Dapol have dusted off the tooling for their extremely popular OO Gauge LMS Stanier Suburban coaches and have reworked them with various upgrades! Pre-order yours new models now.
Several years ago Dapol re-released their LMS suburban tooling after many years of being out of use. The resulting coaches produced were so popular in both ready to run and kit form that they ended up producing thousands and thousands of them prior to discontinuing the range again in 2018.
They have once again blown the dust off the tooling and made some modifications at their in-house tool shop at Chirk! This has resulted in a relaunch of these models including various improvements over previous models. As with many other Dapol models, these are to be produced entirely within the UK at their Chirk production facility. We expect these to arrive during Q2 2025.
ORDER BOOK CLOSES: Friday 18th April 2025
Pre-Order Now - Batch 1 DUE Q2 2025
Pre-Order Now - Batch 2 Due Date TBC
Product Features
The tooling was originally purchased by Dapol from Airfix back in the 1980's, there are some compromises on detail and accuracy due to the condition of tooling that is now fifty+ years old. They have however made some improvements to these models which are listed below.
New separately fitted underframe details
Dynamo added
Vacuum cylinders upgraded as separately fitted parts
Extra framing added
Brake shafts added
Upgraded bogie pivot fixing
New UK produced metal wheels
New adaptor clips for NEM pockets
Re-polished glazing
Prototype Information
These coaches were designed by William Stanier in the 1930s as flush sided metal clad versions of the previous LMS suburban coaches. The prototype managed to last in service as late as the mid 1960s, in BR use. The prototypes that Dapol's tooling is based on numbered 25 composites and 32 brake end coaches. The coaches appeared in three liveries throughout their service life; LMS lined maroon, BR Carmine and BR lined maroon.