Butler Henderson

Never quite bottomed out what the date stamped on the inside of box is but if is the date manufactured, or boxed, then they seem quite often to be 3+months before the model is released so the April/May stock will probably be produced before the Chinese New Year.

From Bachmanns web site Nov/Dec 31-528A 60529 'Pearl Diver' BR Lined Green Late Crest 31-531 Class A2 60536 'Trimbush' BR Lined Green Early Emblem 31-781 Modified Hall 7903 'Foremarke Hall' BR Lined Black E/Emblem 32-331 Class 25/1 25043 BR Green Full Yellow Ends Weathered 32-370 Class 37/4 37405 DRS Compass 32-389 Class 37/4 37421 Colas 36-151 Plasser OWB10 With Crane (Motorised) 39-001 Mk1 Coach Pack 'Works Test Train' BR Blue & Grey Weathered 38-007 46 Tonne RNA Nuclear Flask Barrier Wagon 38-052 MTA Open Box Wagon EWS 38-450A 13 Ton Open Wagon with Sheet Rail Highbar BR Bauxite (Early) 38-452A 13 Ton Open Wagon with Sheet Rail Highbar BR Bauxite (Late) Dec/Jan 31-204 LMS Patriot Class 5530 'Sir Frank Ree' LMS Crimson 31-214 LMS Patriot Class 45538 'Giggleswick' BR Lined Green E/Emblem 32-227B Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0 (Jinty) 7341 LMS Black 32-235 Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0 (Jinty) 47673 BR Black L/Crest Weathered 32-880 Fairburn 2-6-4 Tank 2278 LMS Black Weathered 32-881 Fairburn 2-6-4 Tank 42105 BR Lined Black E/Emblem Weathered 32-882 Fairburn 2-6-4 Tank 42062 BR Lined Black Late Crest 39-025G BR Mk1 SK Second Corridor Blue & Grey 39-026J BR Mk1 SK Second Corridor Maroon 39-050G BR Mk1 SO Second Open Blue & Grey 39-051J BR Mk1 SO Second Open Maroon 39-053F BR Mk1 SO Second Open (SR) Green 39-150D BR Mk1 FK First Corridor Blue & Grey 39-151F BR MK1 FK 1st Class Corridor Maroon 39-153D BR Mk1 FK First Corridor (SR) Green Jan/Feb 31-119 BR Standard Class 4MT 75035 BR Lined Black L/Crest Weathered 32-115B Class 08 08818 BR Blue Wasp Stripes Weathered 32-119 Class 08 08907 DB Schenker 32-120 Class 08 13287 BR Plain Green Early Emblem 32-390 Class 37/7 37706 'Conidae' Railfreight Petroleum Sector 32-391DS Class 37/7 37796 Railfreight Coal Sector (DCC Sound) 39-076H BR Mk1 BSK Brake Second Corridor Maroon 39-077F BR Mk1 BSK Brake Second Corridor Crimson & Cream 39-082B BR Mk1 BSK Brake Second Corridor Network SouthEast 39-100C BR Mk1 RU Restaurant Car Blue & Grey 39-103C BR Mk1 RU Restaurant Car Maroon 39-228D BR Mk1 BCK Brake Composite Corridor (SR) Green 33-309 20 Ton Toad Brake Van GWR Grey 33-310 20 Ton Toad Brake Van GWR Grey Weathered 33-311 20 Ton Toad Brake Van Departmental Yellow 37-061C 5 Plank Wagon Wooden Floor BR Grey 37-067 5 Plank Wagon Wooden Floor SR Brown 37-068 5 Plank Wagon Wooden Floor GWR Grey 37-069 5 Plank Wagon Wooden Floor NE Grey 37-070 5 Plank Wagon Wooden Floor LMS Grey37-087 7 Plank End Door Wagon GWR Grey 37-088 7 Plank End Door Wagon LMS Grey 37-089 7 Plank End Door Wagon NE Grey 37-090 7 Plank Fixed End Wagon SR Brown 37-095A Jan/Feb 37-095A Coal Trader Triple Pack 7 Plank Pvte. Owner Wagons Weathered 37-097 Jan/Feb 37-097 Coal Trader Triple Pack 5 Plank Wagons Weathered 37-225H 16 Ton Steel Mineral Wagon BR Grey Top Flap Doors Weathered Feb/Mar 31-461A C Class 0-6-0 1294 Southern Railway Black 31-462A C Class 0-6-0 31227 BR Black Early Emblem 32-131 Class 45XX Prairie Tank 4539 Great Western Green 31-656 Class 47 47256 BR Green Full Yellow Ends (TOPS) Weathered 31-659 Class 47 47001 BR Blue Weathered 31-659DS Class 47 47001 BR Blue (DCC Sound) 31-660 Class 47/4 47436 BR Blue Large Logo 32-482 Class 40 97407 'Aureol' BR Blue Departmental Weathered 32-483 Class 40 D338 BR Green Split Head Code Small Yellow Panel 32-484 Class 40 BR 40159 BR Blue Centre Head Code Full Yellow Ends 32-981 Class 66 66416 Freightliner Powerhaul 32-982 Class 66 66434 DRS Plain Blue Compass 39-175E BR Mk1 BG Full Brake Blue & Grey 39-186 BR MK1 BG Full Brake Departmental Olive Green Weathered 39-187 BR Mk1 BG Full Brake Blue 39-231 BR Mk1 BCK Brake Composite Corridor Departmental Yellow 39-240 BR Mk1 FO First Open Crimson & Cream 39-241 BR Mk1 FO First Open Maroon 39-242 BR Mk1 FO First Open Blue & Grey 39-360C BR Mk2A TSO Tourist Second Open Blue & Grey 39-361A BR Mk2A TSO Tourist Second Open Blue & Grey 'Inter City' 39-363A BR Mk2A TSO Tourist Second Open Network SouthEast 33-827C 25 Ton Queen Mary Brake Van SR Brown Small Lettering 37-854C 104 Tonne glw HTA Bulk Coal Hopper Wagon EWS Weathered Mar/Apr 31-433 Midland Class 1F 1739 LMS Black Open Cab 31-434 Midland Class 1F 41803 BRITISH RAILWAYS Black 31-435 Midland Class 1F 41726 BR Black Early Emblem 31-480 G2A 9376 LMS Black with Tender Back Cab 31-481 G2A 49106 BR Black Early Emblem Weathered 32-279A K3 Class 1304 LNER Lined Black 32-281 K3 Class 61862 BR Lined Black Early Emblem 32-353 BR Standard Class 4MT 80135 BR Green (Preserved) 32-359A BR Standard Class 4MT Tank 80092 BR Black Early Emblem 32-360A BR Standard Class 4MT Tank 80104 BR Lined Black Late Crest 34-328A 50ft. Ex-LMS PIII Parcels Van BR Blue Weathered 39-002 Twin Pack BR Mk2A BFK HST Barrier Vehicles 39-261B BR Mk1 RMB Miniature Buffet Car Maroon 39-262B BR Mk1 RMB Miniature Buffet Car (SR) Green 39-264A BR Mk1 RMB Miniature Buffet Car Blue & Grey 39-271D BR Mk1 GUV Maroon 39-277 BR Mk1 GUV Blue 39-310C BR Mk1 SP Pullman Second Parlour Umber & Cream 'Car ? 350' (With Lighting) 39-312 BR Mk1 FO Pullman First Open Blue & Grey (With Lighting) 39-410A BR Mk2A BFK Brake First Corridor Blue & Grey 39-412A BR Mk2A BFK Brake First Corridor Network SouthEast 37-550B 46T POA Mineral Wagon 'Yeoman' Weathered 37-552C 46T POA Mineral Wagon 'ARC TIGER' Weathered 37-706A 10 Ton LMS Cattle Wagon NE Brown 37-708A 12 Ton LMS Cattle Wagon LMS Brown 37-716 Triple Pk 8 Ton Cattle Wagon BR Bauxite Weathered 37-730C 12 Ton Ventilated Van GWR Dark Grey 37-804 12 Ton Planked Ventilated Van BR Bauxite Weathered 38-130B 40T Seacow YGH Hopper Departmental Olive Green 38-132B 40T Seacow YGA Hopper EWS 38-182 12 Ton BR Plywood Fruit Van BR Bauxite (Early) Weathered 38-183 12 Ton BR Plywood Fruit Van BR Bauxite (Late) Weathered 38-242A MBA Megabox Bogie Box Wagon EWS Weathered (without Buffers) 38-243 MBA Megabox Bogie Box Wagon EWS Weathered (with Buffers) 38-400A SR 25 Ton Pill Box Brake Van SR Brown 38-404A SR 25 Ton Pill Box Brake Van BR Departmental Weathered 38-550A Midland 20T Brake Van BR Grey (with Duckets) 38-552A Midland 20T Brake Van LMS Grey (with Duckets) 38-553A Midland 20T Brake Van LMS Bauxite (without Duckets) 38-575A 10 Ton Fish Van LNER Brown 38-650A PCA Metalair Bulk Powder Wagon 'Blue Circle Cement' 38-651A PCA Metalair Bulk Powder Wagon Grey April/May 31-003A Robinson Class O4 6184 LNER Black 31-004A Robinson Class O4 63762 BR Black Early Emblem Weathered 31-440 Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-2 Tank 41243 BR Lined Black E/Emblem 31-441DC Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-2 Tank 41291 BR Lined Black L/Crest (DCC On Board) 31-614 V3 Tank 67646 BR Lined Black Late Crest 31-615 V3 Tank 67690 BR Lined Black Early Emblem 31-627B Class 3F 3520 LMS Black Deeley Tender 31-728 GWR 3700 Class 3708 'Killarney' Great Western Green 31-883 Midland Class 4F 3848 Midland Black Crest 31-884 Midland Class 4F 44044 BR Late Crest Weathered 32-176 LMS Crab 42765 BR Lined Black Early Emblem 32-178A LMS Crab 13174 LMS Lined Black 32-560 Class A1 60117 BRITISH RAILWAYS Apple Green 32-561 Class A1 60122 'Curlew' BR Express Blue Early Emblem 32-575A Ivatt Class 4MT 3000 LMS Black 32-580A Ivatt Class 4MT 43014 BR Late Crest Weathered 32-858 BR Standard Class 9F 92189 BR Black L/Crest 1F Tender W'thrd 31-379 2EPB 2 Car EMU 5771 BR Green Small Yellow Panel 31-426B 4 CEP 4 Car EMU 7122 BR(SR) Green Small Yellow Warning Panel 31-427B 4 CEP 4 Car EMU 7106 BR Blue & Grey 32-991 Wickham Type 27 Trolley Car BR Maroon 32-992 Wickham Type 27 Trolley Car BR Engineers Yellow 32-993 Wickham Type 27 Trolley Car BR Engineers Yellow Wasp Stripes 39-502A BR Mk1 SLSTP Sleeper Car Maroon 39-503A BR Mk1 SLSTP Sleeper Car Blue & Grey 'Inter-City' 33-090 Triple Pack 5 Plank China Clay Wagon Flat Hood GWR Brown 37-326C 90 Tonne JGA Bogie Hopper 'RMC' Weathered 37-327D 90 Tonne JGA Bogie Hopper 'Buxton Lime' Weathered 38-105 Triple Pack 34 Tonne PNA Wagons Railtrack 5 Rib Weathered 38-245A MOA Low-Sided Bogie Box Wagon EWS Weathered 38-477 12 Ton Non-ventilated Van BR Bauxite (Early) Weathered 38-478 12 Ton Non-ventilated Van BR Bauxite (Late) Weathered 38-775 Class A 14T Anchor-Mounted Tank Wagon 'Benzene' 38-776 Class B 20 Ton Anchor-Mounted Tank Wagon 'Shell/BP' 38-777 Class B 20 Ton Anchor-Mounted Tank Wagon 'Esso'

With 30229 restored to working order some load trials this evening - as others have found bunker first and its pulls more. Smokebox first and without any added weight 4 Hornby Maunsells and a Parkside PMV seem to be its okay running limit. Added a Parkside BY and it grinded to a halt dragging the rake around a curve with part of the rake on a slight uphill gradient. With 10g added to the smokebox it just managed with a bit of slipping.

Looks like have the lack of guard rails is correct is on the low bunkered one 30199 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gricerman/15279924912/ 30225 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gricerman/14275457317/ Annoyingly I found one of 30229 in poor condition with an early crest - hopefully it was awaiting works attention rather than scrapping!

One thing that has just struck me, should not the rear cab windows have guard rails on them?

And here it is hard wired with a TCS M1 fitted vertically in the rear of the hole in the weight around the motor. Wiring on the loco is not dcc standard, pick ups are orange and black and motor wires red and black; and I have just found on the programming track one of those sets of wires is reversed as its moving backwards.

Found mine was totally dead on dcc, and then it also gave weird address reading on decoder pro (16127). Extracted the decoder and replaced it with a blanking plug but dead on dc. All the wires were connected to the socket pcb so I suspected a fault arising from the sound leads somehow as the last thing I had done was to fit a crew in the cab and had managed to get one of the sound wire trapped when refitting the roof. Pulled those wire clear of the bunker but still no joy. The suspect was then the socket pcb so off came the body, it was lightly glued at the front corners. In trying to resolder each wire on it the pcb typically decided not to play along and solder pad came off. Enough of this and removed the pcb, and twisted the wires together - works on dcc! Looks like a candidate for a TCS M1 now. Thinking of making the hard wiring easier I removed the screws from the weight around the motor but it did seem to want to move.

Were these right hand drive locos?

Have you retried 30225 without the added weight? How much weight have you added - presumably the point can be reached where too much weight will act like someone holding the loco down.

The loco design copes with sound okay in any case as the speaker would be in the bunker - the last place on a 0-4-4T you would want to add traction weight - the issue is how much weight should their be in the smokebox/ boiler - leaving it all clear for a 6 pin decoder is unnecessary as even a sound decoder will fit an area 4m high.

You can (at least in terms of installation restart) Settings>Update & security>Advanced Options Change choose how updates are installed from Automatic (Recommended) to Notify to schedule restart

If you download the update to a usb stick (etc) and already have Win10 whilst it seems to be doing a fresh install it seems to keep all programs and drivers - at least Norton Internet Security and my SPOG are working which was not the case when I upgraded from 8.1

The Nov 2015 Win 10 update is available to download to usb stick or disc see http://www.winbeta.org/news/use-microsofts-media-creation-tool-grab-windows-10-november-update. Useful if you have more than one pc. Seems that it as been released earlier than intended as it is copright dated by MS as 2016!

The loco is designed for the speaker going in the bunker and as I have got a decoder in the smokebox as well as the extra weight not having enough weight in the first place remains questionable.

Mistake downloading in the evening, took till half past midnight to install. While it was doing do that I unearthed my little used mini laptop and the upgrade downloaded on that, said it would wait to be to be told to be installed, then changed to saying their was an error and now claimed to be up to date despite not installing the upgrade. A quick web search shows this has happened to at least one other person.

Managed to get 8g of lead in the smokebox along with a decoder, anyone know what is the optimal. Its noticeable how there is no comments from he who designed the model regarding this apparent need for more weight.

Theres a new version of Windows 10 http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/windows-10-november-update-features-fixes-and-enterprise-readiness/ Desktop is downloading it as I type this, laptop is firmly stuck on build 10240 and refuses to find any updates!

Re the Pressfix numbers I used, I have now used a ultra fine black permanent marker to dab on the visibly widest part and then wiped that all round the number using a Pantone by Letraset Fine Line creamy yellow 134 marker. Has toned down the 9s such that they appear weathered now in comparison to the rest. Have given up trying simply to change the 5 to a 9 on the smokebox number plate as no smokebox numbers I have match those on the model so it will be a complete renumber.

Okay I've trawled back through the thread but cannot find any comments re the strange plastic box in the accessory pack and the large flat piece. What are they? (The large flat piece is seemingly item 10 on the exploded drawing, described as pipe!) Also its noticeable that the instructions are Bachmann like in the lack of information as to where the vac pipe etc fit - okay I know its not that difficult as confirmed by photos in the thread but there are three holes on the buffer beams but only a solitary fixing point on each of the vac pipe and the dummy coupling which is bound to cause confusion The exploded detail drawing is a bit of an explosion with the axles etc for the drivers and bogie wheels sort of transposed as to where you would expect them to be, the motor and worm are cross identified and the driving wheel bearings are listed as headcode discs!

Huge set of updates for anyone with Office 2010 this week Win 10, Office 2010 x 3, IE Flash Player, Access 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, Word 2010, InfoPath 2010, Publisher 2010, Excel 2010, OneNote 2010, Malicious Software Removal Tool

Mine did not last long as 30225, renumbered to Eastleighs 30229. The 5s were more difficult to remove than Bachmann or Hornby lettering; eventually shifted them with a typists eraser pencil (do such things still exist?). The Pressfix number 9 however is thicker and brighter so some careful weathering will be required. In comparsion in less time than it took to remove the 5s I have just denumbered a pair of Bachmann 03s with nothing more than a wooden tooth pick / cocktail stick.

Postie worked well overnight and my 30225 arrived in less than 24hrs, standard delivery as well. Here it is circumnavigating coffee table hill on a wobbly oval of Kato Unitrack, Code 83 I believe, without any problems.

They must have cleared a lot of pre orders as this lunchtime I decided to order 30225 (to be renumbered as 30226) and by mid afternoon it had been despatched according to My Account on the web site - no emails received however.

Yes the FA cup winners of 1894 failed to turn up, completely clueless. Quite liked the message from one equally p***ed off Magpie "Dear Santa, my football team has not worked properly for many years and broke tonight" !!

Finally got round to putting my RSH 0-6-0T together and discovered the Hornby International 0-6-0 chassis I have has a different front fixing which was resolved by gluing a chunky plastic rod down the inside of the smokebox and drilling it for a lengthy M2 bolt.