Bourton on the Water

[Baggies1961]

Leap forward in time and 50049 just pulled in to the goods shed siding.

[brossard]

1 hour ago, Baggies1961 said:

Hi John,

Apologies again but just tried fan and it worked on Function 22.

Relieved myself now.

Regards

Julian.

 

OK thanks for checking, obviously I need to do more thinking.  I was talking to the lads in the club this morning.  They were thinking a Wheatstone bridge rectifier coming off track power and connected to the fan.  If it works off F22, then there's something I'm missing.

 

Cheers

 

John

 

BTW there's a new shunting video on the FB link.

Edited July 4, 2021 by brossard

[Baggies1961]

23 hours ago, brossard said:

 

OK thanks for checking, obviously I need to do more thinking.  I was talking to the lads in the club this morning.  They were thinking a Wheatstone bridge rectifier coming off track power and connected to the fan.  If it works off F22, then there's something I'm missing.

 

Cheers

 

John

 

BTW there's a new shunting video on the FB link.

I can photo the functions page if you want me to?

[brossard]

No thanks Julian, I have the sheet that came with the decoder.  Mine says the same thing.  What it doesn't say is where to connect the fan wires.

 

John

[brossard]

I got the fan working this morning Julian.  Not difficult at all just a matter of knowing where to connect the wires.

 

John

[Baggies1961]

Class 50035 Ark Royal now fitted with snow ploughs.

I will have to trim some off the bottom of the ploughs as they catch joints on the track.

[Baggies1961]

I must stop answering the door when DPD call.

Chap thrust this into my arms ( well placed it on the doorstep).

Was a tad disappointed Heljan have boo booed on 50036 and not produced enough and will have to wait till January 22 now.

So as a comfort Roger at Tower supplied Ramilies…. How kind.

[jcarta]

5 hours ago, Baggies1961 said:

 

Chap thrust this into my arms ( well placed it on the doorstep).

 

 

I hate it when that happens ...... It does look nice though 

 

Jim

[Andrew P]

Very nice indeed.

[Baggies1961]

Thanks Andy & Jim of course it has to be chipped, this one will have the Paul Chetter active braking, stay alive etc. Whereas the other two have a loksound and legomanbiffo sound file installed.

[jcarta]

1 hour ago, Baggies1961 said:

Thanks Andy & Jim of course it has to be chipped, this one will have the Paul Chetter active braking, stay alive etc. Whereas the other two have a loksound and legomanbiffo sound file installed.

 

Good choice.... You can have the other sound chips altered to have active braking installed.  I have several loco's with Loksound chips and we have installed active braking on them ..... I do like the braking system.  

[Baggies1961]

50035 arrives back at the station.

[47606odin]

11 hours ago, Baggies1961 said:

Thanks Andy & Jim of course it has to be chipped, this one will have the Paul Chetter active braking, stay alive etc. Whereas the other two have a loksound and legomanbiffo sound file installed.

don’t forget the coastal class 50. It’s what I have. The cold start is awesome 

[pwr]

23 hours ago, Baggies1961 said:

I must stop answering the door when DPD call.

Chap thrust this into my arms ( well placed it on the doorstep).

Was a tad disappointed Heljan have boo booed on 50036 and not produced enough and will have to wait till January 22 now.

So as a comfort Roger at Tower supplied Ramilies…. How kind.

 

I've got an unnumbered large logo on order with Tower but they don't seem to have had supplies of their 50's yet. Rails seem to have had their's this morning  and their blue/grey MK1 BSK but nothing on that from Hattons.

 

Paul R

[47606odin]

40 minutes ago, pwr said:

 

I've got an unnumbered large logo on order with Tower but they don't seem to have had supplies of their 50's yet. Rails seem to have had their's this morning  and their blue/grey MK1 BSK but nothing on that from Hattons.

 

Paul R

Not seen anything on the Hattons site 50 wise. Especially since Tower got theirs on the 9th

[pwr]

44 minutes ago, 47606odin said:

Not seen anything on the Hattons site 50 wise. Especially since Tower got theirs on the 9th

I have cancelled my order with Hattons and gone with Rails as they have stock

 

Paul R

[Temeraire]

10 hours ago, 47606odin said:

Not seen anything on the Hattons site 50 wise. Especially since Tower got theirs on the 9th

 

I've had an email saying they've processed my order for two today, credit card is screaming! 

[47606odin]

3 hours ago, Temeraire said:

 

I've had an email saying they've processed my order for two today, credit card is screaming! 

yes, I see they’ve arrive. Plenty of LL which surprised me. Now I can see what they have, I can bide my time. Got to be careful as the 122’s are on the move so I need to behave. 

[pwr]

I think I want a blue one as well but I am not sure if I can get that past the wife given the centre head code forties are due any day and the 47 and 56 later in the year.

 

Paul R

[pwr]

50 minutes ago, pwr said:

I think I want a blue one as well but I am not sure if I can get that past the wife given the centre head code forties are due any day and the 47 and 56 later in the year.

 

Paul R

 

 

Further to my last post my large logo 50 turned up but will have to go back because one of the bogie chains is broken and the loop at the bogie end missing.

 

I am frustrated as the curse of Heljan/Dapol quality control has struck again. As I have remarked before if retailers were to inspect these things before despatch this would not happen

 

Paul R

[Baggies1961]

On 14/07/2021 at 10:21, pwr said:

 

I've got an unnumbered large logo on order with Tower but they don't seem to have had supplies of their 50's yet. Rails seem to have had their's this morning  and their blue/grey MK1 BSK but nothing on that from Hattons.

 

Paul R

Hi Paul,

Roger told me they will be getting very few large logo 50,s as Heljan got the production numbers wrong!

I wont be getting mine on order until January 2022. He rang me to tell me that.

[Baggies1961]

On 14/07/2021 at 11:02, 47606odin said:

Not seen anything on the Hattons site 50 wise. Especially since Tower got theirs on the 9th

They are in now Ian.

[Baggies1961]

3 hours ago, pwr said:

 

 

Further to my last post my large logo 50 turned up but will have to go back because one of the bogie chains is broken and the loop at the bogie end missing.

 

I am frustrated as the curse of Heljan/Dapol quality control has struck again. As I have remarked before if retailers were to inspect these things before despatch this would not happen

 

Paul R

Hi Paul,

I think the ephasis is to get the boxes shifted literally. Your right a once over before despatch would prevent issues such as this.

I had problems with my Colas 37/4.

[pwr]

On 15/07/2021 at 14:39, Baggies1961 said:

Hi Paul,

I think the ephasis is to get the boxes shifted literally. Your right a once over before despatch would prevent issues such as this.

I had problems with my Colas 37/4.

 

Well Rails have let me down in that they have not as promised (within 40 mins apparently) sent me a returns label and given these are in short supply I am going to fix it myself. The last thing I want is to be told when its got back to them that they are now out of stock. The loop wires seem very fragile so the problem is likely to recrur in handling however careful I am so if I can find a fix then I will be prepared for future problems. I can't fault Heljan for including this detail which was not on the original 37's, it making an appearance with the Deltics.

 

Paul R

[brossard]

On the rare occasion when I have a defect on a model, I will think very carefully before sending it back.  In fact I have never done that.  The shipping costs to and from Canada are eye watering.  My Cl 20 had all of the steps broken off (due to my clumsiness) when I removed the body.  These are fragile plastic.  I have redone these in brass.  They are not perfect but I think pass the "riding past on a bike" test.

 

John

Edited July 17, 2021 by brossard