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Dapol FEA Spine Wagon Fracturing Issue


martin_l_jones
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Have checked my packs and found two wagons suffering.  They are from original batch Freightliner packs B724B and B 724D the D pack being the worst with a long crack across the deck.

 

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Thanks for the heads up. I've checked and I have three of the  Freightliner version in varing degrees of cracking. I wonder how many more times this is going to happen in the future with other models:-(

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On 06/05/2021 at 20:31, martin_l_jones said:

Yes they were Freightliner and they are at Dapol at the moment being investigated.

 

Hi Martin,

 

Did Dapol ever come back to you with an answer or solution?

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I have checked and found my GBRF ones to be ok. A Fastline pair have damage and another Fastline one has the start of a crack in the bodywork. Mine look to be all the top of the model, with the cracks in the frame. Presume it is the metal expanding (heat?) causing the damage as these were all bought last year or year before and had no damage then. 

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Not expansion in the heat but Mazak rot - the metal deforms and fractures the plastic in which it is encased.  My understanding it is that a crystalline change occurs over time in the alloy, only happens with batches of bad alloy and it can taken years to develop, & nothing much can be done to fix it.  You can expect your FL one to deteriorate further and warp but with luck the GBRF may have been made from a better batch of alloy.

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On 10/06/2021 at 23:46, Damo666 said:

 

Hi Martin,

 

Did Dapol ever come back to you with an answer or solution?

 

I had the two sets back that had been cut up but with no explanation as to why they had fractured.

 

With the returned samples they sent two new Freightliner sets as replacements.

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On 14/06/2021 at 21:05, martin_l_jones said:

 

I had the two sets back that had been cut up but with no explanation as to why they had fractured.

 

With the returned samples they sent two new Freightliner sets as replacements.

 

You sent yours back and Dapol replaced them? 

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