GWR Bradley Manor - Sound Fitted

Accurascale GWR ‘Manor’ 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor limited edition

DCC sound fitted only - limited stock available for immediate despatch

Key Publishing has commissioned an exclusive limited-edition model of preserved Great Western Railway Bradley Manor from Accurascale.

The model uses Accurascale's brand-new tooling for the Collett Manors (HM165) which is now available. This version is DCC sound fitted with an ESU Next18 decoder and twin speakers.

The real 7802 Bradley Manor was completed at Swindon Works in January 1938 and entered traffic at Old Oak Common shed. Its career saw it allocated to Bristol Bath Road shed during the GWR era while from 1946 it became associated with the Cambrian Coast route with allocations to Machynlleth and later Shrewsbury sheds from where it was withdrawn in 1965. It was sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales before being purchased for preservation by the Erlestoke Manor Fund in 1979. It was transported to the Severn Valley Railway for restoration to working order in 1993.

The specification for the Hornby Magazine limited edition sees 7802 delivered in BR lined green with late crests on the tender sides and an etched metal Cambrian Coast Express headboard will be included with each model. The locomotive also has optional etched metal nameplates together with optional etched metal cabside number plates in the accessory pack.

Mechanically the Accurascale produced Manor will feature a die-cast chassis and running plate, brake blocks in line with the wheels, wire handrails, etched metal, plastic and lost wax detail parts, sprung buffers, a correct tender type for BR service, flickering firebox light, a Next18 DCC decoder socket in the tender, two high quality speakers in the DCC sound models, helical cut gears for maximum performance and slow speed running, gearing for a scale top speed of 90mph and a PowerPack capacitor. The sound decoder installed will be an ESU LokSound V5 with Accurascale's own sound recordings.

Common Features:

• Highly-detailed OO gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
• Based on 3D scan of 7808 Cookham Manor and full works drawings provided by Great Western Society, Didcot
• Surveys undertaken with assistance of Erlestoke Manor Fund, Dinmore Manor Loco Ltd and Tyseley Locomotive Works
• Smokebox and chimney correctly represents as-built GWR condition or post-1952 BR redraughting
• Fully-detailed cab interior with many separate parts 
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body
• Scale width wire handrails
• Etched metal/plastic and lost wax detail parts, incl. grab handles, steps, drain cocks, etc
• Etched metal pre-painted name and numberplates
• Etched metal "Cambrian Coast Express" and "Pembroke Coast Express" headboards
• High-fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Fully sprung metal buffers and factory-installed pipework
• Tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Brake blocks in line with wheels
• Front mini-tension lock coupler can be replaced by accurate front pony truck moulding
  

Tender Details:

• Churchward 3,500 gal tender with numerous variations including riveted and flush sides, narrow or wide hornplates, three different styles of spring hanger and underframe-mounted water scoop
• Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and high fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Early tapered, tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Optional overhead warning plate bracket on late-BR examples
• Kinetic NEM coupler mounts on tender at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers
• DCC decoder socket in tender

DCC / Electronic Features:

• Very high-quality 3-pole motor with flywheel, low starting voltage and smooth power delivery
  
• DCC sound fitted (Next18 socket in tender) with speaker mounted in smokebox and tender
  
• PowerPack capacitor bank for uninterrupted power and sound
  
• Flickering firebox light (synchronised with sound on DCC installed models)
  
• Electrical pickup from all tender and locomotive driving wheels

Traction Features:

• Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
  
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body with sprung centre driving axle
  
• Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
  
• Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h)
  
• RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels