amdaley

Tuesday at 18:42

We put a cavapoo pup into the middle of 5 indoor cats.

They get on great.

One of the cats & the dog are the best of friends. The rest of the cats don't bother with dog.

March 24

47 minutes ago, Ron Ron Ron said:

Use the NCE PB5 UK. booster.

It's designed to go with the CS02.

https://www.ncedcc.com/online-store/PB5-UK-5-Amp-Booster-with-International-Power-Supply-p86747320

.

Thanks Ron.

Edit. Is there any other booster I could use ?

Tony.

March 24

Hello Everyone.

I have a spare CS02 Command Station.
Can I turn the CS02 into a 5amp Power Pro system by adding a 5 amp booster & if so what booster should I get ?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Regards.
Tony.

March 22

On 17/11/2023 at 14:01, Tallpaul69 said:

Best of luck with your endeavours!

My current thinking is in the direction of Roco and the black Z21 (not the white z21!).

Be careful, you really need the Z21(coloured Black) for its features and your layout's future. Purchase of a z21 would IMHO be short sighted.

Unless finance is tight, you could keep the Powercab for a separate testing/setting up track.

Cheers

Paul

I was reading through this thread today & I was wondering did you ever get sorted with a system ?

Tony.

March 16

10 hours ago, Dutch-Traindriver said:

Whether or not there is an option to unsubscribe, it remains a very strange move by Hattons to transfer their entire database to former competitor ROS without the consent of their customers...

Nothing strange about it at all.

The database has a value which Hattons have sold to ROS.

Hattons have ceased trading so they have no further need for it. They simply liquidated an asset.

March 6

It's a pity a model with pre installed sound wasn't available.

March 6

What's the most suitable sound decoder with stay alive to fit to this model ?

March 1

1 hour ago, Hal Nail said:

Fox do sets. Not cheap for one letter and I'd probably make one personally but its an option.

https://www.fox-transfers.co.uk/lettering-and-numbering-set-lms-10000-and-10001-65704

Thanks for that.

I'll take a look.

EDIT I took a look at the FOX product & it is expensive just for one L.

I made an L from thin plasticard & when i painted it a metallic silver it looks fine.

No one will be putting it under a magnifying glass.

If it was one of the other letters then that would have been a different matter.

I'll keep the FOX product in mind in case I lose another letter.

March 1

6 minutes ago, Free At Last said:

I imagine this being posted in a Bachmann topic caused the confusion.

I did a search on here & posted in the latest LMS Twins thread I could find.

I did find a Hattons/ Dapol Twins thread but the last post was in 2011.

I'll search again.

March 1

24 minutes ago, No Decorum said:

I may be wrong but I thought the Bachmann ones had the letters and numbers moulded on.

I have the Hattons ones.

February 29

I've lost the L from one side of my LMS version.

Anyone know where I might possibly get lettering for these models ?

I know it's probably a shot in the dark but I thought I'd ask anyway ?

Thanks.

February 17

Update on this.

On chatting to Greg at Kernow I followed the suggestions of Greg & Kaput above.

The settings suggested seem spot on.

I fitted the Lenz decoder & am testing it on a rolling road.

The settings suggested seem to work wonderfully well, Thank you.

I won't mention those door handrails which seemed to be glued in & well, awful to work with.

I can see modellers having a lot of trouble with these.

Here's hoping I never have to go in there again.

Not a good design at all.

Anyway a lovely model despite the design of those handrails.

Well done to Kernow.

Regards.

Tony.

February 15

37 minutes ago, Kaput said:

Try this: https://tramfabriek.co.uk/digital.html

Thanks Kaput.

I'll try those settings.

If anyone else has any ideas on CV settings please post a comment.

Thanks.

Tony.

February 15

Hi Everyone.

I've just got a Kernow GWR Steam Railmotor & plan to fit a Lenz Silver +Plus X22 decoder in it.

Can anyone tell me what CV I should change to match the coreless motor fitted in the railmotor & the value I need to put in the CV ?

I think it's CV 50 but I'm really not sure ?

Thanks everyone.

Tony.

January 20

10 hours ago, metropolitan cammell said:

I had a spare Dapol imperium that wouldn't operate the cab lights and I think it is the same decoder rebadged, in the end I bought a esu lokpilot 5 that worked fine.

I think the Rails connect decoders are DccConcepts rebadged.

January 19

1 hour ago, Kaput said:

What decoder?

Rails Connect Ros-218.

6 Function.

Maybe there's a cv I need to change ?

January 19

Question for anyone running one of these on DCC ?

I can switch on the headlights but I can't switch on the cab lights from my NCE Power Cab.

Anyone have this problem ?

I can switch the cab lights on & off with the wand but not from the handset ?

November 23, 2023

40 minutes ago, Gloucester Road said:

Our one year old has a new sleeping spot.

look between the speaker and stereo and you can just make out some ears

oh hello

He looks like Cat Stevens 😏

November 22, 2023

2 hours ago, Harlequin said:

Everyone, meet "Laddie":

He's an Abyssinian of uncertain origins. He has the golden sandy colour with ticking of a "usual" but also some stripes that suggest there's a bit of tabby in him.

He's very friendly and talkative but he's a big unit and he lived on the mean streets of Cardiff for a few months. You can see he's the sort of cat who can look after himself.

I can't call him "Laddie" forever, though. He needs a suitable name. "Jones"? "Ponsonby"? "Taffy"? "Denzil"? Maybe something more leonine? Any good suggestions?

Looking at the eyes & claws.

Seems like he's about to make you an offer you can't refuse 😬

October 20, 2023

46 minutes ago, bbishop said:

Some of us are banned from that exhibition! Couldn't care as I have a far better offer in West Byfleet.

I'm presently researching the Kriegsmarine and the LSWR ships in The Great War.

How could you get banned from a model railway exhibition ?

October 18, 2023

Full house for the early breakfast 😏

I forgot to mention we have a new arrival.

4 months old Toffee, a Cavapoo.

As you can see 12 year old Fudge doesn't mind.

Imagine trying to teach a puppy simple commands is fun with 5 cats to distract here 😏

September 5, 2023

I bought one of these months ago.

I did the usual running in on a rolling road & it seemed fine.

I got a stock of decoders from Rails during the week so today I decided to fit one to the A5.

I had a tough job trying to get the body off.

The front was free enough but the rear end just wouldn't slide out.

I was concerned that I was going to break the thing.

I was just about to put it back in the display cabinet when suddenly it decided to surrender.

I fitted the decoder, gave it the cab address & its running away now on the rolling road.

Strangely enough the body went back on without a murmur ?

Lovely looking loco.

June 8, 2023

5 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

The usual base constituent of the grey paint used for wagons at this time was white lead, a form of lead carbonate. This reacts with hydrogen sulfide, which was a plentiful atmospheric pollutant in that coal burning age, to form lead sulfide, which is black. The effect is thus for grey wagons to become darker over time. (The same goes for the white-painted carriage roofs.) There is plenty of photographic evidence for this.

I can remember back in the day when burning off / scraping old pre 60's paint you were advised to wear a mask because of the lead content of such paints.

June 8, 2023

39 minutes ago, Geoff_E said:

It is quite clear from the photographs of the vans on the Rails website that one (2025) is darker than the other (12067). I have a 2025, which is what I suspect wainwright1 has as well.

Geoff

32 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

There would inevitably have been a darkening of the grey paint in service, so, ideally, unless you are modelling the Ashford paint shop, no two of your SE&CR goods stock should be quite the same shade of grey.

Remember its oil based paint we're talking about here.

Over time oil based paint will lighten.

This is known as fading or lightening.

Also remember that these paints would have been hand made according to colour recipes in the various paint shops.

So there would be variations even when vehicles were painted brand new.

May 15, 2023

Rather sad email to get 🙄

In any case I'm not interested.

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