Category Archives: News

Belated Happy New Year!  2022 has dawned brightly with the gorgeous little Cranmore Pecketts delivered to their new owners.  We are pleased/sorry to say that a rash of new orders has reduced our available free stock to a couple of … More →

We’d like to share some late-breaking news with you all! Bowaters Models We are delighted to announce that Bowaters Models have now joined the ranks of Accucraft dealers.  Based in West Sussex, the firm has been developing an extensive range … More →

Welcome to our December update.  We hope it is not too early to wish you all a Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year after what has been another challenging year for many of us.  Ongoing supply and shipping problems … More →

Welcome to our November update.  This month we bring you news of a new Accucraft stockist, an update on the delivery of the Southern Pacific P-8s and our remaining Aster B1s and the announcement of G1MRA’s 75th Anniversary Show next year … More →

Welcome to our October update.  As the weather in the UK starts to turn autumnal, thoughts may start to turn towards Christmas – it certainly has for the world’s shipping companies and the cost of freight continues to spiral upwards. … More →

The current hiatus affecting worldwide shipping and the closure of Shanghai’s principal airport because of Covid-19 is throwing up some particular challenges for our business, compromising both the supply of parts and the delivery of finished products.  There may be … More →

Accucraft UK – Aster – an announcement It is with regret that we have decided to relinquish our UK distributorship and sales of the Aster Hobby Inc brand of models. This will be effective from Monday 2nd August. Although over … More →

Welcome to our July update.  With better weather it has been good to hear that many of you are back in the garden!  We’d like to thank those customers who dropped by our stand at the National Garden Railway Show, … More →

Welcome to our June update.  Hopefully the cold/wet spring is now behind us and we can look forward to getting out in the garden and running some trains again!  With the lifting of lockdown restrictions planned for this month we … More →

Coming soon!  The handsome Southern Pacific P-8 4-6-2. The Accucraft SP P-8 is due for release in July and will now also be available as a kit. Constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1921, Southern Pacific’s fifteen P-8 class 4-6-2s … More →