meatloaf Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 https://www.Dapol.co.uk/New-O-Gauge-J94-Announced-At-The-Guild-O-Gauge-2022-Kettering-Show Can't wait for this one looks great 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2022 Well that’s good news, I built one from an Oakville kit about 25 years ago and had been considering another after getting back into O gauge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted March 5, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2022 Does this mean an N-gauge J94 is on the way too? Just joking, but seriously, what about it Dapol? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Tempting.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Boy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Great choice - the number of possible liveries could keep Dapol busy producing these for years... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) Wow, and that's a good price for an O gauge loco too. I may not be able to resist one for my Manchester Ship Canal layout. Mol P.S. Not really sure that Robert A Riddles designed it though. Unless he was moonlighting for Hunslet! Edited March 5, 2022 by Mol_PMB PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippel Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Some of these were bought by the Dutch railways, 27 of them I think, becoming NS class 8800. At least one is preserved in the Netherlands. Perhaps Dapol could do a tie-in with a European retailer as they're doing with the 66. Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Two of the Dutch Austerities are preserved in the Netherlands (NS8811 and 8826) but another (HE3155/44) was repatriated to the UK and restored at the Ribble Steam Railway as 'Walkden'. Photo courtesy of RSR. Ray. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtybella Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I wonder if it’ll be out before the DJM O gauge version…… Excellent choice from Dapol in all seriousness though, another small engine at a very affordable price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippel Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Looking forward to this too, and it's got working inside motion! Just which one to buy? Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 I'm a bit less keen on the working inside motion - will Dapol be able to make it robust and reliable? Especially within the price they are quoting. Has this been a feature of other Dapol locos before? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: I'm a bit less keen on the working inside motion - will Dapol be able to make it robust and reliable? Especially within the price they are quoting. Has this been a feature of other Dapol locos before? Yes the pannier tank had it as well. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 What a wise choice to model. The coarse-scale 0 one by ETS/WJV/Raylo flew off the shelves at a price c£100 greater than Dapol are suggesting, so I reckon it will sell like hot cakes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 One of my earliest railway memories is being taken by my grandfather to watch one of these shunting Gorton Yard. At the price, I don't know if I can resist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Time to start nit-picking (is there a way to feed this back to Dapol?) Compared to the prototype photos I'm looking at (and the one in the announcement), the balance weight on the central wheelset is in the wrong position on both sides. It should be flipped to the other side of the crankpin. Hopefully there will also be some more details published as to which versions have the various types of chimney, bunker, vacuum brakes or not, extra steps and handrails etc. The LNER J94s seem to have acquired extra steps and handrails and some other features, while some of the WD ones received vacuum brakes (as did many preserved examples later). I suspect there were also subtle differences between the locos according to where they were built (Hunslet, Hudswell Clarke, Vulcan, RSH, Bagnall, Barclay and Yorkshire built the type). I've got a choice of three prototypes for my MSC layout: MSC 85, WD 75304, Vulcan 5294 MSC 86, WD 71493, Hudswell Clarke 1769 MSC 87, WD 71441, Hunslet 3205 Mol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said: Time to start nit-picking (is there a way to feed this back to Dapol?) Compared to the prototype photos I'm looking at (and the one in the announcement), the balance weight on the central wheelset is in the wrong position on both sides. It should be flipped to the other side of the crankpin. Yes, I checked quite a few and agree. Contact form here, https://www.Dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=information/contact 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 And to nitpick the nitpickers, have a look at photos of the real thing. The centre wheel balance weights are nearly adjacent to the crankpins, because the inside cranks are 180 degrees out of phase with the connecting rods. Kevin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, kes said: And to nitpick the nitpickers, have a look at photos of the real thing. The centre wheel balance weights are nearly adjacent to the crankpins, because the inside cranks are 180 degrees out of phase with the connecting rods. Kevin. They are, but they are adjacent on the other side of the crankpins! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Time to start nit-picking (is there a way to feed this back to Dapol?) Compared to the prototype photos I'm looking at (and the one in the announcement), the balance weight on the central wheelset is in the wrong position on both sides. It should be flipped to the other side of the crankpin. I would suggest that all that is wrong, is that the centre axle/wheelset has been fitted the wrong way round. So just a case of assembling correctly, not re-designing/changing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted March 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2022 On the CADs it looks like a left hand middle wheel is fitted to both sides. This could be an honest mistake in the CAD or and economy measure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coeurdelyon Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Hi Guys, Thank you for your input, we have corrected this, fortunately the tooling for the wheels has not been completed thanks again Regards Richard 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I know it sounds picky but there were single buffer beam gussets on the early WD Austerities. Later batches, built new for the NCB etc. had double gussets. I don't, of course, know if the tooling can allow for this. I'm sure this will be a popular model with plenty of options for 'personalisation'. Cheers, Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2022 25 minutes ago, coeurdelyon said: Hi Guys, Thank you for your input, we have corrected this, fortunately the tooling for the wheels has not been completed thanks again Regards Richard Thanks for that Richard, the effort going into the O gauge range just keeps going! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Yes flipping please I love Austerities, I was hoping Dapol would go for one as it seemed such a logical choice with their focus on smaller locomotives. Fits nicely with my planned (well, pipe dream) West Mids industrial layout as the NCB had 2 at Baggeridge Colliery... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2022 Yup, I'm up for one - repaint into NCB Backworth blue. Hmm, 6, 9 or 48.......decisions.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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