RMweb Gold TravisM Posted February 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2019 I’ve sent Dapol a couple of emails and got no reply but I wonder if anyone knows or heard if Dapol plans to re-run the OO Scale Megafret wagons any time soon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Last show I was at (Warley) Dapol said the Megafrets shall be re-released during 2019. You would have seen the cool 45 ft high cubes recently released... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8, 2019 I wonder if they will retool them to remove the hideous skirts that rotate with the bogies? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Brawa do them nicely in HO, but forgive me, I do not know enough about the scale differences to know would there be enough space between wagon skirt frame and bogie to allow for 2nd radius in OO? Yet appears to be €130 which some might say is a little rich for a wagon. I would pay though, but would the mass market? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie7 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I can cope with the skirt mod, just need a bit more detail like the brawa 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Can’t see this anywhere else but can the Oxford rail tesco containers fit these out of interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave56 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) On 06/10/2020 at 11:54, Craig1989 said: Can’t see this anywhere else but can the Oxford rail tesco containers fit these out of interest? I can confirm that they do fit the Dapol Megafret's, I have a few. Edited October 9, 2020 by dave56 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Is there any difference between the IKA and the FKA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 20:18, daz9284 said: Is there any difference between the IKA and the FKA? Significant differences I'm afraid. IKA https://www.flickr.com/photos/dan700/8417714620/in/photolist-dPQZhG-nDkDmL-iDMRso-9KbFA4-nNcUu7-adToU4-26XwkCs-dBamYp-iDQe9h-zEPsHL-9KbFog-kfT8aZ-MmmfiY-SsZaVn-iDM66B-nn9oRn-nXBjgp-9j8nTX-9y1pmX-dPPT9G-cEJHJG-nkPRJY-iDMzch-9y1oYk-ebAJL9-9KbGkp-umtEbd-a2vSV4-cEJKoA-8fHpfM-diYxBS-iDQ42d-9QJXWE-iDPWy3-cEJHsy-e6rzGY-aikAac-uWytsm-iDMyWs-dBfPw3-iDM3Si-dBanJK-9RKuoy-291pA3h-nVJy8m-iDMC4u-9KbtxF-iDLUrR-dBapEM-9pQnNz FKA https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastarial/49975686136/in/photolist-2j6VRnr-2jiS7ts-2jiP7TU-2jiS7sq-2j6YpjS-2jipPoc-2j6YpjB-2jipPoT-2j9bsmY-2jgjf2L-2jgVpSG-2jfRR7a-2jgSxKi-2jgjf2v-2jhUtis-2jgVpRQ-2jhUtjz-2jhYFoq-2j9cNgw-2j7f8AH-2jgjf2k-2jfRR6d-2j7j9kj-2jfUMyF-2j7hGQn There used to be a 4mm kit for the FKAs (by genesis I think) but I haven't seen one available for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 To my untrained eye there doesn't look to be much in them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 4 hours ago, daz9284 said: To my untrained eye there doesn't look to be much in them. They are outwardly similar yes. By modifying the bogie skirts, container locking points and shape of the end areas you could probably get a reasonable representation of them, though I haven't seen it done yet. I doubt the Dapol tooling could be adapted however. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 5 hours ago, daz9284 said: To my untrained eye there doesn't look to be much in them. Why ask the question then? You could just paint some IKAs maroon and I suspect 95% of people wouldn’t know any difference. You could do some modifications and get even closer, but it’s still quite different. I’ve got a rough CAD for an N gauge one to 3D print at some point, with a view to cheating on the deck detail and just fitting a container. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, njee20 said: Why ask the question then? You could just paint some IKAs maroon and I suspect 95% of people wouldn’t know any difference. You could do some modifications and get even closer, but it’s still quite different. I’ve got a rough CAD for an N gauge one to 3D print at some point, with a view to cheating on the deck detail and just fitting a container. Because I've been close to both in the flesh and I couldn't see anything major so was asking incase I was blind to something obvious like wagon length etc. If someone did the transfers I would paint some IKAs maroon. Cheers Darryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) I can potentially have a go. Like I say, I've got the CAD for an FKA, so I'll need to do them at some point anyway! Only thing is that I've not got a OO gauge IKA to measure up. Obviously you don't want to model a model, but there are some quite nice comparative shots from Dave Lowery's models: IKA, FKA. Edited October 12, 2020 by njee20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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