Well the Accucraft LB on eBay for $1799 ended with no buyer but the person who condigned it has not re-listed. Bummer.

I figured that I'd bid up on the Hartland LB instead but lost it to a $586.00 bidder. Bummer.

Do you think the Accucraft LB would ever be offered again? Do you think there would be or is enough demand?

After receiving my new electric FW engine I'm sold on the Accucraft build.

Tom C

Sorry, Tom, but both the electric and the live steam Lilly Belle engines that were built by Accucraft are limited edition.

Someday, there may be an Accucraft C. K. Holliday (we have a prototype of it), but I think that's a long shot that it will ever be produced. A $2K+ engine is a difficult sell at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Thanks Michael.

I'll just have to be patient until one of the 173 editions come up for re-sale.

As people here have said while the Hartland is nice (I have the HTL Princess)
the Accucraft LB is in another class.

Thanks,

Tom C

You may want to try Custom Model Products. Their website (http://www.custommodelproducts.com/narrow_eng.html) lists the Accucraft Lilly Belle, and the June 2010 price list still identified it in stock. Perhaps they still have one to sell.

I already have an Accucraft Lilly but keep it in my saved searches on eBay just to see what they sell for. I just received my saved search email for the day from eBay and noticed that someone posted an Accucraft Lilly for $1729.99 Buy it Now. Not sure if that's the same one you were looking at that didn't get any bids. The price is a little steep but maybe that's what they are going for these days.

Hi mapper65,

Yes that one was relisted. Did not sell at $1799.00 so he lowered it to the $1729.99. One of the rear decals is torn.

Last few on eBay went for $1300, $1500 and the last one for $1400. Hard to part with $1729 for this one but as you know there were only 173 serialized engines.

GWrower suggested that I contact Custom Model Prodcuts in CA, which I did. "Walt" at CMP told me that he bought 5 Accucraft LBs from Carolwood Society and has one left with show case for $1975.00.

I do want one but these prices seem steep. I can't decide what to do. I would rather pay more for the undamaged decal but it is hard to do knowing the recent sale prices are well below the current listings.

Tom C

I'd sit tight for awhile if I were you. I bought the Hartland rolling stock after someone said that it would be close enough in scale to use with the Accucraft Lilly. After receiving the stuff it wasn't even close.

I held it for a few years hoping that someone would post a Hartland Lilly. After I saw two of them sell for over $1000 I was weeks away from posting the rolling stock on eBay. I really didn't feel that the Hartland was worth anywhere near the $1000 that they were getting when you think of what the original selling price was and consider that it has a lot of plastic on it. Don't get me wrong, it's nice but I couldn't justify it at those prices.

A few days after I finally convinced myself that I was ready to sell my Hartland stuff, a Hartland Lilly Belle showed up for $600 or Make Offer. I felt $600 was a pretty good price after seeing those few go for over a $1000. I decided that I would make the seller an offer of $500 and see if I could at least save a few dollars and allow the person to probably break even. I didn't hear from him and figured that I maybe I offended him and wasn't going to hear back. I thought "I should just buy it at the $600 price and be done with it". For some reason I was having a tough time pulling the trigger for $600 and moments before I was about to, I received the email saying that I won it at my $500 offer price. It included the collectors box with all of the pictures of Walt and the Carolwwod graphics and much to my surprise when I opened the box it had the slice of rail for the original Carolwood which wasn't shown in the pictures for the listing.

So, I guess my point is that you never know what's going to show up. If you have to have it and you can go the markup then I'd buy it and be done with it. My guess is that there are probably some out there that will show up at the lower price but you might have to wait awhile. I saw at least two Accucraft Lilly Belles on eBay over the last few months sell for a few hundred dollars less than what I paid for mine new from Carolwood.

Good advice mapper65. I'm going to pass on these. After the initial euphoria passes I'd be mad at myself for dishing out too much $.

I've been close to pulling the eBay trigger on a Hartland LB but was concerned about the plasticy look and feel. I also have the Hartland LB rolling stock and pictures show that it does look a bit silly behind the Accucraft LB. The Accucraft LB would be sitting in a display case in my office and not spending much time running on track.

Thanks,

Tom C

You could build a Lilly Belle model yourself.

Well I did it. Got myself an Accucraft LB off of eBay. The one that has been listed for a while.

Two questions:

1. What size display case do I need for LB and tender. I would be a desk top case.
2. The decal on the left side is torn:


Any ideas on how to replace or repair it? Would Accucraft have a replacement decal?

Thanks,

Tom C