Cavalex Models CM - 56077 - OR

Class 56 077 Original Railfreight Livery Diesel Locomotive

Name: Cavalex Models CM - 56077 - OR Class 56 077 Original Railfreight Livery Diesel Locomotive
Brand: Cavalex Models
SKU: CM - 56077 - OR
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: 56077
Build: Doncaster
Info: Carried original Railfreight from 1986 to 1990

56077 Features:

Distinctive fabricated cab shape
Cutaway buffer beam
Diamond mesh side grilles, cantrail grilles and roof grille
Steel cab and cab side window frames

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 - 56077 - OR

GTIN

9782301401229

RRP

£189.95

Release date

TBA

Limited edition model for

Rails of Sheffield

Model details

DCC status

DCC 21

Livery

Original Railfreight

DCC

DCC Ready (21-pin interface) with DCC sound capability using ESU projects

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 56 077 Original Railfreight Livery Diesel Locomotive is a 4 mm (OO) scale model released as part of the “Rails of Sheffield” limited edition. The locomotive is numbered 56077, built to represent the prototype that carried original Railfreight livery between 1986 and 1990, and it is fitted with interior lighting. It carries a 21‑pin DCC interface (DCC 21) and a 5‑pole motor with twin flywheels, geared for prototypical running speeds and providing fine slow‑speed control.

The model is based on original works drawings from Electroputere and BREL and has been completely re‑tooled to cover all 135 Class 56 locomotives built from 1976 to 1984. Key external details include a distinctive fabricated cab shape, cut‑away buffer beam, diamond‑mesh side grilles, cantrail and roof grilles, and steel cab and window frames. Internally the chassis is alloy, the bogies are supplied as separate components for improved detail, and photo‑etched grilles are fitted throughout.

Electronic features comprise all‑wheel pick‑up with magnetic Hall sensors to prevent flange squeal, DCC sound based on a custom ESU project, an EM1‑type speaker plus a sugar‑cube speaker for balanced low and high frequencies, and roof fans that can be driven by a DCC function output or by DC. Optional EM/P4 wheelset packs and both standard and revised cantrail grill options are available.

The model is intended to meet the same high standard of finish as Cavalex’s PGA and BBA/BLA wagon ranges, offering a high level of detail and innovation for collectors of British Rail Class 56 locomotives.