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ACCURASCALE REVEALS LATEST 78XX ‘MANOR’ ENGINEERING PROTOTYPE
ince sharing plans and an early test shot of its first tooling in February, Accurascale has made further progress on its forthcoming GWR 78XX 4–6-0 ‘Manor’ Class locomotive for OO gauge, with the revealing of a fully-tooled sample with detail parts and etchings fitted. The manufacturer was keen to point out that this is an early tooling sample, Accurascale outlined that there will be further refinements to plastic, die-cast and etched parts, as well as tweaks to the tooling based on this first sample. Much use has been made of die-casting to ensure as much weight as possible is added to the locomotive to
