Dapol 4S-043-008 Class 43xx 2-6-0 5322 in Railway Operating Divison khaki Dcc Ready (OO Gauge)

• A die-cast compensated chassis
• New cab with higher and shorter roof
• Porthole cab windows above the firebox where appropriate
• Detailed cab interior with lever reverse
• Full profile cylinder no cut away
• New motion bracket and boiler support
• New straight Chimney where appropriate
• Original front Pony spring housing where appropriate
• New footplate with longer middle splasher on the right hand side
• Brass plated safety valve casing
• The front Bogie is also sprung and operates on a cam so the model will negotiate R2 curves with ease
• Smooth sided tender where appropriate
• Churchward tapered and Collet straight shank buffers and main footplate with prototypical overhang

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• 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.
• A total of 12 wheels split between the locomotive and tender have electrical pick-up, this is enhanced by the sprung centre driving wheel.
• A sugar cube is mountable on the slide out PCB board and a Base Reflex speaker can be housed in the tender. An audio frequency filter is integrated within the main locomotive PCB to ensure each speaker responds within it’s ideal frequency range.
• Improved firebox glow
• Dapol’s proven slow speed mechanism and high torque five pole skew wound motor Progress Dapol’s design team are making final revisions of the CAD’s and the project will to go into the tooling shop shortly. We will bring you more news as the model progresses.