Klasse 30 - D5579 Golden Ochre - DCC Sound

This is actually my second Golden Ochre Class 30, which probably tells you everything you need to know about how much I like this model.
The Golden Ochre livery is one of the most unusual and eye-catching liveries ever carried by a British locomotive, and Accurascale has reproduced it beautifully. The finish is excellent, the detailing is outstanding, and the factory-fitted DCC sound brings the model to life.
Running performance is superb, with smooth low-speed control and excellent sound quality. Please note that the real locomotive did not carry running lights, so Accurascale has correctly modelled it without them. It does, however, feature cab lighting and illuminated running numbers.
For optimum performance, I run mine using an ESU ECoS system, which works brilliantly with Accurascale models.
A fantastic locomotive, beautifully produced, and one of the highlights of my collection. The fact that I bought a second one says more than any review ever could.

A superb model from Accurascale. The Class 30 D5579 in Golden Ochre looks stunning, with excellent paintwork, crisp detailing and rich DCC sound. It runs beautifully, with excellent low-speed control. Please note the real loco did not have running lights in either direction, so do not expect them on this model. It does, however, have cab lights and illuminated running numbers. Highly recommended.

The Golden Ochre / bronze gold experimental livery looks fantastic on this model. Another stunning release from Accurascale. Looks great, sounds great and runs great; it's the whole package.

I purchased this Loco for 2 reasons.
The first being the Livery,and the second being the fact it would be my very first Accurascale Model.
The previous month I'd bought the Bachmann BR Green sound fitted Model,so it would also be good to compare it to that.
I'm afraid there's no comparison,the Accurascale wins by a long way.
First thing I always do is run a new loco in and never play around with sounds until after it's run in.This ran so smooth from the start and the noise from the motor,well there was none !!!.
Next came the lighting functions which all work as they should and are very good .I'm not sure what I think on the drivers dashboard lights.Yes it's an extra detail that's good but you don't really notice it whilst running it on your layout.Think I'd rather Accurascale have pre fitted cab crew than dashboard lights.
Now for the sound and this really impressed me over the Bachmann version.
It sounds so much better ,obviously it's got better speakers.Maybe a fairer comparison would have been a Bachmann De Luxe ,but I don't own any of those.The one sound that put a stupid grin on my face was the automatic flange squeal .
I did test the stay alive and although it wasn't as good as the hornby power bank,it did the job.
Now for the negative and this is going to sound really stupid,it's the packaging.
Don't get me wrong it's fantastic as is the enclosed paperwork, it could just do with being in smaller box.Something the size or style of say Hornby Dublo.
As for the price yes it's expensive, but you get what you pay for .Having said that this was and will always be 285 pounds rrp.
RRP on the Bachmann 310 pounds,so 25 pound cheaper.
I'm one very happy and impressed customer and will definitely be making more purchases from Accurascale.

I received my model yesterday. I have taken it out of the box. It looks fantastic. I have just tested it and everything works fine well done ACCURASCALE 10/10 one of the best models I have at the moment

The Box this thing comes is huge but it serves the model well. Such a great looking Loco and that livery is stunning. Very happy with the purchase!

Where to begin with this model? The livery, putting aside its uniqueness, is some of the most finely applied and detailed I've ever seen. The mechanism runs smooth and quiet, and on the rare occasions I don't have the sound on (which by the way, is immaculate), all I can hear are the wheels. I appreciate the inclusion of extra headcodes though I didn't get a sheet explaining each headcode, but that's made up for by the sheer charm of the box itself. I love the box as much as I love the loco. Absolutely worth the wait.

Another exquisite addition to the collection. Always a joy to open and admire when they arrive. My collection may be bordering on a problem but Accurascale keep producing these works of art!
Thank you to the team.

The livery is just spectacular, never seen anything like it before and the sound and detail is amazing. One of them locos people will be gutted they never ordered.

I have been saving for this item since April last year with the release stated as Q1 2026. As promised it arrived bang on time.
The package came within days of the model’s release well packaged and protected.
I liked the matching box colour and loco livery so a good start.
Once opened the information sheets were the first thing to hand so had a look at those before proceeding. The switches in the dcc plate had already been set to the correct settings so all ready to go.
Now to the loco itself- first impressions were wow. I did see the pre production sample at GETS last year but had forgotten just how good it was.
The paint work was amazing and the level of detail absolutely stunning.
Out of the box and onto the track. Set the dcc code to the loco number by NCE controller with no issues whatsoever.
Fired up the sound and was really impressed with it - I had to adjust volume levels because it was loud but dropped the master cv63 to 100 and for me that was just right. The are some amazing sound and light options- I really like the driver dash light which needs a low level of ambient light to see it initially. Once you know what you are looking for then it is easy to see.
It took me a few seconds to notice the running fan and that really adds another dimension.
Put the loco to work pulling five of the Hornby coronation coaches and absolutely no problem at all.
The loco crossed all turnouts as smooth as silk(Peco 100 insulfrogs) with no issues at all.
All in all a great purchase and a classy Class 30 - well done Accurascale👍

What a beautiful thing. A stunning model. Sounds great too.

A great model, looks and sounds fantastic

Yet again Acurrascale have produced a fantastic and unique model !!!
Packaging - This loco comes in the highest quality packaging, with premium finish and with this model been a exclusive viberant decoration to match the unique colour of the loco.
Detail - the detail on this Loco is exquisite with many high quality seprately fitted parts, it comes with standard tension lock couplings fitted to both ends, but also has a bag of detailed parts to be fitted separately these include pipes, 3 link couplers and snowploughs.
Lighting - comes with full directional light on both ends that is customisable and cab lighting.
Sound - I think the sound quality on this version is better than the other 30/31 locos I have!!! has the usual suit of sound functions, the air dump from braking is just perfect !!!
Function - This loco was a great performer straight out the box, a little juddering on slow shutting initially but after running this was gone and performs perfectly in all scenarios from slow shunting to full speed train. performs well with a 10 coach load (most I can get on may Layout). function 2 also give you braking which I really like.

All in all another brilliant loco from Accurascale.

Great rendition of a unique prototype with exquisite livery application and distinctive class 30 sound project. Model arrived intact and runs quietly, although it has a tendency to stop abruptly when slowing down rather than than coming to a standstill smoothly; hopefully this will improve with running in.

Every product from Accurascale ie meticulously designed and built. And more importantly the team is very supportive. Sadly in this case the product fell short of expectations by quite a mile. First, the reverse direction is making some white noise which mostly comes from the mechanism and that noise goes away in the forward direction. Surely it has not been run in enough yet but that is an observation. It caught my attention because it seemed to be struggling a bit. The axle
Boxes are supposed to be yellow but they are black! That is very unusual from Accurascale. Surely it is a miss of quality check. Finally the sound project is far from ideal. The brake, direction change, fan sound etc all are missing. The fan rotates all the time which is not at all prototypical. I have written this to try e support team, meanwhile I got my own project loaded up and have adjusted the BEMF and that makes a lot of difference to the overall experience of the model but surely I need that axle fixed. What baffles me whyalmost half the sound slots are empty! The Bachmann ones are loaded with it sounds and it seems there is a gradual reduction of sound slot engineering starting from 66 to 50 and now to 31. Please don’t do this! We like the engine sound but that is not good when the brake, compressor, air dumps and many more are missing.

Few more updates, I installed the ESU profile (which means the Accurascale sound project does not exist on that decoder anymore) and figured out a way to tune the fan speed plus duration of run dynamically. Also it is funny to see that this specific locomotive had a central head light at some point in its life. And it is true that while the photos are somewhat misleading as they show the yellow axle which arguably looks better with this livery, it is not there on the original locomotive so that is fine. I shall post some videos of the same on my YouTube channel soon. Hope you will like it.

FANTASTIC

And it's absolutely true with the latest Accurascale Class 30 #D5579 in experimental Golden Ochre. Like the real thing, it appears this exquisite model didn't hang around on the Accurascale shelves for very long. Obviously it shares the same mechanical expertise of the other Class 30/31's which has been well documented, but the addition of the Mirrlees sound file has created a very unique model and so on behalf of us lucky enough to get one, we say a big thankyou to the Accurascale team.

This is my sixth Accurascale class 30/31, but the first Mirrlees one, so the sounds are of particular interest. The livery application is superb, and the depth of the golden ochre colour is amazing. Of course, the running qualities are also excellent as expected.

I have not yet fitted any of the extra detail parts, but even straight out of the box it looks wonderful.