Dapol Manor

[steve howe]

I see from the Toddler the Dapol Manor is out and reviews are favourable, anyone had chance to evaluate the conversion potential? the review says the middle axle and bogie are sprung.

Steve

[jim s-w]

Before you get too excited compare Dapol's somewhat weird firebox with the real thing and consider Accurascale are also doing a manor.

[steve howe]

Hmm, comparison with the Accurascale pre-production examples, the Dapol Manor does seem to have a more pronounced backward taper to the firebox.

https://www.accurascale.com/blogs/news/in-a-manor-of-speaking-78xx-manor-update-july-2022

Steve

[Horsetan]

Before you get too excited compare Dapol's somewhat weird firebox with the real thing ....

Something must have gone wrong with the scanning software to produce a result like that

[triumph3]

I also feel that there is too large a gap under the boiler on the Dapol example.

David