vaughan45 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Has anyone experience of removing the body on Blanche for DCC decoder fitting? I have followed the Bachmann instructions, removing only the screws indicated, but the body doesn't want to move. The instruction drawing appears to show the cab, boiler & smokebox separating as one piece from the metal chassis / cab floor - are there any hidden clips etc. that may be preventing the removal? Not keen to start using force. Guidance would be appreciated please. Edited November 24, 2022 by vaughan45 clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted November 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 hour ago, vaughan45 said: Has anyone experience of removing the body on Blanche for DCC decoder fitting? I have followed the Bachmann instructions, removing only the screws indicated, but the body doesn't want to move. The instruction drawing appears to show the cab, boiler & smokebox separating as one piece from the metal chassis / cab floor - are there any hidden clips etc. that may be preventing the removal? Not keen to start using force. Guidance would be appreciated please. Doesn’t look to be in Andy’s photos on WoR https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/reviews/Bachmann/Bachmann-oo9-mainline-0-4-0-hunslet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughan45 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 2 hours ago, PaulRhB said: Doesn’t look to be in Andy’s photos on WoR https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/reviews/Bachmann/Bachmann-oo9-mainline-0-4-0-hunslet Thanks Paul, I have done it now, you need to remove all 6 screws securing the cab, not four as shown on the Bachmann instructions and there are two clips at the bottom of the cab rear panel that need to be pushed in. You also need to disconnect the two pipes from the smokebox to the cylinders. DCC decoder now installed, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 According to Rails of Sheffield's Facebook page the DCC Ready Charles is due soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/oo9-mainline-hunslet-charles It's on their main website too. Will they all be out by Christmas?! Edited December 2, 2022 by LNERandBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted December 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I do find it rather weird that the Hunslets (both quarry and mainline) are coming in drips and drabs. You’d imagine they’d all be built together, and thus all ship together in the same container. Must be method in Bachman’s madness though. Edited December 4, 2022 by nightstar.train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Batch production at the factory and then shipping issues no doubt. Only one livery style can be done at a time and shipping equates to having enough product to fill the requisite boxes/containers unless items are air freighted at greater cost -wonders if a number of Blanches were to meet the release; the rest possibly with Britomart and probably the OO class 37s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted December 4, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 4, 2022 7 hours ago, nightstar.train said: and thus all ship together in the same container. Not necessarily. One batch/livery may get completed before another and make it onto a part-filled container of other products with the rest following or all batches/liveries may be complete but not fit into the space available in one container. It's not unusual for a split to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 7 hours ago, nightstar.train said: I do find it rather weird that the Hunslets (both quarry and mainline) are coming in drips and drabs. You’d imagine they’d all be built together, and thus all ship together in the same container. Must be method in Bachman’s madness though. If I recall correctly, some years ago Bachmann said that it took care not to flood the market with too many models at once. In these times of soaring prices, such a policy is even more welcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markn Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Dcc ready Charles showing as arrived on the Bachmann site. Hopefully dcc sound won't be far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Here’s hoping that my order of ‘Charles’ from Kernow won’t be too long then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 And here I was hoping for a Linda. Oh well, all good things come to those who wait 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Just had notification from Derails to pay up for Charles, duly done and can't wait to get my hands on him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted December 7, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2022 Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodentop Ordinary Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazRail Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 2 hours ago, AY Mod said: Test 2 hours ago, Woodentop Ordinary said: Test 1, 2, 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted December 7, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2022 It was just me testing the topic with different permission sets after a report that the subforum may not have been functioning correctly. It was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D400 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Picked up a Charles yesterday. Lovely model! Only sight "issue" (and it isn't really) but there isn't a detail pack with it - I was expected it to contain the lamps shown at least, I do have the etches but no other details, is it missing from my model or none of them have this? Cheers, Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted December 8, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, D400 said: Picked up a Charles yesterday. Lovely model! Only sight "issue" (and it isn't really) but there isn't a detail pack with it - I was expected it to contain the lamps shown at least, I do have the etches but no other details, is it missing from my model or none of them have this? The review model (which is from the production batch) had two small bags taped to the inner ice cube packaging; one containing the longer couplings and lamp and the other with the etched name and worksplates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Dublo2 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 1 hour ago, D400 said: Only slight "issue" (and it isn't really) but there isn't a detail pack with it - I was expected it to contain the lamps shown at least, I do have the etches but no other details, is it missing from my model or none of them have this? 55 minutes ago, AY Mod said: The review model (which is from the production batch) had two small bags taped to the inner ice cube packaging; one containing the longer couplings and lamp and the other with the etched name and workplates. Just for comparison I checked what Blanche came with - it has 2 bags, the one with the extra coupling does contain a lamp (and a DCC blanking plug as I have the sound fitted version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D400 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Thanks Chaps, as I suspected it is missing. Will have to contact Barwell. Cheers, Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Kernow’s weekly email has stated that they have their batch of ‘Charles’ engines now. I’d imagine that the postal strikes are going to hold up dispatch quite badly, but I’m hopeful of having it before Xmas EDIT: speak of the devil, an hour after I post this, an email arrives telling me that it has been dispatched Edited December 9, 2022 by Edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 That was a surprise..... 😛 0-4-0STT version of Linda. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HExpressD Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 £214.99 DCC Ready seems like an awful lot of money, having said that I'm only comparing that the Peco Small England, a comparable locomotive in my view, but please feel free to tell me if I'm wrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Linda in 0-4-0 STT. Nice but I'll wait for her in 2-4-0STT. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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