Ive got D6703. And it's a full on event opening the box and the model weighs a ton. Runs brilliant and looks stunning.

I have an example on order from the 2nd production run, due early next year (I think!), so glad to see you're impressed with yours. I grew up with 37s growling around the South Wales valleys, earning a living hauling what often seemed to be impossibly heavy coal trains.l, and they have remained a firm favourite of mine. Thanks for another excellent video.

Magnificent model and a great weathering - hope to see it doing the full layout tour sometime soon!

Another great video but it really needs a driver figure! I hate seeing ghost trains being driven by nobody. Otherwise its a bloody awesome model

I'm expecting mine for January... Accurascale at its best here, this beauty is worth the wait on every aspect, as far as you show her to us. The dynamic qualities seems to be second to none, and the overall look is superb. I WANT MINE !

My sound fitted version arrived yesterday!! It’s a fabulous model and I too have been wanting for a while! I have a Bachmann 37, which is also a nice model but Accurascale have come out on top here! Definitely the best 37 around atm!!! I have an old Lima and a Hornby Railroad Plus with the new Bluetooth decoder factory fitted, which is brilliant value for money! The detail from Accurascale is the best!!!! Great model! Thanks for sharing!!!

It’s a gorgeous locomotive!! Even better weathered!! Gorgeous!! And yes, we have one at the Epping Ongar Railway!!

A very impressive model, sir! Nicely made and weathered! Lots of goodies built in!

PS: I think your example is the most striking of the batch, with it's split headcode that was necessary to accommodate the prior-to-being-welded-shut cab communication doors, nose mounted horns and Stratford Depot-style silver-grey roof. The Brunswick Green livery looks fabulous on it too. Being a South Wales ex-pat I chose one that spent much of it's life at either Cardiff Canton or Landore depots, but now I live in East Anglia, and given what I've just said, I think yours would be my second choice. What I'm absolutely sure of however, is that I'd NEVER EVER have the courage to weather it!

I have no doubt that you'll get this great model running at a crawl before long. Sweet weathering.

What a super model , the 41A shed plate makes it a Sheffield, Darnell loco. Id be tempted to put a passenger head code on one end and a freight one on the other .

What a fantastic model, cab detail on another level considering its hard to see. I wish I was as brave as you with the weathering, you made a great job of it as usual!

Glad to back with mouldy raspberry again. Lovely looking model!

The chains are for the parking brake, good model, worked on the full size versions for 45 years at Canton depot Cardiff

Lovely model, brought to life with subtle weathering

Happy hear something about the Class 37 and I love to see it on YDR , I quite like it ❤❤

These look a lot better value than the Bachmann ones I think you made the right choice. After running a while it will probably be smooth starting at slower speed than it does now. That's still impressive for a straight out of the box run though. Weathering looks good for a cleanish loco.

A superb looking model and the layout is first class. Cheers

An excellent addition to your fleet thankyou for the tips and video

Very impressive! I really like the locomotive. Thanks for sharing. We always enjoy your videos. Watching from Ohio in USA. ❤️

Love your weathering, it looks fantastic.

Superb model, congratulations on the weathering. I remember the 37's appearing in the early 60's in South Wales. Hated them taking over duties of the ' Halls and Counties 'etc. A novelty to see them now. Time heals !!.

Hi. Another great video. Thanks. Lovely model. Wishing you hours of enjoyment running it.

Great review and the locomotive looks fantastic, especially after the weathering!

Beautiful, I always get this confused with the Deltic. I believe these have a longer front.

Seems to be an excellent, well detailed model. Your weathering is, once again, brilliant! Now, hurl the whole thng into the nearest waste bin, and return to running steam!

Great loco Lewis ,really nice , I couldn’t weather it ,no chance not at that price ,it would be just out of the work shop .Can’t wait to see it earning its keep .😊

Very nice loco Lewis!! Stunning model! Great cab details too!! Love it. Cheers Onno.

Great Work nice to know that the Accurascale 37 will work with Analog controls

Very good as allways , Salutations de France

Inspirational as always! I have one on order!! (Thanks! 😮😊😊)

Looking forward to receiving mine! They look absolutely superb!

Hi lovely model class 37 wasnt really in to diesels but just of late started buying the odd one or two Ive been watching your channel for years but don't think I've ever commented before

A really stunning looking locomotive. Cheers greg

I’ve got the full green one coming from Locomotion - can’t wait for it to arrive after seeing this!

Hi Lewis… I managed to pick up the DRS early liveried version (brand new) at GETS for the original rrp. They have been like hens teeth to get hold of, as they sell out everywhere they show up. Some people are asking silly money on eBay sadly. Enjoyed your weathering session very much. Regards … Steve 👍👍

very nice indeed

Super locomotive and great layout also excellent weathering on the loco im waiting for this loco plus D6703 ltd edt one cant wait

Beautiful layout ✨️.

Beautiful sound in Miniature ❤❤❤❤

Beautiful layout ands really informative (and brave!) weathering. Only thing you might want to note is that this the model isnt as built or 'mid 1960's condition' a described by Accurascale. Its late '60's - note the blue TOPS panel under the number (introduced 1967, the 'NB' stencil = NO boiler for train heating) and the plated over boiler filler on the roof. These changes are the reason I cancelled my pre order. AS did the add an as built with small yellow panel as D6703 but did this as an exclusive to them which sold out very quickly. Annoys me a little if I'm honest as the AS description of D6702 is incorrect and like you I wanted an as built with small yellow panel as a 'partner' for D6700 (from Locomotion) which is as built but without the small yellow panel.

Your very talented mate

A SPAD on its first run! Not bad!... 😂

lovely loco, great weathering job, I won't be getting one, I blame poverty, and I already have two V-trains ones and a Bachmann one..

Is it me? I ‘train-spotted’ at Reading General (as it was in 1959-60), marvelling at the GWR locomotives stopping/starting and the nonstop expresses thrashing by; Manors, Halls, Castles and the glorious Kings. Sadly, my family had to move again (Father in the Royal Air Force) to Epping in Essex. Quelle contrast ☹️ our Military Quarters were at the end of the Circle line with 3 coaches shuttling between Epping and Ontario (may as well have been Reykjavik). But I digress; I went back to see a friend at Reading; tube to Paddington, nonstop to Reading; 1960 - it to just 33 minutes. In 1990 the so-called HS125 was slower. Then doomsday arrived; slowly steam was usurped my the arrival of a really smelly D800 class, Warships etc. fancy name plates but soulless diesels. I have lived in Germany twice; as a pre-teenager 1955-58 prior to Reading, then I did my ground tour (I was RAF Aircrew) at the same base as my father. On each occasion I collected Märklin HO model railways, their steam locomotives and the new (in the 1950s) sleek V2000 diesels were magnificent. My point - this 12 wheel thing is ugly. Sorry. But it wouldn’t do for us all to be the same would it? Pip! Pip! Love to all and stay safe.

Nice one Lewis , enjoy 😊 regards Fred 😮ps glad you’re still a dc dinosaur like me 👌😎☕️

Can only echo what is said fantastic model on my i add a fantastic layout,big fan of the 37's so very tempting to add to my bachmann fleet .

Lovely loco Mr Mouldy. Seem to be the best 37's around. Regards.😊

Excellent commentary 👌 👏.

If your willing to, could you make a video on that history book of the early 37/0? I’m interested lol

Great review. As a modern modeller I've got the large br blue and the drs one. They are brilliant. Do u do customer weathering? Would like my large logo one weathered but never done it before.

When I go to Warley in 2 weeks, I’ll try and see if I get an Accurascale 37

I missed out in this run, so I hope to pick one up from the next run coming up in 2024. I have to ask, did the BR green version you got, some with optional yellow snowplow fittings?

Love it❤

Hi Lewis, oh your video made my day, as I received my BR Green 37 through the post Wednesday, I was interested in your thoughts. I liked your weathering for this one, and how you wanted to keep it clean looking, I'm not that brave! Did you notice the loco has a BR blue data panel, I don't recall that detail when I ordered mine, around the same time you ordered yours by the sound of it, but it dates the loco to the late 1960's. I thought like you the model was mid to early 1960's, so I was surprised to see that panel on it. I guess it would be easy to remove, to back date the model a few years..............What would be your recommended method for doing that, lightly T-cut the area? Mine is a sound version and the sound really does blow you away, it's so realistic, although I had to turn the sound down on mine. A great video and an amazing loco. All the best and thank you Dave. PS I just checked the availablity of these on the Accurascale website. It looks like all except four DRS examples are sold out, even those in the second run, wow!

Ironically as an ex railway worker at Westinghouse Brakes the class 37 was always considered the most reliable of all BR Diesels in real 1/1 scale. Just wish it had been the Class 52

It is a very nice looking detailed loco. I think the chains are going a little too far in the detail stakes, I have the Deltic and they are an utter pain as to access the innards for maintenance the chains need to be remove, though they fall off by themselves often so need to be glued.

lovely model but i can definetely say the buffer beams need to be way darker than what they've offered!

that is nice . wow

Hi Did your loco have to have the switches set ass yours was dcc sound or are they factory set save having to take out the decoder to set the switches thanks for any information

What did you use for your buffer grease Lewis? Love this model. Thanks for the video

2:04 tea stains we are british none of that coffee american crap xd but yeah really lovely model there

Hi I didn t catch the citadel paint name you used .. some thing oil ! .. I wonder how your 37 is running these days .. I ve had reliability problems .. that’s why you pay extra for Bachmann 37 .. just bought bachmann deluxe colas model .. running beautifully .. probably sell my Accurascale 37 3:31

Lovely loco, suits your layout setting nicely. I've got the next one D6703, but haven't run it yet as it arrived the day before I went on holiday last week. I did notice a little loose bit in the bottom of the clamshell. My Deltic had the same problem. All those small details are so vulnerable to damage, even brand new still in their box. One problem with your filming though, I couldn't appreciate your detail weathering because you kept waving the camera all over the place. Pan slowly along the loco please. Cameras just can't replicate Human eye movement flicking here and there.

Makes every other loco available look like plastic. Its an amazing loco.

Handsome loco .

They didn't have mine set correctly. They had it set up for the wrong type of decoder and it was a factory fitted decoder

Could anyone confirm if he’s right about the Decoder / menacing yellow instructions? I don’t plan on installing anything into it but just run it on an analogue track to start out. Thanks!

Great

Looks to be an awesome and quality model. Love the utilitarian looks of the UK Class 37’s, they ooze workhorse credentials and seem to take on their very own personality! This is in no way intended to be in anyway critical, you are undoubtedly a very highly rated master modeller, but have always wondered why you have never adopted DCC? Hope you don’t mind me asking. Thanks for posting.

They are classic engine. Very noisy. Especially clag and thrash. Beautiful detail.

What's with the sound Dude?

Mine is beautiful so it pains me to demand a REFUND - the sound went off for no apparent reason. It returned but having seen Chadwick I have lost all faith 😞 so disappointed after over 2 years on the waiting list .

very quiet locomotive

Yet another SPAD,

“The best 00 gauge locomotive ever made?” Well, it’s a diesel, so…. No. :P

Bump your microphone 😮

Brake lights 😂😂😂😂😂 get a new hobby

Stop sniffing !

Really don’t get this current trend for badly dubbing real sounds over model railways. It was awful when people did it with cine, it’s still awful now!

Hi Lewis what a great loco I love it.Accurascale have pulled the stops for this i have seen a number of review s on this model and on the hole all have been good i will be getting me one of these shortly .You were wondering where the extra 40 went with the Bachmann one , strait in there pockets Bachman rob dogs its joke they are ripping people of and Hornby are not far behind them. If accurarascale can do something like this at that price why cant others. any way rant over great video again Lewis thank you.