Kris

Sadly I have had to return my sound fitted version. No sound, no drive. Kernow have dealt with it well. They tested it in store and agreed that it is likely to be a chip fault. They didn't have a replacement set in the store but have ordered one in. Hopefully this one will be better.

Dapol have said in their newsletter that the EP's for these have arrived. They look rather nice. I can't see this on their website so have screen grabbed the info that was sent out yesterday. Certainly something that will be finding it's way to my layout.

The Paddington class 800's with sound are apparently now in stock. I have just been contacted by Kernow to say that they expect them tomorrow.

I hope that these sell well and it encourages them to look at more n gauge steam locos.

I have access to my e-tickets on both my watch and my phone which gives me an additional level of redundancy.

If you want to try one out, Halfords lend them (free of charge) to prospective purchasers. When we were looking for one for my wife we borrowed a couple of different ones to see what they were like. https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/electric-bike-trials/

PVA or copydex work fine. I tend to use drawing pins to hold the track down whilst the glue dries.

If it is a set track plan then it should be very easy to do Peco set track has equivalents in both scales. If not then just scale the baseboard size up by about 2.

Someone said that they had asked Accurascale about N gauge in May. They reported that Fran had replied that there had been no progress beyond asking the question.

We use intelligent octopus flux. Like you we have not had our system for very long (just over a year) so we also don't get any feed in tariff options that the earliest adapters got. This link will take you to the tariff and if you sign up I believe that both you and I would get £50 providing you stay with them for a certain length of time. https://share.octopus.energy/rainy-goat-5 This screenshot shows you the current tariff that we get. Yours might be a little different as they do vary a little by area. This link shows you the initial rates you can sign up for. Still seems better that your 12p per unit. https://octopus.energy/smart/outgoing/

You want to change suppliers. Our import / export price is equal. We were getting 28p per kWh until the end of June. Not checked not the prices have changed a little.

We produced 619.49 kWh in the end. This compares to 619.02 kWh in 2023. I am shocked that we beat last years figures even if it was only just.

I wonder where they are hoping the money will come from to build a new railway and a new road.

Got home an hour or so ago to find a BR early crest version on these had been delivered. It looks like a lovely loco but I will have to way a few days to see if it runs. Hopefully it will be better than my 56xx from Sonic.

So far this June we have generated just under 400kWh. Last June we generated 617kWh. The maximum that we have seen in a day is 30kWh so I doubt that we will break the 600 mark this year.