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Mark 2c BSO DB 977787

SKU ACC2699-EXL
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Original price $140.00 - Original price $140.00
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While most Mk.2c retained their blue/grey livery during their often short departmental service, one of the most colourful and long lasting vehicles was Civil Engineer/InterCity West Coast Staff & Tool Coach DB 977787, renumbered with few obvious external or internal differences from Brake Second Open M9453 in May 1992. One of three BSO to transfer to departmental use and one of just a handful of coaches to be repainted in the grey/yellow ‘Dutch’ livery, it also carried the lettering “InterCity Civil Engineer Preston”. It was initially based at Carnforth for use on the North West section of the WCML, although it was recorded at Doncaster by 1993. It later gained a generator, which involved significant reworking of the brake end gangways and the replacement of several windows with grilles. After spells at Carlisle Kingmoor, Carnforth and Derby Etches Park it was finally retired in the early 2000s. Stored at Throckmorton Airfield, Worcestershire, and then Dalton Transport & Storage, North Yorkshire, as part of the ill-fated Mk.2 Preservation Group project, the gas axe finally caught up with it during the mass clearout of the remaining vehicles from the latter location. It was cut up at CF Booth, Rotherham, in April 2022, but not before donating parts to help bring several other Eastern Rail Services’s Mk.2s back to service in due course.
Never before produced in ready-to-run form in any scale, accurascale is excited to reveal the latest addition to its eagerly-anticipated range of 4mm/OO gauge Mk.2 coaching stock, the late-style Mk.2c variant with their characteristic small 'air con'-style toilet windows. Famously designed to be retrofitted with air-conditioning equipment, a modification that never took place, 150 vehicles were built at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1969-70 to five designs (out of 250 Mk.2c in total), primarily for the London Midland Region: Tourist Second Open (TSO), Corridor First (FK), Open First (FO), Brake Corridor First (BFK) and Brake Open Second (BSO). In the 1980s four further types were introduced, SK and SO (declassified from first class), Corridor Composite (converted from FK for Scottish Region services) and a mini buffet with trolley space, known as TSO(T). All nine of these versions will feature in our production.

Common Features:

  • Highly-detailed OO Gauge / 1:76.2 Scale Models on 16.5mm track
  • Extremely fine exterior rivet detail on roof and coach ends
  • Separately-applied etched metal and high-fidelity plastic parts, including handrails, brake/steam heat pipes, ETH cabling and sockets, footsteps, dummy drophead knuckle coupler, and roof vents
  • Prism Free Glazing
  • Pre-painted etched metal water filler covers provided for customer to install
  • Fully-detailed underframe with numerous separate parts, pipe runs and accurate differences between versions
  • The most accurate B4 bogies ever produced, with provision for re-gauging to EM or P4 (18.83mm) gauges
  • Blackened RP25.110 profile wheel-sets with 14.4mm back-to-back measurements, and 26mm over pinpoints
  • Different buffers for retracted and non-retracted positions
  • Accurate interiors with characteristic 'winged' headrests, separate metal interior handrails on the brake and corridor vehicles and fully-detailed guard's compartment
  • Correct height NEM standard coupling sockets with mini tension lock couplers and kinematic close-coupling
  • Easy conversion to Kadee-compatiable knuckle couplers

  • Full lighting package, including
  • magnet 'wand' controlled interior lighting
  • 'Stay-Alive' capacitor in all coaches
  • directional lighting with DC or DCC control (Driving Trailer only)

Customer Reviews

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David G.
Stunning Model

This is an absolutely stunning model. It has a host of fitted parts and the decoration is outstanding in all respects. There is little or no rolling resistance and the gentlest nudge with a finger sends the coach flying along the track. This model has to be the best coach model on the market in this scale and a leading contender for Coach of the year award.

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Anthony W.
Mark 2c FO DB977390

Fantastic model. Highly detailed.

Hopefully you will do another run of the MK2's 🤞.

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tim d.
Simply Beautiful

Running quality, excellent, finish and detail, sublime, "love me" character. Why buy anything else. I love them. Accurascale knock it out of the park.....again.

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Paul C.
Brilliant Model

Another beautifully detailed model from Accurascale

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Alexander C.
One I Always Wanted - Thanks for Doing This

Really pleased to be able to buy this model of the Preston Engineer's coach as it was often to be seen in passing Carlisle Kingmoor yard. I have only seen the real coach static so need to find out what it would run with. Failing which, on its own, with a locomotive would make a nice short train for my little layout. I particularly like the attention to livery detail and the stay alive internal lighting.

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Edwin B.
Excellent Mk2 coach.

This exclusive coach was well worth the wait, the package is on another level along with the superb detailing, faultless condition and performance from the company that care and go beyond what other manufacturers do, I pray Accurascale look into producing Pullman coaches especially an observation model, There are a few inspection coaches I’d like to see in the future, thanks Accurascale for raising the bar in this unique hobby, Mk3 coaches with properly detailed interior have been non existent for as long as I can remember so hopefully that can be remedied in the not too distant future.

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Greg H.
Simply stunning

The level of detail, the finish is very impressive and probably the best coach on the market by far, well done Accurascale simply stunning.

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Chris C.
Dutch Mk2!

Another lovely addition with lovely details. Just wish I had bought it before the price increase. But lovely job!

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Paul T.
BR Dutch Mk2c BSO

The first BSO of my order for Mk2C coaches, this model has a fantastic finish and a great deal of finesse. With detail interiors matching the great finish externally how could it be bettered? Simple - put in some internal lighting. And lo and behold it has that too! Also, it's the little details that count and I couldn't resist the purchase when I saw the miniture Intercity logo on the bodyside! A fantastic model and reasonably priced too, especially purchased on pre-order and in multiple direct from Accurascale. Well done.

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David B.
Another fantastic accurascale product!

This coach is another bright and colourful addition to my railway from Accurascale, and looks great with any civil engineers train. This is built with the high levels of detail i have become accustomed to Accurascale. Thank you!