spudfan Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 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) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 My comparison only got as far as the price ... which to my eyes has Accurascale well out in front 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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! Smoky 66.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudfan Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 "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! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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! 2 Maybe that's what they mean by a "smoke generator" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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! Smoky 66.mp4 New turbo required! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 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! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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