Locomotive manuals

[Vistisen]

I have just seen this Hattons link to a new book: https://www.hattons.co.uk/StockDetail.aspx?SID=392552&utm_source=OOGaugeNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180814

 

Not sure what to think about this. A good idea to publish this information, but surely this must be a prime example of something that would be better online. Rather than buy a book of 20 locomotives for £7 where the chances of owing half of them are quite small but let's assume you do that is 70p per locomotive. I'd much rather pay £1 for at PDF of each individual locomotive that I own. It would be nice to see a sample of what is included for each locomotive..

[Ruffnut Thorston]

From the Hornby Magazine website....

 

 

Brand new from the Hornby Magazine team is this Locomotive Manual covering all you need to know to enhance your express steam locomotives with digital decoders AND digital sound too. 

 

Inside this 132 page production you will find 20 step by step guides covering 26 different locomotive classes in ‘OO’ gauge for the Great Western, Southern, London Midland and Scottish and London North Eastern railways. Each is fully illustrated with detailed cutaway images and step by step images together with a full technical details table for each locomotive. 

 

Each project has been kept as simple as possible to make sound installation an attractive project for modellers of any skill level while we have also listed the tools and materials required for each as well as suggestions for the decoder types which will fit and the sound files which we have used. This first volume is an essential workbench manual for every express 4-6-2, 4-4-2, 4-6-0 and 2-8-2 currently available from Bachmann and Hornby. Don’t miss it!

 

JUST £6.99 + FREE P&P*

 

 

Possibly a compilation of past articles from the Hornby Magazine?

 

There have been a lot of DCC fitting articles in HM over the years!

 

 

Edited August 15, 2018 by Sarahagain

[Steamport Southport]

I had a quick look yesterday. It was just articles on DCC chipping the locomotives. I thought there might be a bit on detailing or photos of the real things like a Masterclass style article.

 

If DCC is your interest then it was possibly worth picking up, but nothing for me.

 

 

 

Jason