Dapol OO BR Class 22 D63xx North British Diesel Hydraulic B-B Locomotive BR Blue ()
Newly announced for production during 2009. Price TBA
A new high specification model of the BR class 22 diesel hydraulic locomotive. This type 2 is one of the missing links in the Western hydraulic models and will be available in many variants. Six numbers in BR green featuring different ends and warning panels, plus four more in BR blue schemes.
Further details will appear as these are announced.
This locomotive will have the highest specification yes seen in OO gauge and will set a new 'Benchmark' for the genre.
The models will feature 3 different front ends and 2 different side variants from release, in 3 liveries:- BR blue, BR green and BR green with small yellow warning panel. Each model will be a limited quantities of (provisionally) 300 and the inital batch is expected to include 6 x BR Green and 4 x BR Blue.
The specification for this model (at present) is as follows, 5 pole skew wound can motor 2 large brass flywheels 21 pin DCC board fitted DCC sound compatible Removable painted cab (for crew fitting) Directional lighting Cab lighting Heavy metal split frame chassis Spoked see through RP25.110 darkened wheels Low friction mechanism with pin point bearings Lit headcode boxes Alternate customer fitted headcode characters separately applied handrails Etched steel windscreen wipers Etched roof fan grille with fan detail below Customer fited air pipes and coupling chains NEM coupling socket |