Dapol redefine DMU

[Geriatrix]

https://www.dapol.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=177_59

:-)

[tunneroner61]

This is too subtle for me, can you explain please.

[Roy L S]

Unless the post is referring to the HST having it's own category which is I believe more technically correct as it comprises two Class 43 "locomotives" and coaching stock in between?

[Geriatrix]

It's the picture they've chosen to represent a DMU. Unless I'm completely off track and there is a DMU that looks like that.

[Geriatrix]

Oh cripes, there is. Skulks off, and hides in corner sobbing gently. Sorry folks. 

[edwin_m]

It's a class 156 which I think is in the Strathclyde crimson/cream livery but on my screen it looks more like GWR or Pullman. 

[NeMo]

Oh cripes, there is. Skulks off, and hides in corner sobbing gently. Sorry folks.

Don't skulk. I'm going to make a potentially unpopular opinion here, in that Dapol really did redefine what a British, N-scale DMU should look and feel like. Their Class 121 and 122 models are exceptionally fine models, and lifted the humble DMU out of the 'should probably include to be realistic' category into the "must have; now how can I justify it?" category.

Might not have been what you meant, but I think there's an argument to be had whether earlier Farish DMUs had been a bit dull, and it was the attractive Dapol 'bubble cars' that helped Farish to raise their game.

Cheers, NeMo

[Adam1701D]

In the early 2000s, Strathclyde PTE painted their DMU and EMUs in a representation of BR Crimson and Cream and very fine they looked too.

It was quite short-lived, being replaced with the current Scotrail Saltire Blue.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27017199@N07/8532827151/in/album-72157626220593463/" title="170473 050313 (2)"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8532827151_9673539476_z.jpg"

[Invicta Alec]

Oh cripes, there is. Skulks off, and hides in corner sobbing gently. Sorry folks. 

As a lover of DMUs and EMUs I can only feel sorry for you sir!

The previous poster was right, Dapol are showing a class 156 in Strathclyde livery for that category. Just to cheer you up a bit, maybe you'll like it better in Provincial?

Looks like a PROPER train to me! 



Alec.

[railsquid]

I thought this was going to be about their use of the term "DMU", as three of the four products listed on the DMU page are by default singular in nature and packaging 

[PLD]

I thought this was going to be about their use of the term "DMU", as three of the four products listed on the DMU page are by default singular in nature and packaging 

[Pedant-Mode]
Given that DMU was originally "Diesel Mechanical Unit" rather than the more commonly accepted "Diesel Multiple Unit", a 121 is a Single Vehicle D-M(echanical)-U, whereas a 156 is actually a D-H(ydraulic)-U!!

Multi-Vehicle sets with Mechanical Transmission were initially described as 'DMMUs'...

[edwin_m]

I think the "multiple" means "capable of being run in multiple" rather than indicating they always doing so.