SamThomas

Thanks again for posting more of the RHDR, always a pleasure & for me Black Prince is the star.

One often sees examples of the media "not quite getting it right" as in this case. We can discuss the subject until Hornby "get it right for everyone", but lets not dismiss the actions of the well meaning people who attempted to warn the train driver - they would have been critisised if they had recorded the incident to put it on social media.

Hopefully, you are right. Don't think many would drive/treat a Roller like that though.

Another vote for the Roco Maultimaus - couple of options ; 10833 - comes with z21 Start & a wired Multimaus - RRP £235, should get for sub £200. 51330 - comes with z21 Start & a wired Multimaus - RRP £275, should get for around £275 - should be able to sell the locomotive & wagons for around £100 making it quite cost effective & you can keep the track for testing. Both sets able to be upgraded to wi-fi so you can use the wi-fi Multimaus or tablet***/phone ( the tablet could be useful for keeping all you stock details on). The Powerscab is popular but very dated now & no ability to name your locomotives.personally, I would avoid anything from Hornby or (with the exception of Roco) anything that is from a trainset manufacturer. *** When you use a tablet with the z/Z21 range you can load images of your locomotives to make them eaier to find. I know of a few people (including myself) who swore they would never use any form of computer to control their model railway who have backpeddled.

One would hope that road was closed to oncoming traffic. Shite driving whichever way you look at at. BTW - the RR I was referring to is the Range Rover.......

The reason is well documented in another thread, but basically it appears that there is a tiny, tiny additive in it that is now banned because it's carciogenic. (my advance apologies to anyone who finds an issue with my speeling).

You assume that - all RR drivers are homicidal maniacs that truely believe they do actually own the road. Some people actually need a vehicle that can combine seating 4 people in comfort, be nice to driver, able to fold the seats down & get a fair load in the back & be able to tow a 3ton box trailer - not many vehicles can do that.................... The car turned right & onto the wrong side iof the road.

& increase your electric one.....................

We are in very differnt times now. I can remember when you had two brands - Hornby (as in real Hornby from Liverpool) & Triang. A great many model shops were part of toy and pram shops and IIRC could sell one or the other, not both. However, they did, as past of the franchise have to service the products they sold, No discounting either (at least officially). If your usual shop did not have what you wanted then you could order it & in a week or two it would be delivered from Triangs wharehouse (to clarify, a building where stock was kept untill ordered/sold - when the stocks ran out*** another run was produced until sales of a particular item dwindled). Having said that I don't know about real Hornby's logistics. Far distant days when life was a lot slower & we were prepared to wait for stuff, thesedays of course we are far too impatient. Manufactures canniot afford to have money tied up in wharehouse stock - they have enough money tied up in deposits(?) & of course as soon as the factory has produced the goods then it has to be paid for & cannot sell whilst it's in transit, then of course they may have to give the retailers credit terms & time to pay, I expect a number of the larger stores will dictate their own settlement terms too. *** An advantage of having ones factory through a doorway to your office & having complete control maybe ?

PDU inspections ? Just who will pay for the time the final seller takes to carry out the PDI ? Just say the manuafcture pays - that will leave it open to some final sellers to trouser the money & do nothing. The final seller - not going to happen with the buyers reluctance to pay RRP. As for the hardened collectors - I've seen them using an eyeglass on the ears of a box to see if its even been opened...............

Something like that 🙂.

Indeed, it does show how crash protection has improved, but don't forget to take into account the metal in the Bel Air is around 50 years old & not as strong as it once was.

Indeed & I agree, cars can be replace, people cannit. However, the RR drove off and required a new number plate & a rattle can touch up, the small car was written off

I think you will find that LED headlights are worse in that respect & AFAIK LED headlamps do not have to be self-levelling wheras Xenon (used as a generic term for discharge lamps) have to be self levelling.

Even stricter speaking according to the DVLA website it's tax anyway, unless of course you can elaborate on that.

Sorry, I was referring to retailers who have stock that they cannot send back to Hornby for credit or cannot be bothered if they cannot get credit & don't want to sell it. It would appear that the issue also effects some Revell paints.

Being in a RR during a head on collision with a small car that pulled out of a side street & surveying the damage - RR, cracked front number plate & scuffed bumper, small car, every single panel in front of the A pillars trashed & the doors diffecult to open I'll stick with my "BIG obsession" thanks. Fortunatly, no injuries suffered.

Not really, you cannot renew your Road Fund Licence if you have not MOT (if required) or insurance & this is flagged up to the guys who driver the DVLA vans with the four camera's on the roof. It will only be a matter of time before the RFL concessions are removed one by one by whoever resides at 11 Downing Stree at the time.

Providing that you can prove that DVLA have your application in hand you may indeed continue to drive*** "under section 88" if you & your doctor are of the opinion that you are fit to do so. *** until your new licence is issued or revoked.

Cant't help regarding the signals themselves but the type of switch you need are like these GM508 which are SPDT (single pole double throw) - probably available from other sources such as Trains4U.

Whilst appeciating the well meaning behind banning certain substances I question the need to round up the existing stocks & dispose of it with respect to the environment & the carbon footprint possibly created. IMHO, Hornby should take the lot back & credit all the retailers that they have supplied with it. There will be the temptation for some people to simply dispose of the paints in domestic rubbish so it ends up as landfill. There will be quite a large (relativly speaking) amount of the "dodgy" stuff available for some time on various stands at shows/exhibitions for some time anyway.

Not surprising really - big stores in prime locations with a product with realativly low margins***(even factoring in the fact that they were part of an importer). *** compared to the fashion industry as one example.

Revently bought two Curry's own brand washing machines & they ; 1) Actually test their machines with water or 2) Employ someone to chuck a cupful of water into them to give the impression that they do.

NOOOOOOOOOO, please no. & if you have had to be subjected to almost continual sound effects that you can clearly hear opposite a layout with them for a whole weekend then you will understand.

I'd rather be in the RR they used for comparisons in the event of a collision.