Skip to content

7814 – ‘Fringford Manor ' BR Manor Class

SKU ACC2506-7814DCC
Original price $310.00 - Original price $474.00
Original price
$474.00
$310.00 - $474.00
Current price $474.00
Availability:
Out of stock
Availability:
in stock, ready to be shipped
DCC: DCC Sound Fitted

7814 – ‘Fringford Manor '

  • BR Unlined Black with large Early Crest
  • Original Chimney
  • Riveted Tender Body
  • Wide hornplates

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 3-pole 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
  • Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
  • Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h)
  • RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels

Customer Reviews

Based on 23 reviews
91%
(21)
9%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
R
Roeland B.
7814 – ‘Fringford Manor ' BR Manor Class

Very nice indeed - good detailing and a very good runner. However, I expected the loco to be slightly heavier so it could pull better on the steep slopes on my layout. Also, the detail part no 8 was not included?

S
Shuttleworth

Excellent

M
Marcus W.
Amazing

Brilliant model and the sounds are great

D
Dave G.
Fringford Manor does not disappoint. 4.5 out of 5

No a Manor was not on the shopping list as a priority but I had to see what the Accurascale Manor was really like. If I left it too long all of the first batch would have gone.

7814 is in the utilitarian unlined black but on checking the data, in Peto’s Register Volume 2 – Manor 4-6-0’s, there is a picture of her taken on 4th August 1957 in the condition modelled with its original capuchin chimney – indicating at this date it still retained its original drafting and was probably the last one in this condition until generally repaired in May 1959 so it would fit any timescale that I might wish to model. From this date it was lined green and it got a larger tender.

In other words Accurascale have done their prototype checking and have avoided a howler. I especially appreciated the empty tender with coal space and option to fit the supplied coal load moulding.

What does it run like? Embarrassingly well. It will out drag a King and Castle and probably a 9F as available at present. Your 1/76th scale operator has a tool that is better than anything else for branch line operation. The motor is smooth and responsive but the leading coupled wheel is slightly out of square on its pressed axle and there is a shimmy at the front end of about 1.5mm that is more noticeable in reverse. It is not slackness in the bearings and is a manufacturing fault that is typical of Chinese production. Sadly manufacturing at a distance means that you are reliant on the manufacturers self checking their product for quality. However you could say that the shimmy is prototypical. Anyone on Southall Station in the late ‘50s watching tanner wunners on through trains would bear witness to this movement.

R
Richard T.
Truly brilliant.

Fringford Manor is my second Accurascale Manor purchase. I was so impressed with the appearance and operation of Draycott Manor that I decided to buy another. I can't wait for further additions to the Accurascale GWR/WR stable.

B
Bob H.
Fringford Manor 7814

Currently only run-in on a rolling road where all testing worked well. Running backwards the loco moves side to side a little more than I expected (could this be a gear train issue?) but driving forward I'm glad to see this side motion is minimal. Sound levels could be louder but have not tried to adjust the level values to give a higher pitch yet. The added crew figures are great. Taking into account all the other amazing details on this loco I'm hoping this model alongside my first Manor (Draycott Manor) will prove to be an enjoyable addition to my fleet.

R
Raymond M.
My first

As this is my first ever steam locomotive with sound, I was blown away with not just the sounds but the looks and the way it moved.
Also the packaging was sturdy and the delivery was included in the price. Fantastic.

A
Alan P.
Fringford Manor

The best manor yet.

P
Pete F.
Accurascale accuracy triumphs again.

What an outstanding loco. High end engineering has it running so smoothly and quietly and the detail is phenomenal. The two blacks of the boiler hold your gaze for ages. Magnificent - well done Accurascale.

R
R.R.

Excellent quality madel as always.