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Hello Captain What controller are you using? Brian

Hello 57xx Have you tried using a controller without feedback? I noted some way back that my 14xx jumps all over the place on feedback but is as smooth as many without. Brian

Hello everyone Congratulations and all the best to Cavalex on this announcement! In The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022, the model was Middle Polling - but only just missed High by a handful of votes. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello dave75 By pure coincidence, I have literally just this minute ordered an A4 guillotine from Amazon which is due with me next week. But it's about £32. I will report back. Brian

Thanks PMP Is TBS used at LHR? Or still 'manual'? Or both? A Cessna 700 Citation came in last night from Teterboro (TEB) but traffic was fairly light. Brian

Hello Ron Ron Ron I have spent many hours looking at the early arrivals as (pre-pandemic) my son used to arrive from Dubai fairly early and I had to be there to pick him up. But I haven't ever seen six 'big ones' in a straight line. I'll do some playbacks! Brian

Hello RichardT It's no good for Andy York...it only goes up to 8 and he demands 11. 😀 Brian

Sorry, file didn't upload. Brian Full_eTBS_PresentationV1[1].pdf

Hello everyone Was that line up done by TBS (Time Based Separation)? I still hear controllers instructing aircraft to (for example): Maintain 160 to 4 DME. Is TBS used all of the time?? Brian Full_eTBS_PresentationV1.pdf (nats.aero)

Hello everyone I have been watching LHR approaches for many years and am always amazed at how Heathrow Director staff 'knit' the flows from north and south. However, I think my photo taken a couple of days ago shows something pretty unusual. I have seen six 'small planes' lined up on approach, but I have never seen so many 'larger' ones in a row. Brian

Hello Wummyock Attached may help. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team) Postal Trains.pdf

Hello John My colleagues of The 00 Poll Team plus a 'co-opted' member will be happy to help if needed. Brian

Hello Rob The 00 Poll Team recently lost our good friend - and milk aficionado - Glen Woods to cancer. He was compiling much material for a book but didn't actually get there. I might have more news on that for you soon. Brian

Hello Phil I think this and other comments above go to show that controllers are very 'personal' choices. I guess a mobile phone requires two hands(?). I hold my controller in my left hand and 'operate it' simply with my left thumb; the reverser and speed dial are in an ergonomically correct position. I seldom if ever have to put the controller down and my right hand is free for uncoupling, point changing etc. Brian

Hello everyone I hope John doesn't feel this is taking the thread off topic, but 'a drop more milk' for you... When we ran the Mini-polls on Rob's thread in 2021, 'milk' was high up. There were 23 respondents. High Polling 17 Milk Tank Wagon – 6-wheel, twin tank (Diag.O41 of 1935 & Diag.O50 of 1940) 14 Milk Tank Wagon – 6-wheel, ladders/filler at one end (eg Diags.O57 of 1946 & O60 of 1950) 13 Milk Tank Truck – 6-wheel with Dyson Milk Road Trailer Load (eg Diags.O37, O48, O49, 1932-47) The 00 Poll Team put a lot of thought into how to list 'milk' in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022 and it fared well there, too. Results extract below... Top 50 235 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler in centre GWR/SR/LMS/LNER/BR 149 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder off-centre, small platform GWR/SR/LNER/BR 149 Milk Tank Truck 6-wh 20ft 6in. 4-wh Milk Road Tanker Trailer load GWR/SR/LMS/LNER High Polling 116 Milk Tank Truck 6-wh 24ft 6in. 6-wh Milk Road Tanker Trailer load, GWR/LMS/LNER 115 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler one end, GWR (Diag.O57) 108 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 2000-gall. Ladder & filler in centre, LMS/LNER (Diag.1992 & Diag.222) Middle Polling 91 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladders each end, twin tank/compartment, GWR (3 diagrams) 86 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler one end, sloping tank, BR-built (3 diagrams) Lots of diagrams with lots of variations often built in small numbers - and sometimes with few livery variations and others of some quantity but not built until BR days. I am fairly confident, though, that given some dedicated work, a maker could find a number of viable types. Brian

Hello Rob I have been interested in 'the milk subject' for many years. It is vast and needs thoroughly investigating.🙂 When you compare current RTR Milk Tank Wagons with photos of 'typical' milk trains, it is an empty bottle waiting to be filled. Brian

Hello RedgateModels I originally used Gaugemaster handhelds but - as I do a lot of shunting - I found the slider switch caused (what I would lightly term) some 'repetitive strain' in my thumb. The All Components have a 'normal' switch but even with that I have had to fit a switch cover which makes it 'softer'. The small degree of extra length also helps in a number of ways. I have tried Morley handhelds, but the 'centre off' didn't feel very positive to me. Whenever I am not running, I switch my controller to the middle off position. This precludes anything moving 'accidentally'. Brian

Agreed, Andy I experimented some years ago with controllers and settled on the handheld ones sold by All Components (which are based on what used to be made by Kent Panel Controls). I run DC with Common Return. I have had the feedback switched to minimum by a chap they use for repairs. Probably not much difference on performance of most locos but - as I have noted on another thread recently - my DJM 14xx was 'jumpy' when one came back with feedback inadvertently 'full on'. Changed back to a minimum - problem gone! I recently bought a Trax handheld controller. Good control, but - for me - doesn't 'sit' as nicely in my hand as the All Components. Brian

Hello Rob Although I'm not in the market for Slip Coaches myself, I (and The 00 Poll Team) felt that many would be. Extract from The Guide to The Poll 2019 below. (Other GWR Slip Coaches were listed.) Brian (GWR) Hawksworth Slip Coaches 64ft (1958 BR conversions from BCKs) These three coaches were produced in 1958 by rebuilding Hawksworth Corridor Brake Composites. The last Slip Coach service ran in 1960 using one of these coaches. The slip apparatus was removed in September/October 1960 and the coaches used as Non-gangwayed Lavatory Brake Composites. At least one was used on the Highbridge branch of the S&D. Slip Coaches are useful in their own right, but if produced with a motor, DCC-users could slip the coach authentically and drive it to a stand in a station.

Hello Huw & Hibelroad Huw: Don't give up! The vast majority of modellers and RMweb writers are decent people! Hibelroad: I repeat below what I suggested earlier. I believe it is reasonable. It is in no way 'specifics spelt out'. The 25 words or so might well convince me to go, whereas simply Lordnoseware, 00 would definitely not. Lordnoseware 00, 25ft x 12ft. A fictional country station set on the Somerset & Dorset Line in 1960. Snorking Model Railway Club. Brian

Hello F-unit Mad In response to above... I attend two local club shows without needing to know layout details. I go to support them and generally - but not always - find something or much to interest me. I sometimes bump into people I know for a chat. I also attend a 'national' show which is held locally and that is mainly to speak to some of the makers. All others shows within a reasonable travel distance have to 'convince me' to attend and that is simply as per my example above. Not difficult or unreasonable in my view. Brian

Hello everyone I think rob D2's OP was perfectly reasonable and achievable by any show organiser. (Granted that I have never organised a model railway show myself but have done similar things.) Surely, they already have to know the layout name and size for planning purposes. The only addition is a line of description. That one line can often convince me to go to a show that I might otherwise not. And I have to be very selective nowadays for a number of reasons. An example: Lordnoseware 00, 25ft x 12ft. A fictional country station set on the Somerset & Dorset Line in 1960. Snorking Model Railway Club. Brian

Hello Jol We are starting to get thread drift. Any model suggestions for 2024 can be emailed to The 00 Poll Team where - as noted - they will get a fair hearing. However, I can say immediately that we won't in any way expand The Poll (such as with kits, liveries, accessories etc). We used to go to great lengths to include details of kits within the Guide but the time expended wasn't warranted as - after all - the stated aim of The Poll is to enable modellers and collectors to let the makers know what models they want RTR. Brian thepollteam(at)gmail.com

Hello everyone A few pages back, we were discussing the DJM 14xx. I noted that mine ran smoothly on my minimal feedback controllers but when one came back from repair with inadvertent 'full feedback', the 14xx jumped around. All others were fine. Someone on here queried if I was correct about this, but I replied that I couldn't replicate it as my controller had been fixed. As 'an experimental trial', I recently bought a different make of handheld controller with 'full feedback' - a Trax. All locos worked fine - except the 14xx. Switched back to minimum feedback type - all locos still fine as well as 14xx. Brian

Thanks Stephen Point taken and accepted. What I was trying to do was 'lay down a marker' for those who will seize any moment to go way off topic. It happens very quickly! Brian