woodenhead Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 20 minutes ago, Neal Ball said: Are they still talking about producing the Priaries? Or have these been shelved? Must admit you not looking at the a Dapol stand today at all. It was mentioned. Same chassis with the rear pony truck added. Sensibly Dapol have forged ahead with the mogul first 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespetts Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Some more pictures of the decorated samples at Warley: Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr 16 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, woodenhead said: It was mentioned. Same chassis with the rear pony truck added. Sensibly Dapol have forged ahead with the mogul first Seems a good move. Once the Hornby model is out they can buy one and strip it down to work out what variants the tooling can't produce and go for those. John Edited November 24, 2019 by Dunsignalling 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 Somebody, somewhere, really thought about how a locomotive actually works. Not in fantasy land, but in real life. After all, no-one would normally know what the plank is for. I've stayed away from owning tender locomotive models before, because in my world, it was mostly tank locomotive country. Now it seems, I'll need to find a way to add a mogul to the order. Nice one Dapol: The pictures here thus far have exceeded any initial expectations. I'll definitely be having one, based upon what I've seen. Polite discussion and detente appears to have worked. Just a few years ago, Dapol were on the point of getting out of model railways, due to a hostile market. Now, we're seeing things like this. The future is bright indeed. Have a great week Folks. Ian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yes and they opened the cabinet for me to get a better look. Photos later. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulwell Hall Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 17 hours ago, jamespetts said: Some more pictures of the decorated samples at Warley: Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Dapol Mogul by James Petts, on Flickr Now that does look very nice indeed. Order duly placed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Yes and they opened the cabinet for me to get a better look. Photos later. Look forward to seeing them, Rob. The ones posted so far have me very tempted to buy one or two of these. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 A couple of photos I asked about the GWR example, suggesting they include two smoke box doors so it’s more useful to more people. Their answer was a no, but spares will be available at a cost. I suggest other post war GWR modellers get in touch and suggest the same, maybe they will see sense. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 Doesn’t really come across in the photos but this model had a real finesse about it, some very fine moulding including commendably thin edges and to the cab sides and tender and top. Finish was first class. I’d say they are at least comparable to the best of Bachmann with no obvious ‘train set’ compromises. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Yes and they opened the cabinet for me to get a better look. Photos later. 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 Here's my attempt to get square on through the glass: Fuzzy, but close up. (Look at the horribly scuffed cylinder cover! As per the real thing???) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Thanks to the pic posters. Some of these are old EPs with the wrong smokeboxes. The conn rods are still about 3mm too long. I find it strange that no developments have been posted on the Dapol Digest for over 14 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2019 I've got three pics: BR Versions (No flash) BR Versions with Flash GWR Versions with flash: 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: Thanks to the pic posters. Some of these are old EPs with the wrong smokeboxes. The conn rods are still about 3mm too long. I find it strange that no developments have been posted on the Dapol Digest for over 14 months. Of course they are going to be old IEPs- to hold deco samples until the new tooling is done would add weeks or even months to the time it takes to get the finished model out to the punters so they can earn some money to get the next model started! Les 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7007GreatWestern Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Oh Dear......I do hope that tender lining isn't going to be on the production models..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, 7007GreatWestern said: Oh Dear......I do hope that tender lining isn't going to be on the production models..... Hopefully not, but I'm sure there would have been a real one just like it somewhere out there- works paintshops were not always that good...…. Locos were occasionally turned out with different lining on the two sides of the tender. Doncaster seemed particularly good at that but examples have been recorded from other works as well. It has an unlined cab so it could have been done from a real one. Someone needs to point it out to Dapol and ask the question before it gets into production. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) Looks a bit Stanier tender style to me. Probably model transfers meant for a 3500 gallon tender. Jason Edited November 24, 2019 by Steamport Southport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted November 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2019 24 minutes ago, 7007GreatWestern said: Oh Dear......I do hope that tender lining isn't going to be on the production models..... Eric Mountford showed just this mistake in one of his photographs 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 23/11/2019 at 22:45, Neal Ball said: Are they still talking about producing the Priaries? Or have these been shelved? I had a long chat on Saturday. Going ahead. I was shown some new CADs. It is far from shelved. Mike Wiltshire 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7007GreatWestern Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Dear tomparryharry, So, do you reckon that livery on 6308 is actually correct? I'm happy to stand corrected especially if someone has a photo...... "Eric Mountford showed just this mistake in one of his photographs" Edited November 25, 2019 by 7007GreatWestern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Photo here in 1956 with early crest but inconclusive what livery it is. I would guess at faded black. https://www.steve-banks.org/prototype-and-traffic/85-modelling/217-banbury-loco-shed Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted November 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2019 7 hours ago, melmerby said: I've got three pics: BR Versions (No flash) BR Versions with Flash GWR Versions with flash: Oh wow with the flash that colour looks just as bad as some of Hornbys GWR Green models! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted November 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2019 Which shed painted the reversing rod red? Perhaps the lining on top of the flared tender side was a thing of their shed too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 58 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: Which shed painted the reversing rod red? Perhaps the lining on top of the flared tender side was a thing of their shed too? Caerphilly was the culprit for the red reversing rods, but was instructed to cease the practice in November 1958. Caerphilly was also fond of lining 3500g tender fenders, but it is not known whether other works did the same. Officially the lining of the fender on such tenders was discontinued in July 1957. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted November 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2019 8 hours ago, 7007GreatWestern said: Dear tomparryharry, So, do you reckon that livery on 6308 is actually correct? I'm happy to stand corrected especially if someone has a photo...... "Eric Mountford showed just this mistake in one of his photographs" Yes, I'll certainly try to find that photo. It is contained within his book about Caerphilly Works. Sad to say that my books are well scattered about the house, with building & decorating work going on. Eric was a real gent, and an absolute mine of information. Both he, and Rufus Stephens (the chargehand painter at Caerphilly) were an absolute authority of how a locomotive was turned out. I will try to find it today. Honest! Cheers, Ian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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