Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14" 'Efficient' in lined green

Boxes are definitely getting BIGGER in my experience.

A cracking little engine, great detail and very well finished.
It runs very nicely but in my fiddle yard it does have problems on my insulfrog turnouts which is a shame.
Have you any suggestions to remedy the problem
Kind regards
Bob

Very quiet, exceptional slow running, excellent detail and finish. One slight criticism the black shiny large buffers. Could they have a steel overlay? When are you going to produce a model for the ex LMS. The largest of the regrouping companies?

Was not going to get one as I already have a Hatton's one, but it was in the livery of Efficient, the original of which is at my local Heritage railway in Preston. Very sturdy packaging. Finish and lining are very good, runs nice and smoothly. My one came direct from Hong Kong, so suspect it might be one of the first ones with all faults addressed.

Unlike some others, my Andrew Barclay arrived in perfect physical condition...but even though the motor whirred it didn't move because the motor had become dislodged. Accurascale were quick to respond and directed me to their Product Guide on this (and many other models) which helped sort out the problem. I think I can 'fix' the problem - and this is a problem - with a very small amount of Kapton tape.

It runs beautifully on DC, but I mainly run DCC so ordered the matching LokPilot DCC decoder. First thing I discovered is that there are no instructions with the decoder and the matching Product Guide doesn't include specific instructions or diagrams on how to install the decoder. The change over process is easy but what I assumed was the logical way to insert it turned out to be wrong. The attached label has to face upwards. Initial running in DCC mode was disappointing so I changed CV 3 from 003 to 000 and that improved start up but still no match for DC. However, it does seem to have improved a little with some more running which has left me a little puzzled.

In summary, a few little disappointing quirks, but still very happy with my purchase.

As with all Accurascale's products, this model is nicely detailed and finished. The livery and lining are immaculate. However, the most impressive thing is the weight. For such a small model it is certainly quite hefty and I expect it will pull a fair size load.

a lovely little engine, surprisingly weighty with plenty of die-cast metal and nicely detailed

Excellent

Accurascale have outdone themselves with this fantastic OO gauge model.
The high level of attention to detail on the footplate to the exceptional quality of the livery is sublime. We have two Barclay locomotives at our industrial heritage railway at Prestongrange and after seeing the quality of detail on this I would love to see a reproduction model of our Grant Ritchie loco as this would complete my collection but also offer another exceptional model to customers.

Upon arrival of my loco I was immediately incredibly impressed with it, the livery is flawless and the detail is incredible too.

Running on DC is great and runs smooth and without issue.

But unfortunately this wasn't without certain issues, for example when I took it out the ridiculously oversized packaging, I found that all that extra padding didn't help, as the rear of the cab was bent and parts of the pipework were damaged, I sorted the cab out and straightened it and chose to ignore the pipework damage.

Then I DCC fitted it and that's when the running quality went from 10 to an absolute ZERO.

couldn't even get 5cm without stopping and stalling, I tried 5 different brand 6 pin decoders and even fitted one of them with a stay alive, and no matter what It always stalled, so unfortunately it's stuck as a DC runner.

This is an incredible model and it's fairly priced, but ALOT of work needs doing to amend these issues if accurascale are to continue producing these models.

Do I recommend it ?

Yes but only if you're a DC runner.