NGM

I see this question has been asked quite some time ago with no solution being found so please excuse me asking I have spent ages trying to find a pair of Dapol Class 121's both powered and dummy, after much searching I finally found two different dealer that had stock, one had the power car and one had the dummy. The power car is the newer one that takes a Next18 decoder and works fine, the problem is with the Dummy which apparently is from an earlier batch were they used a 6 pin Decoder and that's were I have a problem, I have a number of different make 6 Pin decoders and have tried them all, but all I can get working is the Head and Tail directional lights, the headcode LED's just show a slight glow and only one of the two LED's at each end light, on the powered car which does work one of the 2 LED's is dim like on the dummy and the other glows bright and switched with direction, its actually too bright but that's another story So the question is, anyone with one of the 6 pin decoder class 121's with working Headcode lights, what decoder did you use and did it need any special CV setting to get them working. Unfortunately sending it back is not an option because it appears to be the last one in the country 6 pin or Next18 versions, so would like to find a fix for this one. Anyone know a solution to this issue. Thank you NGM

First check the Prodigy not connected to the layout, if it still does it there's your problem, if it's ok test it connect to one bit of track away from the layout just to confirm it's working, if it's all working fine you have an issue with your wireing.

One of the best Matt varnishes I have ever used is the old enamel one from Xtracolor, I think its now been discontinued but if you ever find it buy as much as you can, you will not regret it. They do an Acrylic version as well but I have never used it so don't know how it compares to the enamel version of which I still have enough to see me out.

Is this done via one of the switches or a Function button, if a Function button which one. Thanks

Ok, Noted, only trying to help

If anyone ever needs these springs Peco will supply them FOC, they just ask for an SAE, they sent me 20,not long ago.

I have been using one of these for a few years now when doing work on decoders, replacing wires or adding stay alive wires https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283575730671 Only 8 watts but a super fine tip and more than enough heat for thin leaded solder 0.3 or 0.5mm Not enough mass for large ground connection but more than enough for the pads on decoders. Don't knock them until you have tried them, good enough for big Clive they are good enough for Me NGM

This could be a difficult list to build, given that even the model makers themselves can't agree as to what the correct colour is, even within their own ranges there are often quite large differences, not naming any maker though. I also suspect even with the real thing shades changed between batches of paint and over the years as formulations changed. In most cases its a case of if look right it probably is. just pick something close, if its slightly different then its probably just like the real thing were two fresh out the paintshop locos will look different because either the base oxide paint were of different batches or were thinned slightly different ot he top paint colour with applied slightly different by two different painters, even the number of coats of paint affects the final depth of the colour. brush painting v sparay painting will also give a different hue to the colour. Like I said a difficult list to build. NGM

Finally got my payments back via my Payment provider doing a chargeback, apparently they didn't get any reply from them either. Lesson learned

Thanks Still not had any contact with AC, by phone or email, my payment provider has now refunded one of the payments I made and is processing the refund for the second. They have not responded to any of their emails either Will not be using them again.

Thanks for the helpful replies Brian & Jim I have tried to contact them via email, which just bounce back as mailbox Full Their online ask a question option, no reply yet By Phone, just rings and never answered. I don't do Facebook so cannot contact them that way, perhaps someone would be kind enough to give them a nudge to check their mail issues. Thanks NGM

Good Grief all I am asking is does anyone know if they are still trading What is wrong with RMWEB these days, when an online shop goes dark and its ok for members to loose money. Don't bother replying Goodbye

Very helpful (NOT)

Hi all hope this question is not against the rules but Anyone know if AC Models in Eastleigh are still trading Got a couple of order issues and all emails are bouncing as mailbox full and no one is answering the phone, are they still going or have they shut down but still have their online ordering system running. Taking money but not shipping ? Thanks NGM

I always use their service but always select Royal Mail, unless it's big and heavy and only once had an issue and that was down the the counter clerk trying to scan the bar code instead of the QR code. Remember with eBay postage you select who you want to send it by, so don't select eBay as the courier. Agreed it's a right pain in the proverbial when a courier screws up, especially now during the pandemic with many now going no signature required and the courier's either leaving parcels on your doorstep in plain sight of anyone walking by to just pickup or as shown on many YouTube videos, dropping the parcel off, taking a photograph of the parcel at your door then picking it up and walking back to their van. The other day I was waiting for a parcel from UPS, during the afternoon my neighbor knocked on my door with it having found it by the main entrance to our block of flats, just sitting there on the ground. The driver never rang or left a card, just dropped it and left and that's UPS. NGM