Our Mark 5 project has been been an interesting departure for us in many ways, and one giant learning curve! We've learned several things along the way too. Find out what's been going on with our first coach project!
We are very proud of our humble HOP 24 / HUO hopper wagon, but it was missing one last element to set it off; a realistic load! Well, we have now rectified it with our real coal load!
As you know, the 7mm Scale HUO / HOP 24 marks our first move into O gauge. We received a significant amount of calls from modellers to scale our 4mm effort up to 7mm. Here's the first sample, which looks good but needs some changes!
Today is the dawn of a new era for us here at Accurascale, as we announce our entrance into the O gauge British outline model railway market with the release of the 24.5 Ton HOP24 / HUO hopper wagon in factory finished, ready to run format. A total of 5,263 of these wagons were built […]
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, […]
Our Onllwyn Colliery internal user pack of HUOs are now available for pre-order on our site. The Onllwyn Colliery pack features three individually numbered models in their private owner livery of dark grey. They were used after their retirement from BR service in their open cast mine near Port Talbot in Wales, where they were […]
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 […]