philg Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Ouroborus said: For those of us non-sound, is there a recommended dcc chip for these? I’m planing in using a Zimo MX638C/D for mine Zimos are amazing and this one you can switch between logic and full voltage outputs 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Ouroborus said: For those of us non-sound, is there a recommended dcc chip for these? Lokpilot V5 will be ideal I expect given they are using the Loksound V5 in the sound versions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 So are they out of the factory, or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 31/03/2022 at 15:59, Accurascale Fran said: Hi everyone, Just an update on the Deltics since the outage. They're currently getting packed up into containers for their voyage. Finally! Cheers! Fran 13 minutes ago, scots region said: So are they out of the factory, or not? Depends if they can get the containers into the factory or not, so, some might be some might not or all might not be or all might not. More information required! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: More information required! Or actually, no information required as knowing if they are or are not in the factory makes no difference as to when they turn up. Leaving the factory doesn't mean they are on a ship in the next week for example. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted April 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Ouroborus said: For those of us non-sound, is there a recommended dcc chip for these? Mc Cain is ok or i still like the real potato cut up jobbies, with the sound working on DC i find it more why would one want it missing now? other than price and you can do the noises it should make........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: Mc Cain is ok or i still like the real potato cut up jobbies, with the sound working on DC i find it more why would one want it missing now? other than price and you can do the noises it should make........ TBH given AS are very reasonable with the price of their sound upgrade (£90 IIRC) I won't consider buying a non sound one. A Lokpilot V5 is about £30 anyway so for £60 I am getting the benefit of the sound and stay alive, not having to open it up, and also a decent chunk of that money will be held as residual value. Obviously most of that is of less use to those not on DCC, but if you're buying a chip to go in it then the gap is less. Edited April 3, 2022 by TomScrut 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium reddragon Posted April 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: Mc Cain is ok or i still like the real potato cut up jobbies, with the sound working on DC i find it more why would one want it missing now? other than price and you can do the noises it should make........ There's a shortage of Sunflower oil so McCains are out, real chips only! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroborus Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 7 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said: Mc Cain is ok or i still like the real potato cut up jobbies, with the sound working on DC i find it more why would one want it missing now? other than price and you can do the noises it should make........ Maybe i have more then one on order....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaziii Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Do any of you recommend a decoder from Rails of Sheffield to be used on this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Amaziii said: Do any of you recommend a decoder from Rails of Sheffield to be used on this? For non sound we recommend the ESU LokPilot v5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Accurascale Fran Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2022 21 hours ago, scots region said: So are they out of the factory, or not? Hi Scots Region, The two 40ft containers full of of Class 55 Deltic locomotives have left the building! Cheers! Fran 19 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi Scots Region, The two 40ft containers full of of Class 55 Deltic locomotives have left the building! Cheers! Fran Well you better get after them, always have to keep one eye on shipping containers, no telling what they'll get up to when your backs turned. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi Scots Region, The two 40ft containers full of of Class 55 Deltic locomotives have left the building! Cheers! Fran Lovely to hear Good things are coming to those who are waiting....! I was amazed that you could fill 2 40ft containers, and then remembered the size of the box of the production samples (assuming around 45x20x10cm approx...!) 2 40ft containers, giving a volume of around 30 square meters per container. Assuming the volume of one boxed Deltic is around .01 square meter (which may be generious, but also allowing for bulk cartons and pallet volume), that gives around 3000 locos per container, or total batch size of 6000 models, which is actually fewer than I was imagining... Or else my sizing is way off!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, G-BOAF said: Lovely to hear Good things are coming to those who are waiting....! I was amazed that you could fill 2 40ft containers, and then remembered the size of the box of the production samples (assuming around 45x20x10cm approx...!) 2 40ft containers, giving a volume of around 30 square meters per container. Assuming the volume of one boxed Deltic is around .01 square meter (which may be generious, but also allowing for bulk cartons and pallet volume), that gives around 3000 locos per container, or total batch size of 6000 models, which is actually fewer than I was imagining... Or else my sizing is way off!!! If it helps, a 40' High Cube is about 75 cubic metres, not 30. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, McC said: If it helps, a 40' High Cube is about 75 cubic metres, not 30. That helps. I was way out - indeed I added rather than multiplied one of the dimensions. Muppet! Revised size calculations give a batch of around 14k models which seems much more like it 😛 Edited April 4, 2022 by G-BOAF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, G-BOAF said: That helps. I was way out - indeed I added rather than multiplied one of the dimensions. Muppet! I was scratching my head wondering where 30 had come from TBH! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium reddragon Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2022 7 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said: Hi Scots Region, The two 40ft containers full of of Class 55 Deltic locomotives have left the building! Cheers! Fran I await the ship name to track my 55 on vesselfinder! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) I think its easier to say, theres more than 22 Deltics coming. And i’m guessing the blue and green are in one container. The 4 people who bought a purple one are getting theres in the other container which is self contained in concrete with lots of radiation meters monitoring their stability. no need for vesselfinder, the purple ones will bring a glowing sunset that gets brighter the closer to europe they come. Edited April 4, 2022 by adb968008 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, adb968008 said: I think its easier to say, theres more than 22 Deltics coming. And i’m guessing the blue and green are in one container. The 4 people who bought a purple one are getting theres in the other container which is self contained in concrete with lots of radiation meters monitoring their stability. no need for vesselfinder, the purple ones will bring a glowing sunset that gets brighter the closer to europe they come. And the separate container is also a completely separate consignment so that any investigations by the authorities when they get here have no impact on the normal ones. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TomScrut said: And the separate container is also a completely separate consignment so that any investigations by the authorities when they get here have no impact on the normal ones. Purple Deltics must definitely be declared… no green channel for them. The bad taste police have been patiently shooting the breeze at the coastline waiting for them, whisk them off to Sellafield for a bit of respraying and let them loose on the masses. Edited April 4, 2022 by adb968008 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 3 hours ago, reddragon said: I await the ship name to track my 55 on vesselfinder! And mine on MarineTraffic Any idea Fran?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 3 hours ago, adb968008 said: Purple Deltics must definitely be declared… no green channel for them. The bad taste police have been patiently shooting the breeze at the coastline waiting for them, whisk them off to Sellafield for a bit of respraying and let them loose on the masses. It would be mildly ironic if they took them in a KUA or PFA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted April 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2022 5 hours ago, adb968008 said: Purple Deltics must definitely be declared… no green channel for them. The bad taste police have been patiently shooting the breeze at the coastline waiting for them, whisk them off to Sellafield for a bit of respraying and let them loose on the masses. Unfortunately, the "bad taste police" are actually just four blokes in an ancient Transit who call themselves the militant wing of the Campaign Against Hideous Empurplement. They have no legal powers of any kind (regardless of what the flyers they hand out at beer festivals might say). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted April 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2022 Another Evergreen ship runs aground https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60754135 Unsubstantiated reports mention the Captain cussing and swearing about 2 "Mysterious Containers" that put him way overweight !🤬 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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