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I find something almost nostalgic about the TT range now it has the HST out, a HST train set, a BR blue 08 and soon(ish) a class 37 then 31.... It's starting to look like the Hornby trains I had as a kid in the 70s/80s. IF I was coming back to the hobby after a break, this would certainly make a good starting point for me. As it is I have this lot in modern day standards RTR in OO gauge. In the 1990s, I had planned an SECR layout to TT (100th with 14.2mm track) but even that has all now appeared in OO RTR. Perhaps here may be a problem, the range looks a lot like 70s/80s range to my eyes, and kids today would doubtless want things that are more recent.
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How about the ultimate in fake hood. A fake bible by Mr Fake himself looking to pay off his 170m$ debt : https://godblesstheusabible.com/ Online reviews make the class 47 Heljan comments look tame!
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Not only may it be a bad bargain but.... ...The sale will NOT support Dapol (who paid to develop the model in the first place) nor your UK based Model shop - many of whom would welcome the sale AND provide you with support with your hobby.
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Do we know if any of the Non-sound chips ever came out?
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In this case, they are not much cheaper than buying the UK. Nah! not worth the risk even if they claim free returns!
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It is not just Dapol. There are lots of things being sold by the bay + amazon + just about any platform that allows people to sell things on it all coming from China. Before buying anything now, I always check the seller's credentials. IF it is China, I don't buy it ! Right now you can buy 100s of cr***py figures, trees, lights, etc whose quality is - at best - dubious.
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TT Accurascale without the bikes and IoMan.
JSpencer replied to ERIC ALLTORQUE's topic in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
Ah but eventually they could be measuring up a 50 or 37 saying "this thing does not match the plans..." 😅 -
Hmmm... my lady smelling exactly like a steam loco. What could be more romantic?
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At first I thought this was a bit weird but indeed, the lighting is there but can only be accessed via a DCC chip. I agree the older models had switches for it: LIGHTING: Directional lighting, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control Cab lighting, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each Separately switched Engine Room lighting
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I am looking at the plux22 spec and plux22 to 8 pin adapter by ESU which uses 12 pins on the plux side. Now in the past with a 8 to 21 pin adapter. Even if you could not control all the lighting functions when they were controlled via several auxiliary functions, you could at least switch them on/off manually via the various switches as the remaining pins were covered like the blanking plate. However with the plux22 8pin adaptor, there would 10 pins not engaged to any blanking plate. So my hunch here is that all the interior lights on the higher functions will be dead due to possibly the broken circuit. My initial thoughts were reuse an older chip via the adaptor but I suspect I will loose a lot of the lighting under DC doing so.
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I have been looking around online and found photos in a Facebook class 89 group of her in the original IC livery pulling IC 125 (HST) coaches directly with no converted BG in between. They are definately HST mk3s as it is a TGS with Intercity 125 marked on the side. Sadly we cannot see the other end so I do not know if that was a HST power car converted for use as a DVT or something else. I'm hoping at least it is a HST power car converted for DVT use. Because the photos posted earlier in the thread showing the HST DVT with Mk3s and a BG, is exactly the one done by Hornby R40162 (43013) which are going for under £50 at Kernow right now. And I feel that using Mk3s and a HST DVT without the BG makes a much neater train.
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GWR O11/15 Opens and V14/16 Vans - order book now open!
JSpencer replied to rapidoandy's topic in Rapido Trains
I finally said "stuff it" and ordered the WD Open wagon as well. (And while I was there, I saw an open Cammell Laird too. They were a ship builder of RN warships, so made sense to include it). Here it is on the dock side with the WD van behind it (and a LBSC wagon to the left waiting for completion on the last pic). -
Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!
JSpencer replied to Accurascale Fran's topic in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
After one evening of running them, I find these less fragile than the Deltic and Cement wagons. No bits have fallen off and they seem just as solid as the simpler Bachmann ones. -
Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!
JSpencer replied to Accurascale Fran's topic in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
I tested the lighting on these yesterday evening. They stayed on for almost 5 minutes after cutting the power. Ah, I wish I had ordered more of these NSE ones, they are really well above the Bachmann types. -
One power bank provides a lot of juice so I'm not sure why you would need a second. If it is about charging time, having 2 won't alter that. A few laps out of the loco is normally suffice to charge it up. However I do get why someone would want to fit an alternative (they might want smaller or have their own preference).
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Mark 2b, By Accurascale and IRM!
JSpencer replied to Accurascale Fran's topic in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
These coaches are FANTASTIC! They arrived this morning so a quick few pics... Just as the Bachmann ones were a huge leap over Hornby/Lima, these ones are a just a big leap over the Bachmann ones! There is an awful lot of detail pre-fitted with packets of more detail to add if desired. And A3 size drawings showing you where. The Boxes are compact and solid, the coaches have weight, I thought the parcel I received was a loco! Lights - once they are charged, they stay on for a very long time. During the photos below, I had taken one of the coaches off the rails for a couple of minutes. The interiors are brilliant, these models are shouting out for figures. looking forwards to the 2C's Edit: Lighting can be switched on/off via wand and works under both DC and DCC. -
I fitted buckeyes (the longest ones, number 20 I believe) to mine avoid snipping off stuff. Then use a convertor vehicle. (I do this a lot with Heljan).
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GWR O11/15 Opens and V14/16 Vans - order book now open!
JSpencer replied to rapidoandy's topic in Rapido Trains
All Rapido... A V16 sandwiched between Rapido's 15xx and a Rapido Iron Mink. At the back of the train (very fuzzy) is a 6 wheel (ex SECR) Rapido Brake Van -
And Lord Nelson which I don't think was there before either.