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Is there any chance some of the charter liveries of Mk2Fs will be produced? Thinking: Great Briton, Blue Pullman, EWS Maroon (ok Hornby have hit that) Lakes Pullman (slightly different but close enough to core Mk2F? plus the WCRC coaches These seem quite obvious to me as liveries that would sell very well given the ability to put all sorts of traction on them? Or am I missing something?

Hi - many thanks for the reply, I will give the pen marks a go and see (unfortunately a hell of a week at work and off next week so haven't had a chance to come back or try it yet). It is odd that if you give it a load of power it will get going and keep going, drop the power and you end up back at the judder and stop. cheers.

Interstingly, if I whack the power straight up to 2/3rds, then off it goes and runs quite happily. Just judders at low power. It's a DCC loco on DC, and a fairly cheapo controller which may be the reason, but why one direction so much better (fine control at all power)?

Hi, Have got a modern Hornby HST out of the loft that I planned to sell (doesnt fit with what I run), but on testing it am having problems. It's a DCC model although only ever run on DC as my layout plans have never developed as hoped (indeed this is a little downsizing). It runs great forward, but on switching to reverse you get a couple of small judders (with red lights on) and then it dies (lights out). - Removed the fan to prevent that causing extra load on the motor (this is the older single fan type - I remember it being intermittent in working although I understand that is common) - Lubricated the axles and the motor to bogie ball joints. - No sign of any broken wiring connections. - Swapped decoder with that of the dummy power car. No change. There was a some white gunk (grease of some kind) around one end of the motor which had sprayed on the inside of the loco. Is this a sign of the sealed motor having failed and this has come out? I get the impression it is trying to move but failing and then perhaps the overload is cutting it out? but why would it work fine in one direction not the other, as I can see it, the motor drives both bogies Any suggestions - I'm leaning towards the motor but its not had a lot of use so that seems odd. cheers for any help

Having looked at this (my wife usually gets this as an xmas gift!) I noted that the £20 voucher is stated to spend on exclusive club products - implying it's not applicable to general Hornby shop products? I see it's also 4 magazine issues per year, which I think is a reduction of at least 2? (currently every other month??). Must admit, I joined for the club loco although shifted to the voucher more recently. I was planning to rejoin, but now very 50:50. A download of the magazine would be good - it would save photographing the "how to improve a level crossing" type articles for future reference before it inevitably gets chewed up by my daughter!

cheers for comments - I was looking for an RTR to match the newer editions. I'd run the others with a Mk2E but just invested in a lighted rake and prefer to keep the brands/types separate to some extent (coupling heights, colour shades etc.). I'd be interested in a cheap lighting kit that might retrofit Mk3/4 coaches, although very much a future project. I guess an ebay Airfix/Mainline or newer Mk2E railroad would be an ok fit though. I figured Hattons could easily be wrong, but Hornby's own site still shows it as forthcoming. In fact, I'll just email them !

Hi, in reference to one of the previous posts; is the Hornby Mk2D BSO now completely dead ? I ask as I was waiting for this to complete a rake, and since Hornby still have it on their own shop website I assumed it would turn up at some point. With the Mk2Es now here I'm wondering, so if anyone has anything definitive I'd appreciate it as I might have to do some reorganising ! cheers