Hi Sam, just watched your 0 gauge 08 Shunter review, interesting, pity the quality let it down in some small areas. Having driven the real thing I would add that these don't tear around. Yes they are powerful but they are low geared, so the speed of your one was about right once you had run it in. One item you appeared to miss, yes the directional headlights worked but only the top ones. The bottom middle headlight should be on as well and so should the tail lights work also which are the outer lamps. I once drove one of these all the way from Bury St Edmunds yard to Cambridge yard. Took ages but I enjoyed driving it. They are quite noisy machines. I wouldn't worry to much about the lack of a Brake Van as these are just shunting engines that work within yards. Their only involvement with Brake Vans would have been when they were making a train up. Thanks again for a good informative video. Take care and stay safe. 👍
Thanks Jonathan, yeah pity about the quality really, overall quite happy though! Thanks a lot for sharing - and that's true actually, maybe the brakevan wouldn't be too essential! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
"Coughs and sneezles spread diseasels" The Rev. W. Awdry never knew how prophetic those words were... Nice gronk ! These little beasties got everywhere. I even saw a couple in Melbourne Australia!
@@johnd8892 Thats the one I think. I seem to remember it having auto couplers fitted? It was back in 2008 when I spent 9 months working on the train and tram tenders for Keolis. Lovely place to be, what a pity we didn't get the train contract. I'd probably have been living over there now and enjoying summer weekends as a fireman on Puffing Billy if we had, instead of freezing my n*ts off here in France🙄
I would love that in weathered BR Blue! The looks of the Class 08 and 09 are outstanding and i fell in love with these 0-6-0 shunters as a kid back in the 1970's. I did not know they were built in the 1950's Sam! Good review!
My O gauge 08 just made it to me here in America and I didn’t have any issues with the buffers at all. I had to pay a bit more than the 191p in American dollars but when you look at the price of some O gauge in the US the 08 is a downright bargain for the model your getting! Mine is awesome I love it!
Hi Sam, I have an "08" in "BR Blue" with "Wasp Stripes," which I bought some time ago from "Tower Models." It is all metal, made in china, out of brass except for the chassis which is stainless steel, with bronze bearings. It is fully detailed, with air tanks under the cab. I have fitted it with DCC Sound, a fully detail painted cab and driver, I think that ALL model locos should supplied with a painted driver, with fireman on steam locos, It should not add much to the cost. Regards Alan.
@@SamsTrains Hi Sam, it's "0" gauge, like the Dapol model you reviewed. I like your reviews, they're the most detailed and honest that I've watched. Regards Alan.
My late father worked for an oil company that had a yard and jetty at our local docks. The yard had a siding into it, where tank wagons were sometimes offloaded. The company also had storage tanks on site, and some of these, and some old pipework were dismantled, in about 1989. The pieces of scrap were too large to remove by road, so a train was ordered to shift it. The railway ran in a shallow cutting between the quayside and the road, and crossed the road to enter dad's yard. Before the road was a bit of hardstanding, and as trains were a rarity, some people would park their cars on it, behind a building that had belonged to the River Police. People were told not to park on the hardstanding, as a train would be using it. On the 'train day', my dad was in his office, working, and was startled to see three cars enter the yard together, and sideways. They had been parked on the hardstanding, and pushed out of the way by a long train of bogie bolsters, and well wagons; the '08' pushing them was a good hundred yards or so down the track, and the cars, behind the hut, were invisible to the man walking up the road to stop traffic. By the time he'd contacted the driver, the first bogie bolster had pushed the cars into the yard. Three complete write offs. My father thought it hilarious, which it was. Long before mobile phones, though. Pity.
@@SamsTrains - Nobody was hurt, other than their car insurance. They had been told for several weeks prior not to park on the hardstanding the rails ran through, just in case. I saw the cars myself, and they were just so much scrap. There was an enquiry into it, and the blame lay entirely with the car owners due to them totally disregarding the warnings.
Hey, Samstrains. Wonderful model review. I think that spring belongs to that buffer, that's why it wasnt sprung when you put it back on. Beautiful model nonetheless. Hope you get to review larger o scale models in the future.😄
I model in OO but this looks absolutely amazing. Belive it or not I don't have an 08 on my layout yet there are over 900 made in real life plenty of choice
Amazing review on the Dapol O Gauge Class 08 Diesel Shunter! I’d imagine that this thing would be pretty heavy like a dumbbell or weight lifter! I like all the added on details to this larger scale model and it looks great when on your O Gauge layout! It’s unfortunate that the quality lets this model down a bit, but overall, everything else is still good on this model! I’m gonna have this a B-.
Scary photos aside, I can now say something about the 00 gauge Great Western 2-6-0 Mogul engine. My Dapol model is in Great Western Green with BR number-plates, her number is 7301. Call me crazy, but from Chester Model Shop, I bought her and four other steamies to make five. 7301 was tested alongside the two Manor Engines, the Tiny Terrier Tank Engine and the Electrotren Tank Engine named Molly. They all ran like a dream, but they're not running on my railway till Thomas and his friends arrive. The 2-6-0 Mogul Engine is the best model Dapol has ever created.
Yes I saw your huge collection Kelly - it sounds like you went on a crazy spending spree! I feel sorry for the till at Chester Model Shop... it must have been busting to capacity! You're pleased with the mogul then? Incredibly good quality aren't they? Much better than Bachmann's Manor class ;) Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I paid for the engines with my credit card. I'm over the moon with 7301, but I can't love her more than my Bachmann Manor models that are just as good performance-wise. Foxcote Manor is top of the heap with City of Truro. Don't forget that. I'm keeping my six beautiful Manor engines, although the line-up might change again. I can't go on forever changing my line-up of model steamies, but I'll have the final line-up that won't change. I promise you that. My excuse for crazily buying 5 model steamies? It's the same as your excuse: I couldn't resist, they were so cute and beautiful. What is it about model steamies that makes them so hard to resist? Why are they always so appealing, we have to buy them?
I saw "Dapol O Gauge" and i said "Oh my." Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and are having a happy and safe New Year. Did you know, that 2021 starts on a Friday? I think that means it will be a good year.
Sam you often mention the noise that locos make but it doesn't normally come over very well on your videos; maybe rig up a mic close to the track? Thanks for reading :)
I love an 08 shunter. I went to see 605 'Phantom' at Didcot Railway Centre. Quite funny as it only went 15 mph at top speed. I'm getting one in BR blue in OO from Hornby. It's available to pre-order now and I'd recommend it to any diesel fan. It's even got TTS sound and it's DCC fitted. I think that they'll go quickly so I would hurry! Great review, Sam. I don't know how you managed to put off opening this up until now!
Me too mate! Ooh that sounds good - they're epic in real life aren't they? I do like the sound of that blue one, I'll look into it! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains it's concerning that you said,"yet" but i know how good you are at these types of things, and you don't run them at extreme speeds, so it's ok XD.
I have a 5” gauge 08 shunter prototype D3/12 they are awesome electric diesels and amazing to think that they are still in service so many years later. Easily the most successful locomotive ever
You've inspired me to get a few O gauge locos . I can't find any track at the moment. A class 20 BR blue and 58xx in British rail black. Small beginnings .
I have 7D-008-001, 13282 in plain green early crest. Doesn't have any of the quality issues yours has, and crawls excellently. The motor is just as loud, but it is geared to run slowly as is prototypical. My 14xx can manage a train of 12 wagons on the slight incline of the section of garden railway I have up at the moment, albeit slipping a bit towards the bottom until it gets going, but I've since increased the rake by 2 wagons (a 4th dapol 14t Berry Wiggins tanker and a 2nd parkside mogo van), and I'm awaiting another parkside kit this week and will hopefully get more for christmas too. The 08 certainly is more powerful than the 14xx by a long shot, but I haven't run the garden railway since I got the autocoach in mid september. Brake vans, I have a dapol ex-sr pill box van in br grey, which is good but one of the buffer housings was loose from the model when it arrived. I need a br standard 20t van at some point, plus a parkside and/or peco wonderful wagon kit of a gwr toad too (my 0 gauge is an ex-GWR branch line, so might sell the pill box van). I can highly recommend those dapol 14t tankers, but I'm sad that they're not doing any of the new anchor mounted tanks in Berry Wiggins livery.
Thanks for sharing Lapis, glad to hear yours was built better too! The 14t tankers sound great, I will probably invest in one soon! :D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
You can see why 'O' Gauge is becoming more popular Sam. The locos such as this one seem to be reasonably good value, taking everything into account....Another very useful review....Bob
These were known in the netherlands as NS 600. I saw one in service at least as the late 90's. Some are still in service in the Netherlands with the gaudily named "rail force one".
The NS 600 is based on the earlier BR class 11 locomotives with smaller wheels and rated higher in the BR power classification system. The Australian Victorian Railways system also had the class 11 version. Roco made an HO model in both NS and VR livery.
The o gauge steam locomotives you have probably feel the same way as the steam locomotives felt back when they saw the first diesel shunter: intimidated. Great review bruv.
I have 3 oo gauge 08s and they all have the same motor noise despite being a different gauge and they all run spot on if the track is clean enough lol. Great video once again! Cheers Dan
It's light for a small O Gauge loco, the Atlas shunter is 2/3rd the size and much heavier. The glazing likes to fall in the cab as well but they do pull very well
Not started watching yet, I’m getting a bachmann 08 this year for Christmas and that detail looks stunning, just can’t wait to see what this O gauge dapol one looks like 😯
Your o gauge dapol locomotives are engines who Thomas characters are based on Terrier: stepney 14xx: Oliver Class 08: diesel, arry, Bert, splatter, Dodge, paxton, sidney (yes a lot of characters are class 08’s)
Click! I have one of these. It is the early emblem with a black "vent" at the front and white handrails. Your looks equally nice! Now you need the Dapol class 66! Your shelf would probably collapse though! Xd. All the best - TSF 06
Hey sam! Long time no see, I wanted to make this comment and hope you would see this to mention why I'm not around the channel that much anymore. The reason is: I like trains, and I dont like trains at the same time. Which is it? I dont know But I think I might still like trains so nice to see you and hopefully I well get back into the hobby of model trains. - Ross
Now you need to get devious diesel since him and the 08 are basically brothers. And speaking of diesel just today I got a Bachmann Thomas with his coaches.
What a stunner of a locomotive (visually from a distance I mean, not when you look up close!) good to know it shares something in common with this review! -TheImperialDiamondSpinosaurus
Hi Sam, I have a question that is not related to this model: Have you ever thought about doing a video where you list your personal favorite models from your entire collection?
If I have one of those I would modify it, and find like a much powerful motor with a fly wheel and make the exterior metal. And also modify the interior cab detail to be more like the actual thing.
Please add some removable sections of shelf under the rail in those gaps between the shelves. It goes through me each time I see this. It only needs a bit of a wobble and a twist and the weight of the loco will twist the track and fall off.
haha that may be a good idea! Though it's pretty sturdy as you can see - looks terrible, but I've never had an issue! The large span is supported in the middle. Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Over here in America that gauge is called g gauge it is mostly for battery operated or Christmas trains now but older sets were electric and well details like yours
hello sam out of all the diesels that BR built the 08s are some of my favourites and maybe you could try a pannier tank next time or some coaches and I like the touch of the bachmann 08 on the warwell and love the video from david
I enjoy your o scale reviews the most because of my own interests. I really hope you can fill in the few sections where the track is unsupported. Every time the train passes over the unsupported areas my heart races.
Hi Sam, Can I make an suggestion ? You have your layout on shelving to me it looks quite an drop from this video and the rails in some places look close to the edge . If this was me I would put some netting along the shelf held by wooden batons screwed to the shelf underneath . The idea been is if a train derails and rolls over it will drop into the net and not on the floor into a million pieces . The net should be taller than the train and fixed tight to the batons buy a good net it's better than losing a 100 pound pulse loco.
great video as always. just a thought though. with people commenting about you needing a brake van, why not make one on the 3d printer to an LMS design which was the company that inspired the 08 orginally?? peco and slaters sell wheels that could be used
A very good looking model there Sam. Damn Quality control should have pick up on the blatantly obvious excess glue etc. Come on Dapol you have proved that you can build good quality models! It is an impressive performer nonetheless and some of the faults can be easily repaired, but you should not have to do any on a brand new model. What part of the UK are you from Sam? I'm picking up a either Notts or Leics twang perhaps? One good trait you have is that you comment on a very good majority of comments that you receive!
Thanks a lot mate - you're right, bit disappointed in those, not helped by the packaging of course! I'm from the midlands, yeah! ;D Thanks for watching, Sam :)
These are great models, I have two of them, they hve some details that are different, not just the running numbers. Both of the ones that I have are in BR Blue TOPs numbered. And came fron Tower Models of Blackpool. A very good shop for RTR O Gauge models,
Except they were the ancestors of the 08. They were the LMS version that were later classed as TOPS class 11. No BR until 1948 and the 08 version were introduced to service in 1953. 11s have smaller wheels. Some 11s preserved.
That front "pipe" looks more like it should be vertical, and represent the hand rail to hold onto when getting up to the front engine door. From memory, there should be a hand rail there but I can't see anything else on the model.
Gosh Sam. You're very forgiving. For that price I wouldn't expect glue marks or bits dropping off. Maybe you should try a model from one of the top manufacturers such as Kato, Rapido, Trix or Roco for the smaller scales such as HO and Lenz or REE for O gauge. (The latter are very (very) expensive though. Still waiting for you to venture into N scale. I saw the Kato 106-0018 Santa Fe Super Chief Starter Set on Train Trax for £208.00. It has a loco, 3 coaches, an oval of track and a controller. I do wish you'd buy a Fleischman/Roco Z21 DCC controller to review it against the Hornby DCC controllers. I reckon you'd be impressed. ;-)
haha you may be right - though the damage was fairly minimal compared with some models I've seen, perhaps I was too kind though! Sure, those proper controllers would no doubt knock the socks off Hornby's! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Sam I had requests for any of your streams and they are Edward on the Christmas train, Gordon on the teaks, Donald and Douglas on the railgun with 15 mixed freight wagons with toad at the back. The mixed freight wagons are some coal cars, a tanker, 4 egg vans, and some of the Thomas and friends freight wagons. Bachmann Henry on the LMS coaches and Edward doubleheading with James on the Pullman’s with Rosie as a banker , Percy on the mail, and duck with Oliver on the 10 coal train
the 120XX designs you mentioned are the LMS/BR Class 11. Just in case you didn't know :) Also, Lima made a oo gauge model of the 11. One of the oldest examples of outside-cranks. Might be of interest to you?
You need gentle curves on O gauge layouts to avoid buffer locking as happened at 21:45. Have been tempted to get into O gauge for a while. Nice model too.
Yes you're right -mine were tight by necessity unfortunately, though most wagons (with actual sprung buffers) handle it really nicely! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hey Sam!!! You may remember me from other videos, (Kevin Lahr) had to switch accounts since school stuff, but I was wondering if you could maybe put your O gauge reviews into their own playlist, for easy viewing, that would be really cool to see but I’d understand if that would be too much work, Take care and keep your great content coming!!
@@SamsTrains Thanks for the quick reply! I absolutely love your content and you’ve shown me the beauty of British locomotives, I am absolutely getting some when I’ve earned more money, thank you for your always very professional content, love it!
Hey Sam here’s another update on the model railroading so I got the table it is 5 feet long I have a other track around it but I’ll talk about that some other time ok back to the table I have it set up with a grass mat my controller is small but I’ll get another some other time (also do you recommend any controller) you all ready know what I’m going to get as engines and rolling stock so that’s all for now
Thanks a lot for sharing - that sounds awesome!! Keep enjoying your project mate! Check out the Gaugemaster controllers - I think they are the best! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I run SM32 - narrow gauge outline on O gauge track. My Bundaberg Fowler.weighs in at 4.1Kg. The Garretts and Double Fairlies are way more, but I haven't bought those. All live steam though, so they are entirely metal of course.
Well, like they say, "It's O gauge or no gauge!" I'm actually planning to get Bachmann's model of Diesel for my Large Scale collection once the model becomes available in 2021. Had hoped to see it this year, but I think everything everywhere got pushed back. Overall quite like this model, just a shame I don't model in O gauge.
It's amazing how quickly you recovered from the awful fright my photo gave you. The "Phantom" figure sitting in my chair is me wearing my Phantom of the Opera mask. Please show it to everyone on your last live stream. It's what I meant when I said I was pretending to be a ghost. The 0 gauge shunter is nice, but I prefer the 14xx and her auto coach. Your teaser Christmas story trailer gave me a horrible nightmare. I lay awake in bed for a few tedious minutes. Please change the storyline. Christmas is supposed to be a happy time. I kept seeing Santa and his one arm, it freaked me out. No-one wants a horror story before Christmas, least of all me. I have a terrifying story inside my mind. I'll write it in another comment box.
I don't know if recovered is the word Kelly - it gave me a fright I can tell you - I even thought about asking the police to go and check that you hadn't been eaten by the phantom of the opera - please say that isn't true! My main concern is this: what if the phantom wrote that email, telling me everything was okay? What if the phantom was trying to throw me off the scent? I don't know - it's all a bit worrying! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I have a Blue one and the same one you have, I have learned to live with the defects from Dapol and Heljan, Just have to learn to glue the bits back on Best regards Andrew
That yellow pipe is probably a coupler cut bar, so that is why it would be conected to nothing. Funny enough, I have a OO scale Devious Diesel from Hornby that is missing a back buffer.
If you are interested in lionel and mth, I recommend the ericstrains RU-vid channel for plenty of reviews on American trains made by American companies.
I noticed after looking through Rails' website that the Hunselt 05 (O guage) is on fire sale! Might be worth a look, especially since you have only reviewed Dapol products so far. Also, they apparently carry Athearn stock now, and some of it is pretty reasonably priced. You haven't reviewed any modern american locomotives that are not made by Bachmann, so definitely worth a look. (They also have a special addition big boy in stock from there as well, all though it is pretty expensive by your standards)
