New Euro HO gauge class 66 specs

[spudfan]

If you nothing better to do you can compare the specs on this HO gauge class 77 (the European class 66) and the forth coming Accurascale ex Hattons 00 gauge class 66.

diesel loco Class 77 MEG DC/AC Digital Sound | HO gauge (modellbahnunion.com)

[Flying Snail]

My comparison only got as far as the price ... which to my eyes has Accurascale well out in front 

[DJ Dangerous]

In fairness, it's a loco, sound decoder and smoke generator, all squished into a 1:87 body, so there's a lot of bang for your buck. Must have been a challenging build.

[Flying Snail]

Thats true, DJ its a well specced loco to be fair, but I still can't get away from the price ... €444 is a big step up in price from Accurascale's pricing. Even if I do get to send Mrs. Snail into a panic with thoughts that my models are going on fire and about to burn down the house, is it really money well spent? 

 

(actually, its a good job she can't see any of my wiring)

Edited July 13, 2023 by Flying Snail

[Warbonnet]

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 

[DJ Dangerous]

32 minutes ago, Flying Snail said:

Thats true, DJ its a well specced loco to be fair, but I still can't get away from the price ... €444 is a big step up in price from Accurascale's pricing. Even if I do get to send Mrs. Snail into a panic with thoughts that my models are going on fire and about to burn down the house, is it really money well spent? 

 

(actually, its a good job she can't see any of my wiring)

 

Mrs. Snail might be happy to accept the house burning down if it means getting rid of those damn trains!

Not disagreeing on price, it's a massive massive jump! Think that the sound fitted Accurascale 92's were around €335, and having a non-sound model, or two, or whatever, I can vouch for them being incredible:

 

 

[Irishswissernie]

31 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

you very rarely, if ever, see smoke come out of a Class 66

Challenge accepted Boys! Muttenz , Switzerland April 2008 Mind you I don't remember seeing another but then these days I basically don't remember much!

[spudfan]

"Brake sparks when braking hard." is listed in the specs. Wonder how they do that. Probably more noticeable in the dark....fire extinguisher to hand!

 

 

 

 

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[DJ Dangerous]

2 minutes ago, spudfan said:

"Brake sparks when braking hard." is listed in the specs. Wonder how they do that. Probably more noticeable in the dark....fire extinguisher to hand!

 

 

 

 

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Maybe that's what they mean by a "smoke generator" ...

[Flying Snail]

According to ESU's website 'LEDs mounted on the boogies facilitate realistic flicker during braking'. Apparently the smoke generator will generate different amounts of smoke depending on the load too. So definitely some interesting features, but still a lot of money

Some more details here: https://www.esu.eu/en/products/former-locomotives/engineering-edition/class-77-in-h0/

[Warbonnet]

6 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Challenge accepted Boys! Muttenz , Switzerland April 2008 Mind you I don't remember seeing another but then these days I basically don't remember much!

New turbo required! 

[Broithe]

1 hour ago, spudfan said:

"Brake sparks when braking hard." is listed in the specs. Wonder how they do that. Probably more noticeable in the dark....fire extinguisher to hand!

You can fit them to your car - onto the dust shields, and look like a racing driver...

If you really want to...

[Sean]

14 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Mrs. Snail might be happy to accept the house burning down if it means getting rid of those damn trains!

Not disagreeing on price, it's a massive massive jump! Think that the sound fitted Accurascale 92's were around €335, and having a non-sound model, or two, or whatever, I can vouch for them being incredible:

 

 

awh man i switched tabs and then i was like WTF when my laptop started off chuckling menacingly!

[DJ Dangerous]

8 hours ago, Sean said:

awh man i switched tabs and then i was like WTF when my laptop started off chuckling menacingly!

Not my fault, that loco is too quiet!