Dapol N Gauge Class 86 (new run)

[DavidMcKenzie]

Good news, it looks like Dapol will do a new run of class 86s.

 

https://www.ngaugenews.com/post/Dapol-announce-new-n-gauge-class-86-run

[Adam1701D]

Great news - the 86 is one of Dapol's finest in N . Be nice to have another Swallow version.

[AndrueC]

Boo! (only kidding). I'm still waiting for the next run of their Super Voyager. Even if they don't choose to improve on it, I've been holding a siding spare for it for months now.

Edited January 7, 2022 by AndrueC

[njee20]

Surprised at the rerun of EWS, given it languished in sale bins for ages last time, and there are a load of liveries they’ve not done. I’d have re-run Virgin, or done a new livery. Still, good to see. 

[DavidMcKenzie]

On 07/01/2022 at 16:34, njee20 said:

Surprised at the rerun of EWS, given it languished in sale bins for ages last time, and there are a load of liveries they’ve not done. I’d have re-run Virgin, or done a new livery. Still, good to see. 

I was also a bit surprised to see the EWS livery again. I think the biggest problem with it is that the livery looks much nicer in real life than in the brochure photos. It's one of my favourite locos now, but I didn't expect it to look so good on the layout when I brought it. 

 

 

 

 

I will be happy to have a second EWS and second intercity swallow loco on the layout. In my opinion it's one of Dapol's best models. 

 

All the best,

Dave

[njee20]

I hadn't noticed until I went looking this week that the windscreen surrounds on the original Swallow release were yellow, not Falcon grey - I see you've fixed that!

 

It is a great model, particularly with the Stone Faiveley pantograph - the original sprung one was a bit crude, and the BWHS is just woeful! I think it helps it's a very 'busy' model - there's so much going on on the underframe and bogies, they have a real weight to them; a bit like the 56 in that respect.

 

I'm pleased Dapol are pushing another bunch either way!