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oh shame.. will on the spend the new imminent 59 and 37 then.. instead

anyone any ideas when next batch of Hs 66s are coming?

yes good website. I used it a couple of years ago to scratchbuild the newer JNA.. that revolution latterly brought out

wow looks brilliant. I definitely couldn't scratch build that.. or could I? maybe Il order some!!

I like the comment re tf25s 'because I still have a few of them' !! made me laugh.. you've got all of em'!!! Any news on that Dapol 59..

Jo Hi Grizz!! Good to see the work!! Thanks for calling the Bardon hopper a 'masterpiece'! It's close as I could get but I'm sure its not 100% accurate- what models are? No drawings available as far as I could see at the time. One useful technique is to find a picture online and enlargening it to the size of the Bachmann bogies. From what I recall I did a drawing in 4mm scale based on the size of the bogies. Tricky as I couldn't find any square on photos of the wagon. But it shows what can be done if you take care with your preparation. I spent the first 10yrs or so of my working life as a chef. Preparation, planning and detail is everything! There are no curves on the wagon which makes life easier. It just has the angled profiles on the sides which were fairly easy to achieve and using separate sections of card. Unfortunately I had to move location back in the spring for one reason or another and decided to rent out my property for the time being so my larger layout is dismantled but I managed to get a micro layout going to help keep me 'sane' Not really the space for any building projects at the moment. Hopefully start some things later on in the year when I'm somewhere else. It's an unpredictable world out there at the moment, but what can we do, just keep goin eh.. :-) I enclose pics of my micro layout. The yard is busier than ever.. Wagons everywhere!! *Good spot today was 66789 going through Hook, Hampshire just after 2pm. Just got a glimpse from Tescos car park. Lucky eh..

08, with lights, stay alive? i wish!

Hey Grizz you should be scratchbuilding those!! lol!! At least I managed 'one'

how did you get on? I had a bit of craze on doing different versions of Pga I've seen on Bartletts site. The body swop was next on my agenda until I had to move because of the lokdown thing and now no space for workbench modelling ;-[

Redo the 08 with lights and stay alive!! Gotta get radical Hornby !! Everyone else is moving ahead!!

how far off are we from the next batch? no Gremlin puns intended!!

do we know if the wobble has been fixed on these reduced versions or is it just pot luck ?

brill thanks I will!!

ok thanks i did try them and awaiting to come in stock but it looks like it wont happen..

hi , does anyone have any spare wheels for Lima wagons that some makers made , that are of the shorter axle and thinner flange . I cant seem to find any anywhere presently [ or know a supplier] thanks Mark

ok thanks. Richard, il get back to you on that if needed!

yes that's what I'm thinking.. so I should've been more accurate , its a lok 3.5 original Bachman decoder I'm thinking of fitting into a Bachman 66 that previously had a select in it .. like you say dependent on the scheme Bachman used. They didn't have cablights on the first ones I believe so the function may not been on it.. [?]

would the cablight still work? yes i meant 100 ohm!

Does anyone know if putting a Lok 3.5 into a loco previously fitted with a loksound select whether it will work ok? [obviously will have to change speaker to a 10ohm].

many thanks ,have pm'd you mark w

Just a stab in the dark as it were. I'm after one of these if anybody has one they don't require, the original 21 pin 3.5 as fitted to Bachman sound 66s.. will pay a fair price. Thanks if can hep.. Otherwise will keep an eye on the Ebay! Mark w

thanks for the input RAF , im sure the info will benefit others and me. it seems the fault may have been caused by my programming track rail just slightly touching the main track which is on the drop down section so hasnt got isolating joiners. [arggghhhhh] Latterly ive connected another spare decoder to get my points working . so my faith in the R8247s is restored!

I have a bargain blue 56 sound all fine except one end red lights.. Anybody know which contact is for the tail lights.. presume one contact is the return .?

I have some odd behaviour from my Hornby accessory decoders, controlling pl11 point motors. Only two outlets are working correctly. I have tried reset, cv8 to 8. But comes up error on the dynamis. Having tried everything (and they worked fine on my previous layout a couple of moths back.) Do these decoders fail? I've not experienced any of this before and have used dcc for many years.

thanks.. but no9 for mine is definitely flange squeal not a buffer mm il try to get hold of bachman