Nearing The 10th Anniversary Of Dapol's Bulleid Pacifics Announcement

[ODRAILS]

Yes October 2021 will be the 10th anniversary of Dapol's intention to produce both air-smoothed and modified versions of the Bulleid Light Pacifics !
See the thread in RMWEB 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/45793-dapol-october-annoucements-no-longer-secret/

And Dapol's statement was:
Product #4     4-6-2 Bullied Light Pacific Locomotive
Keeping with the 'Pacific' theme we are please to announce that we are in the final design stages for producing the Bullied Pacific locomotives.
We will manufacture this model in both un-rebuilt and rebuilt form, with both 'West Country' and 'Battle Of Britain' names.
With a retail price of £119.95 these are bound to be popular, so feel free to pre-order yours from your Dapol stockists soon.
Specification for these models will follow the A3 + A4 including our factory fitted magnetic coupler as standard and etched brass nameplates and crests.

The initial Release of these models will be;
ND208a Battle Of Britain #21C164 Southern Railways Green (Un-Rebuilt)
ND208b West Country #34098 'Templecombe' BR Green late crest (Rebuilt)
ND208d Battle of Britain #34066 'Spitfire' BR Green Late Crest (Un-Rebuilt)
ND208e Battle of Britain #34088 '213 Squadron' BR Green Late Crest (Rebuilt)
ND208h West Country #34030 'Watersmeet' BR Late Crest (Un-Rebuilt)

[RailGooner]

In lieu of a tumbleweed emoji... 

[trkilliman]

I have a feeling that Dapol have given up on any new releases on N gauge steam locos. I may of course be wrong but it looks that way to me.

They seem quite content to do re-issues with different running numbers/names in steam era models. Not altogether bad as their prices are very keen when compared to Farish. If only they ran better as a general rule.
They seem to be concentrating on Diesels/modern era N gauge, and increasingly O gauge.
The Farish Autumn announcement didn't have much at all for me to get excited about.

Steam fans may have to rely on the new kid on the block, Sonic, to grow and come up with new steam locos.

[Mr Sprue]

In lieu of a tumbleweed emoji... 

Do you think its possible that they could all be stacked up in crates in some forgotten dark quiet corner of a warehouse next to the Gaugemaster Class 73's? 

[leachsprite4]

Shall we open a book on when it will arrive and offer the odds?
At 41 I'm confident my children will see it, in their lifetime, any advances?

[Adam1701D]

Make a pre-order, leave it in your will and your great-grand-children will inherit the model when it appears.

[emjaybee]

In lieu of a tumbleweed emoji... 

Allow me Sir...

[longbow]

The frustrating thing is that Dapol's squatting on the project discourages any other manufacturer from taking it on.

[Richard Taylor]

You are all obviously too young to remember the annually-announced-but-never-appearing Peco range of N gauge 0-6-0 tender locos "for all of the Big Four" which appeared in their catalogue every year from the late 1960s until the 1980s. (Or even 1990s?).  Dapol are just beginners.

RT

[Bingley Hall]

The frustrating thing is that Dapol's squatting on the project discourages any other manufacturer from taking it on.

Other manufacturers  - y'ore 'avin a larf?

[Bob G]

You are all obviously too young to remember the annually-announced-but-never-appearing Peco range of N gauge 0-6-0 tender locos "for all of the Big Four" which appeared in their catalogue every year from the late 1960s until the 1980s. (Or even 1990s?).  Dapol are just beginners.

RT

I remember the Peco 45xx 2-6-2T and Dean Goods, oh and the Lima King and Western, but not much else.
Bob

[Richard Taylor]

I remember the Peco 45xx 2-6-2T and Dean Goods, oh and the Lima King and Western, but not much else.
Bob

The 2251 was meant to be the first of the "range", and to be fair it *did* eventually appear, albeit in a way that guaranteed poor sales.  Lima, of course, also advertised a J50 and now one is finally on the way.  So perhaps Dapol are just giving us a sneak preview of the release schedule for 2041...

Richard

[Mr Sprue]

Must be a new line Dapol have launched that we are not aware of yet........"Ghost Trains" 

[leachsprite4]

Must be a new line Dapol have launched that we are not aware of yet........"Ghost Trains" 

Ooh that's a good one