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  1. Picked up 7041 at Warley over the weekend. Positive is the LED lighting and updated PCB with 21 pin socket with extra plugs for the aux connections Running light shares the same light source as the headcode. Red light is shielded by a piece of foam to stop bleed in reverse Sales bumph says sprung buffers but it’s not got those. No specific space for a speaker and the roof grill is a solid moulding. I plugged in the kadee and offered it up to the height gauge. It was spot on so drooping couplings appear improved.
  2. I’ve put an ESU small Powerpack in mine as it was a v4 chip and and changed the cv’s to set the backup time to maximum a couple of years back. It’s fine if the wheels and track are clean too. An extra £40 to solve, but better that than the loco sitting in a box for what is otherwise a nice model in my view. Also check for fluff around the power axles where they join the wheels. I recall that added to the problem. Best of luck
  3. If you gave enough stock to model both periods then why restrict yourself to one? It potentially could keep your interest in the layout and track plan for longer as you build. If you ever get the opportunity to exhibit you could run one period on the first day and the other on the next. Building on the themes others have suggested having the station terminus detachable is useful not only from the point of view of changing buildings but if you decide to extend the platforms for longer trains or encorporate into a bigger system then you can. Using the space in front of the points for a small warehouse or milk depot would then give you the option to build at a later date another extension (as Mr Freezer suggested himself in a later update of the plan) at the “entry” end for a steam engine shed and carriage sidings that when you move to blue would be a diesel shed and DEMU sidings The Minories bug has hooked a lot of modellers over the years (myself included) and If you search RM Web there is plenty of inspiration out there to help. There is a great N finescale Minories based model in this Months Hornby Magazine to give you some blue ideas. Hope this helps a little.
  4. E mailing the sound file route works a treat. I'm on my 4th one. As SR man says you need the decoder serial number. If you are feeling nervous doing this for the first time as I was, Bif does a handy guide on how to upload the file with the lokprogrammer.
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