Dave Scott Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 They'll need traction tyres. They'll only have 1:76 of 600hp available on diesel. Something about skin not coming off a custard The Hornby version (old Lima) had plain wheels and would not pull untill I added masses of weight. In the real world I was once on a train 3x4CEP towed up the bank between Tonbridge and Sevenoaks by a 73 on diesel. Slow progress but it made it. A down freight had derailed and taken out the conductor rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesTor Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I note from those photos that the slight dimples in the cab roof profiles picked up in earlier posts still appear to be present. Agreed, and I thought it looked even more noticeable when viewing the model in-the-flesh. I sincerely hope they correct this glaring and rather odd quirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony M Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 ETA Dapol? I pre-ordered this waaaaaay back in March 2013 Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaneofFife Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 good to see that traction tyres wont feature on the production models. nobody wants such things on a modern heavyweight all wheel drive diesel or electric........ still wonder why they got thru on the sample models.......maybe the less said about them the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb860 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 ETA Dapol? I pre-ordered this waaaaaay back in March 2013 Tony Less than two years ago, that's nothing in model railway lead times. And in that time, Dapol have lost some crucial key players. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 It's on the slow down line from China.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2015 ETA Dapol? I pre-ordered this waaaaaay back in March 2013 Tony Patience! Some of us ordered D600s back in June 2010 and also at the time to have been manufactured by Dapol. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yep ordered my D600 in 2010 too hope I live to see the real model! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2015 Keep breathing through the year. I don't think they're that far away now. Over two years was lost in the miasma of doom which arose at Dapol apparently with no work done on them and resulted in a transfer of the project to another manufacturer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Pedro32 Posted January 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2015 According to the Dapol website the 73's are at the decoration stage, hopefully not long to go. Though this page has not been updated since before Christmas. http://Dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=179_298_301_529 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirey33 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 They had the undecorated samples in the News section at the end of November and were expecting decorated samples at the end of December. One month on and we've heard nowt. So they slipped by a month in a month. I'm torn between the frustration of wanting these models to be available and patiently accepting that this industry can't plan because their suppliers can't or won't deliver on promises. They do look bloody gorgeous though !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles73128 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'm thinking (a complete guess) that it will be May -July before they are here. Just going on the timeline that Bachmann, typically, have between deco samples and stock availability. I'm baffled that Dapol were saying end of 14, when they didn't even have blank samples till November. Still we just have to wait..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 One for dave Scott, although it's the marmite approach, you can't go wrong with a lima 73 , ok the drive system. Is not to everyone's liking but the power to weight ratio is great and it will pull almost any think behind it, and I have yet to find one that is not a brilliant slow runner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 According to Gaugemaster the OO gauge ones should be here by the end of May (2015). Fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Hope so. I was a young man when it was announced. I think "Slade" were in the Charts... Hope it's a stunner when it arrives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdChap Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This was in the display cabinet today at Alexandra Palace. Edwin C. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Same as last time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 According to the Dapol website the 73 is at the decoration stage... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb860 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 According to the Dapol website the 73 is at the decoration stage... According to the Dapol website the 73's are at the decoration stage, hopefully not long to go. Though this page has not been updated since before Christmas. http://Dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=179_298_301_529 Takes a while then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Did the Dapol stand people offer any likely availability date? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted March 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2015 I can't wait for these, it looks like it'll be a cracking model and whilst the old Lima tooling was one of their better efforts and is still a fine model in terms of the basic shape and captures the look of the 73 very well I think this will be on a whole new level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Did the Dapol stand people offer any likely availability date? Spoke to Dapol over the weekend, very friendly and open. The livery samples are due within days to look over, apparently 13 different liveries to approve. The production slot is booked for May and delivery to the UK should if all goes to plan (and the liveries are approved) around June/July. Its certainly going to be worth the wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) To my untrained eye, the model definitely looked stunning in the flesh. Lots of fine added detail. A Class 68 body shell sat on a lower shelf. Edited March 30, 2015 by Ron Ron Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 30, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Still wondering if Dapol have gone for a pluX socket.....? Cheers, Mick Edited March 30, 2015 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 13 different liveries... I could justify 6 but realistically can budget for only 2... I may have to draw straws. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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