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QUOTE (dwb @ 5 Mar 2008, 22:29) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Having just had a close look at my new NRM / Bachmann Deltic, they're going to have to "go some" to achieve that aim!
Seconded. Which is very good news indeed!

 

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QUOTE (bangerblueed @ 7 Mar 2008, 21:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>although I am surprised at the split chassis when other manufacturers are moving away from them
Hornby use the split chassis principle on their Brush type 2 / class 31, (and may well use it in their other recent bogie diesels). Well executed as on that model it is a very good pick up method, so I would suggest that there is no need to have reservations on that score.

 

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QUOTE (Thunder @ 8 Mar 2008, 11:45) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>.. is this the first OO gauge loco that dapol have produced? the spec sounds good, cant comment on the split chasis on diesels, are they the same as those on steam locos? ..
Dapol have produced locos in the past. For example, the tooling for the J94 now in Hornby's range originated with them. To clarify on the split chassis comment I posted earlier, the principle lends itself very well to vehicles on bogies, as the split chassis element may be confined to the bogie frames, with wired connections to a small distribution board. The main chassis block then remains electrically dead, so there are no complications for DCC installation. I would hope this is what Dapol intend.