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@Edwardian Thank you for the additional pictures! Has anything been said about the coal railings for the A1X Terriers? They are still significantly out of proportion and in my eyes the biggest distraction.

They do look quite impressive in that photo! The corrected window spacing has certainly helped a lot and I love the revised coupling rods! Nonetheless they are still far from flawless, but the people involved seem to be aware of that. Therefore let´s hope the best for the production models!

@Hattons Dave, looking at many different pre-grouping designs the paneling lines above and directly below the windows look to narrow to me; wider panels would match a lot more designs and therefore look more generic.

Not saying over 300 variations available to order are not enough, but is there any reason for not planning LB&SCR coaches?

Wasn´t the NRM model supposed to sport a gloss finish?

The attention to detail is great! But if it´s supposed to be a pedigree Terrier, then there is still some way to go. I struggle with the proportions and lines of certain elements. As I was afraid of, the design appears to be based on Dapols O gauge model, meaning a lot of errors are carried over: - the roof shape seems to be wrong - the cab windows are too far apart - the smokeboxes (especially on the A1s) feel too short - The A1X smokebox protrudes too little in front of its base, therefore the frontmost side strip of rivets ends at the base, although the rivets go on some prototypes all the way round (32661 was one of them). - the smokebox doors feel also too flat - the balance weight on the middle wheels has the wrong shape - The coupling rods are completely straight, despite the prototype having a subtle bow. Compare it with the Hornby model, Hornby on the other hand has overdone said bow. - the bottom line of the wooden brake shoes is misaligned - the tank vents are way too long - the balance weights on Boxhills wheels are not picked out in green, as already described by Edwardian - Yes, the tank top recess is there. But the recessed area should be black, already mentioned by Edwardian as well. Then there are also a few shortcomings the O gauge model did not have: - the black beams (?) on top of the dome protrude too far out vertically - the inner part of the buffers is far too thin - the scary coal rails for 32661 have already been mentioned by Edwardian Sorry for the long list. Even though there are a lot of good things about the first samples to be said - I think Edwardian did a very good job in pointing them out - there is still a lot to be done. Obviously some of the mentioned errors are rather minor, but others are not. Let´s hope Dapol and Rails take their time for the necessary amendments.

Do I see prototypical coal railings for Rolvenden? Nice!

Did you join the club via Dapols website? If I try to "order" a new membership either with or without the loco, I have to select my "country of delivery". But available to select are only the countries within the UK. The offer with the loco even specifically states "available to the UK only".

I would, if I could. But since the Dapol Club is only available to the UK there is no way I can get my hands on this pretty loco.

Here is the latest update from Dapol themselves, including some pretty pictures: https://www.Dapol.co.uk/UK-production-of-9-Chassis-Wagons-Under-Way

Thank you Oliver for clearing that up! Well, there is still the question why the wheels don´t have their white rims.

Talking about lining. What happened to the white wheel rims shown on the graphics of post #1?

It looks awesome! I just hope the misaligned printing of the speed recording wheel is not a general quality issue...

Anytime I prefer a close coupling mechanism over these strange oblongs. But was it ever mentioned or somewhere advertised the B4s having a close coupling mechanism? Somehow that must have passed me. But that´s really great to hear, makes it even harder to wait until my pair arrives.

Good news: They seem to have arrived at Hattons. My order got progressed and they replaced the product photos from Dapol with their own ones.