Jon Harbour

It's a 6 pin decoder in a socket inside the cab. Take a look at this thread.

It is the most plausible theory. Yes of course nobody an be certain, but it is much more likely that some enterprising manager at the relevant factory has 'accidentally' overproduced and the excess to Dapol's order has somehow 'mysteriously' disappeared from the factory.

Still chuckle at the Guy Fawkes van's running number. Wonderful little touch.

I'm sure nobody would want to smell my 'chuff'!

Totally agree - Rails are a very reliable supplier - some minor tweaks on the pre-order process would make all the dfiference!

I experienced these challenges myself recently. Hadn't noticed a charge vs my credit card for a pre-order of Rapido wagons but had no visibility of my pre-order being converted to an order until the stock was dispatched a few days later and I got an e-mail saying the order had been sent. That e-mail also referred to three items I had pre-orders which had not yet arrived from the manufacturer, so it could be a little confusing in figuring out what was sent and what wasn't. A small improvement would be to include a link to the tracking information in that e-mail. Ideally, it would be great to see the pre-order 'transferred' to the list of fulfilled orders. Otherwise, there is no record of my order on the web site.

Some really interesting questions asked on that video. Hopefully the message about the trunk gets through to Rails!

Totally agree about the trunk. For overseas customers it was an absolute game-changer.

What a fantastic photo. Thank you.

Looking forward to receiving mine.... According to DPD it has left the UK...

Woo-hoo! Just got the e-mail from Accuraascale that my banana vans are on their way!

It never fails to amaze me Grahame how quickly your works of art come together. They are just superb.

I really hope so. The e-mail I had from Rails today announcing the 8F arrival said an 8-pin socket... Time will tell.. 🙂

I'm disappointed that the 'new' 8F still has an 8 pin DCC socket when 21 PIN is the defacto standard alongside the Next 18.

Disappointed that these aren't available for shipping to Australia... Never mind...