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  1. Butler Henderson
    Its a constant problem with Hornby that what should be available as a spare part is invariably not, As a manufacturer they are becoming akin to the archtypical box shifter who is not interested in the small bits. Challenged for some bit or other their invariable response is try Peters Spares.
  2. Butler Henderson
    3ft 9 inch wheels so 15mm is correct, until they wear down a bit.
  3. Butler Henderson
    Who was the seller? Many of the smaller model shops sell on eBay.
  4. Butler Henderson
    Re the "Tubby Duff" I made mind less tubby by rubbing down a slight ridge protrusion in the sides of the chassis and reducing the width of the cab inserts which which otherwise once the chassis had been rubbed down were giving it a dumbbells impression.
  5. Butler Henderson
    Obviously the reference to J94 is regarding an Austerity 0--6-0ST - the 2-8-0s and 2-10-0s did carry the blue livery when on the railway.
  6. Butler Henderson
    Even when proof read such errors may not get spotted as the author may read what they think they wrote not what is actaully on the screen.
  7. Butler Henderson
    The problem was loading bays are typically single sided so a forklift load could only be put in at one end resualted in a unbalanced wagon. A clear example of a design not being thought through properly or did the designer think all loading points had operative wagon turntables,
  8. Butler Henderson
    What couplings are used on the replicas today ?
  9. Butler Henderson
    Remains me of a former neighours cat which had obviously became wary of dragging wildlife home due to the greeting it received and had instead dragged a carrier bag home, only to get the same greeting,
  10. Butler Henderson
    The insulfrog double slip is akin to any other insulfrog point in that one rail of a route out that is not set is dead, It can simply be powered by attaching the track feed to the two outermost rails
  11. Butler Henderson
    Presuambly those initial versions have only just arrived. Or alternatively they have done an internal appraisal of their quarterly announcements and decided after all the flak that has been flying around over the 31 staying silent until the point of release almost is not good.
  12. Butler Henderson
    There will be those for whom the nominally cheaper price of kit will carry weight over the RTR model ignoring the associated costs in completing the kit to a running fully painted and lettered model,
  13. Butler Henderson
    Its quite common for a number of versions of a model to be made at once as the tooling is set up. Bachmann back when they did a what to expect in the next 18 months announcement (which the press always misreported as being that year - ie the next 11 months) invariably subseuently added a numebr of otehr versions just before a model appeared. Hornby have at times scheduled different versions of a model throughout a year only for the factory to stick two figures up at them and produce the whole lot at once.
  14. Butler Henderson
    1990 produced model - Replica ref 11013
  15. Butler Henderson
    Clearance Sale OO gauge New brings up in its listings E10005 Exclusive First Edition (EFE) 1:1750 Scale R.M.S. Olympic WWI Dazzle Livery Also the pages do not show Clearance Sale has been selected - the only clue is that there are 29 pages whereas OO gauge New brings up 155 pages
  16. Butler Henderson
    Who sold Hattons locos otherthan themselves ? IIRC it was the 66 being in direct competition with the Bachmann model.
  17. Butler Henderson
    Might have been the Airfix one from the 4F tweaked with coal rails added.
  18. Butler Henderson
    Metal trim along the sides has a lip on top of around 1mm.
  19. Butler Henderson
    Reviewed in the April Model Rail; no need to look further for the April Fool.
  20. Butler Henderson
    The stock rail - blade connection can be a point of weakness over time in any scale IME. Another weakness of Peco points is the non prototypical pivot at the blade to wing rail. I have had one fail with the weight of a Bachmann 08 on it. Making the mods will resolve the first from occurring but not the second. IMO they should fit all the connections anyone might need so the purchaser only has to chop wires they do not want and not have to apply a soldering iron.
  21. Butler Henderson
    This paint supplier considers the yellow has have turned more orange over time https://paintman.co.uk/?s=warning+panel&post_type=product&type_aws=true
  22. Butler Henderson
    Once you get the new one do a test of it with 16v ac to each coil in turn before fitting it to check its functioining okay.
  23. Butler Henderson
    The 1974 Hornby tooling made use of an adaption of their GWR Toad chassis. The lit light only existed on models made 1974-1976. Source: The Story of Rovex Vol 3 1972-1996
  24. Butler Henderson
    Seller on ebay has currently six sets of the driving wheels https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265464840440
  25. Butler Henderson
    That happened to a neighbours cat back in the early 1980s; he had caught a poisoned rat. Having become his best friend he turned up at the back door a few hours before he died and instead of bounding in gave me a very sad sounding meow, which was also strange as he rarely made a noise, and walked away. Last I saw of him but it shows cats do have feelings as it was clearly him saying thanks and good bye,
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