FITTING A MOTOR TO DAPOL DELTIC

There was quite a bit here on the Forum some 18 months ago? Can't remember the topic heading; try searching the Forum with the search engine for 'Deltic', 'Airfix' etc and you should find it. (I suggest 'Airfix' because they originally made what is now the Dapol kit, as you may be aware, & I think they were mentioned a lot.)

Welcome to the forum as well.

Regards,
John Webb

Best bet is use a Bachmann Deltic chassis.

Jim

The Dapol Deltic was originally a Rosebud Kitmaster kit.See http://www.kitmaster.org.uk/ Some use the Lima Class 37 chassis to motorise the kit, others use the Lima or Bachmann Deltic chassis see http://www.tcsdcc.com/decoderpics/Deltic%20Prototype.htm for a Deltic fitted with a TCS decoder.

QUOTE (jim s-w @ 28 Mar 2008, 13:16) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Best bet is use a Bachmann Deltic chassis.
Strongly seconded, easiest option by far. The Dapol kit has to be modified by making it up as a bodyshell with the same inside width as the Bachmann bodyshell, and both plastic ends of the chassis need to be trimmed about 3mm to match the slightly shorter overall length of the prototype. When it comes to 'stuffing' a kit with a RTR mechanism to produce a working model, this is a very straightforward example.

Thanks guys, i'll post some pics of the finished article soon...thanks again.

Have you completed it yet as I have a kit and would't mind motorising it