Description
Without doubt the most successful diesel design of the BR era and a strong contender to be called the greatest locomotive in British railway history, the definitive model of the English Electric Type 3 / Class 37 has been a long time coming. 309 examples of this mixed-traffic 1,750hp Co-Co class were built by English Electric and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn between 1960 and 1965 to two basic designs, split and centre headcode. They could be found systemwide leading all kinds of freight and passenger services. 135 were rebuilt in the mid 1980s giving the class a further lease of life, while further major rebuilds have taken place since privatisation.
As the owners of 37403 ‘Isle of Mull’, we are delighted to partner with Accurascale to offer an exclusive run of their highly rated 37/4 model depicting our locomotive in her present day condition. This model will retail for £169.99 (DCC Ready) with a £10.00 charge for post & packaging. Delivery is expected Q4 2025.
37403 ‘Isle of Mull’
- 2016-present
- BR Large Logo livery
- Centre headcode nose with headlight and original tail lights
- Refurbished ‘split’ nose grilles
- Nose aerial
- Cutaway bufferbeam cowling with oval buffers
- ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW pipes
- Toughened windscreens with as built cab layout
- Welded roof with plated boiler exhaust and small cab roof vent
- Original Western Region lamp brackets
- Cast bogies
- Boiler water tank converted to long range fuel tank
- Late EE cantrail grilles
- Optional miniature snowploughs
Common Features
- Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
- Heavy die-cast metal chassis
- Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys
- Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.
- Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille
- Scale width wire handrails
- Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples
- Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework
- Bogies feature separate footsteps, etched footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain
- Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges)
- RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately
- Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs
- Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings
- Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam
- Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5]
- Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound (only on sound fitted models)
- Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
High Performance traction, to include
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- High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels
- Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)
- DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running
- All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including
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- Directional lighting on DC and DCC
- Fully functional Headlights per prototype
- Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover)
- WIPAC light clusters where appropriate with day and night-time settings
- Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
- Switchable red tail lights
Photo of 37403 at Birkhill Station on the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway provided by Ben Mackay.
