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I'm trying to establish exactly which decoder Bachmann have fitted to their latest 32-485SF Class 40 and whether it can be re-blown or not. There seem to be various opinions about this in different places on the 'net . . . John

Because you're almost brain dead?

Not the right place to ask this. Ask Andy to move it to Modelling questions, Help & Tips and you will stand a better chance of getting some helpful answers. John

If you use an iPhone or iPad to take photos or videos, make sure that you do so in landscape mode and always have the Home Button on the right. This will avoid orientation issues. John

I was wondering if anyone would be likely to take up production of the TT300 point motors and also the colour light signals and control boards which seemed to be rather good. I've had a number of TT300s on the go on my layout for quite a long time now and part from one odd DoA, they continue to perform well. John

It's nothing to do with the controller. You need to change the settings in CV29 on the decoder. VERY useful guide and calculator here: http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/cv29 calculator.htm John

As part of my compositor's apprenticeship (many, many years ago) I was taught to proofread with great care. In those days it was the ultimate sin for anything to be printed containing an error, whether spelling or grammatical, but the sad reality is that now most magazines do not employ proofreaders and rely totally on the person doing the keying and AutoCorrect. I find some of the errors which appear highly amusing, some can be seriously misleading but most are just simply annoying like the erroneous use of apostrophes and the now almost universal "fed up of". John

Been getting some of these again, this morning's example: John

This is not the right place for this question. If you ask Andy nicely, he might move it for you.

Interesting, but not really what the thread was started for. Some lovely old block instruments in the film, though. The original subject of the thread was about signal box sounds to load on a decoder, which could be played as required using DCC F commands to activate the sounds using normal F numbers. I've been working on other aspects of the layout I am building but I am ready to pursue this idea at any time. John

They also work well with a servo. John

The Collectors Club Lounge at the larger shows is also very good as you can get very close-up views of new products and a chance to chat and ask questions of the staff. There is usually a welcome free bottle of water, too. John

Railway-related auction sites are another place to look for photos of these.

One thing that is important to understand is that you cannot print white unless you are using the silkscreen printing process or have access to highly specialised commercial inks which do not work in normal inkjet printers. I've prepared artwork for several people on RMWeb to print their own decals and they have done so successfully, but results will vary considerably depending on both how you go about creating your artwork and the capabilities of your inkjet printer and it's working condition. As has been mentioned, fonts can be a problem but, if you look around online

Interesting . . . I'm in a different location in South Africa now. Tried RMWeb on the guest Windows PC where I am staying and it seemed very slow and laggy. Logged in on the nine year old iPad I carry on my travels and on WiFi it absolutely flies. Make what you will of that! As is usually the case all the other sites I checked went really quickly on the PC and on my iPad. Interestingly, not that it is that important, the location data which the forum software collects is often completely wrong. My home iMac is shown in a number of different locations in the UK when it h