RMweb Premium Crepello Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2022 19 minutes ago, jbqfc said: Rails have sent mine by DPD arriving today John 19 minutes ago, jbqfc said: Rails have sent mine by DPD arriving today John Mine too coming today by DPD. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevea Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) Hi My CoBos arrived today from C&M Carlisle via Royal Mail Special Delivery. Nice smooth-running and quiet models, and thanks very much to Mike for a swift delivery under the circumstances Steve Edited December 16, 2022 by stevea (hit the wrong key before completing the message!) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Mine's coming Tracked 48. Goodness knows what 48 means in the current situation! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2022 Tracked 48 doesn't get special treatment during strikes—only Special Delivery and Tracked 24. My Co-Bo, sent by Tracked 24 by Rapido on Monday, has finally made it to their local mail centre (Medway). It still has to get to me up in the North-East… A couple of weeks ago I had two similar items dispatched to me on the same day—one by Royal Mail Tracked 48, one by EVRI (no doubt, one of those "gig economy fly-by-nights" as @RichardT charmingly puts it). EVRI arrived two days earlier than Royal Mail. As for DPD, they have liveried vans, a service with a countdown telling you which number order the driver is delivering and what number order yours is, showing the van on the map when it's reasonably close. All but one DPD Local delivery I've has this year has been the same driver, too… more than I can say for the Royal Mail. Since moving to my current address 5 years ago I've only had one item go completely missing. The courier? Royal Mail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, rogerzilla said: Mine's coming Tracked 48. Goodness knows what 48 means in the current situation! Probably 4-8 days! Mine is coming tracked 48, got a notification from TMC yesterday, but it's still not appearing on RM's database. It won't have left TMC yesterday due to the strike, looks like if it was picked up today that it has still not been registered as being in their possession. Oh well, it will arrive sometime. At least it won't arrive cold like the curry I ordered for delivery last night, Mrs W wanted to complain. I was a little more forgiving given the reason I didn't want to pick up was the awful conditions so someone else doing on my behalf was not going to get complained about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, woodenhead said: Probably 4-8 days! Mine is coming tracked 48, got a notification from TMC yesterday, but it's still not appearing on RM's database. It won't have left TMC yesterday due to the strike, looks like if it was picked up today that it has still not been registered as being in their possession. Oh well, it will arrive sometime. At least it won't arrive cold like the curry I ordered for delivery last night, Mrs W wanted to complain. I was a little more forgiving given the reason I didn't want to pick up was the awful conditions so someone else doing on my behalf was not going to get complained about. FWIW I had a an order from TMC despatched Tracked 48 on 30 November. It didn't appear on the tracking data until 7 days later and was delivered the following day. One of the consequences of the strikes are pallets of parcels that are sitting waiting to be scanned into the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRH_Dan_Hull Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Hmmm, with all this mention of parcels and tracking, perhaps I should get a GPS tracker added to the spec of the Class 44s.... 🤔 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 My Blue on arrived from Rails today. My RTC one is out there somewhere... Got it on the rolling road just now. Seems pretty smooth and quiet. Sound makes sounds. Some light bleed from the headlights into the cab, but they are set up to be brighter than the sun so that may be resolved with a bit of CV tweaking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Im seeing reports on facebook that theres only pickups on the Bo end? That cant be right surely?. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2022 10 hours ago, meatloaf said: Im seeing reports on facebook that theres only pickups on the Bo end? That cant be right surely?. thats not true just tried mine picks up from both bogies John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Collier Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 11 hours ago, meatloaf said: Im seeing reports on facebook that theres only pickups on the Bo end? That cant be right surely?. Just your typical Facebook rants from the ill informed. Who honestly thinks that an N gauge manufacturer would only use pickups from the Bo end on a new loco and then feel the need to make themselves looked stupid on social media? Same as those outraged and ranting at Rapido that it comes with no instructions only to be told to look under the foam insert then don't apologise. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 12 hours ago, meatloaf said: Im seeing reports on facebook that theres only pickups on the Bo end? That cant be right surely?. I can confirm that is Facebook Bollo*ks! Pick up is from all five axles. Tom. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Cheers ive got one reserved at my local shop :) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy L S Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 My first one received this morning (sound fitted) is of the utmost quality in every respect, I couldn't be more impressed with it. Massive thanks to Rapido for entering the British N scene, let's hope it is the start of many models from them. I will be back for a 44 in due course. Andy and Co, Please ignore the naysayers and remember that they are a very small but disproportionately vocal (and very often mind-bogglingly unreasonable) minority. Roy 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 Being rather familiar with them - both from the lineside and riding behind them in their Barrow days I think the model has brilliantly captured the appearance and 'bearing' of the real thing. If they run as well as they look (no doubt they will) Rapido is to be congratulated for doing a superb job, really excellent (albeit in the wrong scale for me) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Although, if they run well, they are not a very accurate model 😁 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CN6 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 The postie came good this afternoon after it had been sat at Truro sorting office for a few days. Thanks to this forum I found the instructions and what the magic wand does! Now for a bit of running in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Seen pics of the new 28's in Hornby mag . Of particular interest to me was the Departmental red/ blue livery. Can we assume that livery to be fictitious to this loco ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 48 minutes ago, Albie the plumber said: Seen pics of the new 28's in Hornby mag . Of particular interest to me was the Departmental red/ blue livery. Can we assume that livery to be fictitious to this loco ? Correct, completely fictitious. D5705 did see use by the Research Division as S15705 in the tribology test train, but was replaced by a Class 24 before it could be painted into the red and blue livery. Tom. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, TomE said: Correct, completely fictitious. D5705 did see use by the Research Division as S15705 in the tribology test train, but was replaced by a Class 24 before it could be painted into the red and blue livery. Tom. Thanks Tom . I thought that it might have been as I'm sure Heljan would have jumped on that one when they brought theirs out . It does look very catching though . Suits it well . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) Picked mine up today along with a farish 31. £186 for the 28 compared to £237 for the 31. Very pleased with the 28. Only run up and down a few lengths of flexi so far but seems ok. For £186 with sound its a steal. Do we know if its a zimo or an ESU decoder as the instructions dont say ( unless ive missed it ) Edited December 18, 2022 by meatloaf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2022 22 hours ago, rogerzilla said: Although, if they run well, they are not a very accurate model 😁 Not sure what you mean by that Roger. Can you clarify please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, Crepello said: Not sure what you mean by that Roger. Can you clarify please. The real things ran badly and were very unreliable. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, meatloaf said: Do we know if its a zimo or an ESU decoder as the instructions dont say ( unless ive missed it ) ESU. It is in the instructions under the 'How to fit a DCC Decoder' section. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Crepello said: Not sure what you mean by that Roger. Can you clarify please. They were apparently very solidly built and the electrics were reliable, but the Crossley engine was dire and availability was extremely poor. Because the rest of the loco was good, BR actually got a quote from EE to re-engine them with uprated Class 20 prime movers (the 12-cyl engines wouldn't fit) but then decided to withdraw all the small troublesome diesel classes instead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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