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I LIKE this good one :-)

Any one out there heard anything from Hornby ?? Last I heard was the new chassis were due in August and so far not a peep out of them and here it is August ????????????????? Martin

This is great cannot wait for more pics :-)

here it is 2:26 am and i am still up and wide awake , why oh why did i drink all that coffee earlier :-(

Found a great US place for my DCC needs out in Arizona , Litchfield Station , Jack and his girls are really helpful and do a great job well recommended by me . Who , by the way , has no ties 'cept for being a well satisfied customer

Sent mine back to Hattons they replaced it with a new one put in a TCS decoder runs fine so far , luck of the draw maybe !!!

Mine is preserved railway layout and yes I have posted pics Churnett Valley railway :-)

AND you REALLY expected them to listen :-)

Wish they would " Spook " me and send back my two class 31's fixed and ready to run ???? If they could read my mind they would be blushing for dang sure !!!

Nope I have it in the correct way as I do on all my other locos so that is not the problem maybe just a duff model .Anyway it is off on its way back to Blightey to be replaced

And they are all the same price and they all have the electrical connections on the coupler . Another S.N.A.F.U. from Hornby it seems ???

Sent this email to Hornby about my brand new brighton Belle I am sure that i made myself fairly clear ??? Recently purchased the Hornby pullman five car set from hattons of liverpool . Upon receipt of my model I tried to install a DCC decoder a ESU Lokpilot basic which i use on ALL my non sound locos .it does not run on DCC at all .I tried several other decoders all from existing locos which run great .It will run on Dc but no interior table lights will work. This is the reply I got it makes no sense to me at all ???? Thank you for your email and I apologise for the delay in responding. I believe the model you are referring to is the Brighton Belle. If so there is no issue with this model as the interior lights work on F1; which with sound decoders turns the sound on this is why you cannot access the interior lights. You may be able to re-map this function but you would have to speak with LokSound. Am I wrong or is this reply not answering my question ???

Yes it runs on DC but no table lamps come on , I talked to hattons and they are going to replace it for me , they ALWAYS come through , great folks there !!

Well tried a couple more decoders in the belle and NOTHING still , now the table lamps do not come on even on DC .I am not about to hard wire it as that may void the guarantee !! i am pretty disgusted with this very expensive , for me , static model i have !!!! You better believe Hornby has heard from me and i await a reply .Maybe same as my class 31's parts in two years who knows ?? Martin

here is a question are the units supposed to be attached to program rum or just the drive unit ???

Ok guys tried everything that you suggested and I have tried four brand new decoders and nothing will make this Hornby train move !! I put said decoders into other locos and they ran fine .Sooooo what to do next invest in a sapphire ??? who makes them and is there anything available here in the US that I can use ?? Martin

Who actually makes the Hornby sapphire decoders ??

I think I must be living right or something , I checked with the local posties and he tells me i can get it shipped for under $40 and it will be insured :-) I still think that the manufacturer should foot the bill for faulty merchandise but I will be happy just to get them running again after a couple of years sitting . Now I am having problems with my $300 + Brigthon Belle I hope i don't have to ship it back as well :-(

We do have a few options none of them cheaper than the USPS system . I can prob save some bucks by going first class international but that is with no insurance nor sign for !! I will look into it and see what my option are . I may just go hang out at the airport terminal and hold up a sign .... " Need locos delivered to the UK , will work for carriage !!! " In case some kind soul will offer to take it for me with their carryon and post it there :-) seems to work for the bums on the corners down here ;-)

Just received and email from Hornby in the UK asking me to send the two locos for repairs to Margate , I checked on the cost to ship them there it is going to run me between $75 and $125 depending on the size and weight of the package and that is uninsured and unsigned for ??? Man that hurts to say the least , I am retired and money is hard to come by these days and it is not even my fault they are damaged merchandise ??? Am i wrong in being a bit peeved at this ??

Thanks guys once again ...Man what would i do without this forum , being so far away from advice :-) Much appreciated i will give it a shot when i get back in later today !! martin

Ok guys i hope you are not fed up with me just yet but i have another problem with my DCC installs and i don not know what I am doing wrong??? I am trying to install an ESU lokpilot basic into my belle drive unit ,when I put the decoder in the socket and put it on the track it jerks slightly as i am trying to program it which i know is not right !! i tried to go through the program sequence using my NCE powercab it goes through all the procedures as usual but it jerks slightly with each setting .When i have completed the sequence it will neither light up nor run .When i return it ti Dc it runs perfectly ........... HELP ??? Frustration level is getting high over here !!! martin

Maybe they have no clue as to where Norwood Ohio is then ;-) Best I have got so far is an email acknowledging the email I sent them and I was told that they would not be available until June , nothing after that , except for a message that Andy kindly gave me !! :-) martin

Thank you for coming through again Andy , YOU DA MAN , :-) I will have to have a word with Hornby to see if they want me to send the models back or if they are going to send me the stuff to fix it myself . Looking forward to hearing my 31 growl around the layout again :-) martin

Just wondering , if Hornby can continue to produce class 31's why can they not replace at least the chassis for us ???