Description
Accurascale ACC2791-DCC Class 55, DELTIC,
Running number: 55004
Loco named: Queens Own Highlander
in BR BLUE LIVERY
DCC SOUND
OO Gauge
This is Accurascale's first Haymarket-allocated TOPS blue Deltic, represented here by 55004 in 1977 condition, just after having its headcode box plated over. Notably this was one of just four members of the fleet to feature unpainted front windscreen frames during the mid to late 1970s.
Accurascale announces a second production run of its Class 55 Deltic locomotives to celebrate their fifth birthday.
The Accurascale Deltics have been their most requested model for re-release to date, with unprecedented demand driving premium prices on the second hand market.
Tweaks and Enhancements
Accurascale is always keen to push the boundaries on any model they create to improve realism and fidelity across the hobby, and bring modellers the greatest replicas in miniature possible. However, they also listen to customer feedback from modellers and know that they can always do better and improve. Accurascale have taken all the constructive feedback received from the first Deltic production run and built it into a list of tweaks and enhancements they will now implement in the latest production batch.
Firstly, the brake chains on the bogies have been redesigned to make them more robust and a simple process to remove them to take the body off the chassis for driver fitting an routine maintenance. They will be a push fit system, meaning easy to remove and attach and no longer requiring any glue. They will still give the great detail impression of the real locomotives.
The corner step mounting and fuel tank parts have also been revised, with stronger mountings allowing for a more robust assembly. This will prevent them coming adrift in transit and be stronger under careful handling. Nose handrails will also be improved to give them a more realistic appearance, the speaker baffle will be more secure and other gentle tweaks will ensure that the definitive Deltic is even better.
