Accurascale OO Scale 78xx Manor Class – 7825 ‘Lechlade Manor’ Run 2

Description

Accurascale OO Scale 78xx Manor Class – 7825 ‘Lechlade Manor’ in BR Lined Black with Early Crest livery (Run 2)

Named after a Victorian country house in Gloucestershire near the Oxfordshire border, No. 7825 Lechlade Manor carries its delivery scheme, the infamous lined black ‘Riddles revenge’ scheme. This was an appropriate nickname for a Great Western-designed machine wearing a livery inspired by the locomotives of the London & North Western Railway, but the image suited the elegantly proportioned 78XX locomotives well and in some quarters it is held in higher esteem than the lined green that was later applied to the class.

Note also that while our first run No. 7820 Dinmore Manor was released with the rather garish red-backed name and number plates, No. 7825 wears the more common black-backed versions. Completed by Swindon in December 1950 its first shed was Croes Newydd, Wrexham, and it was the last of the type to remain in lined black, being repainted in April 1956 after a heavy general overhaul while allocated to Carmarthen. After two years at Neyland in southwest Wales from 1961-3 it spent its last five months in traffic based at Reading, being retired in May 1964 after just 13 and a half years and around 450,000 miles of service. Dispatched to Birds at Risca, near Newport, for disposal there would be no Barry-style resurrection for No. 7825 and it was scrapped just three months later in August 1964.

Common Features:

• Highly-detailed OO gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
• Based on 3D scan of 7808 Cookham Manor and full works drawings provided by Great Western Society, Didcot
• Surveys undertaken with assistance of Erlestoke Manor Fund, Dinmore Manor Loco Ltd and Tyseley Locomotive Works
• Smokebox and chimney correctly represents as-built GWR condition or post-1952 BR redraughting
• Fully-detailed cab interior with many separate parts
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body
• Scale width wire handrails
• Etched metal/plastic and lost wax detail parts, incl. grab handles, steps, drain cocks, etc
• Etched metal pre-painted name and numberplates
• High-fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Fully sprung metal buffers and factory-installed pipework
• Tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Brake blocks in line with wheels
• Front mini-tension lock coupler can be replaced by accurate front pony truck moulding

Tender Details:

• Churchward 3,500 gal tender with numerous variations including riveted and flush sides, narrow or wide hornplates, three different styles of spring hanger and underframe-mounted water scoop
• Fully sprung metal buffers, factory-installed pipework and high fidelity dummy screw couplings
• Early tapered, tapered or straight buffer housings where applicable
• Optional overhead warning plate bracket on late-BR examples
• Kinetic NEM coupler mounts on tender at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers
• DCC decoder socket in tender
• Choice of lift out sections: empty or simulated ‘coal’ load

DCC / Electronic Features:

• Very high-quality motor with flywheel, low starting voltage and smooth power delivery
• DCC ready or factory-installed DCC Sound options
• DCC Sound locomotives have speaker mounted in smokebox and speaker in tender
• PowerPack capacitor bank for uninterrupted power and sound
• Flickering firebox light (synchronised with sound on DCC installed models)
• Electrical pickup from all tender and locomotive driving wheels

Traction Features:

• Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
• Die-cast metal chassis, running plate and body with sprung centre driving axle
• Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
• Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a realistic top speed
• RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels