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Prototype Eras
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation
Manufacturer description
Newly Announced: Accurascale OO Gauge Class 37/0 and 37/6 locomotives
- Mid 1980s period
- Optional miniature snowploughs
- Plated bodyside water filler and associated steps
- Late EE cantrail grilles
- Original fuel tank configuration
- Fabricated bogies
- Early double-riveted roof with boiler exhaust and large cab roof vent
- Original windscreens with as built cab layout
- Steam heat bufferbeam configuration with air/vac/control/MW pipes
- Cutaway bufferbeam cowling with oval buffers
- Original nose grilles
- Scottish 'car style' headlight
- Split headcode nose with plated headcode boxes
- BR blue with white bodyside stripe
Class 37 Specification Common Features:
- Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
- Heavy die-cast metal chassis
- Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5]
- Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D scan
- Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
- Bogies (Fabricated and three variations of Cast)
- Fuel tanks (As built and with later smooth-sided long range fuel tank)
- Early Class 37/0 features frost grille, boiler filler panel and access steps
- Early Class 37/0 features illuminated split headcode displays with a selection of different four-character headcodes
- Class 37/6 have operational WIPAC light clusters and top headlight and numerous different nose slides all including multiple working socket
- Three styles of buffer: large round Oleo, oval and squared oval
- Three styles of nose grilles: as built, refurbished ‘split’ and refurbished ‘single piece’
- Boiler exhaust, and two styles of plated boiler panel
- With or without bufferbeam skirts
- With or without cab roof vents and bodyside windows
- Nose and roof aerials and antennas (where applicable)
- Three styles of windscreen: standard, centre toughened and all toughened
- Three styles of cab interior: as built, refurbished and modern DRS locos
- Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations
- Door kickplates where applicable
- Multiple body and nose slides to accurately represent almost every member of the class, including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704), later EE and RSH
- Four roof styles: Original double riveted, single riveted, welded and welded with antennas
- Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.
- Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille
- Scale width wire handrails
- Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples
- Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework
- Bogies feature separate footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain
- Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges)
- Numerous other locomotive-specific details yet to be revealed!
- RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately
- Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs
- Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings
- Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam
- High Performance traction, to include; High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
- Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including: Directional lighting, DC and DCC WIPAC light clusters where appropriate with day and night-time settings Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement Switchable red tail lights
- RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge
- Two quality speakers with large sound capsules for best possible sound (*on sound fitted models)
- Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
Catalogue listing
Brand:
Accurascale
Product Code:
ACC230537027
RRP:
£169.99
Release date:
June 2022
Model details
Coupling
NEM + Tension Lock
DCC status
DCC Ready 21-pin socket
Finish
Pristine
Gauge
OO
Livery
BR blue
Minimum radius curve
2nd Radius (438mm)
Name
Loch Eil
Power pickup
All wheels
Running number
37027
Features
Directional lighting
Interior lighting
Interior lighting
Prototype information
Locomotive class*
British Rail Class 37/0
Operator
British Rail
Motive power
Diesel
Wheel arrangement
Co-Co
Max speed
80 mph / 90 mph
Built
1960-1965
Built by
English Electric at Vulcan Foundry
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.
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