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!
We reached yet another milestone today as our first O Gauge model arrived in stock. We have produced the ubiquitous BR 24.5 Ton 'HOP 24' in ready-to-run in 7mm scale!
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!
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, […]
Today is the day that the clock ticks down to 00:00 and Accurascale, as a model railway manufacturing company, goes ‘live’. Of course, things don’t always go to plan, and the launch of the HUO is no exception. But these things happen! Now, let’s have a first look at our HUO ‘in the plastic’. […]