Having been announced last autumn (MR306) – and generating a huge amount of interest – Model Rail’s exclusive commission of Class 31, 31116 Rail Celebrity, was initially planned for arrival this summer. However, owing to ongoing production issues in China, Accurascale has had to reorganise its Class 31 production schedule.
As a result, 31116, in its unique BR Infrastructure livery, will now be produced as part of Accurascale’s second batch of ‘31s’, following the more ‘standard’ BR‐era liveries which are planned to appear before the end of this year. We’re hoping our eye-catching model, named after our sister magazine RAIL, will arrive in Q1 2024.