Dapol mineral wagon 5 pack for £50 are they any good?

[colinsuffolk]

The dapol wagons for that price are excellent value for money I have purchased some dapol wagon kits bearing in mind you’ve got to build them paint them thanks for sharing this video Colin .

[russellbenton]

Nice to see a manufacturer catering for the budget end of the hobby . We really don’t need all that detail that results in 4 wheel wagons at £35 !

[davidstrains]

Great video here Matt, a fantastic release from dapol, personally wish we would see more manufacturers make packs like this especially when it comes to these smaller 4 wheel wagons, they would be the perfect thing for steam hauled freight trains.

[stephendavies]

Hi Matt. I did exactly the same: bought 2 packs to augment my South Wales mineral trains, running behind either my 9Fs, G2A, 56xx, green/blue 37s, or my 8750 #9600 that worked at Merthyr Vale Colliery (where my dad also worked) and is now in preservation.
I could also replicate the Windcutters I guess.

Like you, I'm very pleased with them - especially for £10ea! - apart from the notorious couplings!

I'm a fellow Welshman, so it's good to be able to support a Welsh company.

[dibsyardshuntinglayout]

For those of us in the hobby who don't appear to have hundreds and hundreds of pounds to throw at wagon rakes this is a great product from Dapol. I have one of the 5 wagon multi-packs and I agree with the comments here, once weathered up will be fine for my purposes!
Don't get me wrong I would love a rake of the Bachmann or Accurascale versions, but that is really never going to happen in lifetime.
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For any one who likes mineral wagon kits, I believe for just over a tenner you can get the Chivers Finelines 21T MDO or MDV. They need some brass bearings from H&A and some Dapol 3 hole wheels (but in a multi-pack) but you then have 21T mineral wagons for under £13 each. Prices subject to availability. Dapol wheel multi-packs might well be over £20 these days!

[marcdempsey]

What a great find Matt. a true diamond in amongst the coal😂😂 these are fantastic for the price. Add your own coal and a little weathering they will look far more expensive. Look forward to seeing the final rake, all best Marc from Leighton Buzzard

[jprp]

Viewed from a normal running distance and given a proper heavy weathering you will get no better appearance from anything more expensive.

[ronjohnston]

I made the same purchase as you have good value I agree they run well, be aware the coal load looks very poor and is screwed in place using a self tapping screw which also attaches the wagon to the chassis, I replaced the self tapper with a nut and bolt, and am waiting to take delivery of some realistic coal loads, they are also very light, so I have added weights, all this said I am pleased with my purchase

[TRTX-emkl]

These are very nicely painted up and great value of you want to run a good length train. The bodies are the Hornby Dublo moulding from the 1950s so are a bit longer than the prototype but they look good on the layout. I am currently painting up Hornby mineral wagons as 21 tonnes which you can purchase for £5-6. Once paint, transfers and new wheels on some are added it probably comes to about £10 each as well.

[attuslebeard]

I've been thinking about getting some of these. Good for Dapol - this is all I need from a wagon. Masses of 'value added' underframe detail and sprung buffers are just over-engineering and for me totally unnecessary.

[BS-]

my grandad bought 3 packs of these wagons, 2 packs had the wheels absolutely caked in casting grease and oil so do check the wheels if you buy any otherwise youll be putting it on your rails.

[joginns]

Easy solution to the couplings us the bachmann short plug ins much better and they bring the buffers nearer,

[bentullett]

Dapol do some excellent value wagons. I have a few of them and they aren't bad.

[brakecompo]

Hardly surprising that Dapol can do this for a tenner a wagon, given that tooling costs are non existent - given that the body is the Hornsby Dublin moulding first released in October 1958, and the underframe moulding is, I think the Wrenn update to replace awful die cast original, and thus not much younger. There are no add on detail parts - the model consists of two mouldings, a pair of couplings, and a couple of wheel sets. It is nice see a cheaper model, but I do think the Oxford Rail wagons are better value.

[oswestryroadtmd]

Another great video Matt, If I didn't have a rake of 16 tonners I would certainly bought a couple of these

[KellinoRail]

The stripe on the mineral wagon denotes the end with the unloading door.

[stretchedits]

Hi Matt, a great find. However i always think the wheelbase seems too long, same with Hornby ones. I think Bachmann are the only people to make a correct length chassis. I'd love to know if there were two different length chassis. Oh the white stripe you refer too indicated which end has an end door. All the best, great video, Dave.

[monsvillerailways]

Nice wagons for the price Matt.
A bit of weathering to make them less plain and they'd be great even with their loads.
Happy Modelling 👍

[jamesjosephjjdyer]

Nice mineral wagons as I could remember seeing these where I lived in Coytrahen Head to and from Maesteg with a Class 37 and also heading to comprehensive school via Tondu in the 1980's memorable times indeed.

[RG-Models]

Nice reference at the beginning, Matt 😁.

You've got a nice bargain there.

If I were to pick them up, I would definitely weather them up and put real coal in them. But that's just me.