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  1. I picked up a PIKO wagon like this a few years ago from a model shop in Milan and I've decided to try and model something closer to this (picture taken from Paul Bartlett's website) However I don't understand what the function is of the hopper. Is it for storing extra cement, so the mixer can be reloaded? If so would it be covered at the top from the elements and also where would the engineering team have obtained their water from? I am assuming the large cylindrical tank at the far end is a fuel tank to provide diesel for the power generator?
  2. I've corrected my post,....you DO want solid drive shafts, you don't want metal shafts with the plastic end bits. I think Dapol used them in the Class 122 DMU to keep them very thin so they could have a hidden mechanism.
  3. Dapol Class 122 behaves like this if one of the drive shafts has failed. This is due to plastic teeth with a poor friction fit on a metal shaft. Can be fixed with super glue. Does the Class 59 have plastic ends on metal drive shafts? Hopefully not...
  4. Hi Jim I found the most reliable fix was to roughen the end of the driveshaft with sandpaper before applying a dab of superglue and use only one driveshaft. It is quicker to desolder the wires for the bogie you are working on, drop out the bogie to allow the shaft to be removed.
  5. Hornby need a rethink if I am typical of their customers. In recent years I would resell locos because the fitting of sound was too challenging or the quality was poor for the price. Last year I got fed up and just sent every loco I bought back to the retailer. For once I am not interested in any modern image locos Hornby is going to release in 2023. At the same time most of their TTS sound chips have been tremendously successful, if the lack of availability is anything to go by. They should make more and also make them compatible with their TT range so they can sell more of both. To my mind the brand reminds me of Rover cars and I suspect they are in danger of going the same way.
  6. First running session with the Accurascale Class 92 - what a great model!
  7. Great model, the stay alive is unbelievable and it's a big surprise when the loco is still making sounds for 4 seconds after removing from the track! As well as excellent details, this is a model designed without compromise to having fun.
  8. These are good quality, weighty wagons. There are lots of details you worry will break off with handling but somehow they only bend then can be bent back again. Printed details are also really good. Was great fun to try out my new airbrush on these wagons (the vans are Oxford Diecast) Looking forward to more models from this manufacturer.
  9. as well as the above...lots of positive incremental changes Young Persons' Railcard More disposable income of public Seat reservations and cheap upgrade to 1st class Cheap travel on major routes if booked in advance Quicker and more comfortable than coach travel Toilets cleaned, smoking prohibited, public in general behaving less like animals and treating rolling stock and each other with respect More frequent and reliable services so less fear of getting stranded somewhere and also possibility of living outside of London and commuting into it
  10. A good example of a good manufacturer, as far as rectifying mistakes are concerned.
  11. I bought a few tts chips on the last release and about 1 in 10 were fails and went back to the retailer for exchange I suspect they can keep prices low by not testing them. My only gripe is they come without heatshrink and the speaker lead is a little too short
  12. I think I went here https://uk.Hornby.com/community/forum/getting-smooth-running-from-tts-decoders?p=1
  13. Cv29=2 your DCC is off. It sounds like a problem I had with running 37 tts chips. It was solved by adjusting some other CVs Do a Google search tts poor / jerky running
  14. Changing CV29 so DC running is turned off?, solved the sort of problems for me
  15. I was thinking more along the lines of the what might people want them to do next in terms of liveries etc
  16. It has phat Dublo couplings but very fine rivet details around the window and separate wire handrails. My guess Accurscale put it in there as a conversation starter
  17. Perhaps your track is laid perfectly but Hornby requiring this perfection is not realistic, not if they want to sell widely
  18. It isn't just about the sale, it is the resale. I am happy to pay out for a top quality diesel or electric model from Bachmann or Accurascale because I am confident I can get a good resale value if I want to sell it later on. It is likely to still be desirable and working and buyers on the second hand market can be confident. Hornby Class 60 and 08 super details for example got me back into the hobby after many years. What has gone wrong since then we can see with the recent APT (a flagship model on the front of the catalogue) which although looking really good and a very desirable model - it has pantographs that cannot be positioned or just falls apart, a power car that cannot cope with gradients or curves very well, if at all, an overheating capacitor which melts the bodywork and a body shell which cannot readily accommodate a DCC chip. I wonder what kind of reception that model would have received if Hornby had completed the design and production with the same finesse they have shown in their advertising - we would be too busy throwing our money at them to bother to check our overdrafts.
  19. not perfect but far exceeds the Lima or Hornby predecessors
  20. Has anyone said a class 88, as that's what I'm after
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