TINGS Announcements

Sep 09, 2023

New A3 & A4 Liveries Announced AT TINGS

TINGS

Dapol are attending TINGS 2023 tis weekend, and you are more than welcome to come and chat with members of the design team who will happily answer your questions about our ongoing N Gauge projects. For those of you who cant attend the exhibition in person we will post the TV show that is playing on the stand on Dapol TV on Monday morning so you can see all the latest developments.

LNER A3

Dapol are proud to continue to model one of the most celebrated locomotives of all time, the A3 Pacific. Over 70 A3s were built from the late 1920s to 1935. Only one survives into preservation, The Flying Scotsman, which was named after the train service between London and Edinburgh and was the first steam locomotive to be measured at speeds of over 100mph enabling the 392 mile trip to be completed in 8 hours. Innovations to aid this included a corridor connector and tunnel through an enlarged tender to enable crew replacement without stopping. Other A3 locomotives were named after high ranking railway officials or racehorses.

Specifications

Finely moulded body and tender with many separately added fine details
Models include tender, chimney, steam dome variations and some with smoke deflectors
Cast wheels with fine relief and appropriate colouring
Heavy metal chassis and 14 wheel pick up Dapol’s tender drive system that delivers power to the locomotive wheels
Super Creep Motor for controlled pulling power with fine slow speed control
Comes with traction tyres
Finely etched name plates
Accessory bag with spares and other added detail

Revised Artworks

Our artist (Adam) has where necessary generated new artworks to improve this already great model even further.

Proposed Liveries

2S-011-002A10 Flying Scotsman 103 Wartime Black NE
2S-011-008A3 Flying Scotsman 60103 BR Green Late Crest (As Preserved)
2S-011-010A1 Flying Scotsman 4472 LNER Apple Green & 4 Teak Gresley Coaches
2S-011-011A1 Humorist 2751 LNER Apple Green

Recommended Retail Price

DCC Ready

£180.00

DCC Fitted

£215.00

DCC Ready Bookset

£265.00

DCC Fitted Bookset

£300.00

LNER A4

One of the most recognisable locomotives of all time and certainly one of the most handsome, the A4 locomotive was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and came into service in 1935. Thirty five were made and all were named. Perhaps the most famous of all, Mallard, reached a speed of 126mph in 1938 and still holds the record for the worlds fastest steam locomotive. A4 Pacific locomotives were in service until the 1960s and several, including Mallard, survived into preservation.

Specifications

Finely moulded body and tender with many separately added fine details
Models include tender & chimney variations
Valanced and Un-Valanced versions now available
Cast wheels with fine relief & appropriate colouring
Dapol’s tender drive system that delivers power to the locomotive wheels
Heavy chassis and 14 wheel pick up
Super Creep Motor for controlled pulling power with fine slow speed control
Finely etched name plates
Accessory bag with spares

Revised Artworks

Our artist (Adam) has where necessary generated new artworks to improve this already great model even further.

Proposed Liveries

2S-008-016A4 Valanced Mallard 4468 Garter Blue & 4 Gresley Teak Coaches
2S-008-017A4 Sir Nigel Gresley 60007 BR Express Blue E/C as preserved
2S-008-018A4 Dominion of New Zealand 60013 BR Late Crest & 4 Gresley Coaches
2S-008-019A4 Valanced Kestrel 4485 LNER Green
2S-008-020A4 Mallard 4468 NE Wartime Black