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12 minutes ago, Chrisjh said:

Recieved my Class 56's which are great I have fitted a Gaugemaster DCC 21 pin chip to both of them but I cant seem to activate the cab lights can anybody enlighten me as to how these are activated please, many thanks 

 

Chris 

The lighting setout is complex and not set up out of the box. We recommend a Lokpilot with the custom.file installed from the ESU website in order to work all functions. Which gaugemaster decoder are you using?

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4 minutes ago, aureol40012 said:

Was online a couple of weeks ago when Rails put their last 56s on line, all of them being in-house weathered versions.  I’m always a little cautious with “production line” weathering (they had lots available), but I have to say I’m chuffed to bits with what I got. Anyone know who did the weathering for them?

They have a chap who does it for them in house. Not sure what his name is.

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1 hour ago, Alycidon said:

Sorry if I've missed this, I do follow the thread as best I can, but were the non-sound decoders that were being done (to the same specs as the sound (minus sound of course)) released?

Happy to wait if not, just don't want to miss them.

 

Thanks in advance for any replies

The file is available free of charge on the ESU website if you are able to blow your own decoders or you can order a pre blown decoder from our retailers or Road and Rails.

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4 minutes ago, Tony Walker said:

Just got round to filming one of my class 56's the other day and thought I'd load it on here for you. This is 56049 Colas livery with tankers. A selection of Bachmann, Revolution and someone else's as well. (Cav/Alex, you will know!). Still need to do some weathering on the tankers and the loco for a bit more realism.

 

 

Love that.

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10 minutes ago, The Ghost of IKB said:

One thing the inflated ebay prices shows is there is a market out there waiting for a second run.  I'd have another two blue ones tomorrow at list price that is. Plus 56036 in LL.

There will be another run next year after the class 60 run completes.

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On 11/08/2023 at 21:14, aureol40012 said:

Is this right, these wagons only have the handbrake wheel on one side, as shown here?  Trying to work out if my wagon is missing a handbrake wheel too!

It should have a handbrake wheel on each side. The contact point for the wheel to the end of the thin wire on the model is very small and they do come off quite easily. Something that we will address on the next batch.

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On 24/03/2024 at 19:15, lincolnshiremodeller said:

Any word on when further stock of TEAs are planned?

 

Thanks

Simon

We are planning a new batch next year, the factory is pretty backed up with our stuff for the rest of this year.

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No problem, this thread is here to discuss all things grid. 👍

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17 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

I wouldn’t trust anything of that sort just because someone has stated it as fact on the internet. Doing a search just now Safari suggested the “grid” was fitted from 56056 onwards…

 

I’m not suggesting anyone else’s view is wrong, but the panel on the front of the cab is the horn grill - it doesn’t remotely look to me like a grid - and at least in the groups of enthusiasts I frequented “grid” was always understood to come from the bang plate, which is in the form of a grid, because it was so unusual and stood out as different on a British loco.

If by 'grid you mean the large horn grill then yes 056 onwards. If you mean the bang plate grid then that was 001 to 090.

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On 25/03/2024 at 17:26, Shoey said:

Apologies if this has been covered already amongst the many pages but I’ve just got my sound fitted Colas grid out the box, I’ve pressed function 1 to activate the sound so with the sound on and upon turning the dial on my controller to get the loco moving, the flange squeal sounds straight away until it picks up speed then it goes off by itself and then when slowing the loco down, once it gets down to crawling speed the flange squeal activates again until the loco comes to a complete stop - even on straight track! I’ve got a factory sound fitted DCR grid too and this one doesn’t do this and I’ve looked at the internal switches to see if one was different to the other but all switches are as they should be. I’ve only got a Hornby elite controller at the moment so can only access 12 functions (none higher than 12)

 

Any help is much appreciated 🙂

The flange squeal shouldn't be on by default. It's activated by F7 so you should be able to see if it's on. Are you sure it's the squeal and not the bogie rattle sound as that is on be default?

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7 hours ago, atom3624 said:

Just found out, by accident that the 56 is the most superb 'crawler' when hauling.  I had mine hooked up to 14x Bachmann bogie TEA tankers + 3x 4-wheeled, whilst trying to figure out how to detail a Dapol Western I'd recently 'won' on a certain auction site.

I just 'pinged the undercab steps on the Western trying to dry test the fitting whilst the 56 was running. 

 

Amazingly I'd managed to follow the 'falling sounds' of the steps and saw them, so slowed the 56, thought I'd stopped her, but I hadn't.  At Gaugemaster 'D' DC running '22' it was still crawling, perhaps 1 sleeper per second and smoothly!!

 

Despite the heavy flywheels, which impede very slow running at times I find, this was absolutely superb.  I left her and found she continued, at this speed, without issue for another 2 minutes before I retrieved the steps, and preferred to increase power so as not to overload the motor - very impressive!!

 

Al.

You won't overload the motor. It's designed to crawl like the real loco when loading/unloading MGRs.

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11 minutes ago, Southwich said:

Depends which era you’re modelling though, as some were removed later in life. E.g. 56007 in 1988:

 

2003 condition that I’m trying to replicate:

 

 

Picture links from Flickr. Moral of the story they’re all different so check your chosen prototype before fitting! I fell foul of that after realising 56018 didn’t have them fitted…

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Will

 

You ought to also remove the NEM pocket if detailing the end as well, as there is a very obvious hole without the grid fitted.

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27 minutes ago, GordonC said:

what was the grid under the bufferbeam for?

 

It was to protect equipment fitted directly behind the bufferbeam.

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19 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

Sorry but no they didn’t. Here is 56125 in 1986 https://flic.kr/p/GG2U9Z and 56115 https://flic.kr/p/jxWtyx so not just the Crewe built ones

Ah apologies. It seems that I misread the question. Locos from 091 onwards (our series 4 cabs with the second man's vent) were not fitted with the bang grids. 090 the last series 3 was fitted with them.

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24 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

That photo reminds me to ask. Which was the lowest numbered 56 that did NOT have the grid under the buffer beam that gave them the nickname? Was it 56087?

They all had the grid under the bufferbeam.

 

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Weathering the roof grilles has really brought out the fans.

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26 minutes ago, paulbb said:

Have they all been sold now? Will there be another batch, if so when?

 I would check with our retailers and see what they have left.

 

We are doing another batch next year.

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3 minutes ago, The Meerkat said:

 

my Hornby elite can only do 28 functions so i cant access the announcements

 

We put those up there because they were very much as far as we were concerned, surplus to requirement. All other functions are more important for the loco than those. 

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2 minutes ago, zr2498 said:

Ah, but the cure is an injection of more 56s 🙂 Easy - no prescription needed, but alas not available on the NHS

Ah the cause and the cure. Awesome! 🤣

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3 minutes ago, zr2498 said:

'Cavalitis' will be new term for the medical dictionary

Ew I'm not sure I want a medical condition named after me! 😬

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32 minutes ago, CoBoLoco said:

Thanks @RBE

 

2nd question.

 

If he wants your sound project, am i right in thinking he cannot get this from the ESU website & blow it onto a blank Loksound 5 himself using a lokprogrammer?

 

Ie he would need to purchase the decoder with the project on it either from yourselves, or from a vendor such as roads & rails?

Yes that's correct. At present we are not making it available as a free file. 

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3 minutes ago, CoBoLoco said:

A friend has just bought a DCC ready (ie analog) Cavalex EWS 56, but even with the switches in the correct position according to the booklet the fans don't appear to be working.

 

Is there anything he might have missed?

 

Thanks

Yes the roof fans currently don't operate on DC however we are having new blanking plates made that will allow for this function should you want it.

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15 minutes ago, XChris said:

I don’t think this has been asked yet (it might have been apologies if it has) is there a CV to change Function 30 from a south west trains announcement to something up north? 

No you can't pick and choose announcements. Tbh they are only on there because they could be. Me and Alex didn't actually think that it was even necessary to have any station announcements at all on a freight loco but we appear to have misjudged that one. 

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48 minutes ago, squeaky said:

The esu website has a download for a Lokpilot but not a Loksound decoder, is this available for download?

I'm afraid not. The sound recording on this is our IP and as a result will only be available through our upgrade kits and selected retailers. 

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5 minutes ago, derekdoestrains said:

Any chance you can put in big red letters across the box “works best with ESU” 😂

To be honest it's not a bad shout in hindsight.