Dapol Class 121
◆GAUGE ‘O’ ◆MODEL Dapol 7D-009-006 Pressed Steel diesel railcar (Class 121) ◆PRICE £334.22 ◆AVAILABILITY Dapol stockists Web www.dapol.co.uk
It was Pressed Steel (Class 121) railcar No. W55021, operating the Staines West branch that first fired my interest in DMUs and I have had models of both Pressed Steel and Gloucester cars in various scales ever since. I reviewed Dapol’s ‘O’ gauge Class 122 railcar in MR292 and have now acquired the more recent Class 121.
I chose the version in BR’s original dark green with the so-called ‘speed whiskers’ as this reflects my earliest memories of the class. Like the very similar Class 122, it weighs over 3lbs and is mounted on a Perspex plinth within the foam-lined box. One screw on this model defied my attempts to shift it and eventually had to be drilled out. The mounting posts are positioned where the battery boxes should be on the chassis, and the battery boxes are in one of the two detail packs. They are a simple press-fit into their locating points on the chassis. As with any highly detailed plastic model, it needs to be handled carefully, gripping it low down at floor level and supporting it underneath.