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Ouroborus

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  1. Read the posts and count them up. That'll give you the number of forum members who've said they had this problem
  2. Thanks for info. Oorail has mentioned similar regards the chip inhibiting the body roll and thus throwing the bogie off. Glad its all good now.
  3. To : technicalservices.uk@Hornby.com Hi Last month I took delivery of an APT bought from one of your retailer network. The shop kindly fitted it with Hornby decoders. The NDM persistently derailed at a point and after three circuits, it stopped altogether with a bad smell. I took it back to the shop who replaced the decoder and it worked again, albeit still derails. I had purchased an additional NDM (in case one wasn’t enough umph) and swapping this into the consist did result in fewer derailments, but it was still a problem. Can’t say I’m happy about this. Of more concern is the burnout. On forums, this seems far from an isolated case, with a number reporting the same issue. The motor suppressor/capacitor in the NDM is pointed at as an issue. See here: (page 98 is where the first report of a motor fail. The following pages record other members having similar issues) https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150509-Hornby-apt-2020-tooling/page/98/ Could you advise me on how to resolve the derailing which I hope would be a simple DIY fix for me, but more worryingly, what steps need to be taken to prevent a future motor burnout with the associated damage that one customer has reported (page 115,the melted roof). A melted toy train is one thing, the fire risk is something else. Kind regards,
  4. Its an interesting thing that some of us find the power car derails (and its always the power car) and others don't. I remember the Hornby tv program showing a set flying across small radius points with ease. Quite possibly it may be down to track laying with an intolerance of anything less than perfection. The supressor/capacitor is more of a concern - inconsistent batch quality or os there a design issue? Feels a bit like roulette waiting to see if each circuit of your APT may be its last
  5. Very sorry to read about this. Seems something drew a lot of juice before it blew The hole in the body, clearly something below it got very hot. I'm mindful yours is going back so you wouldn't want to take it apart, but what do you think sits directly beneath the hole? *Edit - i think Paul answered this above
  6. Granted you didn't define "significant", but the UK rates of national insurance, both employer and employee are far from insignificant and more than the German healthcare levels. Hardly surprising given the UK healthcare system is based on a free for all whereas the German system relies on a private insurance top-up.
  7. Your money, your choice. I wouldn't rely on a deposit for securing your order, however. And of course paying early may mean you pay less, as purchasers of other suppliers have found.
  8. My LMS sorted out my NDM and its now running again. When coupled up, it persistently derails on a point. It did this before. I set up a slow motion video that seemed to show the coaches were hitting one another. I notice there is a similar video above. I recalled that in the box there were some spare couplings. When i got them out, i see that there are three different sizes. No mention of this in the instruction manual. I replaced the coupling in the NDM with one of the longer ones and no more derailing. Part of me feels a bit thick for not spotting this, but to be fair, you only notice they're different sizes when placed side be side. And a few lines of text would not have gone amiss
  9. While you're collecting yours, can you take mine back, only I've had to book an afternoon off work to do it?
  10. I don't disagree with any of this, but the Bachmann 90 had one common recurring fault. The APT seems to have several, some serious, some less so. It's much less common for users to report multiple faults with a model. It points more to a problem with Hornby rather than specifically this model. Mine's dud and after blowing £600 it leaves as bad a taste as the smell the motor made.
  11. I think the coupling hook/NEM pocket is going to be the problem rather than the buffers
  12. and the cynic in me thinks new prices too. £600 worth of APT is going back to shop this week thanks to a blown motor. I'd be more hopeful about the HST, but my faith in Hornby has been going downhill. The blue pullman was a bit of a treat for me - wondering if its worth it or whether it'll be another problem child
  13. Mines just died. (7 car) Continues to derail, didn't make four circuits before the motor or chip seems to have gone pop. Familiar smell coming from it. Really not happy with it. I think this one is going back
  14. With a small bit of work, a modern NDM will fit it. It won't however, match it. So you'd have a six car set which the NDM should just about be able to pull around.
  15. Had mine running tonight. Can't say I'm happy with it. The NDMs are forever derailing and throwing themselves off the track. It happens over pointwork. They don't half feel 'clunky' as well. On the upside, motor works fine and no sqeeking I'll check the track again but i don't have this problem with anything else.
  16. Collected mine from Derails earlier. Waiting for my wife to go out before unboxing
  17. Interesting that the pictures above show the white banding misaligned and different sizes. This could be something Hornby gets right
  18. Same here. And the class 92. But aside from the cheaper price and better quality, its the spirit of the company that drags me back and makes me think 'go on then' and right click the buy now. Very much like some of our local model shops who go the extra mile - it engenders returning custom
  19. Still there on a search of Hornby site. (using Chrome)
  20. I know, the saving I was on about was for them. If I drive over to collect, *they* can save the postage
  21. Pondered cancelling my APT order in the face of another price hike from Hornby. Today received an email from Derails saying they weren't passing on the increase. Good for them. I'm keeping my order as a result but I'll drive over and collect so they can save a few bob on the postage. Must park more carefully..... Well done Dan, you read the market well.
  22. £100 in a year. Might think about pulling the plug on this. It's not the bells and whistles model we thought it might be. (remember the speculation about lifting nose ends?)
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