owentherail Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Im sure the Dapol/kernow partnership will give us 73101 or any other unusual livery. Like te look of a Large logo 73. Well done Dapol. owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Im sure the Dapol/kernow partnership will give us 73101 or any other unusual livery. Like te look of a Large logo 73. Well done Dapol. owen LOL...... they already started on network rail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Cheese Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 At last someone is going to produce a little ED worth buying, really good news! Dapol should do well on these for years, the amount of liveries carried over time is mind boggling. I spent many happy hours clambering over the real thing in Eastleigh depot back in the 1980's, it is going to be quite an effort to restrain myself from buying more than half a dozen or so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Having already taken the plunge into O gauge at the beginning of this year the plank awaits the 08 - I would like them to do one in black.. but at that price I won't be waiting. (For all you would be enthusiasts for 7mm 12 feet can build a useful plank. But if you can find 16feet it would be much better...) Now please Dave, how about a generic BR Guardsvan, some vans and a tanker or two? They would be really popular indeed - (a built Tanker on ebay will typically sell for over #100...) The 73 in 00 gauge is also very and extremely welcome indeed But where's the green one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I am delighted that Dapol have announced the 08 in O gauge. I always suspected that a reasonable price point could be obtained given the labour cost, technology and experience of the major manufacturers. My hope is that Bachmann (notwithstanding Bachmann's brass model range) and Hornby take notice and blow the O/7mm niche wide open. Those embryonic O gauge modellers on the fence due to price should be falling off right now. If you think about it, an emphasis on O gauge makes sense given the demographics of our aging population. A glance at photos of club members shows a preponderance of grey hair and specs (and I'm one of them). John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlethorpe Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Class 27 in N - fantastic news. Look forward to an unpowered dummy for double-heading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
84B Oxley Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Watch out for a lot of used Bachmann O Gauge 08s on ebay then.................... Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padishar Creel Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Class 27 in N - fantastic news. Look forward to an unpowered dummy for double-heading. ...and with the MK2As announced from BachFar, Glasgow Edinburgh PushPulls have become a reality. Just need a retailer to commission the correct numbers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The 73 is good news for me - by the time it's released I might have even built the layout for it to run on! If as much effort goes into getting it right than has gone into the Western, it's bound to be a cracker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 No-one has asked yet so I suppose I might as well, any proposed release dates for these models? Is work well advanced? cheers mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Well Done Dapol ! You've pushed me into O gauage !!! Great Western. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted March 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2012 Oh no. A Gronk at that price is going to cause me pain in the credit card department! Crackin' news. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spackz Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Sounds like everyone will be well supplied by the 4 main suppliers this year, I wonder if the class 73 annoucement will be followed by the class 71/74 in a couple of weeks time it would make sense. I dont want to detract from these announcements but has anyone had the opportunity to ask Dapol how advanced progress is on the class 21/29? Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Well, if it's any use I notice that the model/running numbers are listed on Hatton's now and available to pre order. Mind you, so are the big 08s! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted March 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2012 arrrgh! That was my credit card ......... Abosultly stunning, if the qaulity is there and I have no reason to suspect that it won't this IS going to blow the whole O gauge RTR market wide open. Bring it on Dapol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted March 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2012 Not one of the examples on Hattons website is actually preserved - although a quick blast of black paint and a face on the front would do the trick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Scott Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 0 gauge 08 brilliant news looking forward to this one and at the price of a sound oo loco put me down for 2 or 3 in blue and green, will even contemplate the ews version though not my era but could see a small wagon works with the ews one as the only loco. best of luck with this venture, its what the hobby needs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thank you Dave and Dapol crew The 08 ready to run painted under £200 Xmas has come early or is this for april the first? Got to say one of the highlights of the year for me. Hugh Well just pre-ordered from Liverpool box shifter £169 after watching this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2012 Could well be back to O Gauge for the first time in 50 years. Think it's plan-a-plank time for a 1960s truncated branch serving a coal yard or factory. (Note to Andy Y - could be a candidate for a 2013 challenge.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Oh dear, a green class 27, just as I'm rationalising my stock to model the Durham coast rather than the ECML. Ten of these started out at Thornaby and certainly managed to find people's cameras as far up the coast as Seaham. Oh, my aching wallet! Seriously, excellent news but not totally unpredicatable...... Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSE DAZ Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Yes an 08 in 7mm that's saved me a fair bit of money will be placing a pre-order as we speak Shaftesbury will now have an resident shunter at a fantastic price looks like the sound will nearly cost as much as the loco,thats a first for 7mm. Well done Dapol All the best Darren NSE DAZ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br-nse-fan Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 A nice new OO class 73. Happy Days. Dapol, you just made my weekend ♥ ♥ Now.. the quetion is.. what do I do with the 7 Lima / Hornby hybrids I've built??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 As soon as I saw it announced via Kernow's facebook page I thought of you Daz and wondered how many you'd be ordering. I'll be grabbing a blue one and, like many it seems, that sort of price is going to push a lot of people into O gauge as it's suddenly become quite affordable. When you think that O gauge takes up 4x the amount of space of a OO layout, the stock was always much more expensive ratio-wise but that psychological "under £200" (a lot less with the usual big boy discounts) is spot on and less than the price of two OO locos. I hope that future stock (wagons, coaches etc) come in at a similar price raito because although I understand the smaller market (at present) means bigger unit costs, O gauge is very much still - or was - beyond the pockets of many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 That O gauge 08 is unbelieveably great value, thats the new 00 layout on the back burner, O gauge is the future... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted March 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2012 Can't wait for the 73 - in nice sensible everyday liveries too. If it's up to the standard of the 22 (no reason to suspect that it won't be) it'll be a well-deserved winner! Hopefully we'll see a 1966-era blue/SWP version of the JB before too long. The 7mm 08 at under £200 is VERY tempting.....must resist..... I'll worried that I'll definitely give in if they do a small steam loco at that sort of price! Cheers Dapol! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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