Nice loco. Sam had the same issue with the roof magnets! Being the son of a South Wales coal miner, I have a soft spot for anything with "NCB" written on the side! Dapol do a good job, and your video has done it justice. They still seem to have issues with couplings, though...
Hi Matt just watched your review of the Dapol Hawthorn Leslie. I have ordered one from Rails of Sheffield with sound l have also asked them to weather it. I have ordered the spider black model. Really looking forward to getting mine now having seen your review it has got me more excited to get mine. Regards Ron @ Willenhall Parkway
Only a few hours ago, I watched Sam's Trains' review of the exact same model. He chose to buy the cheaper analogue version. These small saddle tank engines are deceptively powerful. Also very beautiful if I may say so. Try operating the little 0-4-0 with a longish line of wagons and a Guard's Van. She is full of surprises, believe you, me.
Well you got to give dapol 10 out of 10 for that best model yet though you mentioned the lining and the magnet which hasn't spoilt the locomotive that much, as for its run around the layout and it's sounds it is like if your watching the real loco back in the days of steam. The inside of the cap with that fire glow looks truly amazing indeed.
Another impressive ready to run industrial steam locomotive. I will get one of these eventually, but with a recent property purchase, all model purchasing currently has had to go on stop.
The Hawthorne Leslie locomotive is quite a good looking little machine. Personally, I would have a red and black one like that on the Epping Ongar Railway.
The NCB blue Hawthorne Leslie is a gorgeous little locomotive. My current layout is Walmington cum Yealmington, both the television name of the place and the actual name of the location. It’s a small village in West Sussex. The layout was going to be a “Dad’s Army” layout until I purchased a Class 101 diesel multiple unit.
Thats interesting. My Dapol Marston, Thompson and Evershed locomotive sounds are exactly the same. I wonder if they used Marston's sounds for all of the sound fitted Hawthorn Leslie Locomotives?
A good overall review of this loco here Matt, right off the bat though I will say that small industrial tank engines are of very little interest to me, compared to a big express passenger locomotive these smaller industrial type locomotives are just not as exciting to me compared to a big express passenger locomotive like for example a Peppercorn Class A1 which my most recent model was a Bachmann Tornado, onto the model you have here though from some other reviews I have seen dapol do seem to have made a nice one overall, the liver put on this one is very nice, I don’t have any NCB liveried locos myself but my dad has a J94 in N gauge and that is in a NCB blue livery, quite amazing how Dapol have have managed to fit sound into this considering how small it is, a great review overall here Matt but as I say I think it’s very unlikely for one of these to be added to my collection, it just falls into a category of loco that I don’t have much interest in.
They are nice models, well designed good weight, however the cylinders, what you call a draincock is actually a gravity fed lubricator pot, which Dapol/China have fitted upside down.
Hmm, bit shonky on some of the details, bit clunky looking around where the chassis meets the buffer beams, no attempt to represent the frames being two plates just a block of a chassis in there. Personal taste as to that being a bit meh. The sprung buffers are nice compared to say, the hornby Peckett but the hornby Peckett does a better job elsewhere in terms of looks. Either way, another great edition to the variety of small shunters out there. Should scrub up nicely once those few easily resolved issues are dealt with.
Its a shame that they fudged the liveries for most of the models and used a one size fits all model. The model itself is brilliant, but it would have been nice if they'd have catered for some basic detail variation to better represent certain locomotives and were a bit more careful with researching the liveries.
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Absolutely amazing! I think I will need to pick one of these up
Nice loco. Sam had the same issue with the roof magnets!
Being the son of a South Wales coal miner, I have a soft spot for anything with "NCB" written on the side!
Dapol do a good job, and your video has done it justice. They still seem to have issues with couplings, though...
Just watched 2 reviews of this model ..... I'm going to have buy one now .... Damn it!! 😄
Amazing beautiful little engine. Great sound too. Thanks for sharing. Excellent review Matt !
Hi Matt just watched your review of the Dapol Hawthorn Leslie. I have ordered one from Rails of Sheffield with sound l have also asked them to weather it. I have ordered the spider black model. Really looking forward to getting mine now having seen your review it has got me more excited to get mine.
Regards Ron @ Willenhall Parkway
That's a stunner Matt, cracking little engine and great livery too.
Only a few hours ago, I watched Sam's Trains' review of the exact same model. He chose to buy the cheaper analogue version. These small saddle tank engines are deceptively powerful. Also very beautiful if I may say so. Try operating the little 0-4-0 with a longish line of wagons and a Guard's Van. She is full of surprises, believe you, me.
It doesn’t just look like the real thing, but it sounds like the real thing!! A very exciting locomotive!!
Cool little loco. Great sound and smooth running for its type!
Well you got to give dapol 10 out of 10 for that best model yet though you mentioned the lining and the magnet which hasn't spoilt the locomotive that much, as for its run around the layout and it's sounds it is like if your watching the real loco back in the days of steam. The inside of the cap with that fire glow looks truly amazing indeed.
Another impressive ready to run industrial steam locomotive. I will get one of these eventually, but with a recent property purchase, all model purchasing currently has had to go on stop.
The Hawthorne Leslie locomotive is quite a good looking little machine. Personally, I would have a red and black one like that on the Epping Ongar Railway.
The NCB blue Hawthorne Leslie is a gorgeous little locomotive. My current layout is Walmington cum Yealmington, both the television name of the place and the actual name of the location. It’s a small village in West Sussex. The layout was going to be a “Dad’s Army” layout until I purchased a Class 101 diesel multiple unit.
Thats interesting. My Dapol Marston, Thompson and Evershed locomotive sounds are exactly the same. I wonder if they used Marston's sounds for all of the sound fitted Hawthorn Leslie Locomotives?
A good overall review of this loco here Matt, right off the bat though I will say that small industrial tank engines are of very little interest to me, compared to a big express passenger locomotive these smaller industrial type locomotives are just not as exciting to me compared to a big express passenger locomotive like for example a Peppercorn Class A1 which my most recent model was a Bachmann Tornado, onto the model you have here though from some other reviews I have seen dapol do seem to have made a nice one overall, the liver put on this one is very nice, I don’t have any NCB liveried locos myself but my dad has a J94 in N gauge and that is in a NCB blue livery, quite amazing how Dapol have have managed to fit sound into this considering how small it is, a great review overall here Matt but as I say I think it’s very unlikely for one of these to be added to my collection, it just falls into a category of loco that I don’t have much interest in.
Sounds great 👍
They are nice models, well designed good weight, however the cylinders, what you call a draincock is actually a gravity fed lubricator pot, which Dapol/China have fitted upside down.
Great sound.
Hey. Can I please use some of your footage in my films? I will credit you for it.
Hmm, bit shonky on some of the details, bit clunky looking around where the chassis meets the buffer beams, no attempt to represent the frames being two plates just a block of a chassis in there. Personal taste as to that being a bit meh.
The sprung buffers are nice compared to say, the hornby Peckett but the hornby Peckett does a better job elsewhere in terms of looks.
Either way, another great edition to the variety of small shunters out there. Should scrub up nicely once those few easily resolved issues are dealt with.
Its a shame that they fudged the liveries for most of the models and used a one size fits all model. The model itself is brilliant, but it would have been nice if they'd have catered for some basic detail variation to better represent certain locomotives and were a bit more careful with researching the liveries.