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Dapol 4S-001-008D

Dinmore Manor 7820 BR Early Crest MT Lined Black SPEC COMM DCC Fitted

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Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

General Specification

Many original GA drawings were used in the development of these accurate and authentic model.

Building on the many developments from the Dapol Mogul including Dapol's award winning slide in PCB in the boiler for tool free DCC fitting and sugar cube speaker enclosure (for sound models). Conductive drawbar providing tender wheel pick-up and connections for high bass speaker.

The locomotive will have all of the usual refinements that are expected to be found on all Dapol models including:

• A diecast compensated chassis
• Detailed cab interior with screw reverse
• The front pony truck is also sprung and operates on a cam so the model will negotiate R2 curves with ease.

Technical Specification

• A slide in PCB offers simple ‘tool-free’ installation of a NEXT-18 DCC decoder and a ’no-solder’ speaker connection. This board slides through the smoke box door and connects directly to the locomotive mother board.
• The tender to locomotive drawbar includes reliable electrical connections moulded within the close-coupling push-fit coupling. This eliminates wired plugs and unreliable wiper style connections.
• The locomotive and tender have electrical pick-up on all driving and tender wheels
• An optional base reflex speaker can be fitted into the tender. An audio frequency filter is integrated within the main locomotive PCB to ensure each speaker reproduces within it’s ideal frequency range*
• Firebox glow (synchronised with sound*)
• Dapol’s proven slow speed mechanism and high torque motor
• Enhance your driving experience with our feature RealDrive*

* Factory fitted models only

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Dinmore Manor is a Dapov OO‑scale model of the Great Western Railway 7800 “Manor” class locomotive, supplied in a pristine finish with a lined black early crest livery and DCC fitted. It carries the running number 7820, measures 130 mm in length and runs on a 4‑6‑0 wheel arrangement with an NEM coupling and a minimum curve of 438 mm (2nd radius). The model represents the British Railways early crest period and is built to a gauge of OO.

The locomotive incorporates Dapov’s slide‑in PCB for a tool‑free NEXT‑18 DCC decoder and a no‑solder speaker connection, housed within the smoke‑box door. Electrical pick‑up is provided on all driving and tender wheels, with a conductive drawbar that supplies power to the tender via the close‑coupling push‑fit coupling. An optional base‑reflex speaker can be fitted in the tender, and the model includes firebox glow synchronised with sound, a die‑cast compensated chassis, a detailed cab interior with screw reverse, and a sprung front pony truck that negotiates R2 curves easily.

The prototype locomotive was designed by Charles Collett, built by British Railways at Swindon in November 1950 and withdrawn in November 1965 after fifteen years of service. A total of thirty of the class were produced for British Railways. The model carries the manufacturer part number 4S‑001‑008D and includes Dapov’s RealDrive feature for enhanced control.