Dapol Does It Again | New SECR Class D1 | Unboxing & Review

A full review of the all new SECR Class D1 from Dapol!

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0:00 Intro
3:30 Unboxing
9:15 Prototype Info
10:25 Detail
19:34 Mechanism
22:36 Performance
26:28 Haulage
33:01 Ratings
36:33 Conclusion

[vectorbrony]

Dapol took the Level, gave it a training montage and raised it up to a brand new heights. I've got mine in Maunsell Green and my god it is amazing. If you are a keen collector, this model is a must have.

[tommytorpey]

A stunning model! It almost glides across the tracks and looks stunning in that grey livery! (Those are my favorite paint schemes) Great review Sam!

[JonatanGronoset]

Sam, a bit of SECR trivia:

The "air pump" is actually a power reverse of all things! SECR seemingly adopted them on many of their locos, including the D and H class, and afaik they were even retained for the entirety of their lives? But yes, steam power reverse which is pretty unique to the SECR to my knowledge.

[ianjeffery]

I remember seeing the last D1s and similar E1s in the late 50s (I think the final ones went in 1961). They look good in Southern green, though the lined BR black suited them when clean!

[mjdh]

Excellent review. I "missed" the segment about snapping-in/assembling the cab doors?? I felt the highly visible boiler seam, "dragging" tender wheels, handrail finish, and gray paint drip through the window glazing area being visible in the cab, were quality issues warranting a somewhat lower rating. Any thought about securing an electronic push/pull force gauge in contrast to the highly subjective "finger=gauge" method? I wish more reviews in the states were as detailed and as informative as your reviews. I always appreciate the unpacking as well as the disassembly for maintenance segments.

[iceeblueburst]

I like the gray livery on this 4-4-0 locomotive, love the design on it!

[knowle]

Credit to Dapol and Rails for bringing the D1 to Ready to run. It's wonderful that some manufacturers are looking beyond the big 4-6-2 / 4-6-0 locos and filling gaps. I got all 5 liveries, I did the same with the D as I'm hoping to model east Kent.

[williamsquires]

Hi Sam. One recommendation for the ratings you give. Instead of listing how many coaches or wagons it can haul, list the pulling power in Newtons, a slash, then the weight in grams. Anyone who wants to can then calculate the power to weight ratio if they’re so inclined. The problem (with your rating) is the loco can probably pull more of the small wagons, than it can the longer (and heavier) coaches. Either that, or list how many coaches the prototype could pull, so the modeler knows if the performance was on par with the actual thing, or if the performance is caused by problems with the mechanism or maybe the weight distribution over the driving wheels.

[GaryNumeroUno]

Good old Rails Of Sheffield... still gouging the average punter with their Hornby and Bachmann pricing strategy.

I won't purchase from them. I live in Oz and (like a few other establishments) they refuse to deduct VAT from their extortionate prices!!! 😅

Great review as always mukka.

Cheers. Gaz

[davidstrains]

I have a couple of rails exclusive items in my collection and those are the 18000 gas turbine and I currently have on order is the 18100 gas turbine, while exclusives may be high in price at least they give us the opportunity to own models that would likely never be made by other manufacturers, good review overall Sam, I have already seen a couple of other peoples review of this D1 in the grey livery and from the looks of it it’s quite a good model.

[OlivierGabin]

Splendid model, worth the price. Dapol had put the little dishes into the great ones with this model, everything is spot on. They show us they can do high quality, as they did on their last models, Mogul, Manor and Prairie tank. We are close from German territory here (especially when it comes to the price !). Only down for me, the lack of flywheel. And the stuck tender wheels, but you can fiddle with that if you want But the dynamic qualities are right, unless you want to run an express train with 25 coaches (which the prototype did not do anyway).
For the D class, Dapol bought the same motor as Hornby for their S15 ? I had this kind of problems only with SR locomotives (Oxford Rail Adams Radial, replaced by ...the Hornby model ! And the S15, plus the coupling rods of one of my Q1 that unscrew themselves while running, and zero spare parts available, wheels and coupling rods, to cure the problem !), seems there might be some curse here...

[r.a.monigold]

The basic design and finishes are one of the positive features on this train. As the saying goes - "Less is more."
BTW I once worked for a Les Moore - he was NOT a fan of me making fun of it DAILY.
Thanks for the 'no holds barred' review.

[flickrscreen]

"...but it's still quite a light loco at two hundred pounds" chortle chortle. It is a lovely loco; Dapol does it again.

[bryantan]

This new Dapol D1 4-4-0 American locomotive is a fantastic model. It is the 1st model from Dapol to have both the boiler and the running board made out of die cast metal together. Even though the model is a Rails Of Sheffield exclusive but it is money well spent because you get what you had paid for Sam.

[peterwebster]

Hi sam loving this little loco and received my 2 sets of rocket wagons today very happy with them thank you

[jeannedarcalterberserker]

At first, I wasn't too impressed by the class because I've seen the real D Class in the NRM this April and while it does look a lot better cosmetically this locomotive reminds me of one of my favourite locomotives: the S&DJR 2P and after a closer look I gotta admit it looks amazing. Now I understand why you're so impressed by it. One I will definitely consider buying. Dapol did a great job with this one. Much, much better than I expected. Great review, Sam 👍👍

[jonathanpan]

The SECR L1 is one of my favorite locomotives now

[ModelTrainGamer]

After turning on this video straight up I knew that this would be great model. I’m thinking on getting one in the Southern Railway livery. Thanks Sam for posting this excellently explained review!

[adamwilliams]

It is genuinely interesting to see the achievements of Dapol in 00 gauge steam locos.

Their N gauge steam offerings have been saddled with a controversial mechanism design for years (tender engines anyway), and are mixed reviews at best.

Their next new tooling is due to change all this so I hope they start improving like they have in 00.

[davidballoid]

I like the purposeful industrial look of all locos and diesel locos simple paint and numbering IMO looks the best. It's good to have all metal drive wheels, that way you can double head different loco manufactures without stripping gears in gearboxes and burning out motors. 👍