Name: Dapol 4P-020-312 GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR Shtbutton All Third 3908 Set 4
Brand: Dapol
SKU: 4P-020-312
Price: 66.94 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

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General Specification

Dapol have produced an all third, composite and brake third coaches which are the perfect companion to the Dapol 61xx Prairie 2-6-2

The Dapol OO Gauge GWR Toplight Mainline City coaches have the following features and details:

· Highly accurate injection moulded body with bolection window mouldings and frosted Toplight windows.

· Separate metal door and commode handles

· Wire end hand rails and separately applied end communication details

· Correct number of roof ventilators depending on the prototypical period being modelled

· Highly detailed chassis with vacuum tanks, battery boxes and brake linkages all to a high degree of fidelity

· 9ft bogie bolster with dicast side frames and split axles for electrical pick up

· Highly detailed interior with period specific decorations being applied

Technical Specification

Technical Specification:

· Kinematic couplings with NEM pockets including special coupling bar to give close coupling

· Coaches are capable of negotiating R2 radius curves

· Sprung metal buffers

· Heavy Diecast chassis

· Internal lighting. Can be optionally DCC fitted with a six pin decoder such as the Dapol Imperium 5.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Dapol

Product Code

4P-020-312

GTIN

5016927061555

RRP

£66.94

Release date

January 2024

Model details

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

Livery

GWR chocolate and cream

Power pickup

All wheels

DCC status

DCC 6

Tooling date

2023

Gauge

Finish

Pristine

Coupling type

Tension lock

Chassis construction

Diecast

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Running number

3908

Prototype information

Build dates

1920 to 1921

Type of vehicle

Coach

Operated by

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main duties

Suburban passenger
Branchline passenger

In service until

Late 1950s

Builder

Swindon Works

Wheel configuration

2 x Bogies

Coach type

GWR Churchward Toplight City

TOPS classification

(T) Third

Wheel arrangement

2 x Bogies

Built

1920 to 1921

Built by

Swindon Works

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The Dapol GWR Toplight Mainline City GWR Shirtbutton All Third 3908 Set 4 is a forthcoming OO gauge model of a GWR coach. The model will be available in GWR chocolate and cream livery and features a highly accurate injection moulded body with bolection window mouldings and frosted Toplight windows.

The prototype coaches were built at Swindon Works between 1920 and 1921 and were part of the first order of six sets of coaches placed in 1915, although due to World War I, they were not completed until 1920 and 1921. The coaches were designed to be 7 inches lower than other contemporary coaches to facilitate travel through the London Underground tunnels.

The coaches were originally used for commuter services from Reading and Windsor into the City of London but were eventually withdrawn from revenue-earning service by the end of 1957. However, two coaches were converted into workmen's coaches for the miners service between Glyncorrwg and North Rhondda Halt in 1958.

The Dapol model will feature a range of details including separate metal door and commode handles, wire end handrails, and separately applied end communication details. The model will also have a highly detailed chassis with vacuum tanks, battery boxes, and brake linkages. The technical specification of the model includes kinematic couplings with NEM pockets and sprung metal buffers.

Dapol 4P-020-312

GWR Toplight M/Line City GWR Shtbutton All Third 3908 Set 4

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