everal years ago Dapol dusted off the LMS suburban tooling after many years of being out of use. The resulting coaches produced were so popular in both ready to run and kit form that they ended up producing thousands and thousands of them prior to discontinuing the range again in 2018.
They have blown the (slightly less) dust off the tooling again and made some modifications in their in-house tool shop in Chirk and are pleased to be able to announce the relaunch of these models and share the improvements that have been made.
The tooling was originally purchased by Dapol from Airfix back in the 1980s and there are some compromises on detail and accuracy due to the condition of tooling that is now over fifty years old. Dapol have however made some improvements to these models which include the following.
- New separately fitted underframe details
- Dynamo added
- Vacuum cylinders upgraded as separately fitted parts
- Extra framing added
- Brake shafts added
- Upgraded bogie pivot fixing
- New metal wheels
- New adaptor clips for NEM pockets
- Re-polished glazing
Four versions are being produced to this new specification and are for bolstering coach rakes and at such a reasonable price are ideal for anyone in the hobby, including those starting out modelling on a budget.
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