These are N scale (1:148) models!

[3rdrail]

By Dapol:





Too bad someone doesn't make North American prototypes like this. Wonder if the mechanism can be used??

[Chris333]

Looks nice. Any idea what the price will be?

[bambuko]

I don't know  ???
but in the last few days it got 7% cheaper  ;D
£ went down to about $1.86 today (from $1.99 not so long ago)
it is likely to continue in this direction ...

Chris

[tom mann]

The size of the drivers look large.  Maybe some HOn2.5 fodder?

[Mark5]

Wonder if the mechanism can be used??

Looks like tender motor, at least that's what I'm figuring that dark thing above the drawbar is ...

[3rdrail]

Wonder if the mechanism can be used??

Looks like tender motor, at least that's what I'm figuring that dark thing above the drawbar is ...

Yes, this is Dapol's second tender steamer in N, both have motors in the tender to permit weighting the locomotive. I fear the combination of tall drivers and 1:148 scale will make the drivers bigger than most 20th century Ten-Wheelers. I seem to recall an HO brass model of an LS&MS Ten-Wheeler with humongous drivers in the early to mid-1950's from the 1900-1905 era, though. I used to drool at it and the Varney Berkshire in the hobby stall in Modell's Shoppers World in East Meadow when I was a young 'un on Long Island.

[Chris333]

Hey the LS&MS ran through my neck of the woods and paralleled the Erie too! 

[Sokramiketes]

Ok, what am I missing?  These don't look any more detailed or cleanly rendered than recent American prototype steam...

[3rdrail]

Ok, what am I missing?  These don't look any more detailed or cleanly rendered than recent American prototype steam...

And who has done an American Ten-Wheeler??

[wcfn100]

Ok, what am I missing?  These don't look any more detailed or cleanly rendered than recent American prototype steam...

Ahhh, good, so I'm not the only one.  'Crude' is the word that came to my mind.



Jason

[tom mann]

I think Gregg meant "like a 10 wheeler" when he said "like this", and you guys were thinking he meant "awesomely detailed" when he said "like this".

[Sokramiketes]

I think Gregg meant "like a 10 wheeler" when he said "like this", and you guys were thinking he meant "awesomely detailed" when he said "like this".

Bingo.

If Bachmann used 1:148 instead of 1:160 maybe the motor would fit?  Is that the point?

[3rdrail]

I think Gregg meant "like a 10 wheeler" when he said "like this", and you guys were thinking he meant "awesomely detailed" when he said "like this".

Bingo.

If Bachmann used 1:148 instead of 1:160 maybe the motor would fit?  Is that the point?

No, if Bachmann, or anyone else would a). put the motor in the tender, or b). select a larger 4-6-0, maybe we'd have one in N scale. No need to change the scale.

Ahhh, good, so I'm not the only one.  'Crude' is the word that came to my mind.

If you'd look at the detail at 200% using IE7 you'd see the detail is anything but crude.

[wcfn100]

If you'd look at the detail at 200% using IE7 you'd see the detail is anything but crude.

That didn't help.  I'm looking at the sharpness of the details and the finish of the model. 


Looks like an HO model that someone found in a box in the attic dated from 1960.


I'm all for a ten-wheeler, but this model doesn't give me the "what ifs" or "why doesn'ts".  Just makes me glad they don't.


Jason

[wes_sutton]

The images don't really do the subject justice - if I was Dapol I'm not sure I would have posted them.

However, previous Dapol steam releases especially the latter ones such as the 0-6-0, 2-10-0 have been beautifully detailed.

I have two of the Dapol steamers, a 2-6-2T and 0-4-4T that are as good as anything on the US market when it comes to sharpness of detail and finish. In fact with the exception of the Atlas Shay, they are streets ahead when it comes to comparing small steam; e.g. they make the Model Power 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 look like tinplate models.

Wes