Dapol 'O' 57XX / 8750

[melmerby 14,144]

On 15/08/2020 at 14:30, Art Dent said:

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

 

 

About the only thing that doesn't look real is the painted on shed plate!

[Keith J 111]

Bachmann v's Dapol

Edited August 22, 2020 by Keith J

[70E 165]

I missed out on the first issue with the unnumbered 8750 version. I was thinking of purchasing the latest issue 9669,  so was wondering how easy is it to change the cab side numbers?

 

Do they easily ping off or is more work required that may cause damage, can they be overlaid with etched brass plates?

 

Many thanks

 

 

[bgman 11,892]

1 hour ago, 70E said:

Do they easily ping off or is more work required that may cause damage, can they be overlaid with etched brass plates?

 

 

If they are like the Dapol 14xx I am modifying then you should be able to ease them off with something blunt.

 

I cannot speak for the 8750 version as I have the Minerva model.

 

I hope this helps.

 

G 

[Hal Nail 2,450]

3 hours ago, 70E said:

Do they easily ping off or is more work required that may cause damage, can they be overlaid with etched brass plates?

They come off easily. Narrow planet will adjust the size to fit if you quote dimensions - they need to fit inside the moulded lip (see the 14xx thread for photos - exactly the same principle but different sizes!).

Edited September 12, 2020 by Hal Nail

[70E 165]

Thank you both

[SDJR7F88 4,550]

On 25/08/2018 at 17:50, neal said:

For £35 the King works remarkably well. Reasonable sync at low speeds. (Only 2 cylinder sound despite the prototype it is meant to represent)

 

The TTS round speakers are poor and need an upgrade to get the best from the chip.

 

Neal

Hi Neal, just found this post and am very interested to see what the results are. Do you have a video of the model in action?

[neal 570]

Here you go, a couple of years back.  I have a few panniers, and have tried the TTS Castle and more recently Hall, each have common chuff sounds and work ok. Motor drive is reasonable but lacks fine adjustment.

 

The best wheeze is the TTS Class 50 in a Heljan loco - not on this Video. This is used as a sound only decoder in parallel with a higher power decoder for motor, lights.  That works remarkably well.

 

The Class 15 is LLC stock sound, and 31 a continental Sulzer sound file on a Susi chip, with Lens decoder.

 

Neal

[Pmorgancym 133]

I'm ponder one as a treat, I have a smoke box plate from a local 67xx.  But it's from a later build with the 8750 cab.  Other than loosing the front and rear vac pipes, 3 link instead of screw coupling.  What other 'noticeable' visual differences are there between a mixed traffic 8750 and a 67xx?

[GWR57xx 221]

4 hours ago, Pmorgancym said:

I'm ponder one as a treat, I have a smoke box plate from a local 67xx.  But it's from a later build with the 8750 cab.  Other than loosing the front and rear vac pipes, 3 link instead of screw coupling.  What other 'noticeable' visual differences are there between a mixed traffic 8750 and a 67xx?

The 67xxs all had riveted tanks.

[Pmorgancym 133]

3 minutes ago, GWR57xx said:

The 67xxs all had riveted tanks.

Even that later ones?  Just to check, as some people don't seem to acknowledge there was a later build beyond 6749 :).

[GWR57xx 221]

Sorry, you're right. Only the first 50 had rivetted tanks (and I should have added "when built", as a major overhaul, boiler change etc may well have replaced them with non-rivetted tanks).

The last 50 built just before/after nationalisation were built at Swindon, so I assume would not have been rivetted.

What is the number of the engine you're interested in?

Edited December 6, 2020 by GWR57xx

[Pmorgancym 133]

6766 most of its time a Dyffryn

[SDJR7F88 4,550]

A short running session featuring my weathered and details Dapol NCB 'Pannier Tank', No. 7754 edited with real sound. 
Sounds are provided by a number of similar class members from my sound collection, captured at various Gala and Preserved Railways over the past few years.
Here we see No. 7754 action in grubby NCB Green livery, hauling a short mixed rake open and mineral wagons.
Hope you enjoy!

 

[Hal Nail 2,450]

2 hours ago, SDJR7F88 said:

A short running session featuring my weathered and details Dapol NCB 'Pannier Tank', No. 7754 edited with real sound. 
Sounds are provided by a number of similar class members from my sound collection, captured at various Gala and Preserved Railways over the past few years.
Here we see No. 7754 action in grubby NCB Green livery, hauling a short mixed rake open and mineral wagons.
Hope you enjoy!

 

I rather like that! Must fish out my Argo transacord records.

[New Haven Neil 54,698]

Funny how they get dirty.

 

[SDJR7F88 4,550]

On 23/12/2020 at 20:02, Hal Nail said:

I rather like that! Must fish out my Argo transacord records.

Certainly can't beat the sound of the real thing!