bgman Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thanks Grahame I agree about those plastic colours you mention. I shall at some stage lightly waft some black etch primer with an airbrush to tone it all down. However, the decision is do I pre- order their 14XX LOCO ?????????? jOHN I think that should tone it down quite nicely. Do you have the / an auto coach ? If so I think the answer is probably yes ! I have their early crest one and other than the large " carbuncle" in the cab for speaker fitting ( which I may remove ) its a cracker. Grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Picked up a 9659 Pannier this week. Sadly, despite two good running in sessions on the rolling road on Dc power im not happy with the performance of the loco. Very poor slow speed running. Take so much power it jerks into life and then if power is backed off too much, it eventunally stalls at what seems too high a speed, compared to the Dapol Jinty I had. Looks like this one will be returned sunday. Any one else had similar? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2019 must have jamming gears as you describe it. Mine runs smooth, no issue at all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ROSSPOP Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2019 Picked up a 9659 Pannier this week. Sadly, despite two good running in sessions on the rolling road on Dc power im not happy with the performance of the loco. Very poor slow speed running. Take so much power it jerks into life and then if power is backed off too much, it eventunally stalls at what seems too high a speed, compared to the Dapol Jinty I had. Looks like this one will be returned sunday. Any one else had similar? Mine is perfect. But was checked thoroughly before dispatch to me from R.O.S. Was yours ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Mine is perfect. But was checked thoroughly before dispatch to me from R.O.S. Was yours ??? No I Picked it up Thursday. I contacted the retailer today as I will see him Sunday at Bristol o show. If it needs to go back it can then. I shall try it on a couple of yards of track tonight. Its currently back on the rolling road, but being driven off the rear wheels only with the front supported. Seems to be getting a bit better, but still not to my standards. I can only hope its slowly freeing its self up / Bedding in? While I know adding the Dcc chip will probably improve things, I want them perfect before I start taking it apart! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ROSSPOP Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2019 No I Picked it up Thursday. I contacted the retailer today as I will see him Sunday at Bristol o show. If it needs to go back it can then. I shall try it on a couple of yards of track tonight. Its currently back on the rolling road, but being driven off the rear wheels only with the front supported. Seems to be getting a bit better, but still not to my standards. I can only hope its slowly freeing its self up / Bedding in? While I know adding the Dcc chip will probably improve things, I want them perfect before I start taking it apart! If it were mine i would take it back and change for another.It should run perfectly from the start without any need for lengthy running in..... Straight out of the box..... john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 If it were mine i would take it back and change for another.It should run perfectly from the start without any need for lengthy running in..... Straight out of the box..... john Gave it a little run on 4 yards of track this morning while the kitchen was clear! While not perfect, it does seem to have improved with lots of running in. Fairly slow speed was achieved, better forward than reverse! So i will take a chance that adding dcc will improve things and while its apart will look for any obvious tight spots pluslack or indeed over lube? Thanks for the help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I've just brought this locos as well, could you say where you brought yours from please ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ROSSPOP Posted January 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2019 Rails Of Sheffield...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I picked up a 9659 Pannier off ebay this week ... however, it was cheap for a reason!! I'm not sure what the last owner did to it. One of the connecting rods has been severed in half, all the brake gear has been smashed off and most of the tyres are wonky on the wheels. Most bizarrely though is that one of the middle wheels has obviously been removed and replaced incorrectly. All said though, the body work, motor etc is in very good condition, so I don't think it has been dropped! Most strange, but definitely a bargain if I can get a few issues straightened out. So ... 1) How do I remove and replace a wheel from its axle without damaging it? Its the middle axle, so has all the fake motion on it. 2) Does anyone know where I could get a replacement con rod? I have tried Dapol and DCC Supplies and there are none in stock until the next manufacturing run at the end of this year, or maybe next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted August 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) There is a spare part listed for a Dapol pannier "steam cock" which looks roughly the right shape for something I need on my diesel class 46 but I can't work out what size it is from the photo of the spare part. Does anyone know where this is on the pannier - I cant for the life of me find it on my own 57xx but it might be something specific to the 8750 or LT versions perhaps! Any help appreciated. Edited August 29, 2019 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted August 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2019 Can you show us a photo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted August 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Vecchio said: Can you show us a photo? If this works, it’s this! (not my copywrite) edit - just realised this could be what I think of as the lance on the smokebox front. Didn’t twig before but perfect for what I need. Edited August 29, 2019 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBud Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I know this is an older thread, but a big thank you to Krok 182 for the info on CV's. I purchased a sound fitted loco from Hattons and in my case adjusting CV 584 to lower the volume of the blow offs makes no difference whatever value I change the CV to. Changing the CV 745 RANDOM 1 to 1 fixed the random shoveling issue. Has anyone else had the same experience? Is there an alternative CV that controls the volume of blow offs? p.s. I also found that I needed to change CV267 to get the Chuff synchronisation to 4 chuffs per wheel revolution. Out of the box it was 8 chuffs per revolution. Regards, Trevor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereticUK Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Sorry for resurrecting a dead topic, but I would like to know if anyone has any news about the second batch of 57xx Panniers (plus riveted versions). On the one website it claims that expected delivery is about Q2 2020, so with the next couple of months. However, I can't even find an announcement from Dapol about this batch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought05 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, HereticUK said: Sorry for resurrecting a dead topic, but I would like to know if anyone has any news about the second batch of 57xx Panniers (plus riveted versions). On the one website it claims that expected delivery is about Q2 2020, so with the next couple of months. However, I can't even find an announcement from Dapol about this batch... On Dapol's live catalogue which they update periodically it's still showing Q1 2020. The catalogue was last updated with the information on the banana vans, so I'd assume they forgot to change the dates for the 8750s. Q2 might be more accurate now that Dapol has reopened, but then again they generally like to show off decorated samples before release and we've seen nothing so far (I'm specifically referring to the lined BR 8750 here which is what I'm waiting for). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2020 Put it this way, I suspect you will actually be able to see them in the shops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Signaller Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Obviously “the virus” has pushed everything back months, but it’s looking like June maybe July now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought05 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 8750 and 5700 arriving "any day now" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted August 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 29/04/2020 at 15:31, Hal Nail said: Put it this way, I suspect you will actually be able to see them in the shops Very rare for me to get a prediction right but I believe shops have indeed reopened before these have been released! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpgibbons Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I had to smile when I saw Dapol's caption to that GNSRY shot - "some transport damage sustained to underframe detail, this has been corrected in the main production run". Hopefully that means they have got the message about improving their packaging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Dent Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Here's my Dapol 57xx - excellently weathered by David Magill. The pictures are his and are used with his kind permission. Figures are ModelU and painted by Claudia Everett. Art 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith J Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 16:12, Dreadnought05 said: 8750 and 5700 arriving "any day now" In stock as of yesterday. I have one on the way from Tower Models Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 12:17, dpgibbons said: I had to smile when I saw Dapol's caption to that GNSRY shot - "some transport damage sustained to underframe detail, this has been corrected in the main production run". Hopefully that means they have got the message about improving their packaging. They are using the plastic cradle solution they used with the 14xx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpgibbons Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 The issue with the 14xx packaging was that the loco was not adequately secured on its mounting plate. Hopefully that has been rectified with the 57xx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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