Jerryatric

This is brand new from the box. Am I to assume then that Hornby cannot match a motor to its body???? Is that really my only option? A new motor?

Did you not read what I wrote? I asked about traction tyres! Not about a seller called bee whatever ....sigh

I have the RTR Hornby Lord Nelson which struggles to pull much at all really. Smooth as anything else I have, but tugging capability is poor on my older layout. Do you happen to know if I can fit traction tyres to this loco or will I have to get new wheels if that is how I proceed? I'm assuming TT's are not just a band and they must locate on something? Thank you.

Oh what can I say? In the mid 1960's my wonderful (much loved) Mum and Dad got me a Playcraft train set. Dad dressed it up with an Airfix loco shed and some fuzzy felt grass. I adored my Playcraft set; it came with the Derzel and a Steam engine that I recall had a USA look about it. I was Bulleid and punched-up a lot at school because I had Playcraft and not a Hornby. What a wonderful life he must have lived. Rest Peacefully Mr D Franklin: you've earned it

I thought I'd update. My Pullman rake including the Obs car have completed a couple of hundred rotations since I first fitted my little mods. The mods are still all attached which is good. This reduction in travel has really worked well. At best I could if I was lucky get two journeys. Now I can run the Pullmans tugged by the Deltic, the Class 40 or the Lord Nelson for as long as I like. Tried really difficult journey plans and thus far perfection. And to think I was on the cusp of calling it a day with Hornby Pullmans lol The latter however does struggle a tad purely because of the weight. I stripped all the Pullmans and fitted filing weights as I thought that was the issue Maybe I should fit traction tyres to the LN

I know from experience and other's that the Hornby Pullmans can cause massive difficulties regarding derailing. So-much-so I know some have given up on them completely. IF you have never had a problem, move on, nothing for you here. I was as pleased as punch to get the top-of-the-range Hornby lit Pullmans. A set of three. I added the NC bar and the Observation Car. The latter, and the Bar having the later deep cupped bogies to facilitate close coupling but still permit usage on second radius curves. A modification to cure the earlier coupling problem Hornby left us with on thousands of earlier 'fully-detailed' Pullmans. Initially I felt the answer was simply to get some lubrication into the sliding area of the coupling. More luck than judgement, I made a few rotations so thought I'd cured the derailing. NOT SO. Two choices jumped out at me. 1. Sell em and let someone else have the problem: or 2. See if I could TRULY get them running properly. I decided on 2. My head itched badly so with a good ol scratch and a mod that has 100% cured the problem I'd like to share it. I KNOW many have given up on the early 'slide and hide' type couplings. So what causes the derailing? Simply put: the coupling slides, as it is designed to do so, but can get stuck. The slide facility goes well past the edge of the curve. A quick flick and it gets wedged between bogie and coach body. This equals a quick and nasty derail as the bogie has no way of righting itself coming out of a curve. You can actually look down and see the coupling stuck to the left or right. Generally though it is enough of a problem to literally throw the coach down sideways, and pull out the coupling from the securing screw. The problem is the over-shoot of the sliding coupling. It actually needs not go past the edge where the curve meets flat. On the later coaches a much deeper half circle is there with limited travel of the coupling. Instant cure. I wondered if using my Dremel to smooth the hard edge would cure it. It lessened the problem to be fair but it did not eliminate it. In the end I felt the only option worth trying was restrict the amount of travel the coupling makes across the bogie. I made some small plastic blocks from an old OO fence. I glued them in place as can be seen. I've painted them black but for this have left them cream colour so you can see where they are. They really are tiny blocks. I had my doubts: I felt no matter what I tried these Pullmans had been sent from hell to try my patience. SOOOOOOO. This afternoon between 14.30 and 16.25 I had the Deltic DP1 Sound off, tugging five coaches. Three old style lit Pullmans, the Bar and the Obs Car. That is on an eighty foot loop through second radius curves. The blocks stop the coupling leaving the half circle in the bogie, which is actually the maximum the bogie will physically swivel to. the coupling now rolls within the curved area of the bogie and will not travel past the edge. I used small plastic blocks which are glued in place. I could not see any other way of limiting coupling travel other than a full strip down. This way all you need to do is unscrew the coupling, fit the blocks, and refit said coupling. For almost two hours at varying speeds, and for the very first time, the Pullmans did not derail. In the accompanying images you can see where arrowed what happens to the coupling and where it can get stuck.

I'm probably not capable of making my own OO scale trees and wondered if you might have any recommendations for a decent tree to purchase? Seen a few online but they do look a bit poor. I know almost ten years ago when I built a layout someone suggested a particular tree which came from America and they were amazing. Do you think I can remember? Not a chance.

That is exactly what I had hoped for . Thank you I can now search for the others thanks to the help I have received.

I'm very new to this and have the Hornby Green BR MK1 SECOND CLASS BRAKE COACH WITH LIGHTS GREEN. CAT.R4609A. Could anyone point me in the direction or cat number of the other coaches that would go with this one; with lights. Thanks so much if you can Jerry