accurascale - 8750 Class - 9681 - Late Crest Black

Product Code: ACC2876 | ACC2887-DCC

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Production Details:

accurascale 8750 Class 9681 Late Crest Black. 9681. British Railways Black Livery, Late Crest. 9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives. Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales, it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life. Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984

Specification Highlights: ● Highly detailed 0-6-0PT 00 gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track, ●, Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd radius set track), ● Coreless motor with flywheel, ● Die-cast metal chassis and pickups to all wheels, ● Next18 DCC ready or ESU LokSound V5 sound fitted, slot mounted in smokebox, ● PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power,  ● Two quality sugar cube speakers, ● Fully detailed cab interior with twin LED pulsing/steady Firebox glow, ● Fully sprung metal buffers, ● Magnetically removable smoke box door.