAN SEE ALL OUR PROJECT UPDATES HERE. WE WILL SEND OUT NEWS ON THESE PROJECTS AS WE GET THEM, SO KEEP SUBSCRIBING FOR UPDATES! Right, let's get started! A First Look At Our Class 37 The biggest news over the past few weeks was the revealing of the very first tooling prototype sample of our forthcoming Class 37. We received a substantial parcel containing a myriad of Class 37 bodies and various tooling parts which allowed us to cobble together this first model of D6700. In the weeks ahead we will have fully operating samples of our other variants, including highly-anticipated WIPAC-equipped Class 37/6, Scottish car headlight Class 37/0s, our modern Class 37/4s and of course Accurascale Exclusive 97301 with its *unique roof, distinctive flush noses and underbody-mounted radar equipment. Unfortunately we were missing some parts such as enough etches for the cab footsteps, cab door hand rails, footsteps and some other etches. However, we persevered and assembled this sample to give you a flavour of what's to come! Of course there are corrections to be made before we proceed to decoration samples, but overall it is shaping up quite nicely. Look out for more Class 37 updates and previews in the coming weeks including a look at the other variants from our first run. For the full update on these beasts and a closer look at this first sample, click here. ARC Tipplers Arrive In Stock Our final livery of our first run of tippler wagons, the iconic ARC JUAs with later CAIB branding and embellishments arrived in early December. These tipplers worked on the heavy stone trains from the Mendips in the early 1990s and have been another sales hit, with packs selling strongly. We still have a limited supply left if you wish to get your order in. Our whole tippler range has sold strongly, and thank you to everyone who has ordered them. Our British Steel blue and orange packs are sold out here at Accurascale, but a limited amount are still with our retail partners. The same goes for our Yeoman and British Steel Grey inner packs. However, we still have outer packs, ARC inner and out and VTG outer remaining. Grab them while you can here. New Accuraloads Due In Stock We get asked all the time for loads for our wagons, so here you go! We have increased our range of OO gauge wagon loads to incorporate iron ore, aggregate, lime/dolofines and coal for our tipplers, as well as coal for our PFA coal containers, steel coils and welcoming our HUO coal loads back into stock. Due in mid-late January, you can check out all the info on them here, or via your local Accurascale stockist. JSA Wagons Due In Stock This Month Or highly anticipated JSA family of steel coil wagons are due in stock this month, smooth customs process permitting! The ship docks is due to dock at Felixstowe on January 18th, with unloading, clearance and delivery likely to take seven further days at the port. We have covered all eras of these wagons that were converted from the PTA/JTA/JUA tippler wagons, from British Steel blue with original hoods, to VTG with rivetted hoods and the latest open coil carrier in attractive VTG black. Pre-ordering has been strong with retailers also reporting strong sales, so make sure you order yours from your local stockist or directly here before they're gone. At just £59.95 per twin pack and with bundle deals available they represent excellent value for money. KUA Update As reported last month, production of our KUA nuclear flask wagons is progressing well at our factory, with the decoration stage nearing completion. Final assembly is now underway. As it is a short production run, assembly should not take too long to complete, but due to a labour shortage the factories have been running slower than usual in recent months. The assembly team will be working round the clock to complete the models over the Christmas period and into January. Once this is complete they will then be packed ready for shipping. We will then be faced with a decision on air or sea shipping. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, there are less flights in the air, which means significantly reduced air freight space. While we use air freight for many models, this is freight space in the holds of passenger air craft. As a result of this significant reduction in flights, air freight prices have increased dramatically in 2020. However, we will not rule it out, and if the price is not prohibitive we will fly them in. This would see them in stock in late January 2021. If the cost is too prohibitive, then they will go by sea and be with us in March 2021. So, the KUAs will be due in either late January, or March 2021. Keep subscribing to our newsletter and keep an eye on our website and social media channels for further updates in the coming days. You can order yours with any of our Accurascale Approved local stockists or direct via this link. And Finally.... Look out for an all new OO model announcement in the next week or so. What could it be?? Also, keep an eye out for the revealing of the first engineering samples of our Mark 5 coaches. You really don't want to miss that! Keep subscribing to this newsletter for all our latest news, and keep an eye on the "What's New" tab on the website for full updates on all projects. View the full article

Hi everyone, We have less than 20 packs of ivory bubble pack G left, and that's us then sold out of bubbles! Grab them before they go! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles/products/irish-cement-wagon-multi-pack-g Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, First day back after the Christmas holiday coupled with lockdown blues? Well, we do have some small bit of news to cheer you all up.... Our A Class is officially in production! We commenced production after official sign off a number of weeks ago. Chinese New Year does occur halfway though production, but the process is under way and these beauties are due in stock in May of this year. With the locomotives now in production we advise you get your pre-order in ASAP. Here's why.... Now that production is underway, we have confirmed final production quantities for each running number with the factory. This production figure cannot now be increased, so there is only a finite amount of each running number left to order. As we have seen with the recent Murphy Models 121, there has been greater demand for Irish outline models in recent times, with many running numbers and liveries of that locomotive selling out very quickly indeed. We have tried to cater for this as best we can, but in the level of demand we saw on the MM 121 was only truly witnessed after we confirmed figures for the A Class with the factory. Therefore, we recommend you place your order sooner, rather than later, to avoid missing out. Remember, we offer flexible terms if you wish to spread payment between now and delivery in May. If you wish to avail of this option, email us sales@irishrailwaymodels.com before ordering and we will get this set up for you. So, if you fancy the ultimate Metro Vick in your life, place your pre-order here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

Hi @DJ Dangerous 21 mm would be too wide as per scale. They're designed for British EM and P4 only. Cheers! Fran

Awh cheers Leslie!

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We have now brought a number of wagons to market over the last couple of years. Many of these wagons have been open wagons which require a nice prototypical load to set them off nicely. We had previously done this with our HUO hoppers in OO, but it's about time we expanded the range. So, without further ado, welcome to our new Accuraloads range! As well as a whole new batch of our extremely popular OO gauge HOP 24/ HUO coal loads, we are also releasing a series of loads for both our PFA coal container wagons and our PTA/JTA/JUA tippler wagons. The PFA coal container loads are perfect for our Cawoods, British Fuel and the Rails of Sheffield CPL special edition packs of coal container wagons. Designed to fill the containers to the brim, they add that extra bit of detail to set these colourful wagons off nicely. Loads for our PFAs will be sold in packs of three, for £8.95 For our tippler wagons, we really have gone all out. We have developed four different loads to suit our wagons, depending on their use. Our British Steel tipplers carried a variety of loads, including the obligatory iron ore as well as limestone/dolofines and coal to the steelworks. We have recreated these loads to go with our immensely popular British Steel tippler packs. The iron ore and limestone trains formed part of some of the most iconic British freight trains of the 1970s and 1980s, featuring some fantastic traction and workings as can be seen in our formation guide, helping you select the right loads for your trains. Click here for a bigger version! Of course, our tippler wagons are equally associated with Mendip stone trains, and these will also get their own hand-made loads, representing the aggregate carried in these wagons which once formed the heaviest trains to run in the UK. The price for our tippler wagon loads is £16.95 for a pack of five, mirroring our wagon pack sizes. Our PFA, HUO and tippler wagon loads are all hand made, bringing that little extra bit of finesse and realism to your trains! We also have steel coil loads arriving which will compliment our JSA steel wagons or other suitable ready-to-run or kit-built steel wagons, with a pack of six coils available for £8.95. This growing range now compliments our British Gypsum 20ft containers already on sale, with these new loads joining them in stock in January 2021! We will also have our beer kegs and palleted sacked goods loads back in stock in the spring, so watch out for them! Our tippler, HUO, PFA or steel coil loads are now available to pre-order. Secure yours now by clicking on this link or contacting your local stockist. View the full article

Our offices remain closed for the Holiday period from today, 18th December, reopening on 6th January, 2021. If your customer service query is urgent, there may be limited support available during that period. Our distribution channels remain open over the festive period so you can place any direct orders and they will be dispatched to you! We will also pop up on social media and say hi from time to time between now and the new year! Many thanks for supporting IRM during the most unusual of years! Here is some goodies to look forward to in 2021! The IRM team wish you and yours a very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year!

Hi everyone, We have limited stocks of all three MM 121 chips back in stock, available for immediate dispatch or collection from our Dublin warehouse. You can order them here, while stocks last! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/dcc-decoders Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Down to 30% of the gypsums remaining in stock, seem to have been popular! Ballasts arent far behind with just one IR bundle left at the time of writing, but still a few CIE and IE bundles left. Thank you to everyone who ordered. Don't miss out! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ballast-hoppers and https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/gypsum-ore-wagons Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Check out this review of the Weed spray pack by BRM magazine https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/reviews/irish-railway-models-cie-weed-spray-wagons/ We found a few more sets in our stock take, but we still only have 20 packs left. Don't miss out! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/weedspray-train/products/cie-ir-42-flat-weedspray-triple-pack Cheers! Fran

Every chance, in time! Think it’s best to get the A out in the wild first. No problem re card! And yes, the A’s are in the early stages of production. We haven’t formally announced it yet as everyone is enjoying their shiny new 121s but you know us; working away quietly in the background cheers, Fran

I'm sure we'll get round to it someday...

We're due more later this week according to MM. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Welcome to Tractor Tuesday, where we reveal the first tooling sample of our Class 37! We received a bundle of parts from the factory recently for inspection and cobbled together a first sample to show you here. Of course, there are still plenty of parts missing, and overall fit and finish will be improved on production models, but so far, so tasty! For more pics and more info, check out our latest blog! https://accurascale.co.uk/blogs/news/a-first-look-at-our-class-37 Cheers! Fran