Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14" 'Carbon' in NCB lined maroon

a lovely little engine, surprisingly weighty with plenty of die-cast metal and nicely detailed

I think it's a great little model, I love the livery, love the way it runs, love the attention to detail and the decorated cab! Their are a couple of things however, I had to re-seat the motor three times for it to run. It runs well now, but is a tad noisey. I'm not a big fan of having to detach delicate details to fix my brand new model that hadnt ran yet. As you had to remove pipping from the boiler. In doing so I scratched mine.

Quality model, very solid build with good detail. However, a major problem concerning the gears did spoil the experience somewhat. When the model arrived I was very impressed but when I went to run the model it did not go. The worm gear had lost contact with the gear train because the motor mounts are poor. I contacted Accurascale and they provided instructions to fix it. Removing the body was complex yet easy. Once you know what pipes to disconnect the body comes of the chassis simply. It know runs well and I am happy with it, although the problem did somewhat dampen the experience. I would still recommend as build quality is very (apart from the motor mounts) good. Service from Accurascale could not have been better.

The packaging is nice and sturdy. The model itself is amazing. A great little runner and stunning to boot.

Arrived undamaged and functional. Box is Accurascale branded, oversized but very sleek looking with a nice reminder of Hattons printed on the side.

Disassembly and DCC Fitting is simple in theory, mildly finnicky in practice as there's a lot of (thankfully) flexible pipework that you have to be careful to not snag. Be wary of the pipework underneath the running board (both sides), the brass capped pipe on the boiler (both sides, mentioned in instructions. Wound up losing both caps on this example but ah well), and the reverser on the chassis block itself (right hand cab side). Assuming you don't get Accurascale's decoder, the decoder size is gonna be very small, somewhere around a GM Ruby series.

I purchased a Lined Dark Blue variant as well. There's a little nook located beneath the saddle tank, in front of the right hand side of the cab and behind the little sandbox. Found some excess lube there as that's where the gear train sits. Mistook it for glue at first but it wiped off easily and didn't mar the finish.

Possible issues: Did not function out of the box. Motor would spin but wheels wouldn't. Turns out the clips holding the front of the motor weren't engaging properly, an easy enough fix with a pair of pliers. Take care not to apply too much force on the clips, while they are surprisingly flexible, there's always a risk of snapping under too much force.

Overall still love the things, technically my first Accurascale branded models, but a very pleasant reminder of my favorite model shop. Keep up the good work Accurascale, can't wait for the Buckjumpers and 57xx!

A really nice model with the NCB North Western Area maroon livery and area crest very well presented. In 1962 CARBON was fitted with a Giesl ejector exhaust system at Walkden Central Workshops. This locomotive worked at Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley and was scrapped in 1968. Thank you for producing a very good industrial model.

The model is exquisite and well worth the wait since first ordering from Hattons.
However something to be desired in the delivery and tracking. I received an email which I took to say the model had been dispatched, the Tracking info provided didn't work, upon querying this You said tracking only became live when a label printed/issued. I received another email implying dispatch but again Tracking didn't work .I think last time I tried was sometime early last week basically I forgot about any Tracking. I was away all day Monday when I returned home c2230hrsFound card from Royal Mail Your parcel behind gate - This is a 6ft high locked gate on side of house, I can only assume the parcel was dropped over the gate - fortunately the locco was well packed and cushioned from shock but . . .May I suggest you only advise transit and tracking details when goods actually dispatched and not few days before.
Mike Thomas

What a lovely little train. I am over the moon with this. Great to be able to get hold of the Barclays.

Superb locomotive. Excellent slow running, paintwork is first class, and well detailed. I remember seeing the full size locomotive operating at Cleworth Hall Colliery in my hometown of Tyldesley, Lancashire in the late 1950’s/early 1960,s. So a lot of sentimental value in it. Very happy with my purchase.