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23 hours ago, Roy L S said:

They are running in together on my little test track currently, and are running very sweetly indeed through the dead frogs of the set-track points used, not a hint of a "hiccup".

 

How did you find it running in reverse through the points, particularly at speed?

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5 hours ago, Les1952 said:

Loco runs nicely enough straight out of the box on the test track, so as I haven't an analogue oval or rolling road to run it in on I decided to chip it straight away and run it in with chip in place.20210801_094505.jpg.875c00dd8e7799e8eab8edbd805bf759.jpg

 

This is a Lokpilot micro 6-pin decoder and fits straight in.  Between 50% and 100% more than a Bachmann chip but I prefer them.  Aside from all else I had one in stock, removed from an OO loco that I'd had sound fitted.

 

It can just be seen in the cab if you look hard enough but is less visible than the board it has replaced.  Now running in on the test oval with no issues.  About 30 mins and it is now smooth down to a slow jog....

 

Les

 


Interesting to note Les that yours appears to be missing the cover for the gear tower shown in the instructions, but absent on mine also. 

 

Tom. 

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1 hour ago, TomE said:


Interesting to note Les that yours appears to be missing the cover for the gear tower shown in the instructions, but absent on mine also. 

 

Tom. 

 

Nothing left on the workbench when I put the loco back together so I can only assume it doesn't have one.

 

Les

 

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1 hour ago, TMViews said:

Arrived yesterday.

Stuttered at first during running-in.  Now running smoothly.

Amazingly quiet!

Now for the decoder installation.

To avoid any damage, precisely how do I  "unclip" the pony truck?

 

I have got one of mine apart ready for chipping, the truck just needs a reasonably gentle tug and out it pops.

 

Roy

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I levered the pony truck off using a cocktail stick - it avoids applying too much force as the cocktail stick breaks first.

 

Why lever?  have you ever tried using a pair of cocktail sticks as pliers?......

 

Les

 

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19 hours ago, Kris said:

 

How did you find it running in reverse through the points, particularly at speed?

Because the trailing truck is sprung it is pretty sure-footed, just a very occasional issue, but to be fair my old test track has been around a while and isn't treated with much love, one of the points has a bit of a "bump" in the frog area.

 

Roy

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15 hours ago, TomE said:


Interesting to note Les that yours appears to be missing the cover for the gear tower shown in the instructions, but absent on mine also. 

 

Tom. 

 

Hello all,

 

I have checked on this with Sonic.  During production it was noted that the cover could sometimes foul the body.  As it was not necessary operationally it was not fitted, so none have them!

 

cheers

 

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Seems Rails has theirs heading out sooner than Revolution.   I don't mind not being first to get one (after all it has to come back out towards where it started from!) but given Rails came late to the party it's a bit annoying to find those of us who stumped up first may not be first to get one shipped.  

 

I checked my account status and I paid in full when I ordered just under 2 years ago.

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On 30/07/2021 at 09:23, Roy L S said:

Got a notification from Royal Mail that I have a package on its way, currently at Peterborough sorting Office and scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning.

 

I am only expecting these locos and their DCC chips, I wonder which it is and which will arrive first :D.

 

I think I should dust off my analogue test track just in case.....

 

Roy

 

Mine appeared at Peterborough MC on Saturday evening and were delivered lunchtime today.

 

Now where did I put the DCC chips I bought for them ...

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16 hours ago, Sithlord75 said:

I don't mind not being first to get one (after all it has to come back out towards where it started from!) but given Rails came late to the party it's a bit annoying to find those of us who stumped up first may not be first to get one shipped.  


I think that’s rather unfair. Rails of Sheffield is a large operation whose business is making money by selling models. Revolution Trains is two blokes doing it in their spare time. Isn’t it to be expected that the former will be able to despatch a large number of packages quicker than the latter?

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Didn't know it was so unfair I had to be told twice.  Either way, it is merely a point of view.  Why support the little guy if the Big Guy throws their money around and gets to jump the queue?  Might as well a) not support the little guy and b) hope the Big Guy does produce what you want.  

 

I've been more than willing to back Revolution where I can justify it (most of their stuff, whilst nice, is far too modern for me) and shall continue to do so (Class 128 also on order - trying to work out how many Cartic 4s).  As I said, I don't expect mine shall show up quickly, being as it has to go from China, to the UK then back out to Australia, but it would appear had I gone with the Big Guy it would already be on its way.    I don't even have a balance to pay.

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5 minutes ago, Sithlord75 said:

Didn't know it was so unfair I had to be told twice.  Either way, it is merely a point of view.  Why support the little guy if the Big Guy throws their money around and gets to jump the queue?  Might as well a) not support the little guy and b) hope the Big Guy does produce what you want.  

 

It's because Revolution are a two man operation and don't have their own dispatch unit set up and ready to ship hundreds of items per day as Rails do.

 

They are sending them out, they began last week, it will just be slower.

 

Sonic got into the UK care of Revolution who introduced Sam to the N gauge community, without that introduction he might not have gotten the attention of Rails and now be able to market his second model.

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Just to add a bit of context - the first 56xx models went out Wednesday evening. By this morning 50% of our orders had gone out (though some I still need to mark as despatched). By the end of today my best guess is that we will have packed 80% of the orders with much of the remaining amount of orders that we are either waiting for balance payments or they were the last orders we received. 

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This reminds me of when I had to deal with a customer complaint years ago that his book had arrived a day later than his friend’s copy of the same title. Insisting that I correct the error, it took me some time to explain the linear nature of time and that I lacked the temporal abilities to retrospectively make his book arrive yesterday. 
 

I do worry how the instant 24 hour on demand world we are chasing alters our enjoyment of things. Does it irrevocably spoil our pleasures if someone gets their treat a few hours or days before we do? Constant online posts of ‘here’s mine!’ certainly don’t help as it seems to make everyone else waiting impatient and frustrated. 
 

I suspect if all the ‘where’s mine?’ emails to Ben and Mike contained a £1 coin, they’d be busy buying expensive yachts by the end of the first week of a new model despatch…

 

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Does it really matter if they arrive a day or two later than others?

There are bigger issues in the world than a couple of toy trains arriving late.

 

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21 hours ago, bmthtrains - David said:

This reminds me of when I had to deal with a customer complaint years ago that his book had arrived a day later than his friend’s copy of the same title. Insisting that I correct the error, it took me some time to explain the linear nature of time and that I lacked the temporal abilities to retrospectively make his book arrive yesterday. 
 

I do worry how the instant 24 hour on demand world we are chasing alters our enjoyment of things. Does it irrevocably spoil our pleasures if someone gets their treat a few hours or days before we do? Constant online posts of ‘here’s mine!’ certainly don’t help as it seems to make everyone else waiting impatient and frustrated. 
 

I suspect if all the ‘where’s mine?’ emails to Ben and Mike contained a £1 coin, they’d be busy buying expensive yachts by the end of the first week of a new model despatch…

 

David 

I'm not sure that enough 56xx models were sold that £1 per "where's mine emails and posts" would buy Ben and Mike a yacht, maybe a rubber dinghy?

 

For what it's worth, mine turned up from RevolutioN yesterday.  It's a lovely model although I almost wish I'd chosen a "prettier" livery than British Railways black with the early emblem.

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There have been several Revolution models that have been sent out from shops before Ben and Mike finish sending out the directly ordered ones.

 

At least ordering direct means you're going to get the best possible price.

 

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I fitted mine with a 59827 Lokpilot 5 Micro this evening and discovered that the running is erratic, I applied the same CV changes as I did to the Bachmann Thomas & Percy which also are fitted with Lokpilot 5 micros and it solved the running issues.

I've put the relevant CV settings in a handy Jpeg for anyone else who needs them, feel free to save and refer to when needed.

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