9021 Argyll und Sutherland Highlander

The one I ordered wasn’t in the warehouse and I received Crepello after negotiations. Beautiful model. The detail is amazing.

You weren’t able to supply me with 9021 Argyll and Sutherland Highlander as ordered but substituted it with 5012 Crepello instead. ( with my permission). The model is superb and represents great value for money. There was a big gap between ordering and dispatch due to delays with Locksound. Perhaps the occasional message to say you hadn’t forgotten about me would have been appreciated. But overall very happy to purchase from you again.

This is a fabulously detailed model, and it runs beautifully! Even the box and packing is excellent! Includes a pack of extra parts for detailing and a huge choice of alternative headcodes, as well as a nice little booklet with a history of the Deltics. Accurascale are definitely going one step further than other manufacturers, but still keeping prices at exceptional value for money. I did have a bit of hassle ordering this model but Customer Services were very good in their response and in the end I have the model I wanted and I am a happy customer!!

The best model locomotive ever

Another top model, heavy weight chassis for solid performance on any train. Highly detailed and well finished

Have to say this is definitely the best locomotive I’ve ever bought
Looks and sounds brilliant

An excellent model and delivery to the other side of the world was done quickly and without fuss. The detailing and sound are very good, especially for the price. Even more importantly IMHO the loco performs very well - nice and responsive, and this will be further enhanced with a some judicious CV tweaks to the DCC chip. The 'stay alive' feature is also a big plus. It’s great that Accurascale also provide etched names plates and extra head codes (some of which might also be suitable for other locos in your fleet). There’s room to improve how the bogie chains are attached, but other than that, I am really pleased with this model. While I only really need one Deltic, it will be interesting to look out for if/when there is a new run of these locos - might succumb to temptation!

Quick delivery and a well detailed model, a couple of tiny and i mean tiny black bits were loose in the box, no idea were they belong, but to be honest the locomotive looks great and runs well. I would buy from the company again

For the price this locomotive to me seems good value. The price is comparable to other manufacturers with sound but with much less detail than Accurascale’s locomotive. Coupler will pull out before reaching full pulling capacity but you would nearly have to be pulling a brick.

Absolutely nicely detailed locomotive which had unfortunately some imperfections like a broken off air horn and water tap underneath.
However the after care of Accurascale is also as terrific as the locomotive.
Accurascale allowed me to send it back to their Warranty department in Darlington to get these issues fixed and gave me a 55 pound giftcard for the postage from Australia !
I have no doubt that the Deltic will be returned to me without any imperfections !
Imperfections may come as a result of far going detailing ............
How it runs and sounds has still to be seen when I get it back but I have good faith it will be allright

This is an absolutely fabulous Deltic, coming from Stirling where the regiment was based I just had to have it, I was not disappointed, the detailing is outstanding, I did have an initial problem as I had ordered a crew to man the ship (so to speak) I was not sure how to detach the body to insert the crew, but no problem, a quick e-mail to Accurascale and 5 mins later a wee video popped up on my phone showing exactly what to do, terrific service as always. I have many items from Accurascale now ans all of them are outstandingly good, they must be up there as the finest producers of railway products, I certainly would rate them the very best.

The best loco model we have seen .Had to wait along time for these locos but it was well worth waiting for

I was impressed by the locomotives large packaging. Living in Australia 10,000 miles away I appreciated the security the packaging provided. The Class 55 I ordered looks fantastic in particular the high fidelity detail, something to be picked up and admired closely. On the track it performed right away and with the sound option installed by Accurascale I was rather blown away. It's actually requires further study as there are many sound as well as light features. The documentation is thorough and I appreciate the historical attention. I'm looking forward to hooking up my 26 ACPM Cemflo / PCV wagons. But for now this loco deserves some serious study and practice running.

What a fantastic model, at a pleasinjgly affordable price considering recent pricing developments. The model captures the look and sound of the Deltic exceptionally well, and arrived in perfect condition. I love the blue livery, it looks just right, and the detail on the model is just incredible for the price. Definitely worth the wait

Great service as the original when it arived wasnt working, replaced with no quibble. A great model.

A good first locomotive; the detail is superb and really looks the part. However, it might just be too good: I am normally very careful with models but managed to break one of the bogie chain body mountings just by putting it on the track; later I managed to break off one of the bogie horn blocks. It might just be too delicate to run?

It runs nicely and the quality of the sound is up there with the best but the arrangement of the horn sounds makes it difficult to use them: the two tones are on different functions and they sound continuously making it awkward to generate a two-tone horn, or a short single-tone horn.

Hopefully the Class 37s and 31s will take that final step to perfection!

9021 Argyll and Sutherland Highlander

Straight out of the very impressive box this model looked close to perfect. It also ran from walking pace, very useful on my relatively small layout to a very high, classic Deltic speed. And given that my track laying is pretty basic and much of the track is old is ignores al that and drives on regardless. The level of detail is quite extraordinary and alongside my Bachman Deltic you can easily see the much finer detail.

Most of all is the price, compared to models nowhere near this quality it is astonishing and has me looking forward to the forthcoming Class 37.

An excellent addition to my Scottish themed layout and one that looks brilliant moving and stationary. I will eventually get round to fitting all the extra details, one day!

Well done Accurascale.

No doubt about it that it’s a stunning model to look at.
However, there are a few issues with it in my opinion.
Firstly my deltic makes a clicking sound when coming off curves onto straights, the coupling hook also jumps up in the air.
The chains are a step to far for me. They keep getting caught or breaking off.
It’s the heaviest model I’ve ever had so we’ll see how that works out in time.
Perhaps too much detail?
I’ve had to move things out the way so the coupling could move it’s full range.
Quite a few derailments with this loco which in turn broke off small fiddly parts.
The other deltic I purchased doesn’t do this.
A bit disappointing

Brilliant details an extraordinary model for an extraordinary price. Think I may have to have another! Looking forward to the class 37 and 31! Keep up the good work.

A lovely model packed with detail, loads of fine detail with separately fitted parts. So make sure you take photographs in case you have any that fall off, as I did but easily fixed. A great runner, a must have😉

Hi,

Having received my pre-ordered Class55 Deltic I kept an eye open for news of any stock being left. An e-mail arrived stating some versions were back available.
I logged on to the Accurascale web page & some were already sold out...

I picked what I felt was the best remaining example & ordered D9021, the order process & payment failed the first time through PayPal, something I have experienced before on sites, the second payment attempt with my card succeeded & within 48 hrs my model arrived, very efficient service.

Sadly this model arrived like my first one with a couple of small parts broken (at least all the steps are in place on this one), one chain hanging loose & some parts which are impossible to identify.

I will be honest, I expected this to be the case & while it is sad, it is not the end of the world when you take into account how many times this model has been handled & how far it has traveled....

Overall this is a very high quality model, maybe a little over detailed to be practical as a working model unless you have a layout where it can be left on the tracks & not handled very often.

My choice was to opt for a DCC ready version, one huge plus point is the sheer ease of chip fitting, what a perfect solution, well thought out, although last year the web was awash with how stupid Hornby were for using magnets to turn on lights, now it seems everybody has re-discovered magnets!!
Note: I fitted a Zimo 21 pin decoder & the lighting functions were not on the functions expected, this has been swapped to a ESU Lokpilot 5 & the problem is solved, be aware these models are specifically designed for ESU chips & work best with these.
This issue again highlighted the benefit of easy chip access.

The performance of the model is superb, straight out of the box, uber quiet, smooth with a good slow speed motion & I am sure it will only improve with running in, when my layout has more track..

Everybody raves about the packaging, yes it is good but I feel designed for impact protection, my second model arrived with the outer clear shell damaged in one corner, proof it does it's job, however given the missing parts on both my models I have my doubts about one aspect of the packaging.

The ships that carry the containers suffer from low frequency vibrations & I doubt any of the manufacturers take this into account when designing their packaging, an almost impossible challenge but one that needs to be considered.

None of the above are truly negative points, I did state this is an honest review.

Am I happy with my models: Yes

Would I buy from Accurascale again: Yes (eagerly awaiting my Dragon wagon pack)

Thank you for allowing me to write this review & I hope the points raised only help moving our hobby forward.

Jerry

This model was delivered in very comprehensive packaging - the box was much larger than the model’s box, so very good protection while in transit. The actual model’ box is strong and large with ample foam holding the model- much like the better American brands. Excellent. The model itself is very detailed, very heavy and runs very well. The removable top piece for adding a decoder is a neat trick but the pub supporting the decoder socket is springy so care is needed. Also, the instructions could do with details for how to remove the body. Note care is needed to ensure the bogie chains stay attached otherwise mysterious derailments can happen. All in all a beautiful model very well packaged.

Really nice model, runs smoothly and arrived safe 1/2 I purchased! Couldn’t recommend them enough only criticism the bogie chains are tedious to get re fitted if they come loose

What an amazing sight when taken out of it`s large box. Felt like I was holding a real DELTIC, scaled down of course, the spirit and looks captured to perfection, takes me back to happy times when i was chasing these along the ECML, and then even though they were gone, it was all still interesting!! More of these models please, a wide range of styles to choose from..