RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 Update posted. Maybe someone else can read it because my phone is cutting off half the page. https://www.Dapol.co.uk/OO-Gauge-78xx-Manor-Engineering-Prototype 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 Dapol have an EP version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdChap Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 There is news on the Dapol website Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, BR Blue said: Dapol have an EP version. A running sample too with decorated versions available to see in the spring. Edited February 8, 2021 by gwrrob spilling 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamingWales Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 So it seems the race is neck and neck between Accura and Dapol, with quoted dates for deco samples and delivery about the same (Dapol maybe a nose in front with a working EP) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9402 Fredrick Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Just now, Hilux5972 said: Update posted. Maybe someone else can read it because my phone is cutting off half the page. https://www.Dapol.co.uk/OO-Gauge-78xx-Manor-Engineering-Prototype Did that with mine as well, Dapol needs to really make it to where their website doesn't do that, but I got a general jist of what it was saying. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I trust Dapol might wish to revisit the blurb's "...to help tweak the sound profile to the autistics of this specific model". 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattA Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 After the wonkiness of the large prairie samples shown yesterday, this is rather more promising. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, EdChap said: There is news on the Dapol website Ed Seem to be missing the fire iron tunnel on the left hand side. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidmouth Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: I trust Dapol might wish to revisit the blurb's "...to help tweak the sound profile to the autistics of this specific model". how to upset a few .I've pointed it out directly to them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, Mark said: Seem to be missing the fire iron tunnel on the left hand side. Mark No it’s part of the metal footplate. Right side of the firebox is all black. You can see more clearly in Dapols video when it’s on the turntable. Well this will be interesting to see how the market handles 2 prototypes of a small class. I think Accurascale will have the haulage edge, having a metal boiler as well as footplate, and their correct bogie front will be a plus as well. Will follow both with interest. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 The login page for the Dapol Digest is currently an invalid url. (I've passed a message through to Dapol about it.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 At least there's no smokebox number on the GWR/G badge W versions. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7007GreatWestern Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) Gotta say......my first impression is that looks rather wonderful! Captures the graceful lines and handsome proportions of the prototype, to my eye anyway. A couple of features I've not seen on a OO gauge RTR model before - the anti-splash sheet behind the slidebars/crosshead (red) which stops oil thrown from the motion getting onto the wheel tyres and railhead. Also, the support brackets for the running plate (green) seem to be represented. Early impressions very good indeed. Edited February 8, 2021 by 7007GreatWestern 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 The slidebars seem to be of decent thickness and gone are the bland crossheads of the Mogul. Nicely done Dapol! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 Still no coupling hook on the tender though. Looks like it could be a kal-if-fee, as to who gets their Manor to the market place first.. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 I'll wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 No doubt stacks of Manors heavily discounted in MRD, Hattons, Rails, TMC etc future sales. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 41 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: Still no coupling hook on the tender though. It’s only posed with the Moguls tender for the photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: It’s only posed with the Moguls tender for the photos. It's running with the tender as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: It's running with the tender as well Yes but the point is it’s not the manors tender. So it’s tender may have a hook included. By the by, what do these 2 symbols mean? I realise they mean sound but the letters? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said: Yes but the point is it’s not the manors tender. So it’s tender may have a hook included. By the by, what do these 2 symbols mean? I realise they mean sound but the letters? Manor's ran with the same tenders (for the most part) as the Mogul's - so Dapol only had to tool up the engine. It means you can spend lots of money on DCC Decoders and sound chips for the Manor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 One thing I'm wondering about, both for the Manor and the Mogul, is how it will look when alongside the competing product. I'm sure some people, myself included, may want to support both manufacturers and buy one of each. Will the models have points, particularly the shade of green, that make them glaringly incompatible to have next to each other? David 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rising Standards Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On the whole this really looks the part, showing some clear improvements over the mogul, and I'd be plenty happy enough if it was the only game in town. The front of the smokebox doesn't look very manor-like though; the ratio of door diameter to width of ring around it seems slightly off, more like that of a mogul, grange or hall. To me the proportionally narrower ring is an important part of the manor's distinctive look compared to other GWR 4-6-0 classes, and the Accurascale model looks set to represent it well. I wonder what's causing it? Are the door and ring correctly sized but compromised in appearance by the lip allowing you to prise off the door for DCC fitment, or is at least one of them actually the wrong size? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 hours ago, gwrrob said: At least there's no smokebox number on the GWR/G badge W versions. Until the factory in China fits the wrong one again - it is a separate removable part..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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