CrisisOnACanoe Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I've only ordered mine relatively recently - indeed I originally didn't intend to try getting a Single at all - and my payment has gone through along with my order number, so I have a good point of reference.It seems the issue itself is simply lack of staffing, as I would've hoped my Single would be here by the tenth. From what I can see, politely asking them again and again until you get through is the only way to really make sure your order's progressed. I don't like pestering people, but in this case I'd rather pester than cancel my order outright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 The Stirling Single has won the 2018 Hornby Magazine Best OO Scale Locomotive award. https://twitter.com/Gaugemaster/status/1051155399334858752 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymac Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The Stirling Single has won the 2018 Hornby Magazine Best OO Scale Locomotive award. https://twitter.com/Gaugemaster/status/1051155399334858752 And well deserved!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 And well deserved!! Indeed. And the Rapido/Rails Dynamometer car getting coach of the year. Quite an achievement for Rapido! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarttrains Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Update on Stirling Single We truly appreciate your patience on the delivery of the Stirling single, this is due to a problem with our fulfilment company. The models have now been retuned direct to us and we are working as fast as possible to get all deliveries from the last 3 weeks out to customers this week. Regards Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Update on Stirling Single We truly appreciate your patience on the delivery of the Stirling single, this is due to a problem with our fulfilment company. The models have now been retuned direct to us and we are working as fast as possible to get all deliveries from the last 3 weeks out to customers this week. Regards Stuart Your personal efforts on this are also truly appreciated. In the meantime, perhaps you need a new Head of Fulfilment? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The Stirling Single has won the 2018 Hornby Magazine Best OO Scale Locomotive award. https://twitter.com/Gaugemaster/status/1051155399334858752 Huzzah-zah! Mine still hasn't turned up, though. Waste of time and money... Update on Stirling Single We truly appreciate your patience on the delivery of the Stirling single, this is due to a problem with our fulfilment company. The models have now been retuned direct to us and we are working as fast as possible to get all deliveries from the last 3 weeks out to customers this week. Regards Stuart Thank you very much. I am still looking forward to mine and the full payment has been fulfilled, hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3737 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) The "fulfilment" of my order is a long story, that still goes on. But.... It wasn't the "Fulfilment Company" that lost my balance payment. It isn't the "Fulfilment Company" that doesn't respond to my emails. It isn't the "Fulfilment Company" that doesn't answer the phone. I sincerely hope that next year Locomotion will win the "Best Fulfilment" Award, but now I am still waiting. BTW My order is from 10th April 2015. Leen. Edited October 17, 2018 by 3737 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) The Stirling Single has won the 2018 Hornby Magazine Best OO Scale Locomotive award. https://twitter.com/Gaugemaster/status/1051155399334858752 Je suis desolated. I had hoped they would award it to my kit built LNWR Jubilee, but then it isn't 00 scale although 4mm to the foot. Edited October 17, 2018 by Jol Wilkinson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Hi all, can anyone tell me if they got a notification of postage upon ordering their Single? Ordered mine over a week ago now and I've had the order confirmation, but no dispatch confirmation nor a tracking number, just an order reference number. Not sure if they're being posted in one batch and mine's being held back, or if it's just a slow courier! Thanks in advance. This is standard for Locomotion. Regular Emails to Stuart and Tom appear to be the only way to have things sorted. I don't think I ever got a despatch advice from them 'in the old days' when there was a different manager and staff, but poor Stuart and Tom (his boss?) have a rather unwieldy system to operate by the look of it. For what it's worth I stupidly paid an insufficient amount to buy one on 23 July, having hastily read the words 'full payment' on a web page... I had not made a previous deposit. It took about 20 emails to eventually have things sorted, and in the end the whole thing lost its glow of pleasure so I asked for a refund of my card payment, and that took another series of emails. The only way I would buy one now would be s/h from a trusted seller. Stuart and Tom are good people but they are dealing with a rather odd retail system... I'm sorry to hear they are still having problems. It's not good for the NRM nor Locomotion. Tom did ask after many emails that I contact him directly if I wanted to buy from the shop, I have quite a few models bought from them, GNR Atlantic, Duchess, and so on. So personal contact seems the best way to resolve things. Edited October 18, 2018 by robmcg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3737 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) I agree wholeheartedly that personal contact seems the best way to resolve things, but how??? Leen. Edited October 18, 2018 by 3737 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarttrains Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 HI Leen, I've sent you an email this morning with details and yes fortunatley the only deliveries that are getting affected are the Stirling singles, all the 3717 City of Truro models left yesterday and the Red frame 3440 City of Truro will be leaving site today. Any problems just let me know and I can deel with them as soon as possible. Regards Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3737 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Message from Locomotion received just now. Now there's light at the end of the tunnel. Leen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paftrain Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 HI Leen, I've sent you an email this morning with details and yes fortunatley the only deliveries that are getting affected are the Stirling singles, all the 3717 City of Truro models left yesterday and the Red frame 3440 City of Truro will be leaving site today. Any problems just let me know and I can deel with them as soon as possible. Regards Stuart Hi Stuart, I've ordered a red frame 3440 City of Truro, but I also ordered a class 66 from you over a week ago but haven't received it yet - are they also affected by your delivery problem? Regards, Paul . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarttrains Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Hi Stuart, I've ordered a red frame 3440 City of Truro, but I also ordered a class 66 from you over a week ago but haven't received it yet - are they also affected by your delivery problem? Regards, Paul . Hi Paul the class 66 should be delivered today (this only because the last few days has been spent inputting all the data for the addresses for the single orders) , and the red frame city will be tomorrow as I just ran out of time late yesterday to get them ones out. Regards Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisOnACanoe Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) Pleased to say my Single finally arrived! She's gorgeous, though I did have to do a good deal of fettling with the chains, and she's missing the bogie centring spring for some reason.Regardless of that single issue, very happy with her!* *Update in next post, had some small faults needing rectifying. Edited October 22, 2018 by CrisisOnACanoe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisOnACanoe Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) Hey all, just to come back to this thread for some advice (assuming there's some owners in here) my locomotive's performance isn't improving as expected. I ran it in for 40 minutes in each direction on my 10ft by 9ft, gently curved loop, but it still jolts over the points and doesn't like slow speeds. I can only attribute this to the locomotive's pickups acting sparsely as it stopped several times during running in on the points, despite going at a moderate pace. All my track is Peco Code 100, all the points are express points including two curved sets on the outer loop it ran on, and none of my other locos behave in such an erratic fashion. (Not even my Pecketts or Barclays, they handle those points perfectly!)Did anyone else have issues with the loco's pickups, and how do you access them? I genuinely cannot see them on the tender wheels and I'm quite scared of opening her up! Also, is it possible the tender coupling could be at fault? It definitely is picking up power from the tender but this seems to be inconsistent.Sorry to be a pain, but thank you to anyone who can help in advance! Edited October 22, 2018 by CrisisOnACanoe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 The pickup is by split axles, but I can't help interms of what might be wrong. Usually all that can go wrong with that arrangement is dirt, unless there's a wiring fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted October 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2018 Hey all, just to come back to this thread for some advice (assuming there's some owners in here) my locomotive's performance isn't improving as expected. I ran it in for 40 minutes in each direction on my 10ft by 9ft, gently curved loop, but it still jolts over the points and doesn't like slow speeds. I can only attribute this to the locomotive's pickups acting sparsely as it stopped several times during running in on the points, despite going at a moderate pace. All my track is Peco Code 100, all the points are express points including two curved sets on the outer loop it ran on, and none of my other locos behave in such an erratic fashion. (Not even my Pecketts or Barclays, they handle those points perfectly!) Did anyone else have issues with the loco's pickups, and how do you access them? I genuinely cannot see them on the tender wheels and I'm quite scared of opening her up! Also, is it possible the tender coupling could be at fault? It definitely is picking up power from the tender but this seems to be inconsistent. Sorry to be a pain, but thank you to anyone who can help in advance! I haven't got one, but it doesn't sound right . Most people comment on how smooth it runs and it certainly seems so from any YouTube coverage I've seen. There is a guy on here, sorry can't remember user name, that has been appointed repair guy for Rapido. If you scroll back over the pages you will see him, but I also believe the place to send queries is listed on the instructions with your model . I'd try emailing him or send him a Personal Message . Maybe its something relatively simple and he can point you in the right direction. Failing that he will give address of place to send model back to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted October 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2018 FYI His name is Simon and he is on RMweb as RapidorepairsUK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Well, my Stirling Single finally arrived last Friday and I gotta say...she sure is a beauty! And a proud one, too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisOnACanoe Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) I haven't got one, but it doesn't sound right . Most people comment on how smooth it runs and it certainly seems so from any YouTube coverage I've seen. There is a guy on here, sorry can't remember user name, that has been appointed repair guy for Rapido. If you scroll back over the pages you will see him, but I also believe the place to send queries is listed on the instructions with your model . I'd try emailing him or send him a Personal Message . Maybe its something relatively simple and he can point you in the right direction. Failing that he will give address of place to send model back to. Thank you, I'll pop him a message and see if I can get something sorted. I found myself quite disappointed with my loco as the running went on, as one of the tender buffers popped out too, I ended up having to glue it back into place. It's also comparatively noisy compared to other locos, so I definitely think I got the short straw of the batch!* *I should quickly say that I'm not going to put Rapido or Locomotion on blast for any problems I've had, this does happen and I'm just happy I have a Single, even if it does need a bit of a tune-up! Edited October 23, 2018 by CrisisOnACanoe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted October 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2018 Thank you, I'll pop him a message and see if I can get something sorted. I found myself quite disappointed with my loco as the running went on, as one of the tender buffers popped out too, I ended up having to glue it back into place. It's also comparatively noisy compared to other locos, so I definitely think I got the short straw of the batch!* *I should quickly say that I'm not going to put Rapido or Locomotion on blast for any problems I've had, this does happen and I'm just happy I have a Single, even if it does need a bit of a tune-up! Good luck , hope it gets resolved for you. You are much more forgiving than I am , at that price I would expect perfect running . You can get the occasional rogue loco , but hopefully Rapidorepairsuk can get it sorted out for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Thank you, I'll pop him a message and see if I can get something sorted. I found myself quite disappointed with my loco as the running went on, as one of the tender buffers popped out too, I ended up having to glue it back into place. It's also comparatively noisy compared to other locos, so I definitely think I got the short straw of the batch!* *I should quickly say that I'm not going to put Rapido or Locomotion on blast for any problems I've had, this does happen and I'm just happy I have a Single, even if it does need a bit of a tune-up! Why, I'm happy to have a Single myself, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygou Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Has anyone had problems fitting the splashers? Mine don't fit snugly to the underside of the cylinders, it seems as if the cylinder front covers are slightly too thick. Have contacted Rapido Repairs and await their response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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