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  1. To answer your question, the one on the left looks a different shade of green - however, following my visit to the model shop yesterday i looked online last night at various retailers and those that have uploaded actual photo's of the stocked models and found the actual green on the loco's to be correct and the same as i witnessed, identical to the shade in the picture uploaded by GWR fan. Have you considered maybe sending it back for a replacement and see if the replacement is better? Maybe you go a duff one....Get the retailer to check it before dispatching so you know what you are going to get.
  2. What I meant was, the picture itself isn’t right because there is a huge difference in the one of the left which is the up to date model, and how the model actually looks in the flesh. I’ve seen the actual newly released model for myself and the green is nothing like the light green depicted in the picture nor is the lining yellow as the picture suggests. the actual model looks extremely accurate….
  3. Here is 72009 with the green cylinder covers.... Taken from the Clan Project's website here https://www.theclanproject.org/images/Clans/72009_1.jpg The photo from your facebook link displaying both models 72004 and 72009 look perfectly ok to me in terms of livery shade and lining colour. To me, something doesn't seem quite right with the original picture posted in this thread, which appears to indicate a yellow lining and a more southern green on 72009..... I've been to my local model shop only this morning and caught a glimpse of the newly release 72009 and it looked identical to the one in the facebook link, which looks fine.....
  4. Hi there, How can we help or assist if there is no indication as to the exact problems you are experiencing? kind Regards chris
  5. Not the best from a marketing point of view, however the actual decoders should be soldered better.
  6. Hi, With the modifications Hornby issued and put in place for anyone with the earlier release class 800 models, does anyone know if the new releases such as the Hornby R3691 Paddington Bear Class 800 due later this year will have these modifications already applied during manufacturer?
  7. Hi, I did try your settings that you illustrated when CV2 is set to 2 - and it did form a good basis for which to start, but there is only a brief point in motion when the chuff matches correctly with wheel revolution, even when i've tried tweaking them further. I hoping it will back soon too - as it's due to come down this way in May to Canterbury.... I'll keep a check on your website.
  8. Hi Locoman, That's perfect thank you so much for your help. I'll try those later and see how i get on. Can i ask, does it differ from sound file to sound file in terms of how they are programmed into the decoder by the retailer, as to how the decoder reacts to the adjustments? It's a shame you don't do a sound file for A1 in question - because you were the first place i checked!!
  9. Hi all, I've recently had my Bachmann Tornado DCC sound converted by a certain retailer. I was tweaking the CV settings for a good 2 hours yesterday for the correct wheel to chuff revolution, but cannot get it accurate I checked all relevant CV settings before i made any changes as i wanted to know the defaults if any problem occurred. My understanding is, with the Loksound V4 CV57 and CV58 control the wheel revolution / chuff syncro, however also amending CV2 which is the start voltage can throw all previous settings out if this is changed afterwards. As standard CV2 was set to 6 which is far too high meaning the loco wouldn't move off as slow as i'd like. I changed this down to 1 initially, but had no luck in the fine tuning CV57 and CV58 into something i deem acceptable. I chnaged CV2 to 2 and looked again at CV57 and CV58, and although better, i just cannot get an accurate represntation of the correct chuff to wheel syncro from a standing start to mid speed. Sometimes it appears in time, but then loses it when either speeded up or slowed down. Currently with CV2 set to 2 i have CV57 set to 35 and CV58 set to 18. However the jump in 1 value either way with CV57 and CV58 are too big alteration and it throws the timing completely out. Amending CV2 to a higher value does appear to reduce the change in sound chuffs much less, meaning a more refined adjustment can be made, however setting the value of CV2 too high and the loco doesn't start as slow as is required. Is there anything i've missed in these tweaks? I've also amended CV54 and 55 slightly, to get the running of the loco smooth, but i sorted all the running issues out before making what i thought were the final changes to synchronise the chuff and wheel revs. Can anyone help?
  10. Hi Brian, Perfect, that's great! I'll let you know in advance before I come along.
  11. Hi Brian, Yes sorry in one of my replies to post #8 I did state I am in fact using insulfrog peco points and NOT electrofrog ones. The elctrofrog ones I've shelved for now and will use them when I get a fixed, permanent space to construct a layout. I'll give what you suggested a go certainly, but I think I'm at the stage now where I just want to be able to test the loco's for myself, maybe on another layout but ideally with another control on my set-up at home just so I can be in a position to rule certain elements out. Track is always kept spotlessly clean - one of my bad habits! Ahhh thanks for the link. Yes indeed I am, Whitstable is just down the road... I looked at local clubs in relation to where I live and it came up with the Faversham MRC. Do you have capabilities to test loco's on a layout when you guys meet on a Tuesday eve?
  12. Hi all, Ok an update. Since the London Show, DCC supplies and had both loco's for extensive testing. I've received an email from them this morning that states despite trying a whole heap of different running aspects, with different controllers on different set-ups, on different layouts they cannot replicate the issue on either locomotive, so the fault must lie my end, but I honestly don't know with what. Now at this point I did think about upgrading from an Hornby Elite to an NCE Power Cab, however if DCC supplies haven't managed to replicate the problem on any of the 3 different systems they have, there is obviously something amiss with my set-up and probably not the controllor, although I don't know what it could be. My layout is end to end. Thinking the fault could potentially be within on or all of the 4 lines I have that are all accessible and linked via peco streamline code 100 insulfrog points with Hornby point power clips to make them live, I also set-up a solitary end to end track with no points and it made no difference. The only conceivable thing i can think of at this stage, and this really is grasping at straws but the Hornby digital track is located right at the end of one end of track, would that make a difference? I don't have the loco's back in my possession yet to test them, but I've run out of all ideas if not...? The thing I keep coming back to though, is I've created a big basic loop, nothing fancy, with no points, big enough to get a good run on the straights, and the loco's still have this fault. So - what could possibly be wrong my end if all manor of possible solutions have been exhausted by both me and the technical department at DCC supplies? I've attached a basic diagram of my window layout out of interest. The red track section is the Hornby digital track piece so is where the Elite is connected to the track. Window Layout.docx
  13. Hi Andi, Yes indeed I did. Gave them to Andy at Dapol who also owns DCC Supplies and they are now being looked at by their technical team as we speak. Hopefully I should have an update at the end of the week regarding what they have found. Yes great shame, but you have indeed been helpful thank you. I think I need to investigate my local clubs a bit more - but with a 2 yr old, any spare time isn't free time so it's difficult!
  14. Hi Ray, Thanks for that. I thought it was unusual for it not to be on the available list of locomotives throughout this year and half of last year. I think it's mainline certificate was due to run out next year too - so I wonder if they will commence a full overhaul again meaning it comes back with a new fresh ticket? Chris
  15. Hi, Does anyone know what's happened to 34067? I can't find out any information whatsoever, and browsing the web hasn't produced any results that I haven't already seen from about a year ago, just nothing that said it has been withdrawn or has a problem awaiting resolution.
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