Robin Brasher Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 The open coach seems to be out of stock at Hornby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Robin Brasher said: The open coach seems to be out of stock at Hornby. Because its not been released yet and has Sold out on their website, and probably sold out at retailers. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaustubh Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 04/10/2020 at 18:45, brian777999 said: So there are no hobby shops at all selling model trains in India ? Sir, There are couple of, but they do not offer repair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaustubh Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Hello All, Did any one of you tried to replaced these wires (marked in blue) from loco to tender. How to remove the part in Red colour of the loco so that we can have access to these wires? I wanted to replace these with stronger wires. Image bowered from this group only) Edited October 24, 2020 by Kaustubh Image thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 07:52, Pre Grouping fan said: Because its not been released yet and has Sold out on their website, and probably sold out at retailers. Its to be hoped that the retailers get all their allocaton too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Kaustubh said: Hello All, Did any one of you tried to replaced these wires (marked in blue) from loco to tender. How to remove the part in Red colour of the loco so that we can have access to these wires? I wanted to replace these with stronger wires. Image bowered from this group only) Hi, if they havent broken I would leave them alone and permanently link the loco and tender by putting a bit of heat shrink or wire coating over the peg on the tender so they cant decouple. It was suggested a few posts back and I think it's a good simple solution. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 45 minutes ago, Chrisr40 said: Hi, if they haven't broken I would leave them alone and permanently link the loco and tender by putting a bit of heat shrink or wire coating over the peg on the tender so they cant decouple. It was suggested a few posts back and I think it's a good simple solution. Good luck. I'm not sure how really effective it will be, but I have also added a wider piece of very thin polythene to line the cavities for the Loco and the Tender, so that they aren't such a struggle to get out. I'm hoping that the wire insulation on the Tender Coupler Peg and the polythene will put the wires at less risk. Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmotrutta Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Just fitted a Lokpilot V4.0 nano DCC to my Rocket. This is the 6-pin version but doesn't fit as is - the pins are very long. Elsewhere in this thread someone mentioned bending pins; so I used an ESU 6 pin socket to bend the pins 90 degrees. Then removed from the socket. Trimmed the fly leads down to half an inch in case I want to ever use them and the whole thing fitted into the barrel with the original adaptor. Ran with a bit of a jerk - turned OFF the BEMF and now it runs beautifully! Also tried the Bachman 90 degree 6-pin 36-556RA but it is too big for the Rocket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Salmotrutta said: Just fitted a Lokpilot V4.0 nano DCC to my Rocket. This is the 6-pin version but doesn't fit as is - the pins are very long. Elsewhere in this thread someone mentioned bending pins; so I used an ESU 6 pin socket to bend the pins 90 degrees. Then removed from the socket. Trimmed the fly leads down to half an inch in case I want to ever use them and the whole thing fitted into the barrel with the original adaptor. Ran with a bit of a jerk - turned OFF the BEMF and now it runs beautifully! Also tried the Bachman 90 degree 6-pin 36-556RA but it is too big for the Rocket. You often get a little plastic spacer on DDC blanking plugs, I normally use that as a depth marker and to hold the pins as I trim them down. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 Just turned up on ebay.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R40141-Stephensons-Rocket-L-MR-Open-Third-Class-Carriage/284074672966 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroborus Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 On 31/10/2020 at 16:30, Salmotrutta said: Just fitted a Lokpilot V4.0 nano DCC to my Rocket. This is the 6-pin version but doesn't fit as is - the pins are very long. Elsewhere in this thread someone mentioned bending pins; so I used an ESU 6 pin socket to bend the pins 90 degrees. Then removed from the socket. Trimmed the fly leads down to half an inch in case I want to ever use them and the whole thing fitted into the barrel with the original adaptor. Ran with a bit of a jerk - turned OFF the BEMF and now it runs beautifully! Also tried the Bachman 90 degree 6-pin 36-556RA but it is too big for the Rocket. Over on the Hornby forum, there was a note that Rocket was designed to take a decoder *with a harness* and that other decoders probably wouldn't fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Just turned up on ebay.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R40141-Stephensons-Rocket-L-MR-Open-Third-Class-Carriage/284074672966 Wow £10 mark up before they even reach the shelves. On their website new orders placed after the 1st November get a £5 mark up on their original £16 pre order price. Even tough I thought it had sold out super quick when announced? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Wow £10 mark up before they even reach the shelves. On their website new orders placed after the 1st November get a £5 mark up on their original £16 pre order price. Even tough I thought it had sold out super quick when announced? I think this wagon is one of those one time shot things. its taking advantage of the same chassis as the coach. Demand is really limited to those who have a rocket, or perhaps outside the UK to those who have a Der Adler. But without Rocket or a kit its not much use. for Hornby its an extra spin of the wheel. But after this batch I don't see mileage in it, its not as if they can do it in several liveries. They could put it in another Rocket and coaches pack next year, but personally think that would be too many Rockets in a short period. Personally I think Hornby under priced this, its a special coach, priced as a wagon. Given Rocket and coaches was £189, that puts the 3 coaches in that set at £50, and Rocket at £140.. i’d have put these as a special edition at £25-30, which is exactly what Olivias is doing. If theres 3000+ Rockets out there and only half the buyers, take 3 of these coaches, thats 4500 sold, 4500 i’d imagine is a good production number..trouble is I suspect more than half the set buyers want them. So if you want it, or a couple, this is your shot. Edited November 9, 2020 by adb968008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 The big sales market will be the tourists visiting NRM/locomotion and science museum. When lockdown eventually finishes and the overseas visitors return, then I predict demand will be high. There was a similar situation with City of Truro. I was in the NRM shop behind a US visitor who was buying in bulk for him and his mates. Rocket is more well known and there is major sales potential if priced right. Mike Wiltshire 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 11 hours ago, adb968008 said: Just turned up on ebay.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R40141-Stephensons-Rocket-L-MR-Open-Third-Class-Carriage/284074672966 Hornby are selling them on their site again for those that missed out. https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/l-mr-open-third-class-carriage-era-1.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cor-onGRT4 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 13 hours ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Wow £10 mark up before they even reach the shelves. On their website new orders placed after the 1st November get a £5 mark up on their original £16 pre order price. Even tough I thought it had sold out super quick when announced? Don't pay to much , Hornby have them for pre order again on their site 16,99,think they have ordered an extra batch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron3820 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) They could put some of the coaches in a pack with Lion... Edited November 10, 2020 by aaron3820 add photo 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Having had a past problem, I'm sure that pre order listing on ebay are prohibited.... ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted November 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 09/11/2020 at 23:30, Coach bogie said: The big sales market will be the tourists visiting NRM/locomotion and science museum. When lockdown eventually finishes and the overseas visitors return, then I predict demand will be high. There was a similar situation with City of Truro. I was in the NRM shop behind a US visitor who was buying in bulk for him and his mates. Rocket is more well known and there is major sales potential if priced right. Mike Wiltshire If demand is that big, maybe British Airways should buy them and put them in their duty free catalog ? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 Pre-orders at Hornby are still available.. https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/coming-soon/l-mr-open-third-class-carriage-era-1.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) TMC on a well known auction site saying that the blue coaches are coming into stock at the end of the week. I have not seen this from anyone else yet but good news if it happens. Edited November 16, 2020 by JSpencer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 The open coach is listed on the coming soon page of Hornby's website along with one other item, so I'd say that's a good indication that it's due soon. Also, on the pre order page it states autumn 2020 for delivery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUCKOO LINE Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 seems to have disappeared from Hornby site ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 3 hours ago, CUCKOO LINE said: seems to have disappeared from Hornby site ! They tend to remove adverts, when they have their order book full. Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Derails gave customers who have ordered an update last week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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