With immediate effect Accucraft are raising the price of the entire ‘Ragleth’ range. Due to revisions in the cost
of production they have been unable to avoid this increase but all back orders will be honoured at last year’s prices. They hope to be able to hold prices for the rest of their range for the near future but clearly this depends on the strength of Stirling and the cost of shipping. It is worth remembering that the only significant change in our prices in the last few years have been as a result of changes in the rate of VAT!
The new ‘Ragleth’ prices are as follows:

Ragleth 0-4-0 Power Unit – RRP £500.00
Ragleth 0-4-0T all colours – RRP £650.00
Ragleth 0-4-0T Radio Control - RRP £ 850.00

PEVERIL - Live Steam & Electric

Following fine tuning of the pre-production sample Accucraft are pleased to say that we have given the go-ahead for a run of both live steam and electric versions of this attractive Isle of Man 2-4-0T. This batch is being produced in Indian red only and should be available in February or March 2012 at an RRP of £1175.00 for the live steam loco and £895.00 for the electric version. Reserve yours now to avoid missing out.

LIVE STEAM LSWR B4 0-4-0T

Parallel with the development of the A3 model, Accucraft are also tooling up a live steam London & South Western Railway B4 tank locomotive in 1:32 scale, in particular No. 30089Trouville which had a reasonably ‘normal’ cab.  Intended as an “entry level” loco in Gauge 1, the model will be gas-fired and have all the features you would expect from an Accucraft locomotive.  The chassis is constructed from stainless steel. Boiler and cab are constructed from etched brass.  The target RRP will be £800.00 and a power unit only version will be available for £695.00. 

An initial batch of twenty locomotives were designed by William Adams for the London & South Western Railway and constructed at Nine Elms between 1891 and 1893. These small but powerful engines were intended for shunting in restricted sidings with tight curves and were deployed in such locations as Southampton Docks, the Hamworthy freight branch and Poole Quay.  Drummond added five similar locos to the class in 1905 although assorted rebuilds saw a great many variations in cab design and boiler fittings.  Because of their work in the docks, twelve acquired names from locations along the French channel coast.  After a long career with the L&SWR, Southern Railway and BR, some were sold into industrial use and two have been preserved, Normandy on the Bluebell Railway and Granville at Bressingham.

They will be producing the following versions:

S32-8 – BR (EX L&SWR) B4 0-4-0T No. 30089 – BR BLACK, EARLY EMBLEM
S32-9 - BR (EX L&SWR) B4 0-4-0T No. 30089 – BR BLACK, LATE CREST
S32-10 - BR (EX L&SWR) B4 0-4-0TNo. 30089 – BLACK, UNLETTERED
S32-11 – B4 0-4-0 POWER UNIT

LIVE STEAM A3 No. 4472 “FLYING SCOTSMAN”

Accucraft are currently developing a 1:32 scale live steam version of their very successful electric LNER A3
Class “Flying Scotsman”. The model will be gas-fired and have all the features the Gauge 1 fraternity have
come to expect from an Accucraft locomotive. The chassis is constructed from stainless steel. Boiler, cab
and tender are constructed from etched brass. The target RRP will be £2495.00. Specification:

Fuel: Butane gas fired
Minimum Radius: 2m (6’ 6”)
Construction: Copper boiler, brass boiler jacket, brass cab, brass tender, steel drivers
Features: Walschaerts valve gear, safety valve, water level glass, pressure gauge, lubricator, gas tank in
tender (water bath), axle water pump with bypass valve, water hand pump with check valve, two slide valve
cylinders

S32-1 - 1:32 scale A3, double chimney, deflectors, late crest (electric version illustrated)

S32-2 – 1:32 scale A3, single chimney, late crest (electric version illustrated)

S32-3 – 1:32 scale A3, ‘Flying Scotsman’ as running in 1975 (electric version illustrated)

S32-4 - 1:32 scale A3, ‘Flying Scotsman’ as running in the 21st C. (electric version illustrated)

W & L CATTLE VAN ANNOUNCED

We are delighted to say that we are adding the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway cattle van to the already
comprehensive range of W & L rolling stock we produce. The van will be modelled on the original design
before rebuilding by the G.W.R. and as such will be available in W & L light grey, light grey (data only) and
dark grey (data only). A release date in 2012 , RRP £60.00

All the L&B coaches will come with a transfer sheet for the ‘SOUTHERN RAILWAY’ transfer and for the relevant running numbers. The coach doors will have the correct class transfers already applied. The Brake/
composite coach will only be one running number, which is No15. Both the 3rd class Centre Observation
coach and the 3rd class coach will have four different numbers and the Composite coach will have two
different numbers.

We do not have firm prices yet but think they will be in the region of £185.00 per coach.

They will produce the Brake /composite No15 and the 3rd class coaches in the first production batch which we hope will be here by the end of November 2011. The other two types of coaches will follow.

The order codes are opposite and we are now ready to take orders. We expect demand for these models to be
heavy so to avoid disappointment please get your orders in early.

Accucraft UK is pleased to announce that they are going to develop a model of the Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2T locomotive 'Lew'. It is possible that this model will also be available as the new replica loco 'Lyd'. The only details given at present are that it will be gas fired, and dual gauge. It will also feature slide valve cylinders and have working Joy valve gear.

At present there are no production timescales or pricing details available.

NEWS Having had a number of requests, Accucraft have decided to produce ‘Lew’ in limited numbers in plain black with no lettering or numbers.  This will allow individuals to apply their own livery or maybe “SOUTHERN” in sunshine lettering or fully lined B.R. livery for those who have a yearning to see how the railway would have looked had it been nationalised.  The first batch has been completely pre-sold and will only be shipped in Southern green so the black ‘uns will follow with the second batch which is likely to appear in November 2012.  Please order part number S19-18 if you would like ‘Lew’ in plain black.