Cavalex Models CM - 56019 - RSR

Class 56 019 Railfreight Red Stripe Diesel Locomotive

Name: Cavalex Models CM - 56019 - RSR Class 56 019 Railfreight Red Stripe Diesel Locomotive
Brand: Cavalex Models
SKU: CM - 56019 - RSR
Price: 189.95 GBP

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

Prototype Era
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

Number: 56019
Build: Romanian
Info: Carried Railfreight Red Stripe from 1988 up to withdrawal

56019 Features:

Distinctive Romanian shape
Full buffer beam cowling
Square mesh side grilles, cantrail grilles and roof grille
Rubber sealed cab and cab side windows

Cavalex Models have announced a newly-tooled Class 56 in 4mm.

The model is already significantly advanced and currently at the tooling stage, having been in the works for the past few years. All variants of the 56 are being tooled, to accurately cover all 135 locomotives produced between 1976 and 1984.

The Cavalex 56 has been designed completely from scratch, based on original works drawings from both Electroputere and BREL. Having incorporated numerous innovations into the model which they plan to showcase in the future. Whilst the 56 has been released by other manufacturers in the past, it was an obvious choice for Cavalex given the prototype ran with all of the released and forthcoming wagons, and being 56 fans, Cavalex wanted to capture the distinct differences between the four main versions of the ‘Grid’. They have deliberately chosen prototypes that don’t conflict with existing models of the class, whilst also releasing liveries never seen in 4mm scale. This extends to liveries not seen on certain versions; for example Red Stripe Railfreight on a Romanian built Class 56.

The locomotive will incorporate the following features:

A wealth of separately fitted parts, including bogies which aren’t just one piece mouldings to allow for proper detail relief
Photo etched grilles throughout the model
All wheel pick up and innovative automatic flange squeal activated via magnetic hall sensors
Alloy chassis to allow the locomotive to pull prototypical wagon rakes
5 pole motor with twin flywheels, geared for prototypical running speeds with superb slow speed control
21 pin DCC interface, with easy DCC fitting provision via removable roof panel to the number 2 end
DCC sound with custom ESU project for our factory fitted sound version and stay alive fitted to all models
Sound model has an EM1 type Speaker with additional sugar cube speaker in the chassis as standard for a balanced combination of low and high frequency sounds to accurately reproduce the prototype via a custom recorded sound project
Drop in EM/P4 wheelset packs available to order separately to coincide with the release of the model ORDER HERE
Separately motor operated roof fans via a function output on DCC, or when moving on DC
Etched name plates as appropriate
Both standard and revised cantrail grill options depending on prototype.

The Cavalex 56 will be produced to the same high standard of finish as the highly regarded PGA and BBA/BLA wagons, incorporating similar levels of detail and innovation.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Cavalex Models

Product Code

CM - 56019 - RSR

GTIN

9782301400086

RRP

£189.95

Release date

TBA

Limited edition model for

Rails of Sheffield

Model details

DCC status

DCC 21

DCC

DCC Ready with 21-pin interface and optional DCC Sound Fitted

Livery

Railfreight Red Stripe

Features

Interior lighting

Prototype information

Locomotive class^*

Class 56

^* 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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Cavalex Models Class 56 019 Railfreight Red Stripe Diesel Locomotive is a limited‑edition 4 mm model representing British Rail sectorisation. It carries the manufacturer part number CM‑56019‑RSR, is fitted with interior lighting and a 21‑pin DCC interface (DCC 21). The prototype, number 56019, was built in Romania and operated the Railfreight Red Stripe livery from 1988 until its withdrawal.

The model reproduces the distinctive Romanian shape with a full buffer‑beam cowling, square‑mesh side grilles, can‑trail grilles and roof grille, and a rubber‑sealed cab with side windows. It includes a wealth of separately fitted components, such as photo‑etched grilles and individually moulded bogies, to provide detailed relief. Wheel pickup is managed by an innovative magnetic hall‑sensor system that activates automatic flange squeal.

Mechanically, the locomotive is built on an alloy chassis, driven by a five‑pole motor with twin flywheels geared for prototypical running speeds and offering fine slow‑speed control. The DCC sound package uses an EM1‑type speaker together with a sugar‑cube speaker in the chassis, based on a custom‑recorded sound programme. Options include drop‑in EM/P4 wheelset packs and motor‑operated roof fans controllable via a DCC function output or DC operation.

Cavalex has designed the Class 56 from scratch, consulting original Electroputere and BREL drawings and tooling all 135 locomotives produced between 1976 and 1984. The finish standard matches that of the highly regarded PGA and BBA/BLA wagons, with etched nameplates and interchangeable standard or revised can‑trail grille options to suit the chosen prototype.