Accurascale Class 31 31276 Limited Edition-DCC ready
Accurascale Class 31 31276 Calder Hall Power Station limited edition, £169.99
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Key Publishing has commissioned an exclusive limited-edition model of one of only two named Coal Sector Class 31s – 31276 Calder Hall Power Station from Accurascale.
This limited-edition model will be restricted to 150 DCC ready units only. The model will use Accurascale’s brand-new tooling for the Brush-built A1A-A1A Class 31s https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/accurascale-all-new-brush-class-31-oo-gauge
which is currently at the decorated sample stage before progressing to production for release this summer.
Our limited edition of 31276 will be the only Railfreight triple grey liveried Class 31 in the first production run of Accurascale’s new model.
The real 31276 was completed at Brush Traction, Loughborough, on July 13 1961 and numbered D5806. It was works number 307 and entered service at Sheffield Darnall shed (41A). It spent the 1960s allocated around the Sheffield area including periods at Tinsley and Wath depots, but moved to the Nottingham Division briefly in 1972 before returning to Tinsley the same year. Its final allocation was to Thornaby from 1987 until withdrawal on February 11 2000.
31276 was an early repaint into the Railfreight triple grey livery in December 1988 when it also gained Coal Sector branding. It was repainted at Vic Berry’s and had a black centre door as well as centrally mounted high intensity lights on each cab front. The locomotive carried the Calder Hall Power Station nameplate from November 30 1988 until April 30 1992 when the name was transferred to 31130. The locomotive retained Coal Sector livery until withdrawal in 2000 with its duties including nuclear fuel trains, engineering movements and even passenger workings on the North Wales Coast around 1992.
The specification for the Key Publishing limited edition will see 31276 delivered in Railfreight Coal Sector livery with centrally mounted high-intensity lights on each cab front. Etched metal nameplates will be included with the model, but will not be fitted to allow modellers to choose whether their model represents 31276 before or after April 30 1992.
Mechanically the Accurascale produced Class 31 will feature a die-cast chassis and injection moulded body, wire handrails, etched metal and plastic detail parts, sprung buffers, a 21-pin DCC decoder socket, helical cut gears for maximum performance and slow speed running, and gearing for a scale top speed of 90mph. See the full specification below.
Accurascale Class 31 specification
Class 31 common features
Highly-detailed ‘OO’ gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
Minimum radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
Heavy die-cast metal chassis
One truck (bogie) styles with separate footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder and end brake rigging
RP25-110 profile ‘OO’ gauge wheels
Brake blocks on bogies in line with wheels
Scale width wire handrails
Etched metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, steps, wipers and more
Etched metal roof grille
Etched metal pre-painted nameplates, plaques and arrows (if applicable)
Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs, chassis fitted
Full underbody battery box/air tank detail with pipework
Extra cab front details for Network Rail locomotives
Fully sprung buffers, multiple pipework variations and screw couplings
Kinetic NEM coupler mounts at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers
Deluxe features
All models feature a fully working, scale speed roof fan, that will run on DC and DCC. On DCC control, the fan speed is fully programmed to simulate accurate motion
All models feature PowerPack supercapacitor Stay-Alive system for uninterrupted power and flicker free lighting and uninterruptible sound (works on DCC)
DCC features
DCC ready (21-Pin MTX Socket)
High performance traction features
High quality five-pole motor with two large flywheels
Helical gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90mph (145km/h)
Outer axles on bogies are driven (sprung dummy centre axle) and all wheel pickup
Fully detailed lighting pack features
Directional lighting, DC and DCC
Lighting clusters with appropriate day and night-time settings
Switchable red and white marker lights (red can be switched individual lights or both on)
Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, driver’s desk with auto/off on movement