Northmoor MPD

If you can see past the gap in the handrail….Tony’s trains of Rugby has some DCC ready & DCC sound 7812 Erelstoke manors in stock if anyone is still looking for one 🙂

People will literally complain about anything… I’m sorry but a tiny gap like that does not take away from what is an outstanding model in my opinion.

Not sure if it’s been suggested before but an interesting model that would fit in with many layouts…

Thanks very much Karl, the inspiration came from piecing together bits of inspiration from different Scottish distilleries I researched and it seemed to turn out well in the end. I had the layout out the other night for a play (Trying out my new AS Manor, not sure many of those made it to any Scottish whisky distilleries though lol) I got a few fresh photos, nothings changed much from the last ones though, probably just more dust! I’m hoping I might make it to a couple of shows next year :) Cheers 🥃

Mine could be doing nothing other than powering the firebox flicker but the second I lift the loco off the tracks it stops, just like a loco with no stay alive would do. I’ll be messaging the AS guys after the weekend to get the support they have offered.

I purchased as a DC model but I have put a gaugemaster chip on the model, another silly question but does it have to be a chip purchased directly from AS? Sorry I don’t have much experience with DCC 😂

The stay alive on my manor doesn’t seem to be working, upon investigation none of the pickups on the tender are touching the backs of the wheels so it’s picking up on the driving wheels only. Silly question but does the stay alive just use the tender pickups or does it use all the locos pickups? I’ve had the loco sat on the layout for quite a while to ‘charge them up’ but the second I lift the loco or go over a insulated frog point the loco stops dead. I can adjust the pickups but I don’t want to mess with it if it ends up having to go back for a look at. Does the stay alive work well on everyone else’s models?

There was a Hornby delivery schedule document floating around a month or so back that had the collectors model of 78022 on it, showing it as expected into the warehouse around August.

It would be interesting to find out if they were oversold by Key or if the production run didn’t complete the 500 examples. Gutted for the collectors who didn’t receive their models.

1. Maybe they have told you Monday as a worst case scenario? 2. Maybe they only have one person packing and dispatching? 3. Maybe they are packing and sending in relation to when they received the order? (Mine arrived yesterday but I ordered on the day they were announced). 4. All above could be incorrect but keep complaining on a forum isn’t going to speed up delivery to you.

There’s something special about this one…Wow 👏 This is limited edition 7802 “Bradley Manor” straight from its box this evening so there’s no additional detail fitted yet. I’m so glad I have a sound fitted 7812 on the way to compliment this, I may even try for a 7820…

LMS 8F with a nice fowler tender behind. Then you have two tenders available for when you do the Accurascale LMS Jubilee 😉

Just a chancer, a number of retailers still have stock available to preorder as well as AS having leftover stock to shift too. In other news… my Bradley Manor is out for delivery! Photos to follow this evening.

They are being shipped out, mine updated yesterday to ‘In Transit’ with an updated RM tracking number, due for delivery on Wednesday so yours may arrive before the weekend. As take that said “Just have a little patience”

Coming along nicely, great little layout 👏

Great choice, I will be adding a couple of these to the collection.

This is the first video I’ve seen of the sound, the bark sounds good to me! I’ve changed my preorder from a DCC ready to a sound model after seeing this!

Hornby’s submarines patrolling the high seas? 🧨 ⛴️💥

Damn, cancel my order… 🙄

Has the sound file in the manor been tweaked since the video last year or is it just the speaker set up?

Great decision, I will be ordering the new ones today 👍

I’ve heard nothing either, not since the 11th October 2021 when I preordered it. I’ve had the DCC ready version, not sure if they are contacting sound folk first or something like that?

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Manors were already in the warehouse awaiting dispatch once the current batch of 37s is complete. We’ve seen how crazy modellers get when they know models are sat awaiting dispatch. You might all be tracking planes carrying no Swindon inspired products at all…

Definitely…I’ve ordered 3 😁

Still in use here at Williamthorpe colliery in Derbyshire in April 1967.