Railway wagons are seldom clean and freshly painted. Dapol are producing a batch of dogfish hoppers in the most common livery of all for steel built wagons, rust!

One of the most common types of engineers ballast hopper, a notoriously difficult type of wagon to model. Dapol have succeeded in recreating the detailed design features of the wagon with fine handrails, hopper control wheels, shafts and even gearboxes represented. The hopper interior is clear and includes the bottom stiffening ribs, while weight is added between the hopper side chutes.