Dapol Toplight Review of Set 1 from era two in Lined Crimson

The latest set of Era two, three and four suburban non corridor toplight coaches from Dapol with factory lighting and working tail lamps.

[@ewhurstgreen]

Interesting and informative review of this GWR-Crimson liveried stock - thank you for sharing! 👍 The details of this stock are absolutely superb and (hopefully) friends will bring examples along to run on Ewhurst Green! 😉 For those who were not aware, early applications of the BR Crimson Lake livery had horizontal waist-height lining. However, this was quickly discontinued and presumably does not feature on Dapol's BR Crimson Lake liveried releases. The WR started using Crimson Lake from around May 1949 [I have covered some of this information on Blood and Custard]. 🙂 PS do like the use of a Black Motor! 🌞

[@davidsheriff8989]

Great quality for once....really good to see carriages as they should be..

[@vcs00railway]

It's one of Dapol's better efforts, good weight, brass door furniture and really nice lights

[@Danthehorse]

Nice coaches, but coaches that wobble drive me nuts.

[@andrewcalladine2507]

They should do what Accurascale do and use magnetic switches, no need to much about with DCC chips.

[@vcs00railway]

Yes, so much simpler its only on off and a tail light. A stay alive could have been added to the light pcb although the lights didn't flicker very much thanks to all wheel pick up

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

Nice coaches. I only watch when steamies are running.

[@vcs00railway]

😄 I know!

[@johnjephcote7636]

Why do they always produce them with white roofs? A pity they did not try the attractive American bogies.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

"The crimson lake colour covered the entire sides. Lining was in gold. Ends were all black, but the handrails to the roof were in crimson lake. Lettering included a single 'G W R' in the side panel above the garter crest. Roofs were white, with a 2" black border at the roof ends." So the simple answer is 'because that's what colour they were'. These are MODELS, not toys.

[@Greenline718]

The BR crimson versions have a grey roof.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@Greenline718 Which is correct for non-corridor BR stock.