Marke

The Dapol JHAs are heavy wagons which I found to have significant rolling resistance's because the wheels rub against the underside of the wagons chassis. I think many n-gauge locomotives would struggle to move any largish rake and my Revolution 59 struggled with more than 6! But all is not lost - by adding very thin home made plastic card washers between each bogie and the bolsters (I.e. the pivot on the chassis to which the bogie attaches) I was able to get my JHAs to run very freely and silently. Despite the weight of these wagons, my Revolution 59 effortlessly handles a rake of 10 including around my layout including hauling them up a 1 in 40 gradient.

I can’t compete with the quality of Stuart A’s photos above but here are a few photos of my 59002 - an absolutely superb model and a beautiful runner.

Deltics and an HST (soon to replace all Deltic workings?) at the buffers at Marylebone station…..and presupposing that the Great Central remains open.

It’s been a long time since this thread was last updated but the N gauge society Ferrywagons arrived three or so months ago. I picked up three at the International N Gauge show and they are lovely models. Well done to the N Gauge Society volunteers who made this model happen, and to the manufacturing partner who produced them. To me they are detailed models that really look the part. The livery application and printing is all excellent. One point to note is that they aren’t very free running out of the box but I resolved this with a little grease on the axle ends and by easing the brake rigging. I haven’t encountered any problems with decoupling or derailments despite the long wheelbase.

This is a great announcement for British N Gauge - Well done Dapol. I will not be able to resist the two BR Blue variants (87 031 and 87 101) as long as the BR blue and warning yellow shades are reasonably accurate - the 86’s were OK in this respect but the blue / yellow shades used on the ‘recent’ Class 73 (as an exclusive for Gaugemaster) were way off the mark in my view. Also I’m hoping that 87012 in ‘mainline’ livery will become available outside of the twin pack with 87006 as currently proposed. Along with the recently announced Class 56s, Rapido’s Peaks and Revolution’s pipeline of models it looks like 2024 is going to be a horribly expensive year!..and what if Bachmann then shrunk there class 117 high density DMU and class 85??

Very good news that Dapol are proposing a new run of class 56s with updated bodies. I'm up for a large logo and banger blue versions but I do hope that the banger blue model will not be numbered 56 006 since that was the number used on the original Dapol class 56. Fresh numbers not previously used on earlier models must surely lead to more sales…much easier to justify the expense if the model is a fresh identity. I do accept that I could resort to renumbering if 56006 remains the preferred identity.

Superpower lineup on the buffers of my Marylebone layout (as viewed from the carriage entrance to the concourse).

The final segment, from about 13.35ish.

Some excellent positive publicity for model railways courtesy of the Revolution Team on the Jeremy Vine show today - who would have thought that a sound fitted Ngauge class 59 would make national radio!

I hope this is good news but what does it mean for those of us who have ordered a non-sound loco with the intention of fitting a non-sound Next 18 chip ( and noting that the original specification referred to a Next 18 interface). What does this mean for the DCC interface on the Diesel Parcels Unit and class 313. Will a non sound Next 28 DCC chip be available from ESU at non- sound prices. Hoping that Revolution can reassure me and others on these queries. Thank you

I suggest the Mark 2c coaches would be strong sellers, which would be of interest to many BR Blue era modellers and which have never been produced previously by any other manufacturer. I would certainly invest in a rake. I also ‘vote’ for the MDO/MDV 21t wagon, the HUO hoppers and the Syphon G. And from the list of locos, I vote for a new class 37 (but might Farish update theirs following the Bachmann’s plans for their OO model?); the class 50 ( whilst the Dapol model is relatively recent there is room for improvement) and the class 89 ( subject to whether Revolution decide to progress their proposal for an 89).

Thank you, good to know the Bachmann 36-567A’s are now available even if pricey….I fear the days of high quality £20 chips are long gone though.

Well done Kernow - looks like a super model. I hope it sells well.

Over the last 3 or so years N gauge locomotives have evolved from having 6 pin decoder sockets to Next-18 sockets allowing a greater range DCC functionality and supporting sound decoders for those interested in ‘sound’. Personally I am not a sound fan (in part due to the considerable additional expense) and my go-to decoder of choice has been the Zimo MX618N which I have found to be great value (they were selling for £20), to offer fine motor control and to support a good range of lighting functions. However Zimo decoders (and in particular their non sound Next 18s) are now as rare as hens teeth. Likewise the Bachman 36-567 Next 18 decoder, which I understand is made by Zimo and is the same as the MX618N, is showing ‘out of stock’ or ‘on order with the supplier’ at all main model railway retailers. I would be interested to hear other modellers recommendations for Next 18 decoders from other suppers in light of the current lack of availability of Zimo / Bachman decoders.

Very pleased with my BR blue Class 28 (with a dab of value weathering by TMC). Mine is a non sound version with with Zimo Next 18 DCC chip fitted. Runs smoothly with a lovely low volume ‘chug’ from the mechanism. In my view a superb first N gauge model from Rapido and good value too.