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  1. Phatbob
    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. P.S. 00 size version of the class 120 DMU please Heljan.
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    Appledore will be appearing at the Great Central Railway's event this weekend. Should be a great weekend. My layout minions and are are all looking forward to it. I'm off this afternoon to set-up. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/134318-gcr-model-event-2018-151617-june/ Do pop in and say hello.
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    I'll be there with Appledore. Do say hello.
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    Diesels carrying fuel are not permitted through the single track tunnels under liverpool AFAIK. Network Rail do run their diesel powered maintenance trains from Birkenhead as far as James Street station, but no further I understand. Theoretically possible therefore that a Wrexham train could run as far as James Street, then turn-back. But not go around the loop under Lime Street and back out that way.
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    The OP concerned problems with Kadees and Bachmann MK IIs. Keen systems produce replacement parts for the Bachmann close-coupling mechanism that positions the NEM box in the right place. THe Bachmann NEM boxes on their MK I and MK II coaches are too high and set too far back. So the geometry of the CCM is wrong and there are consequent problems. Using the Keen system replacements sorts it all out.
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    Bodmin Generally is now set up at the Transport Museum, Manchester. Now ready for a couple of days on show at MRX 2018. I gather that there's a wedding on somewhere tomorrow and some footballing going on in that London, but I'm sure everybody will come on down to the show instead. Please!
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    I recommend you to get some of these http://www.keen-systems.com/Couplings.html and fit #18s to them. Job done!
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    Bump! This weekend folks.
  9. Phatbob
    Or maybe "Zepbins"? Hat, coat, gone...................................
  10. Phatbob
    "Late, but Never Early Railway", I sincerely hope not. On a serious note, LNER has been dead for too long as a brand. GNER is the brand that people remember fondly these days, complete with "The route of the Flying Scotsman" strapline.
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    To paraphrase Kenneth Wolestenholme, "it does now".
  12. Phatbob
    If you want to See Bodmin Generally "in the flesh", I'll be showing it at the L&YDCC groups show at the Transport Museum, Manchester on 19th and 20th of May. http://www.lydcc.org.uk/exhibition2017Maymodified%2010052017.html Do drop in and say hello.
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    2018 LYDCC Model Railway Exhibition Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May 2018 Museum of Transport Manchester Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW 10:00 to 16:30 DC & DCC quality layouts, excellent trade support, demonstrations and seminars. Well supported club stand with second hand items for sale. ​Layouts Traders Arcadia Pennsylvania O US DCC 1960/70's Aire Valley Models Batterdale N UK DCC 1950 Along Classic Lines Bodmin Generally OO UK DC 1963 Crafty Models Coal Valley Mining G DCC TTC Diecast End of the Spur HO US DCC 1990+ Digitrains Forthtal Schmalspurbahn HOe US DCC Modern Durham Trains of Stanley Graithwaite Junction OO UK DCC 1970/80's Finishing Touches Grange Lane O UK DCC 1970's Locoshed Midhurst Road Junction OO UK DC 1930's Model Roads and Tramways Newbie Bridge OO UK DC Modern Leigh Models No Place OO UK DCC 1975 Sig-Na- Trak Norderstadt HO DE DCC 2000 SMTF Poynton OO live steam roadshow OO Stevenson Carriages and Millholme Models Smethurst Junction OO OO DCC 2000 Todmorden Model Supplies St Combs N CN DCC 1970's Tower Collection Treemendus Nick Tozer Books World of Motion Manchester Models Demonstrations DCC decoder installation Weathering Wagons and loads DCC information/seminars Free Heritage Bus Service Between the Museum of Transport and Manchester Victoria Station Every 20 minutes throughout the event, using heritage buses. From Manchester Victoria 0950 1010 1030 and every 20 minutes until 1550 Museum of Transport 1003 1023 1043 and every 20 minutes until 1633 I shall be there with Bodmin Generally, please come along and say hello.
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    Event Name: LYDCC annual exhibtion Classification: Exhibition Address: Boyle St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. M8 8UW Day 1: 19/05/2018 Opening times Day 1: 10:00 Day 2: 20/05/2018 Opening times Day 2: 10:00 Prices: Revised charges apply: adults £7, over 60s £6, students £6, jobseekers £6,accompanied children under 16 visit free, disabled visit free,GMTS Members & TfGM staff visit free,employees of Metrolink and GM bus operators £6. Disability access: Yes Car parking: Unknown Website: http://www.lydcc.org.uk/exhibition2017Maymodified%2010052017.html Organising body: L&Y DCC Group Organiser: P Crichton 2018 LYDCC Model Railway Exhibition Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May 2018 Museum of Transport Manchester Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW 10:00 to 16:30 DC & DCC quality layouts, excellent trade support, demonstrations and seminars. Well supported club stand with second hand items for sale. ​Layouts Traders Arcadia Pennsylvania O US DCC 1960/70's Aire Valley Models Batterdale N UK DCC 1950 Along Classic Lines Bodmin Generally OO UK DC 1963 Crafty Models Coal Valley Mining G DCC TTC Diecast End of the Spur HO US DCC 1990+ Digitrains Forthtal Schmalspurbahn HOe US DCC Modern Durham Trains of Stanley Graithwaite Junction OO UK DCC 1970/80's Finishing Touches Grange Lane O UK DCC 1970's Locoshed Midhurst Road Junction OO UK DC 1930's Model Roads and Tramways Newbie Bridge OO UK DC Modern Leigh Models No Place OO UK DCC 1975 Sig-Na- Trak Norderstadt HO DE DCC 2000 SMTF Poynton OO live steam roadshow OO Stevenson Carriages and Millholme Models Smethurst Junction OO OO DCC 2000 Todmorden Model Supplies St Combs N CN DCC 1970's Tower Collection Treemendus Nick Tozer Books Demonstrations World of Motion DCC decoder installation Manchester Models Weathering Wagons and loads DCC information/seminars Free Heritage Bus Service Between the Museum of Transport and Manchester Victoria Station Every 20 minutes throughout the event, using heritage buses. From Manchester Victoria 0950 1010 1030 and every 20 minutes until 1550 Museum of Transport 1003 1023 1043 and every 20 minutes until 1633
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    It's the long awaited relaunch of the giraffe car, in 29 different liveries!
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    Killer questions is; do they have the same bl00dy awful seats as the 700s? Or have GTR actually listened to their customers and had Seimens install some seats that are actually fit for purpose?
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    Hello All, I should like to fettle my new Bachman Ivatt 2 Micky Mouse Tank to represent a BR(S) loco circa 1963. Where can a get the correct taller chimney for a later built example and a dome that's the right shape? Cheers.
  18. Phatbob
    I'm happy to report that our fleet of DJM 71s got a thorough "running in" at Trainwest last weekend on Star Lane. No issues with the running of any of them. PECO code 75 track and Modelex controllers for the record, if anybody's interested.
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    Ask Dave

    Phatbob replied to DJM Dave's topic in DJModels

    Hello Dave. I gone and lost one of the pick-up shoes from one of my Class 71s. Any chance of getting one or more replacements as a spare part? Cheers, Bob.
  20. Phatbob
    I'm looking forward to the show. I shall be there with Roundhouse, Big P and others giving Mike Peace a hand with Star Lane. A rare chance to give some of my BR(S) electric stock a good run. Do drop in and say hello.
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    In the immortal words of Murray Walker; "it looks like de ja vue, all over again". Wasn't the whole question of exhibition opening times discussed ad nauseum in a previous thread? Did not the hive mind conclude that 10-5 Saturday and 10-4 Sunday was the best compromise? With big shows offering earlier entry for those with advance tickets to enable them to manage the queue at oppening time? I for one had a great Ally Pally experience this year. I got some hard to find bits I was after, got a few genuine bargains from the trade (three brand new Dapol Fruit Ds for £30! ) and enjoyed some excellent layouts I'd not seen before. Saturday night out in that London with Roundhouse, his partner, Warbonnet and the Barrow Beer Monsters was a treat too. Meticulous organisation from the MRC and a cheerful and professional approach from the AP staff all helped it go well and without incident. My only complaint is the loss of an hour's kip.
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    We regularly run these in multiple on Star Lane. Trains with up to 4 motor bogies and have had no such problems. This is using Modelex controllers on plain vanilla DC. They are excellent electronic controllers, that do NOT have feedback. I can sincerely recommend them for this sort of appplication. Usual caveat, no connection, just a happy customer. HTH, Bob.
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    Macc show done and dusted. What an excellent weekend it was. Splendid exhibition, great hospitality and an excellent feed from the dinner Ladies of Tytherington school. The modifications to the layout worked okay and I now have a couple more possible invitations to future exhibitions elsewhere. After another weekend of operating the layout the exhibiting team have come to a remarkably unanimous decision as to where the uncoupliing magnets for the Kadees need to go. So that's the next job.
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    I shall be packing Bodmin Generally into the car this afternoon to set-up at Macc tonight. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127251-bodmin-generally/ Looking forward to it. Always a good show. Do pop in if you can, you won't regret it.
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    They say that every cloud has a silver lining. The cancellation of the Preston show last weekend left me with a free weekend at short notice. So a few improvements got made to Bodmin Generally over the weekend, ready for the Macclesfield show this weekend. Hopefully, my layout minions will appreciate the improved ergonomics in the fiddleyard. Next job will, I think, be to imbed more magnets in the track for the Kadees couplinngs, now that I have more of an idea where they should be located. Hope to see some of you at Macc this weekend.
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