Class 31 and Mark 1 Sub Mega Update - Green Type 2s Revealed, Blue Delivery Date Confirmed!
Hot on the heels of the Class 66 and our latest batch of Class 37s, our gorgeous, all new Class 31s are next to arrive in our warehouse and the next "all new, all singing and all dancing" Accurascale locomotive is about to debut on your layout.
Absolutely laden with tech, including all the lighting configurations you can shake a stick at, a plethora of prototype specific details per loco, a working cooling fan powered by a separate motor, stay alive in all locomotives, full accurathrash twin speaker setup in all sound fitted models, etched details, cab and engine room lighting, cab desk lighting and of course, a silky smooth, torquey 5 pole skew wound motor with twin flywheels, our humble Brush Type 2s are set to be a show stopping model of these widely spread class.
Our first batch of Class 31s, all the BR Blue locos for the main range, have been on the high seas for quite a while now, having to take the long way round the cape to reach the UK. The good news is that they're now 2/3s the way through their journey, and will dock in the UK and arrive at our warehouse W/C 22nd September. Also on board in the container is our first batch of wonderful Mark 1 Suburban coaches in BR Blue livery (and our Accurascale Exclusive Tool Van In Yellow livery), so full prototypical trains are arriving together!
Right behind our blue Class 31s are their green counterparts, which we can now show for the first time in production sample format. Feast your eyes!
As you can see, they look pretty tasty! We have had to make a couple of small revisions to these samples to ensure that they are spot on, which the factory are carrying out now. Once that is complete they will be loaded onto a ship and are due with us in mid-November This consists of D5615, 5674, D5803 and D5549. Our reworked Carmine Mark 1 subs will arrive just before these, so again, a full prototypical train will be arriving together to make up your suburban services!
We will have news very soon on our outstanding 31s from the first run, namely the railfreight, Dutch, Regional Railways and IC mainline machines, along with our limited editions, so keep an eye out for that! We will also be offering sound kits for the Mirrlees Type 2s for an easy upgrade when the green variants are close to arrival, so check out our website for those too.
In the meantime, we have a limited amount of Blue Class 31s available for pre-order still. Grab yours below, and dont forget your matching Mark 1 subs too!