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Welcome to the January 2021 Accurascale newsletter! We've been busy over the festive period. Here's what's been going on.... 

Sometimes we like to do short notice here at Accurascale. However, even by our standards we are really pushing it with our latest event! We would dearly love for you to join us for an enjoyable evening of model railway related chat this Thursday (August 9th) at the wonderful Model Railway Club, owners of such […]

We are delighted to announce that our first British outline model, the BR 24 ton coal hopper (HOP 24 and later HUO under the BR TOPS system) has arrived in stock! A total of 5,263 wagons were built by BR from 1954 for transporting coal and coke throughout Britain until their withdrawal in the 1980s, […]

With the pre-TOPs HOP 24 / HUO production nearing completion at our factory, we are now taking pre-orders for the TOPs variant ahead of a September 2018 release. A total of 5,263 of these wagons were built by BR from 1954 for transporting coal and coke throughout Britain until their withdrawal in the mid-1980s. The […]

The latest landmark in our first British outline model was reached this afternoon. We have received production samples of our HOP 24 wagons. As you can see above, they make for an impressive sight when arranged in a full rake! We are delighted with the fine fit and finish that our factory has achieved with these […]

We had a great time at the North Down Model Railway Society exhibition with lots of people showing a great interest in the decorated samples of the HOP24. They also showed up on David Mirolo’s new layout ‘St. David’s TMD’ (which incidentally won best layout at the show!) where they looked right at home. In […]

Another milestone has been reached by Accurascale in our first British outline project as we received our first decorated samples of our forthcoming HOP 24. The decorated samples shown in accompanying photographs are from pack B, which features the branding, “Load only to Stella North or South Dunston or Blyth Power Stations”. They also display […]

We are delighted to report that we have now received the first production samples of our HUO from the factory in China. Here are some pics, for you to see the finesse and detail we are packing into this model. Please note that this is a first sample and revisions are required and already underway. […]

Today is the day that the clock ticks down to 00:00 and Accurascale, as a model railway manufacturing company, goes ‘live’. Of course, things don’t always go to plan, and the launch of the HUO is no exception. But these things happen! Now, let’s have a first look at our HUO ‘in the plastic’.   […]

Accurascale, a new and innovative model railway manufacturer, today announces that its first model for the British market will be the 24.5-ton coal hopper wagon, which later received the TOPs code ‘HUO’. A total of 5,263 wagons were built by BR from 1954 for transporting coal and coke throughout Britain until their withdrawal in the […]

Thank you for joining us on the first step of our new adventure into the world of British outline model railway manufacturing. We do hope you like our strategy of announcing items when they are close to production, cutting waiting times for new models, pushing the barriers of fine detailing, and above all, aiming for […]