55020

Go on, cancel. That'll leave more for the rest of us

Well I don't have any great allegiance to one brand or another. If we do end up with two manufacturers producing Class 25s, I will buy the one that gives me the best value for money i.e. most accuracy at an affordable price. Time will tell, but no doubt this thread debate will continue on the basis of "what might be" ;-)

I managed to bag an Aberdeen - Queen Street 1st Class return for £20.

I've just tried to purchase my "Advance tickets, costing £1 less than the price at the door" and when I went to purchase there was a £1 handling fee added. So the £1 less suddenly disappears! So why should I bother donating my money 2 months earlier than needed for no discount? This is a Scottish exhibition - right? I'll buy my ticket on the day, but thanks for trying

27023 still had it's recess in 1976. https://flic.kr/p/9GJpjg Here's a better sideview, taken a few months earlier: https://flic.kr/p/e2t9Ez

I run both a pop-up blocker and Ad-blocker, so probably explains the lack of issues I face when viewing the Sawyer website. No matter what, it most definitely isn't a VIRUS as was originally implied. Rather it is just an annoyance. I agree with Rob in the previous post, Sawyer need to sort it out.

The link is fine - it takes you directly to the Sawyer website. Perhaps your virus software is being a bit over zealous?

For the sake of completeness, it should also be mentioned that Zimo is currently going through bankruptcy proceedings. Hopefully they will re-emerge as a going concern, but someone starting out on the path of equipping their fleet might be well advised to take this into consideration.

Mmmmm, not quite - unless you are referring only to Scotland. A quote from the Bank of England website: "What is classed as legal tender varies throughout the UK. In England and Wales, legal tender is Royal Mint coins and Bank of England notes. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, only Royal Mint coins are legal tender. Throughout the UK, there are some restrictions when using the lower value coins as legal tender. For example, 1p and 2p coins only count as legal tender for any amount up to 20p."

So when are Peco going to produce finescale bullhead track with concrete sleepers??

As a modeller firmly stuck in the 70s and 80s, I would have to go with a 45/46 simply because there is a gaping hole in the market because the sealed beam hasn't been widely available to date. I personally prefer the 'old school' nose configurations, but from a market perspective this must offer the best opportunity for volume sales. My very close second vote would be for a totally accurate production Deltic, mainly because the spec being discussed would lend itself totally to the Class 55s i.e. great sound & diesel smoke Finally, it's hard not to recognise that a Class 47 wouldn't be an attractive commercial proposition, although it would have to be to a higher (more accurate) standard than the Bachmann offering. 37s, 40s, 20s would also have me reaching for my credit card. Perhaps the 20 being ripe for an "upgrade", with the Bachmann offering being so out of date. Charlie specifically asked for a diesel loco, so anyone mentioning electrics should be shown a red card :-)

Use a "spray paint mask". 3M make some good, reliable and not too uncomfortable masks that are widely available from online providers and on the "high street".

I think we should ban websites that "chose" to work against our will. Asimov's robot laws should be amended to protect us

The Loksound Select can only be reprogrammed with a "Select" soundfile downloaded from the ESU website. Is the file your trying to use a "Select" soundfile i.e. not a V4 soundfile? Another question, have you updated your LokProgrammer with the latest firmware?

It's quite a while since I registered with ESU, so the following might have changed. I take it you registered via the following page? https://www.esu.eu/en/myesu/register/ Once I input my details I quickly received an email asking me to to confirm my email address. Did you receive this email? If not I suggest you have a look in your email Spam folder. I had 24 hours to reply to this email before the link expired. Once I confirmed my email address via the link in the email I received confirmation of account activation about 24 hours later. If you want to contact ESU, the page above has a Contact link in the top right corner. As for the loco list not being kept I suggest you check two things first. Is you backup battery inserted and charged? Are you turning off the ECoS correctly i.e. holding down the STOP button until it states something like "you can now turn off the controller"? I can't help with your "addr" question as I've never seen that before. Have you read the manual or done a Google search? Cheers, Steve

Having read this thread I couldn't resist quoting the following from the Aberdeen MRC website: "So why iOS and not Android? If you know me, you may be forgiven for thinking its because I hate the fact Android was stolen from Apple while there was a Google Exec on the Apple board. However, much as the previous statement is true, it is not the case. The simple reason is that Android, being an 'open' platform, is very fragmented. What this means is that each licensee of Android (phone manufacturer) can make their own little tweaks to the software. Also hardware is never the same even within the same manufacturer. This makes App development difficult, and for a niche so small as ours, it become hardly worth writing an App for Android. That is not to say there is not an Apps - there may well be, however it adds complications into the mix for end users which is why I suggest to stay clear of Android to control your layout. The last thing we want in our hobby is more frustration! With iOS your App is virtually guaranteed to work out the box, first time, every time."

In addition to pressing the "track" icon to reprogram the chip, you also need to press the green "tick" icon to save it to the ECoS memory. Then when it comes to powering off the ECoS you need to hold down the stop button until a message is displayed stating you can now turn it off. Perhaps this helps? Steve

I'm sure Canadian Tire will stock something. Probably both wire BBQ brushes and file cards

Indeed! Maybe something will be made public before the Perth Show in June? It would be great to hear whatever is planned "in the flesh"

Hi John, Great post as usual, but in order to make sure you are welcomed back to the N East I feel I should point out that you were actually on Tyneside. Also a quick spelling correction (sorry!), but "Teeside" is actually "Teesside". Your not alone in misspelling this, which must rank up there alongside Stansted Airport as being spelt incorrectly so often. Keep the posts coming Steve

They do look like the dogs danglies. Thanks for the info. Cheers Steve

Hi Lee, Apologies if you've covered this elsewhere in your thread, but I'm interested in knowing if the "lots of detailing bits" are standard Heljan items or if you source them from somewhere else. Thanks Steve