The Accurascale decision to put cheap three pole motors in turned me off. Glad I didn't buy one now. That poor decision was highlighted in Sam's Trains video. The Dapol colour scheme looks so wrong... have not bought that either. Thanks for the video. 😮
Neither is better than the other. I love the Accurascale, Dapol and Bachmann Manor models equally. I'm a Great Western Girl, so show me a GWR Manor hard at work, and I'll show you how much I truly love her. What is it about the Manor engines that makes me love them so much? My answer is this: their sharp bark and shrill Swindon whistle are music to my ears. What's not to love about God's Wonderful Railway?
I noticed an unusual clanking sound synchronized to the Dapol model's running speed, something not present in the Accurascale loco. Could you clarify whether this sound is intended to mimic rail clanking or something else?
Hi. I bought one. Straight from Accurascale. The sound volume was low. When I checked. It was already at the highest setting. I mentioned it to a model shop, and they agreed they had issues with volume level being low too. How’s yours?
The Accurascale's has a fair bit more detail. There's more under the boiler and in the cab. The boiler on the Dapol is more tapered, be interesting to know which model is more accurate on the shape. I think the Accurascale when comparing to the real thing. I had a really noisy motor on my first Torquay, sent it back for an exchange. Much better. However, the Dapol motor is much better performer. Swings and roundabouts really.
The Accura Boiler has the correct shape. The Dapol Boiler is wrong. I was see that as i was see the first Pictures from the Dapol Manor and was think direct okay i wait for the Accura and that is realy a great Modell. The Dapol ha even more Points i dont like the Chrome Safty Dom it looks not real and i dont like the Chrome look and the Wheels can also look more finer. The biggest negativ point by the Dapol is the slitline along the Boiler... that a no go in that Area.
I’ve had two cookhams, both returned due to non working stay alives and poor running through double slips and r2 curves, it’s slowed right down when at anything other than 1/2 speed or above, you could hear the pitch of the motor change as it struggled. ended up getting a refund, no waiting for my retailer to return it to AS for warranty work. Lovely model but mechanically AS need to improve
Just noticed I said that the Dapol model has the decoder in the tender. It doesn't....its in the smoke box.
The Accurascale decision to put cheap three pole motors in turned me off. Glad I didn't buy one now.
That poor decision was highlighted in Sam's Trains video.
The Dapol colour scheme looks so wrong... have not bought that either.
Thanks for the video. 😮
I've seen the accurascale in the flesh ,it's a splendid model
Neither is better than the other. I love the Accurascale, Dapol and Bachmann Manor models equally. I'm a Great Western Girl, so show me a GWR Manor hard at work, and I'll show you how much I truly love her. What is it about the Manor engines that makes me love them so much? My answer is this: their sharp bark and shrill Swindon whistle are music to my ears. What's not to love about God's Wonderful Railway?
I noticed an unusual clanking sound synchronized to the Dapol model's running speed, something not present in the Accurascale loco. Could you clarify whether this sound is intended to mimic rail clanking or something else?
Hi. I bought one. Straight from Accurascale. The sound volume was low. When I checked. It was already at the highest setting. I mentioned it to a model shop, and they agreed they had issues with volume level being low too. How’s yours?
Did you check CV63?
Yep. I did. The shop owner had one of his own. He replaced the chip to another brand. And the sound was amazing. Extremely lifelike even for 00.
The Accurascale's has a fair bit more detail. There's more under the boiler and in the cab. The boiler on the Dapol is more tapered, be interesting to know which model is more accurate on the shape. I think the Accurascale when comparing to the real thing.
I had a really noisy motor on my first Torquay, sent it back for an exchange. Much better. However, the Dapol motor is much better performer.
Swings and roundabouts really.
The Accura Boiler has the correct shape. The Dapol Boiler is wrong. I was see that as i was see the first Pictures from the Dapol Manor and was think direct okay i wait for the Accura and that is realy a great Modell. The Dapol ha even more Points i dont like the Chrome Safty Dom it looks not real and i dont like the Chrome look and the Wheels can also look more finer. The biggest negativ point by the Dapol is the slitline along the Boiler... that a no go in that Area.
Copper cap doesn’t fit chimney properly on accurascale, otherwise two splendid models.
I’ve had two cookhams, both returned due to non working stay alives and poor running through double slips and r2 curves, it’s slowed right down when at anything other than 1/2 speed or above, you could hear the pitch of the motor change as it struggled. ended up getting a refund, no waiting for my retailer to return it to AS for warranty work. Lovely model but mechanically AS need to improve
Back to backs were too tight - some of them had this issue.