DJ Dangerous

Two-page positive review in May 2026 Hornby Magazine HM227:

@AllThingsDiesel posted THIS update here:

Now estimated for July-ish this year: https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/dapol-o-gauge-class-66-major-project-update DAPOL O GAUGE CLASS 66 PRE-PRODUCTION SAMPLES REVEALED Posted by Jack Morgan on April 3, 2026 slide 2 of 8 DAPOL HAVE NOW REVEALED PRE-PRODUCTION SAMPLES FOR MUCH OF THEIR RANGE OF NEWLY TOOLED O GAUGE CLASS 66 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES! Dapol have received and reviewed the Pre-production samples of the Dapol O Gauge Class 66. Production is now well underway and we expect it to be completed by the end of May 2026. We expect them to arrive at Rails before the end of July. We have shares a few quick snaps of the samples below.

I can see a cottage industry springing up as demand for “Jason’s Corner Modules” explode.

Credit card has rolled over, ready for some O Gauge splurging.

I’ve been waiting about thirty years for the chance to say “Honey, I shrunk the Baby” (GM)…

Good Friday goodness with a BR Blue bounty! Love the video of the 59, too,

Down to only eleven lines in stock: https://heljan.com/collections/in-stock-now?filter.p.m.custom.product_scale=7mm+(O) Briefly went up to 16 or 17 lines today when more cement wagons went on sale, but they’re gone already. Come on, @MOGUL, where are the oil tanks and Mk2 coaches???

Surprised to see Jenny Kirk ranting and rambling so much: Although, she did try worming her way out to some extent in a subsequent livestream, but just comes across as desperate to support her previous rant:

Five Bachmann Irish coaches for €144 EURO plus import fees: https://www.ebay.es/itm/198251445989

Never even heard of Blue Sky Intermodal before. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they have easily identifiable containers. They seem to have quite the mix of colours, only sharing the tiny blue circular logo.

Ah, sure they might as well make it an 071 while they’re at it!

Another vote of confidence and another post leading me to question my own sanity!

And let’s not forget:

Any chance of a re-run of these soon?

Did the Ford C-Series cabs appear in Ireland or even the UK at all?

The numbers speak for themselves. I don’t know the original quantities of each, but could see the “remaining in stock” levels crumble pretty fast. The cement wagons are a gift at that price.

I’ve been watching the stock levels on the new Heljan website. I think that there were over a hundred O Gauge lines listed three days ago… As of today, that’s down to only 13 lines left in stock. That blue 45/1 looks mighty tempting…

I like the sound of that!!!

Thanks, John. For clarity, I have a good few of your wagons and there is no distortion. I’ve just seen photos here on the forum, and online in general, and when I went researching, some of the answers were beyond my pay grade. So, placing a bowed 3D print into hot water may coax it back into it’s correct shape?

Ah crap, I never thought of that!

Nah. Saying that they had done so, rather than trying to hide their original comments and saying nothing, would be a sign of intelligence and graciousness. Surely?

And have the screenshots!

What is it that causes the bowing with some 3D prints? I’m a little hesitant to go for 3D prints, as I’ve seen cases where a model looks fine and true when brand new, but bows over the course of a few weeks or months. The curve seems to grow progressively, but I assume the model will eventually arrive at it’s final shape? Is it to do with the resin cooling and contracting? Is there a way around it? Can the curvature be allowed for while designing and printing, so that the model is curved when new, but slowly morphs into it’s correct form?

The new lighting is outstanding, @ttc0169, really brings everything to life.