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HM7000 App for Android went live on the Hornby website yesterday.
If searching Google Playstore, a search term is HMDCC.
Check your search return carefully so as not confuse to the proper DCC digital App with the DC analogue App.
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52 minutes ago, Ron Ron Ron said:
There is no 4 amp Command Station.
The HM7000 Command Station is software, in the form of the FREE HM-DCC app.Are you talking about the compatible 4 amp power supply that Hornby are offering for use with their Bluetooth system?
Suitable, alternative power supplies can be used, which some people may already have in their possession.
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Agreed, the HM7000 Command Station is a FREE software APP, it is not a dedicated box of electronics. The R7337 pack is the protected 15V 4 amp track power supply you quote, it is possible to use alternatives to the Hornby supply, provided the power supplies have appropriate technical specifications such as voltage / current / short-circuit protection and low AC ripple on the output. The Hornby Decoders manual PDF is attached and has information (and warnings) about alternative power supplies, Hornby are not forbidding the use of non-Hornby supplies, only warning the user of the safety risks.
The Hornby Manual is a useful general guide to DCC , for example until I read the manual I was not aware a "keep-alive " circuit on a decoder can interfere with programing of CVs to the decoder
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The conventional DCC Command Centre is a dedicated computational device, and costs several hundred pounds to buy, Hornby have substituted an Application running on an ubiquitous Android device (phone or tablet). The App is free from Hornby, then you need a power supply for the track, "tinkerers" (I have a strong background in electronics) will probably buy a supply to power the track from Ebay, (eg a Meanwell supply) for £12 to £20.
Think of that, the entry point of DCC , the Command Centre, is not £200 to £400, but is down to £10 to £20, for the cost of a power supply from Ebay.
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Attached is a PDF , the Quick start guide to the HM7000 system:
HM7000TXS_Quick_Start_Guide_English-French_14-3-23.pdf
I have placed an order for an HM7000, an 8-pin bluetooth sound decoder, a keep-alive power bank, total £126 excluding shipping.
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2 hours ago, Andymsa said:
Is not all this Bluetooth thing just another way to fleece more of our hard earned money from us. This reminds me of the late 90s and the latest computer gizmo or electronic thing that was a must have. When basically there was no real need to replace or upgrade. 😀
Not at all, the HM7000 command system with 4Amp capacity is £55, less than half the price of the basic Bachmann EZ and a fraction of the price of the conventional Lenz /NCE / Digitrax command centre systems
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I have viewed the HM7000 system on youtube,
The HM7000 system "command station" with a 4 Amp capacity is £54, that is very reasonable compared to contemporary hardware-based command station which range from £120 (Bachmann EZ) to £500 / £600 with £250-£300 the price of a typical unit.
I think Hornby 7000 is the way forward, Hornby 7000 replaces the modest computing power within a Command Station ( usually a dedicated Micropic loaded with a programme) with the enhanced processing power of a phone or a tablet
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I have ordered some 1:87 pantographs from Ebay, the price is a bargain £12.99 for two,post-free from China, has anyone else tried these parts on a TriAng EM2?
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A link to the Times newspaper and their opinion of the HS2 project following the recent announcement.
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The latest HS2 shenanigans, " will not reach Euston" "Crewe link cancelled until further notice", "costings being re-assessed for budget constraints" , Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme is the phrase of the day
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Here is the Andrew Gilligan document , 27 pages, which includes the statement 90p of benefits for every £1 spent
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On 26/10/2022 at 18:56, montyburns56 said:
45574 Doncaster 1965 by John Law
45574 may be working the famous (to St James Bridge spotters) the 6 pm or 7pm) jubilee turn, Leeds to Doncaster and return requiring some very smart light engine movements for a quick turnaround. the Jubilee would uncouple and head(race) to Balby Bridge, reversing round the South Yorkshire loop to become London to Country then forward to Doncaster Station to regain position on the stock to work back to Leeds. Sturdee and Hardy were two regulars on the working, They were the final steam passenger workings in Doncaster
This working was a favourite, one day it produced 24005, the former D5000
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Don't forget the "Pugs", usually 0-4-0 lightweight shunting locos, the L&Y dock tank 51210
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Received an e-mail from KR, advising my order of June 2021 for DHP1 is being processed.
Does this mean the model is ready for shipping?
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15 hours ago, cctransuk said:
You make one big assumption - that KRM specified slides for alternative versions; what evidence do you have for this?
In fact, I'm pretty sure that KRM indicated that they were only producing a single version; which makes sense, as tool slides are very expensive.
Moreover, why would you have a tool slide for a detail that is incorrect for both versions?
Finally, the EP had the same errors as the production models - did the operator make the same c*ck-up twice?!?
The irony is, had KRM specified both sides to be exactly the same as the correct side of the model produced, 10100 would have been correct for much of the prototype's existence, in both black and green liveries!
CJI.
I checked several old images and videos of the KR Fell and drew an incorrect conclusion, checking some images and videos again I do not think there are Sliders in the grill tooling
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Putting the problem of the roof fillers aside, I believe the issue with side grilles may be a factory error at the plastic injection moulding stage.
There should be tooling pieces known as Sliders. Sliders with four grills/no doors, Sliders with two grills/two doors. The correct Sliders are fitted to the Injection Tool for the version required.
I believe the Operator got it wrong on the day.
I wait for a statement from KR, perhaps the Factory may admit to the error on their part, and (I hope) agree to produce replacement bodies with the correct grille arrangement for KR to supply free of charge to customers.
Recall the first Heljan Clayton, the motor issue, we received new chassis free of charge.
Perhaps we will have new Fell bodies too.
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I have just received my Fell loco, BR Green before scrapping.
The detail of the louver of the grills on the side of the bonnet is very feint, almost plain as when they were simply doors.
In some lighting conditions, the impression of a louver vanishes.
In the past someone would have produced an etch to replace the louvers.
Agreed the Fell has shortcomings, I too am going to live with them
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The wagon has a P number, P for Pool.
PO wagons were numbered into P series during repair by private or BR wagon shops, the number of PO wagon works in the country was in the hundreds
Each wagon works was issued with a batch of P numbers to use.
As a wagon passed through Works for repair, the wagon acquired a P number from the batch of numbers allocated to the works.
The number is either P390440 or P390460.
I think it is one of the later Keith Turton series of books which has a list of wagon works and their allocation of numbers.
Can anyone look up the wagon to see where it was repaired and numbered into the P series?
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I seem to remember a change of wheels from coarse to fine around 1969-70, the change began with coaching stock. The wheelsets were possibly all plastic, no metal tyres. The Magazines of the period, when reviewing products were requested not to mention the change of wheelset specification, the spares dept of the factory feared being inundated with many orders for the new wheelsets.
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The first if them to go was Skiddaw early 1976, they were already celebrities, I was living in Pye Bridge near Alfreton, for the Summer of 76, every evening a 44 would run through Pye Bridge heading north on freight, enthusiasts would gather just to to see a 44 working
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On 05/01/2021 at 11:58, Pandora said:
9F 92167 became a 2-8-2 after both rearmost sections of the coupling rods were removed, will Hornby model that unique feature?
In mid 1968, 92167 was in store in the sidings at Carnforth as a 2-8-2, but little ,if, any, evidence 92167 ever worked as a 2-8-2.
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It might be too much of a revision, I would lose the bottom platform but keep the road which becomes a siding, the lines would be shifted downwards, a centre road (non platform) added between the upper platforms. the centre road would store parcels trains and a second place for station pilot as used to occur at Liverpool Street. this would give more tracks and two carriage /empty stock / parcel vans sidings for stabling and an extra dimension for shunting by the station pilot loco.
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2 hours ago, Harlequin said:
CJF says that the minimum radius for this plan is 1m and refers to medium radius turnouts but that conflicts with the use of Peco double slips, which are 610mm "Small" radius. The Peco slips thus cause some quite violent turns, especially for large express locos and long carriages.
However, you might be able to use the new British Finescale slips in place of the Peco parts but they are longer and the angles would need careful jiggling.
Call the platform lines P1 to P4 starting from the bottom so that the numbers align with Minories, the longer "main line" platforms are P1 and P2 and the shorter "local" platforms are P3 and P4.
If you wanted to use the station for intensive commuter traffic there's a pinch point at the first, trailing crossover where departing traffic from P2, P3 and P4 has to crossover onto the departing main line, preventing simultaneous arrivals. But if the traffic intensity is not that great maybe that's not a problem. (You could insert a crossover in the wiggle between P1 and P2 to allow P2 departures while trains arrive into P3 and P4.)
CJF says that the goods yard would handle van traffic but it would be either a pain to shunt or very interesting, depending on your outlook! 😄 With no run round in the station, and assuming steam era operations, the station pilot would have to remove the brake van from arriving goods trains. (Where would it put it? At the stop blocks of P3 or P4 might be OK operationally, I'm not sure.) And the pilot might have to do some preparatory shunting between goods trains to make the exchange of vans efficient and avoid blocking the arrival line during shunting.
The fix for the issue of shunting is a crossover to make a runround loop (at the buffer stops) between the two platform roads on the goods shed side of the layout. London Bridge had such a crossover between platforms 13 and 12 to release locos which had delivered the newspaper trains.
If the crossover is installed, then I would reposition the Station Buliding to the other side, and shorten/lengthen platforms as required.
Another point to consider is coupling and uncoupling, with an overall roof, how will locos at the buffer stops be uncoupled from their coaches or vans?
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The Britannia class had round buffers, but 70045 Lord Rowallan had oval buffers during the final years, was 70045 unique or were other members like 70045?
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We have dealt with Hornby Dublo, how do we deal with Wrenn?
Is the paint on a metal-body Wrenn model the same formulation as Dublo?
HS2
in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Posted · Edited by Pandora
Attached is a PDF, the 40 page Network North paper, the Dept of Transport publication outlining the replacement schemes for the cancelled legs of HS2. Basically summarises "HS2 as the Emporer not wearing any clothes" and D of T has "no confidence" in HS2 management due to failure to budget and progress
Govt post HS2 plans network-north-transforming-british-transport.pdf