Seems really impressive! Thank you for the excellent and interesting review. Must admit that neither Bluetooth control nor steam generators are likely to be a feature of smaller steam locos in OO for the foreseeable future, but many people like the big locomotives.

Overall a great review here Euvirail, as I said on your running session video of this loco I had recently picked one of these models up and I’m very pleased with it, first off it’s my first steam locomotive to be sound fitted, I have quite a collection of sound fitted locos now but they have mainly been DMUs, diesel and electric locomotives, originally I wasn’t intending to pick up Prince of Wales as I had my sights set on the currently available model of P2 2002 Earl Marishal but after seeing the Flying Scotsman released with the steam generator I decided that I wanted to try this steam generator out for myself but I didn’t want Flying Scotsman as I already had a model of Flying Scotsman in my collection, initially I thought I wouldn’t be able to get one of these P2s, many places have already sold out of the model but luckily one retailer had one left so I bought it, as I have said it’s a model I’m very pleased with, the steam generator really adds a new level to the locomotive, hornby should be congratulated for being able to not only do this but have it operate correctly with the steam and sound synchronised, that alone is fantastic as from what I have seen and heard steam sounds have always been a bit difficult to get right before, onto the HM7000 I am a big fan of this dcc system, currently I have 3 locomotives fitted with the TXS decoders and my experience of the system has been very good so far, it has been so good in fact that I have been looking at a lot of models in my collection and seeing if they have the capabilities to have HM7000TXS decoders fitted, as I said I originally wasn’t going to get Prince of Wales but I’m very glad I did, buying this model actually made me buy a bachmann model of A1 60163 Tornado to replace my hornby one which has a problem with its motor so I have both of the new build locomotives from the A1 and P2 Locomotive trusts in model form and they look great sat next to each other no doubt that will be a scene we see when Prince of Wales is finally complete, great review overall here Euvirail, yours looked great with the pullmans, I need to get my one on some form of layout at some point, currently I’m stuck with a small section of track or my rolling road.

How have you found the TXS decoders? I'm someone who likes a more linear control on my engines and If i have a decoder I expect it to be a good one!

That's a nice model from Hornby and I like the new packaging as well. Well done Hornby on their new more protective packaging. Eugene, have you considered covering any of the Hornby Dublo models (the newer gen ones post-2020)? I would love to hear your videos on those models. All the best, Peter.

A lovely looking model, and ironically a late steam model that I as an era 5 modeller cannot include in my fleet! In any case, no P2s were used in my area around Lincoln and Grimsby.

Great review. I have the this model without steam, having trouble with the front pony truck staying on the rails. Will just have to keep trying different things.

Nicely filmed review Eugene,especially showing cab and tender views.Appears a very detailed and decent runner, I also think if you can get the top version at around £260.00 that's excellent value today.

I've been holding off until enough reviews roll in on various models from Hornby. Yours does look to be an optimal model but there's enough reviews that aren't to make me still cautious... We'll see.

Hornby have nailed the live steam! Good review.

advice on cleaning loco wheels, your method please say ref accurascale class 92.also ref this loco how many coaches can you pull with this loco for a reasonable rake?thanks.

Great review on a great loco. ACC class 66 DRS on its way 😅

Where can you buy a Mr Soundguy dcc sound chip?

I have a 201 and I am temped to put this Hornby sound decoder in, but my understanding is that the onboard speaker is 4 ohm and these decoders should only be used with 8 ohm speakers as if you use lower ones the chips overheat on the decoder, what are your thoughts?

I’d agree with your findings. Only the sound slightly lets it down. The best value locomotives for the money. i even prefer to my cavalex 56. Lovely runners the weight gives it a lovely ride and an improvement over the Deltic, 92 and probably even their 37.

good to see your Video on the P2 return my one to Hornby as Derail on Curve and will not pull only 3 Carriges it was Run in for over 1 hour hope they sort it out Rons Garden Railway

If you dont use a power bank the bluetooth drops out on any breaks in power like dirty track or points.

Appreciated for this tutorial. It's really helpful

Thanks for that Eugene. I liken Hornby to Aeroplane manufacturer Boeing, in that they never quite give the full M.O. of how the thing really works... even to the Pilots!

Hi, great honest review of some very nice wagons, I missed out on getting a rake of these wagons in yellow livery years ago, apparently Accurascale own the moulds now as I’ve been informed, hopefully they will do a run of them soon, are these the wagon frames they use for the Rail Head Treatment Train wagons? Revolution Trains do a similar wagon which also look very nice and are full of intricate detailing, thanks for sharing.

Hi Eugine. That has GOT to be the BEST RTR steam effect ever, and looks great on your layout. The P2s were mighty beasts. Can't wait to see PoW in real life. PS: glad you kept the "dip" in the long straight...

I'll definitely be waiting for the review on this one. ;)

Looks very good, thanks for the running session.

I got one of these models a couple of weeks ago but will wait until your review to tell you what I think of mine but just a hint it’s one I’m very pleased with. Nice running session here, I have been able to run mine but only on a short section of track or on my rolling road so it’s nice to see one running on a layout.

It is very clever the way Hornby have made the loco emit steam together with the sound effect! But I think the technology has not quite got there. The loco sounds as if it is going at 100 MPH. Maybe it is possible to adjust the CVs to make the chuffing slower and more correct in relation to the speed? Thanks for uploading.

Not very often we see a steam review from you Eugene. Appears to be a nice runner with decent sound. It'll be expensive though, looking forward to your take on this later. Great running video though 😊

Thanks for this. Rather impressive steam until the slow down / coasting. There seems to be just as much chuff and steam but slower rate which I guess is down to the control via TTS decoder.

Great help!

Hi, just bumped into this video, Accurascale’s sister company producing some amazing models, sold out now unfortunately but great looking wagons especially the yellow ballast plough vans, I will watch out for further models now, thanks for sharing.

Great review of the class 67 I have the sound fitted version in the Caledonian Sleeper livery. It cost me £150 and I am very pleased with It.😊

Very detailed!

Great video and review, what brought me here, my wife found this set in an antique dealer and bought it for me, sadly it’s not in the great condition yours is in but the bones of it are there, I’ve no outer sleeve, and the part of the styrene packaging that held the track is gone alone with the track, one coach is missing its trucks and the engines buffers are awol, but there is lots of bonus dust, Transformer seems different than yours, mine had a model date of 1973, So my task for the future is to track and track the missing bits, helped greatly by your knowledge gained from this video, Whatever happened Lima? I got a nice set back in the mid 80’s for Xmas, a Lima SNCF electric loco with two coaches and a car transporter, 4 red cars and a car loading ramp thing, that was back when I was 7-8yrs old About 15 yrs ago I got back into the hobby kind of, I’d been collecting 1/50 diecast construction equipment and heavy haulage trucks and seen some American 1/48 O scale trains, figuring these would add to little dioramas and layouts etc I made the jump, I need to find or creat an Irish O scale engine now

i see the transport for wales logo on some of the coaches lol

Nice model from Accurascale and the quality is better than the Hattons model was. So well done to them for improving on the tooling they bought from Hattons for the Class 66. I am very much looking forward to getting some of the Accurascale Class 60 models in 2025 as well after cancelling my pre-order of the Cavalex Models examples. I am so glad that Accurascale are doing a Class 60 as I was let down by the Class 56 by Cavalex Models back in January and I even got muted on their section on RMWeb because I called out the quality issues because my model had a jammed gear tower. I won't buy anymore of their models if that is how I am going to be treated on RMWeb and I have a right to call out a bad model and I can handle the backlash too. The silver lining for me is that I have learned my lessons as I now do O Gauge and I have a couple of Class 60's and they are fantastic models. I have a micro O Gauge layout that is Hermes Road that I started this month when I became 44 earlier in the month. As for OO Gauge, Accurascale has always respected me as their customer and I will always support them as a loyal customer. 2025 is going to be another great year for model trains and will likely be when I make a new OO Gauge modern era layout too, so I will like bag a couple of these Class 66's as well once I have relocated to the US.

Great video , I did see one model shop offering to swap out the none driven bogie car with a driven bogie set , to allow a greater train length to be pulled , could be a good alternative , you may need to change the coupling type on the original replacement boogie , I thought that was a good idea , but spare parts seem difficult to obtain, even traction tyres are out of stock at present.

Another great review and another hit by A/Scale; makes sense for A/Scale to do some re-runs not only this 66 but other classes / locos.

Remember camping out at Maam Cross in the 80s with my (then) girl friend - lovely place but quite desolate then. Be very interested at how much more there is to be developed at the site

For some reason, if i download this sound profile to my decoder, power cycle it and everything, i cant control it and nothing works and it says ‘no sound profile loaded’ anyone know what i should do?

Many thanks for a great review Eugene, i have the Bachmann arriva trains wales version, it appears that bachmann are fitting the driver figures again but not sure 😊

Hi Eugene I have the Prostate Uk livery and straight out of the box it ran perfectly. Even on my less than perfect track there were no issues . I had the sound version and I am very impressed with the quality . Also the body is very easy to take off to fit crew and the new air dam . I didn’t buy a Hattons version due to the issues and glad Accurascale rectified those . Cheers Kev

Hi, I’m looking to possibly buy a Bachmann class 90 in the coming months, I’m very happy that you’ve done a review that will help me, it’s strange how this locomotive doesn’t have any windshield wipers fitted, I’m a big DB Schenker fan so a model in that livery would look great with my other DB Schenker models in my collection, it looks like a great model in all departments, thanks for sharing.

Fully agree with your review. I have 6 of them with sound and yes they run beautifully out of the box and the livery application across each one is deep & expertly applied and the detail is something else. Only downsides so far is the sound vibration thru the body but mainly on the plastic exhaust on the removal roof panel as I think it is slightly loose causing the buzzing sound, the other one is the cab end handrails haven't been glued on properly by the factory which is evident on all 6 loco's of mine and on nearly every Class 66 I've seen on social media thus that needs to be nipped in the bud by Accurascale. Refine it a bit more in regards to cab ends handrail fitment and get rid of the sound vibration/buzzing thru the roof panel then Accurascale will have a license to print money on these models and I will continually buy them as they get released. 9.5/10 for me.

Very nice indeed

whats the point in all the stuff in little plastic bags. Could they just not drop them into one or not at all, Seems a bit wasteful.

So, chimney then eh? you'll be calling an exhaust port a funnel next....! ( I've got that bloody Dick Van Dyke song in my head now, chim, chim-e-ney chim chim-e-ney...)

Bought the same sound fitted green "Fred" and so far it's very good. I never had the Hattons version so have nothing to compare it to. Also thought the sound volume was quite low and don't know why they fit couplings to both ends at the factory as I would have thought most would only want to pull. Bought both driver packs so will fit one of those and change the buffer beam. I also have a Bachmann Red DB 66 fitted with a Hornby TTS (pcb is 21 pin) and uprated speaker and stay alive, but there is no comparison - lights are much brighter, no markers, cannot control rear lights, both cabs on together and bogie mounted NEM pockets, so no rear air deflector available. Maybe it needs a rewire then fit a 21 pin TXS decoder.

I have got three of them. I think they are the best loco on the market at the moment. They sound fab. Put a heavy train on them and use F7 (Lock Hold ) and rev them up taking F7 on and off to give it a slow start with all the revs and no model sounds as good as them. I have had no problems with any of them and I would score them 10/10

So is the plan to reopen the line in 5ft3in gauge or 3ft gauge?

Thanks for this review. Your reviews are one of the best on KZfaq. I was put off the Hattons model by all the negative points but loved the detailing. This Accurascale model does look to have finally made this to be a 5 star model with performance to match. Let's hope that there will be no motor issues.

A great review of an outstanding model, I have 13 of the Hattons 66's. Well done Accurascale for rectifying the axle box, underbody detail and lighting issues. Got 1 of these but as it's now sold out I'll wait patiently for run 2

Superb models and a great review Eugene, thank you. Let's just hope that those failing motors of their previous classes that caused so much hassle and anxiety are now a thing of the past. Hopefully these will prove to run robustly for many years to come and rescue Accurascale from its poor motor reliability reputation. Regards Julian