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Class 37 - BR Green w/full yellow ends - D6956 - DCC Sound Fitted

SKU ACC2619-DCC
Original price $399.00 - Original price $399.00
Original price
$399.00
$399.00 - $399.00
Current price $399.00
Availability:
Only 12 left!
One of the hits of our first Class 37 production run was D6704 in BR green with full yellow ends, which quickly established itself among the fastest selling versions and suprised us by outstripping liveries that we expected to be more popular. Thus we'd be remiss in not including a centre headcode version in the second run and our chosen subject is D6956, another stalwart South Wales freight machine. New to 86A Cardiff Canton in January 1965 and then to Swansea Landore in 1972, it was renumbered 37256 two years later and remained on the WR at Bristol Bath Road from 1983 until rebuilt by Crewe as 37678 in 1987. Another non-boiler loco, while this release shares the same nose configuration as D6600 it correctly rides on Deltic-style cast bogies.

Common Features:

  • Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
  • Heavy die-cast metal chassis
  • Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys
  • Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
  • Bogies (Fabricated and three variations of Cast)
  • Fuel tanks (As built and with later smooth-sided long range fuel tank)
  • Early Class 37/0 features frost grille, boiler filler panel and access steps
  • Early Class 37/0 features illuminated split headcode displays with a selection of different four-character headcodes
  • Class 37/6 have operational WIPAC light clusters and top headlight and numerous different nose slides all including multiple working socket
  • Three styles of buffer: large round Oleo, oval and squared oval
  • Three styles of nose grilles: as built, refurbished ‘split’ and refurbished ‘single piece’
  • Boiler exhaust, and two styles of plated boiler panel
  • With or without bufferbeam skirts
  • With or without cab roof vents and bodyside windows
  • Nose and roof aerials and antennas (where applicable)
  • Three styles of windscreen: standard, centre toughened and all toughened
  • Three styles of cab interior: as built, refurbished and modern DRS locos
  • Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations
  • Door kickplates where applicable

Multiple body and nose slides to accurately represent almost every member of the class, including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704), later EE and RSH

Four roof styles: Original double riveted, single riveted, welded and welded with antennas

Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.

Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille

Scale width wire handrails

Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples

Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

Bogies feature separate footsteps, etched footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain

Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges)

Numerous other locomotive-specific details yet to be revealed!

RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately

Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs

Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings

Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam

Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound

  • High Performance traction, to include;
  • High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels
  • Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
  • Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)
  • DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running
  • All wheel drive and all wheel pickup

Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5]

Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound

DCC Sound Versions include;

  • ESU LokSound V5 DCC Chip
  • Customised Dual-Speaker Technology with;
  • Large Accurathrash Bass Speaker
  • Smaller 'iphone' style cube for higher frequencies
  • DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running

Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including: 

  • Directional lighting on DC and DCC
  • Fully functional Headlights per prototype
  • Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover)
  • WIPAC light clusters where appropriate with day and night-time settings
  • Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
  • Switchable red tail lights

Customer Reviews

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Keith S.
Beautiful model - but with a few hiccups

I had long awaited this model and believed this to be the ultimate class 37. On arrival I was not disappointed. Heavy and loaded with detail. However, there were a couple of hiccups. Firstly, on start up the sound would suddenly cut out. Usually a second attempt to start was all that was required. I would've said dirty track, but the engine ran without the sound. My second issue was on a passing loop, approaching a standard Hornby turn-out. At slow speed it toppled on its side! It continued to do so time after time , so I can only run this engine on the main loop (third radius). I put this down to poor track work - except that all other locos, including the Bachmann Class 37 take this point with no issue. I did some research on Youtube, and discovered there were other people similarly affected. Sadly, I will not be extending my fleet of Accurascale 37's, and I now have concerns for the Class 55, 31 and Class 50 I have on pre-order. I am not a technical person, and believe a model of this quality should work properly straight out of the box. I do not involve myself with 'wheel tolerances' or changing CV's just to get the standard sound effects. Still it is a nice model, and that is why I have given 4 stars instead of 3.

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Chris R.
Great loco

Great loco, great service, delivered on time, great price

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Chris W.

another excellent quality unit, thankyou

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S P.
Class 37’s

A fantastic looking model overall and runs very smoothly. The only issue I have is the headcode lighting. Unfortunately there are only leds lighting up the outer characters not the centre ones which lets down the overall model slightly hence 4 stars

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Chris B.
37 Heaven

Outstanding detail and finish. Accurascale keep their standards very high .

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Donald R.
D6956

I was highly delighted with my model of D6956. It was perfect and ran faultlessly strait out of the box and the price was good to. Keep up the good work and look forward to my next purchase.

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Patrick H.
My 3rd Class 37

Sound is an improvement on the first 2 models which needed adjustment to stop the decoder cutting out. Usual fine detail as we have come to expect from Accurascale

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Richard B.
Green class 37 D6956

Great model. Weighty with a very nice look to it ,received together with D6600 and D6992 all together in one larger box with box ends which made for a snug fit and stopped them rattling around.

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Geoff O.
Superb model

Delighted with my new Class 37 - by far the best model I have seen of the class. The factory-fitted sound chip and speaker complement its appearance, better than anything I've got in any other of my DCC sound locos

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Alasdair C.
Brilliant

Another great Loco from Accurascale. Well done.