Accucraft electric L&B Lew and Lyn?

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[font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"]Following the success of ?Countess? and ?Caledonia?, Accucraft UK have decided to develop similar versions of ?Lyn? and ?Lew? for production alongside the live steam versions. The electric ?Lyn? would have a target RRP of £995 and ?Lew? would be around £1300, both models carrying the same level of detail as the live steamers but with scale cab fittings. [/font]
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[font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"]What do you think?[/font]
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[font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"]Happy steamings,[/font]
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[font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"]John[/font]
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I have a live steam Lyn and it looks good and runs well. I would consider an electric Lew in the future depending on finances. The prices in the US would be reasonable. Both the Lyn and the Lew will become more attractive as Accucraft produces the passenger cars next year (?). With the wagons and vans currently available you can make up some nice consists.

But, what I would really like from Accucraft is an electric Mallard as run for the world steam record in 1938.
 
Prices seem reasonable for the detail and small production runs... perhaps a little pricey. I expect there would be demand. With experience from users on here I wonder if all wheels need pick up this time too? Great to see some UK outline electric G-scale stuff though :)

EDIT: although with Lyn, is there any market above the very well priced plastic Bachmann model?
 
James makes a valid point, for sure a nice brass model Lyn would look great, but I dont think it would sell due to the prescence of the much cheaper model.
I think if I were in the market for one of these I would get the Bachmann Lyn & super detail it, and get the Lew. there by getting a model of both loco's for less outlay.
I would be more interested in the Live Steam versions anyway.
 
I suppose we could presume to be able to get say a 10% discount off RRP so that would put the Lyn at say £895 and Lew at £1170 - a step in the right direction.

It is safe to assume Accucraft would now provide more electric pick ups to help cope with the vagaries of some garden railways.

Not sure about the Bachman Lyn, I suppose from the garden railfarers point of view it's nice to have a choice between a budget offering and a top end one, provided the numbers stack up for the manufacturers.

Happy steamings,

John
 
Sea Lion said:
[font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"]Following the success of ?Countess? and ?Caledonia?, Accucraft UK have decided to develop similar versions of ?Lyn? and ?Lew? for production alongside the live steam versions.[/font][font="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"] [/font]
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I'm curious about the gauge/scale thing.
Since they're 2ft gauge locos, are they going to be widened to fit 45mm?
This would make them look overwide on 32mm (the steamers anyway), as we see already with the generic locos.
 
me too m rail,,,,, dont get this 2 ft on 3 ft tracks

all wrong wrong and more wrong,,,,

wouldnt it be nice to have a proper two foot loco on 45mm

i know it would be bigger but it would look right

16mm is i supose cheaper ,,,,
 
Isn't that running 16mm/Ft stuff on O gauge track, rather than Gauge 1 track? So a Lynn re gauged to 32mm track would look correct, being about 2ft track, whereas on 45mm track (Gauge 1 or incorrectly called G Scale) it looks like it's running on 3ft track.

I guess this all comes down to the generalization of the term G Scale, there being no such thing ;-) scale being Xmm to the foot (or whatever units you want to use) and gauge being the distance between the tracks.

Well, it confuses me after a Guinness....
 
I am in for Lew- definitely. Lyn- I have the Bachmann one but it sounds interesting.

Henrik
 
If, and that is a big if, the Bachmann "Lyn" was available in 32 mm gauge for the 16 mm scale fans, even though said model would be the wrong scale for the gauge, there would be very little chance of an Accucraft metal model selling.
 
Rhinochugger said:
Martino said:
Well, it confuses me after a Guinness....
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Good definition of G Scale....................Guiness Scale :thumbup::thumbup:
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Please DO NOT use my name in this manner.
I am into 16mm on 32mm...
But I butcher G scale stuff when it suits...

Rob Guinness
Dis custard of Merseyside
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daveyb said:
me too m rail,,,,, dont get this 2 ft on 3 ft tracks
all wrong wrong and more wrong,,,,
wouldnt it be nice to have a proper two foot loco on 45mm
i know it would be bigger but it would look right
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Wouldn't that be 7/8 scale?
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hmmmm 7/8 scale,,, i like this a lot,,,, trouble is it sems to be in its infancy,,,

but it does seem to be becoming more popular,,, but nothing ready to run i think

be nice to have a few welsh 2 ft locos trundling about,,,,

just need a brave, forward thinking manufacturer, willing to offer new expensive products in a non popular scale,,,,

ah well,,, wheres that offcut of drain pipe and uhu,,,
 
Still cogitating on the electric Lyn idea, and the gauge/scale thing.
Going back to the Accy Baguley, for all it's shortcomings, the electric chassis was gauge adjustable.
With the new metal chassis on the cards, if this set-up were used on the Lyn, it could bring in the 16mm battery guys.
Side tanks stuffed with batteries and RC would be rather attractive.
Of course it probably wouldn't take my 2'6" corners...
 
Yep, I'm interested in these locos BUT (and it's a BIG but), Accucraft must move with the times and make the locos dcc and sound ready.

This means that there must be a dcc socket and dedicated space for the speaker and not just a set of instructions that tell you that you need to open up the locomotive and hardwire a decoder.

If my memory is correct, compared with the set of instructions that came with the first run of Caledonia's, the instructions that came with the second run do, at least, tell you how to open up the locomotive. That's progress so, let's move on from there and install dcc socket and provide dedicated space for a speaker in the new locos.

Simples.......
 
No firm details yet but I do understand we may see progress in the sockets and speakers department.

These are 1:19 scale models that will be 'correct' on 32mm gauge track representing a 2' gauge railway. With the designs being outside framed they are easy to be dual gauge and because the prototypes were big they can be mixed and matched with 3' narrow gauge stock running on 45mm gauge track, or indeed 2'6" narrow gauge stock running on 32mm or 45mm gauge track. The overall dimensions are about the same and a scale driver can step off one footplate onto another without having to shrink or grow.

This ability to mix and match within the same train is something that was carefully designed in to the Accucraft UK brand when they chose the railways to be modelled. As we have found they can also be mixed in with European 'G' scale models to good effect.

Happy steamings,

John
 
funandtrains said:
I wonder if the existance of more electric steam outline locos for 16mm will shake up the 16mm world encouraging more modellers into 16mm N.G. rather than the predominance of model enginners at the moment.
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Preponderance of model engineers in 16mm??? That would make the average model engineer smile... There is perhaps a preponderance of those who run live steam ? but this does not an engineer make. Certainly I am no engineer and regard myself as a modeller. When it comes to garden railways I have to say I see little difference in terms of modelling verisimilitude between those whose motive power is steam and those whose motive power is steam outline...
 
Tag, can I congratulate you on verisimilitude which is a truly excellent word!

I do think that it is a good thing to have more British outline electric models in 16mm scale, but I think to really broden the reach of the hobby there would need to be more in the Baguley price bracket. That said it would be great to see these high spec models on the market too and particularly encouraging to hear that Accucraft have taken note of the feedback on the electrical pickup issues.
 
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