dave flint Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Just popped into my local shop for some chips, and he's sat there with a delivery just in from Dapol. In it is nd099p, a class 86 in railfreight triple grey with the freightliner symbol. So out comes the wallet....... What it also has is the new pantograph, modelled on the brecknell-willis prototype. I have to say it looks very fine indeed, but also very fragile. It appears to hold itself in position by friction. Whether vibrations cause it to drop in use I don't know, but for those who asked for a more lifelike pan, it looks like we've got one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hippo Posted April 28, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hi Dave. Any chance of some pictures Thanks Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padishar Creel Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 ->Hippo Hattons already have a few photos posted. You can judge the accuracy of the pantograph pretty well from thm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerr Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 In it is nd099p, a class 86 in railfreight triple grey with the freightliner symbol Not so easy to find photos, but here goes : http://www.kernowmod...d_33921_741.jpg The pantograph looks vastly overscale Saldy I can't find a suitable comparison photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hippo Posted April 28, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks, the pics on Hattons website are pretty good, I have ordered one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave flint Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 It does look a bit overscale, but still an improvement on the original. I'll try and put pictures on but we're off this weekend and the loco is still in car.......an unauthorized purchase and she was in when I got home....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibuchan Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 be glad it wasn't a Heljan 37 you had to sneak in to the house. A Dapol box fits quite nicely in a pocket!! I am making a trip to my local model shop tomorrow morning to go and get my Ollie Cromwell, and hopefully either a powerhaul or EWS 86. the pantograph looks good but I will wait to pass judgement on it till I have seen it. Alistair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1985 Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hmmm, it doesn't look quite as fine as I think we had been led to expect does it! The main arm does look too long, and has a strange knuckle in it. Given Dapol's use of the Tomix scharfenberg coupling and Tomix track cleaner, any bets that this is actually just an off the shelf Tomix pantograph? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted May 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2011 I fitted a Tomix single-arm pan to my Dapol 86 - it is much smaller than the new Brecknall-Willis unit fitted on the new releases. Photo HERE Really need to see these in action before deciding what to use on my small fleet of 90s and 91s. I so want the Dapol ones to be right, as the shape seems spot on - they just seem big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi Gang; Have to agree with Adam here...the Dapol attempt at a modern pantograph looks a little overscale..a la Lima is to Farish from the old days. If I were to look objectively, I would say that the width is good but they are over long on the pantograph arm. I also have some of the Green Max plastic pans to fit to my electric loco stud ...and I fear that I will choose this route at £4.50 for 2 pans , as opposed to the, as yet, unadvertised price for the Dapol set. Again, agreeing withAadam, I would have liked a perfect solution by Dapol...but alas..it doesn't seem to have arrived yet. Later; STU from EGDL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu from EGDL Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Hi Gang; Now looks like the EWS 86261 is now available too. Does it come with nameplates???? Later; STU in KNID Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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