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Richy59

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  1. I asked in the live stream if the shunter voice could be muted and they replied saying it can be. Not sure if it's set to a specific CV and you can just set the volume to zero, or if it will be an alt function.
  2. Fingers crossed for the long rumoured to be dead Class 170 🤪
  3. I can't comment on your experience, but that isn't what I have found to be the case. I change the address on the app and it is the correct address on my dcc controller - an ACE-2. I can just type the address into my dcc controller and - as long as I have the TXS decoder in DCC mode - it just starts working. I can put it on the programming track and it reads the correct address.
  4. I eventually managed to get them to work on my DCC controller like the other TXS decoders I have, but it took for me putting them on the programming track and manually entering an address. For whatever reason - and the other decoders don't do this - the address was different when being read by the DCC controller compared to what I entered on the app.
  5. Anybody know how to make the sound work in both ends of an HST via Bluetooth. So far I can only work out setting them up as individual locos and then the sounds work independently. Unless I am missing something obvious, both of them have same MTU profile installed as well. I have set them to same address for DCC but neither of them is working via my DCC controller (others are fine) and I can't figure out how to make them a consist via the App.
  6. I'm actually a little annoyed about this, I bought the RailAdventure set on sale when it first started and it's only been out the box for a brief test run. I'd have happily waited for douple points to buy it, and I'm well past my 2 week returns window.
  7. I don’t usually ‘bash’ his reviews as I do find them informative and can be interesting especially when he takes them apart and goes into good mechanical details of locomotives, but I agree with the comments on his torque measurement. At the end he seems to measure the 2MT as being able to pull 20 coaches before its constantly wheel slipping, but sticking a finger in front of it and applying power means he knows it has low torque. It did seem to be geared for lower speeds at 50% power, and he shows it has decent speed at 100%. In the end it gets 4/5 stars across his ‘scores’ except one 3 star rating, and he gives it an overall score of ‘D’ which seems really low for a locomotive he was overall quite positive about.
  8. I just read this in the latest issue of Railway Modeller, they seem to be doing a preserved version of Locomotion as the Collectors Club loco for 2024.
  9. Recently got my new blue tanks out for a run alongside batch 1, and discovered they don’t seem to just be a re-run as expected but a lot of the detailing and separately fitted parts are a lot more refined and with better detail. Things like the hazard signs and such are much more vibrant and a bit clearer. I’ve noticed the new gratings on the top are a bit warped compared to the first batch, but it’s almost as if they are a little too long compared to the space available. Also, but it’s hard to see in the picture, the blue is a different shade. Quite vibrant compared to the first run. A little disappointed as I sold one of my batch 1 blue tanks to get two of the batch 2 blue wagons so I had different running numbers and it’s quite stand out different now. Batch 1 had extra decals for changing numbers and other extras, batch 2 doesn’t seem to have that. Not a big deal, just of note. My favourite wagons I have by far, mostly because I live near the line for Grangemouth refinery and see these behind the Colas 70 very often. I have more blue tanks now than needed but I like having equal numbers.
  10. Exactly what I was thinking, given the mess of the ScotRail 153. However, they got it right with the livery application for the older Northern Rail Star livery on the 153s so…you never know!
  11. Looking back at all the other photos and even the Hornby pictures there is evident seams along the boilers on all the models from what I can tell, which doesn't exist on the plastic body. I thought it was maybe a real life quirk that has been missed all these years, but it seems that isn't the case and the diecast mould is joined at two different areas across the top of the body.
  12. Little bit dissapointed they are stopping the range so quickly, maybe time to just pick up some of the sets. My little one is only 2 and he's just a bit young for OO sizes and fidelity of getting them onto the tracks, although he's handy with the Thomas TrackMaster stuff. Seemed ripe for expansion, although did think something may have been up with the lack of updates recently. Looks like the unreleased items like 'Scottie' etc have been cancelled as well. New management clearing house...
  13. Was half expecting them to announce the 0-4-0 chassis with a decoder socket in it, would have been a good opportunity to tie it in with the 70th Anniversary tank engines.
  14. Me too, also suprised a Colas Class 43 pack hasn't been produced, seems like an easy seller for modern image modellers.
  15. Anybody able to buy anything direct? I'm just trying to stick my usual Christmas wagon pre-order in and the website just won't have it at the payment section.
  16. Have to admit. first year I've felt it's been a bit of a let down and underwheming. Actually nothing I can think of pre-ordering except the Christmas Wagon and maybe the GBRF 67, but it has went back to Colas livery already...
  17. I probably will, maybe get a replacement first and see how it is. You know, I hadn’t really noticed the mould line in the boiler being different, but it’s the same on both sides. I don’t know if it is a mould line being diecast or not though. Another angle of it beside the plastic A4.
  18. I hadn’t opened my UoSA as it arrived over new year period and was a bit busy, so checked it after seeing the photos of the damaged fronts. Luckily mine isn’t damaged, but there is excess glue all around the front number plate area. I found a piece of detailing broken off, it’s also got a black mark I can’t remove on the top of the body and the lining is a bit sloppy tbh. Normally I wouldn’t be too bothered, touch of glue on the detailing and can oversee the paint job, but at £320 for a premium model I’m not sure I want to overlook these blemishes. Doesn’t help that I bought a second hand like new green A4 for £100 at Warley and it’s as good if not in better nick than the Dublo. It’s not diecast, but other than the seam along the top of the boiler it ain’t half bad. Maybe I’m just trying to justify not keeping it, as I don’t feel it’s worth the money overall. I’ve been after a good modern UoSA so many years and I thought this would be perfect.
  19. To be honest I never thought or noticed screws holding the socket in place, so I’ll have a look at that first. i wasn’t planning totally removing the antenna, just cutting it down slightly so the body fit over. Would maybe only be taking half of the board off.
  20. Has anybody taken the drastic step of cutting down a Next18 board? I watched Jenny Kirk’s video on removing the little plug sockets, but I’m looking to remove the antenna area of the board. Going by the traces on the board it only looks like the antenna is attached to the end of the board, so I’m wondering if I can cut it down to shorten the chip it’ll still work. Trying to fit it into a Bachmann V1 and it works well, but it’s too long to shut the body now at its standard length.
  21. So, if I was putting together a mineral train I would have a variety of these types of 7 plank wagons in ex-grouping (heavy weathered) and early grey br liveries and some of these newer 16t wagons?
  22. This is something I was looking at certainly for mixed trains, I’ve seen open wagons with various loads and having tarps fitted over the top to keep them some what waterproof.
  23. Thanks a lot for the information everybody. I hadn’t really thought of older 7 plank private wagons still being used but I guess it makes sense to use what they could until new items of rolling stock arrived. My layout has a main through station, as if it were in a mainline, so I would have goods trains passing through. Due to space constraints the goods yard for the main line station is on the ‘other side’ of the station in an area that can’t be seen so any local goods would pass through the main line as well. I do have a smaller branch terminus that will have its own small goods sidings to receive a local mixed goods service. In a similar vain, would bauxite goods vans be more common place, going by rate availability it seems to be more ‘fitted’ bauxite vans available than the grey ‘unfitted’? I’ll forget about the departmental workings, something I can look into in the future. Thanks for the running classes :) It is very helpful.
  24. Hello, I am working on my Early BR layout and was just looking for some information. I'm aiming for a mid 50s time period, before the switch to the Late BR Crest. I started buying some 'fitted' BR bauxite stock to put together a block train of 16T mineral wagons. I'm a little confused with the info I can find if 'fitted' and 'unfitted' worked together ofter at that time period? Would a block coal train - for example - of 16T wagons have BR bauxite 'fitted' wagons near the front of the train, and grey 'unfitted' wagons towards the rear of the train alongside the Brake Van? Would the Brake Van be BR bauxite as some of the train is 'fitted' and would a BR grey Brake Van only be used on a fully 'unfitted' train? To save me making another thread, anyone have any information on what a Departmental/Permanet Way train would look like in the BR era? I'm really not sure what I am looking for, if there was such a thing? Thanks.
  25. 78022 arrived the other day, absolutely lovely. Not a single thing wrong with it physically either. Yet to run it as not had a chance to get up to layout but its a quality looking model :)
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