Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

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Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

Post #1 by rowehillmaster » Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:47 pm

I have been busy, and CADed up some better wheels for the Dalpol JCB 3, that I recently bought

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, then today had them polyjet 3d Printed

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.... now all I have to do is make it !

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Re: Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

Post #2 by XS650 » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:26 pm

They are much better wheels.
Apart from wheels it is not a bad little model considering it came out when the JCB 3 was a current product !
I was going to combine it with an Oxford Fordson Major Skid but never got round to it. (like many other projects , perhaps now is the time :D )

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Re: Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

Post #3 by Jeremy Rowland » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:57 am

Very impressive Andy :claphands: Is this the same kit that was the Airfix one?

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Post #5 by rowehillmaster » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:29 pm

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.... that’s it for a bit, have had to order some new paints ! all dried up, they don’t make them like they used to, only had that yellow since the early 80s ! ( wheels only held on with blue tack currently )

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Re: Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

Post #6 by XS650 » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:56 pm

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Very impressive Andy :claphands: Is this the same kit that was the Airfix one?

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I never came across this model as a digger mad kid despite re-fighting the second world war with lots of other airfix kits !
I think it was marketed more to the model rail crowd as a Lowmac wagon and was never seen in Redcar Woolies or model shop :D
Caught up with it many years later when Dapol started selling it as a stand alone.
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Re: Dalpol JCB 3 - better wheels ?

Post #7 by rowehillmaster » Fri Oct 25, 2024 4:03 pm

…. I have finally found the time to finish it off - would anyone like it for their model railway ? - I’m going to try and sell it to give a donation for the railway where I volunteer, I have three sets of the 3D printed wheels too if any one is interested ?

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