BR Class 50 - Railfreight General - 50149 'Defiance' - Exclusive - DCC Sound Fitted
BR Class 50 - Railfreight General - 50149 'Defiance' - Exclusive - DCC Sound Fitted
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Detailed Description
Detailed Description
BR Class 50 - Railfreight General - 50149 'Defiance' - Exclusive
DCC Sound Fitted
The second half of the 1980s saw a potential new direction for the Class 50s as passenger work began to dry up. While 1987 brought sad news with the first three examples switched off, Plymouth’s Laira depot also outshopped the former 50049 Defiance in the stunning new Railfreight General livery with re-geared CP7 bogies and new 50149 number. The sole member of the Class 50/1 sub class, it was primarily used in the South West on china clay and Speedlink wagonload duties before the project was cancelled. This was partially due to poor wheelslip protection and lack of sanding equipment, both ironically removed during refurbishment and considered too expensive to reinstate. It was returned to standard condition in February 1989 and repainted in the revised NSE scheme.
SPECIFICATION
- Highly-detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2 scale
- Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track) in OO
- Die-cast metal chassis
- RP25-110 profile OO wheels with provision for re-gauging with scale-sized wheels for P4/EM gauges – with simple ride height adjustment – and ability to set brake blocks in line with wheels
- Separately-applied etched metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers, etc.
- Scale width wire handrails
- Etched metal pre-painted nameplates and crests (where applicable) provided for customer to install
- Interchangeable printed headcodes with full description covering the first nine years of the class plus preservation era
- Scale-sized and mounted snowploughs provided for customer to install, with one-piece NEM mounted option
- Full underframe tank, battery box and full-formed compressor detail with extensive pipework and other separate parts
- Fully sprung metal buffers and bufferplate, factory-fitted pipework and screw couplings (for display)
- Fully sprung buffers, super-fine pipework and screw couplings (for display)
- Kinetic NEM coupler mounts at correct height and mini-tension-lock couplers
Deluxe Features
- Separately powered working radiator fan with different speed settings
- PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
- Custom ‘Accurathrash’ Speaker Technology including large ‘Accurathrash’ Style Bass Speaker (on DCC Sound-fitted models only)
- Hall sensor for flange squeal effect (on DCC Sound-fitted models only)
DCC Features
- DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power
- DCC ready or Factory-Fitted DCC Sound options
High Performance Traction features
- Five-Pole motor with two flywheels
- Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve minimum scale top speed of 125 mph (200 km/h)
- All wheel drive (sprung centre axle) and all wheel pickup
Fully detailed Lighting Pack features:
- Directional lighting, DC and DCC
- Switchable Red and white marker lights with day/night options
- Switchable Red and white marker lights with correctly configured lights for preservation era oddballs 50008 and 50044
- Interior lighting with cast electrical compartment and engine bay detail on metal motor enclosure
- Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, driver’s desk, auto/off on movement
Specification
Specification
Lighting and DCC
Lighting and DCC
Common Features
Common Features
Customer Reviews
Excellent model, runs very well and Sounds great. shame about that piece of foam packing taking one jumper socket off.
Great model of my favourite class of British diesel locomotive. Just a shame about the little niggles. Must contact product support for at least one completely missing part.
This is an exceptional model of the Class 50149. Yes we all know the issue with the orange connection that comes off in transit. Sure Accurascale will find a fix for run2. And yes you can see the circuit board through the cab. Another area for run 2. Runs very smoothly and sounds Awesome.
What a beast. From details to the sound. 100% spot on. Cant wait for the next batch.
While overall a really nice model, I do think there are a few areas of improvement. Some model specific, some general Accurascale feedback:
> Packaging - Minor model box damage but nothing on the model itself damaged. Accurascale used a huge box which is part of the problem. A big box looks like a lot of protection but means you have to have lots of internal packing that the model can work its way around. Using smaller boxes that don't let the model move as much strikes a better balance between padding and having a model flying about in an impact. Smaller boxes are also cheaper to ship and better for the environment (all be it not by much per box but adds up over the volume Accuracsale ship).
> Unpainted parts - Multiple working connectors on the cab front have not been painted and are simply in orange plastic (they are painted in the product pictures). This would be OK except for the fact that other parts on the model have been painted orange making it stand out.
> Visible PCBs - The model's PCB is visible through the fan, cab windows and exhaust ports. Given we have working fans, cab and gauge light, we are encouraged to look into these areas so a bit disappointing. Other models have been heavily criticised for visible PCBs in the past so feel it should at least be talked about.
> Body removal - The chains attached to the loco body are next to impossible to remove without breaking them. This is especially frustrating since I discovered this trying to remove the body to mask the PCB issue, as mentioned above, with coloured tape or card to make it less eye catching. We've been through bogie mounted chain issues on multiple models now so feel something better is needed going forward.
Slightly disappointed by the PCBs but nothing major across the board. Hopefully all stuff that can be fixed in run 2.