RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2014 I have today received an email from Amazon offering Tarmac Sentinels at £55-99. Odd, because I don't recall ever searching Amazon for model railway items! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hi, very tempted by the red one, reminds me of the little loco that used to be at Hilsea gas works near Portsmouth! But I am a bit worried it will look plasticy? does it? Also, Hattons don't seem to have any in stock but are offering them at £45 which seems good, anywhere else doing a good deal. I thought the same as a lot of the photos appeared to show a shiny red loco however my one looks a similar colour to LT red Underground stock and I am very impressed with it. XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliebanger Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I have today received an email from Amazon offering Tarmac Sentinels at £55-99. Odd, because I don't recall ever searching Amazon for model railway items! John Amazon reads RMweb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2014 Amazon also have the Esso one masquerading as Duke of Gloucester....http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hornby-Gloucester-Standard-Special-Edition/dp/B00EE8RZSE/ref=pd_ybh_1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2014 Amazon also have the Esso one masquerading as Duke of Gloucester....http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hornby-Gloucester-Standard-Special-Edition/dp/B00EE8RZSE/ref=pd_ybh_1 A very clever disguise........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 A very clever disguise........ It's all done with mirrors you know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Respite Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 It looks like the Sentinels are back in stock again, Monk Bar models in York have got the NCB blue ones in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Has anyone heard if Rails of sheffield have them in stock now ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Has anyone heard if Rails of sheffield have them in stock now ? Wouldn't their website be able to tell? Or do they take a little while to update it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 P&H Models in Louth had the Esso an NCB ones in stock a week or so back at around £46 ea although they dont have loco stock on the website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 i'VE FORGOTTEN WHICH ONE i PRE-ORDERED, IT WAS THAT LONG AGO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 i'VE FORGOTTEN WHICH ONE i PRE-ORDERED, IT WAS THAT LONG AGO. At least you can still remember you DID pre-order one. :-) Imagine answering the knock at the door and wondering why a tiny package was being proffered to you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have today received an email from Amazon offering Tarmac Sentinels at £55-99. Odd, because I don't recall ever searching Amazon for model railway items! John The pervasive links between Amazon, Hotmail, Gmail, Facebook, et al, mean that even an online search through Hornby can lead to you getting sidebar ads, pop-ups, and even, as you found, direct email offers for items you have looked at. It bugs the hell out of me, as well as making me think we are moving into a scary phase of existence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Expressway Models at the South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh, had the NCB blue one and the Tarmac weathered green one in their showcase this afternoon. Edited March 1, 2014 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymac Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Locomotion models have a few of blue, orange and red sentinels. Will be on their website tomorrow. Also a couple of duke of Gloucester . Railroad and standard range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymac Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Sorry - green not red. Colour blind! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Finally picked mine up this afternoon for £45.99. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebrfan Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Orange???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobbler Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Picked up a blue one from my local model shop in Northampton yesterday, they had received two, Tarmac green and a NCB blue. Very disappointed in its running, put it on my layout last night, clean code 100 track and Electrofrog points, initially didn't move, after a nudge it stuttered and spluttered on straight track, stalled and stuttered on points. Wheels are clean, tried to run it in, even spluttered on a rolling road and kept stalling Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesndbs Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well I weakened and have one on order from Hattons, gone for the red one says they would be in stock on the 24th but not heard anything??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 7013 Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2014 My local shop in Banbury has a plentiful stock of all Sentinels and they will continue to have a plentiful stock when they are charging £68 a time...£21 more than I paid on Amazon! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 7013 Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2014 For those who wish to put a decoder ( non sound ) in their loco and do not want to use the Hornby chip the blanking plug has two loops of wire. I am using a Lenz mini, I am removing the blue, white and yellow wire from the decoder then snipping the red and black blanking wires and attaching the decoder wires in correct sequence to the motor wires. The mini sits on top of the Hornby plug. This way I can simply unplug the decoder if I wish to change it and it saves hard wiring which some people are not happy to do .. Apologies for the blurred photo but it does illustrate the plug and wires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 There is however a capacitor buried below the motor and if you are in habit of removing those when fitting a decoder its simpler to remove all the existing wiring and hard wire a suitable decoder in place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Here's mine where it will belong, sometime in the future! Credit to CK who did the P4 conversion for me at last Monday's DRAG meeting. It was quite the quickest that I'd ever seen done (maybe ten minutes!) It shows the ingenuity of Ultrascale in narrowing the tread width in order to avoid alteration of the 'side frames' Shown is a standard U/S wheel from the Cl 52 conversion set and the original Hornby axle. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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