Oliver Rails Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 New this week is the Hornby Railroad R3592TTS Class 31 - D5551 BR Green DCC with TTS Sound! Take a closer look at it here: Currently in stock and priced at only £69.50! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 That's really great value. My only reservation is that the green 31 in that guise is, in fact, a 30 and should have Mirrlees sounds - not Rails' problem, though. I am tempted to get one myself and swap the sound into my blue Lima/Hornby hybrid 31. My only problem with that is the number of other pre-ordered items due in the very near future (including a few from Rails) that will impact heavily on my credit card! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Does it have traction tyres? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I am tempted, but I hope Hornby (in 2018 or 2019) release a Class 31 with this type of body shell so that I can respray it into one (or both) of these liveries.https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5680/29862962324_59761e78f4_b.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3837/15141362639_cd636372d7_b.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Does it have traction tyres? Yes, they are fitted with traction tyres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 That's really great value. My only reservation is that the green 31 in that guise is, in fact, a 30 and should have Mirrlees sounds - not Rails' problem, though. I am tempted to get one myself and swap the sound into my blue Lima/Hornby hybrid 31. My only problem with that is the number of other pre-ordered items due in the very near future (including a few from Rails) that will impact heavily on my credit card! I know what you mean about vast number of southern items in the near future, I had to cancel £400 worth from the South West to keep this years budget reasonable. Note though, on the TTS sound chip front, Hornby are releasing the chip by itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Its a shame Hornby have used the chassis mould of the refurbed 31's and not of the as built with the buffer beam cowls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 27, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2017 Any chance of this being sold minus the sound gubbins? Might be tempted... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Rails Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Any chance of this being sold minus the sound gubbins? Might be tempted... Hi John. Yes we sell the model de-chipped and we also sell the sound decoder separately. Both can be found here: https://beta.railsofsheffield.com/news/articles/2669-railroad-class-31-with-tts-sound 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Hi John. Yes we sell the model de-chipped and we also sell the sound decoder separately. Both can be found here: https://beta.railsofsheffield.com/news/articles/2669-railroad-class-31-with-tts-sound Are you selling the decoders from the class 20 seperatly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) Hi John. Yes we sell the model de-chipped and we also sell the sound decoder separately. Both can be found here: https://beta.railsofsheffield.com/news/articles/2669-railroad-class-31-with-tts-sound That's a nice little mark up! £20 price difference for the sake of pulling out the chip and popping in a 8 pin blanking plug. Then selling the chip on for £49.50. I'm obviously in the wrong full time job! Edited July 27, 2017 by Sam Moss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2017 That's a nice little mark up! £20 price difference for the sake of pulling out the chip and popping in a 8 pin blanking plug. Then selling the chip on for £49.50. I'm obviously in the wrong full time job! No, you're in the right job, at least you don't have people making snide comments about your business plan. Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetheroad Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hi John. Yes we sell the model de-chipped and we also sell the sound decoder separately. Both can be found here: https://beta.railsofsheffield.com/news/articles/2669-railroad-class-31-with-tts-sound That's useful. The TTS models are ideal for battery power radio control as the insides are mostly empty space and I don't want or need sound. Will you be selling a similar class 37 when it is released? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hornby price all their TTS separate sound chips at £39.99 here - https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/power-control/tts-sound-decoders.html But I do not know whether this includes the speaker. I kind of assume it's all wired up together and ready to plug in/ go, but not sure. I rather fancied taking a punt on one of these skinheads (for conversion to P4 and see what sound was like in the flesh on a home layout) until I read they have traction tyres. Never mind, saved some money. Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hornby price all their TTS separate sound chips at £39.99 here - https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/power-control/tts-sound-decoders.html But I do not know whether this includes the speaker. I kind of assume it's all wired up together and ready to plug in/ go, but not sure. I rather fancied taking a punt on one of these skinheads (for conversion to P4 and see what sound was like in the flesh on a home layout) until I read they have traction tyres. Never mind, saved some money. Izzy Last year they were showed with speaker and as this is a compliment for their models, I am sure they will include them with a speaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I know its only a TTS decoder ... but does anyone else think it sounded a bit more 1st Generation DMU in places there than a proper loco??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2017 Last year they were showed with speaker and as this is a compliment for their models, I am sure they will include them with a speaker. I know its only a TTS decoder ... but does anyone else think it sounded a bit more 1st Generation DMU in places there than a proper loco??? The sound quality is directly related to the cheap speaker supplied. I've fitted the 47 TTS chip in the Bachmann model with a YLR-302506 speaker from YouChoos in the fuel tank and an iphone speaker under the fans - this combo gives a far more substantial sound with more base notes. I've got the TTS decoder on pre order from hattons for £36 and it will be going in main range 31. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Bure Valley Models is selling them for £2 less, same postage charge for Royal Mail 24-hour (in UK)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I rather fancied taking a punt on one of these skinheads (for conversion to P4 and see what sound was like in the flesh on a home layout) until I read they have traction tyres. Never mind, saved some money. Izzy Why should traction tyres be a problem? You'd be swapping the Railroad wheelsets for those with the P4 profile and back-to-back??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2017 Why should traction tyres be a problem? You'd be swapping the Railroad wheelsets for those with the P4 profile and back-to-back??? Er, no, I'd be re-machining the Hornby wheels to suit. As per here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124592-some-Hornby-j15-alterations/ Well I will be, I hope. On the other hand......... Your pointer to the BV site tempted me, but the postage - classed as courier - was a fiver. Still, as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained. And at least a skinhead would be an East Anglian loco in it's early/later life. Trying to find where 5551 was mainly located in the '60's. Anyone know by any chance? cheers, Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Ipswich and Stratford. http://brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5551&loco=5551 As well as lacking bufferbeam cowling I also suspect the waistband is missing, a painted representation only. Though the latter is no different on the high end version. C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2017 Ipswich and Stratford. http://brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5551&loco=5551 As well as lacking bufferbeam cowling I also suspect the waistband is missing, a painted representation only. Though the latter is no different on the high end version. C6T. Yes, many thanks. Just trawled through the GER society PDF on loco allocations to discover 5551 was allocated to Ipswich in 1960/62 and it suits me very nicely if it was later at Stratford as I am modelling the ex GE 1960's based around North East Essex. regards, Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Er, no, I'd be re-machining the Hornby wheels to suit. As per here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124592-some-Hornby-j15-alterations/ Well I will be, I hope. On the other hand......... Your pointer to the BV site tempted me, but the postage - classed as courier - was a fiver. Still, as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained. And at least a skinhead would be an East Anglian loco in it's early/later life. Trying to find where 5551 was mainly located in the '60's. Anyone know by any chance? cheers, Izzy Good luck with that. The BV postage charge is the same as Rails of Sheffield for the same service and you could have had it in your sticky hands tomorrow... I've ordered one simply because of the Ipswich allocation and to go with the two Lima all green ones whose bodies will be dropped onto a pair of Dutch-liveried Railroad ones I bought cheap in the BV sale. I decided to overlook the buffer beam cowling omission on these as life can be too short. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2017 Good luck with that. The BV postage charge is the same as Rails of Sheffield for the same service and you could have had it in your sticky hands tomorrow... I've ordered one simply because of the Ipswich allocation and to go with the two Lima all green ones whose bodies will be dropped onto a pair of Dutch-liveried Railroad ones I bought cheap in the BV sale. I decided to overlook the buffer beam cowling omission on these as life can be too short. I have ordered one, perhaps I didn't compose the sentence very well, sorry. Oh, it would be nice to get it tomorrow. Then the fun will really begin........ Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 The cowling issue is not that difficult to resolve with some thick plastic card. Even if you don't have exactly the right green to match Hornby's model, a little weathering will disguise any mismatch.The waistrail mouldings are a much more difficult proposition, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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