Dungrange Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 9 hours ago, charliepetty said: Strathclyde has not been decided yet. Which Strathclyde livery is up for consideration: orange and black or the later carmine and cream? If it's the latter, I'm interested, if it's the former, then I'll pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 The ONLY Strathclyde Livery !!!!!!!!!! 2 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted December 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, charliepetty said: The ONLY Strathclyde Livery !!!!!!!!!! Agreed!. Preferably with Ayr as one of the destination blinds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 16 hours ago, Scottish-Exile said: Agreed!. Preferably with Ayr as one of the destination blinds Will arrange that!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2020 3 hours ago, charliepetty said: Will arrange that!! Did they not also go down to Stranraer or were Provincial or Scotrail 156’s used on that service? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) On 29/12/2020 at 23:29, charliepetty said: I find it amazing that 95% of customers seem happy, but roughly 5% don't. Why would that be amazing? Statistically that's pretty good! Shame no RR/CT version (yet?!), but completely understandable with the Pacer units. Edited December 31, 2020 by Sir TophamHatt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellwar Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Have a question if anyone can help. Fitted @legomanbiffo sound chips to both cars supplied by @charliepetty Programmed them to a 4 digit address on my old powercab (both with same address). bow when I put them on the layout with my ESU system the railcom says it cannot have 2 decoders with same address?? Any ideas what May be the best way round this?? thanks russell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 40 minutes ago, russellwar said: Have a question if anyone can help. Fitted @legomanbiffo sound chips to both cars supplied by @charliepetty Programmed them to a 4 digit address on my old powercab (both with same address). bow when I put them on the layout with my ESU system the railcom says it cannot have 2 decoders with same address?? Any ideas what May be the best way round this?? thanks russell Do you need RC active on both? I expect I will end up having 2 decoders with different addresses, putting 2 different coaches in and then making a train from them in iTrain. On the ECoS you might have to either switch RC off on one chip, and run as one, or have two addresses and then set as a consist (either in the system or by programming the chips with a consist address) I aren't familiar with ECoS so I don't know the rules by which it lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 On 31/12/2020 at 14:42, jools1959 said: Did they not also go down to Stranraer or were Provincial or Scotrail 156’s used on that service? Yes they did. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted February 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2021 4 hours ago, russellwar said: Have a question if anyone can help. Fitted @legomanbiffo sound chips to both cars supplied by @charliepetty Programmed them to a 4 digit address on my old powercab (both with same address). bow when I put them on the layout with my ESU system the railcom says it cannot have 2 decoders with same address?? Any ideas what May be the best way round this?? thanks russell Disable Railcom on the rear car's decoder and it'll work properly. No need to mess around with different addresses or consists. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 21/02/2021 at 23:53, Kaput said: Disable Railcom on the rear car's decoder and it'll work properly. No need to mess around with different addresses or consists. I had issues with this and Railcom kept reactivating! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 On a Scottish Theme. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted May 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 02/05/2021 at 13:51, charliepetty said: On a Scottish Theme. Hi Charlie, Will these be available again in the Saltaire livery? Great news if they are. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 Yes a small quantity, when we have news of delivery the Website will go live, no taking of money and waiting. I have a list of customers who want them and they are first. Charlie 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Does anyone know what type of decoders come with the after-market pre-set-up pair (https://railsofsheffield.com/products/legomanbiffo-cl156dec-class-156-dcc-decoders-suitable-for-the-realtrack-class-156-2-pack)? Been trying to hook a 156 up to the Bachmann 158 for some quite time by trying to 3D print some attachment for the 158 (all attempts failed), but luckily the new 150s come with the new BSI coupler, which works wonderfully with the 156! Need to tune the CVs, surprised they work without derailing untuned (first for me so a pleasant surprise). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted August 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2021 The decoders will be LokPilots, probably V5's by now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 22 hours ago, centraltrains said: Does anyone know what type of decoders come with the after-market pre-set-up pair (https://railsofsheffield.com/products/legomanbiffo-cl156dec-class-156-dcc-decoders-suitable-for-the-realtrack-class-156-2-pack)? Been trying to hook a 156 up to the Bachmann 158 for some quite time by trying to 3D print some attachment for the 158 (all attempts failed), but luckily the new 150s come with the new BSI coupler, which works wonderfully with the 156! Need to tune the CVs, surprised they work without derailing untuned (first for me so a pleasant surprise). The decoders are ESU LokPilots all set up, programmed and ready to go by Realtrack Models Strange thing but Realtrack/DCKits sell them cheaper : https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=253_68&product_id=306 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted August 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2021 I have a Realtrack Class 156 and Hornby Class 153, both in East Midlands Trains livery. I want to run them together and wondered what is the best coupler to use. I’m considering using NEM fitted Kadee’s but is there any pros and cons to using them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I use kadees on a lot of my stock but have been moving away from them recently for certain applications including coupling 2 motorised locos- the coupling allows a fair amount of movement (Less than tension kicks tho) between the items which can create issues when double heading. I’ve not tried on 2 units to comment but certainly can cause probs on locos particularly on 3rd rad curves (and I assume tighter). Whilst not pretty I have found Hornby (or shorter Roco version of same) bar type couplers great for this application as gives a firm connection without any slop whilst being easily uncoupled when needed. These slot into NEM pockets and are pretty inexpensive to buy. Hope helps, M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, jools1959 said: I have a Realtrack Class 156 and Hornby Class 153, both in East Midlands Trains livery. I want to run them together and wondered what is the best coupler to use. I’m considering using NEM fitted Kadee’s but is there any pros and cons to using them. We here at Realtrack Models stock Kadee couplings on our DC Kits Website, for use on our 156 Units, See: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=89_91&product_id=1248 Edited August 22, 2021 by charliepetty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrington Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 04/05/2021 at 22:20, charliepetty said: Yes a small quantity, when we have news of delivery the Website will go live, no taking of money and waiting. I have a list of customers who want them and they are first. Charlie Hi Charlie, how does one get their name on the waiting list for the Scotrail Saltire 156's? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Quick Question. Is there a trick for close coupling two Class 156s units? I note that only the unit inner ends have a close coupling mechanism, and the outer ends just have a fixed NEM pocket in a dovetail. Is there a CCM retrofit available? How have others got around this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Bachmann Multiple unit NEM coupling bars could be the answer !! Charlie 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, charliepetty said: Bachmann Multiple unit NEM coupling bars could be the answer !! Charlie Can these be used as a substitute for the inner coupling bars supplied with the models? I think that's part number 36-066 as used with a Bachmann 101. I managed to pull one of my 156 coupling bars apart by accident not so long ago and it was quite a fiddle for my chubby fingers to put it back together particularly with the copper wires (or at least I think I did!), thankfully there was a spare included so I'm down one that's fine and one that hopefully used but good. Edited April 8, 2022 by Bon Accord Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 08/04/2022 at 17:20, Bon Accord said: Can these be used as a substitute for the inner coupling bars supplied with the models? I think that's part number 36-066 as used with a Bachmann 101. I managed to pull one of my 156 coupling bars apart by accident not so long ago and it was quite a fiddle for my chubby fingers to put it back together particularly with the copper wires (or at least I think I did!), thankfully there was a spare included so I'm down one that's fine and one that hopefully used but good. The Bachmann ones are too small and won't fit in the 156, but we do have them as spares !!!! https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=113_120&product_id=492 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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