Tony Walker

I agree, Bachmann have done a great job. Even the sound is better on this one than on the East Midland livery one I have. Not sure if Bachmann have changed the speaker for a better one.

Thanks Shunny. Mine's in at Tennents Trains, so I'll be off there shortly to collect it.

Thanks, just have to wait and see if I get a call about the one I've ordered then.

Are you sure? Looking on the Bachmann website and searching for 158, this one isn't there now! It was earlier this month and was down for March/April delivery, but it's not there now. No idea what's happened, but maybe someone at Ally Pally could ask Bachmann what's happened to it. Or if it's on display in one of the cabinets.

Kris, Let us know how you get on, and anyone else who gets one or more. I'm particularly interested in the function outputs and how much control you have on the lighting. And if they are suitable for say a Hatton's 66, with all the options you have with the lighting on this loco. There's a big saving on buying an ESU Loksound decoder, compares with the Hornby 21 pin decoder, loaded with the class 66 sounds.

Here's a video of the new auto-ballasters from Bachmann Collectors Club. Yes, they are expensive, but Bachmann have made a really nice job of them. Just need to get around to weathering the original rake at some point.

= 230mm. Hope that helps.

Hi Bryan, If you have a pack of HYA/IIA wagons with the tail light fitted, the wand works from those packs as well. That's what I've been using. The wand in the Mk5 pack is still in there. Just a thought. Tony.

I've set my 59 up the same and I agree with the overall volume level. I've set CV63 (the volume CV) at 120 and that seems to give the best volume setting. Although it's OK when running just the 59, if you run say a Hatton's 66, then the volume level difference really does show up. Not sure if there's another way of increasing the volume.

Here's a video of the GBRf version of the wagons. These are really good, with plenty of detail. Excuse the Dapol wagon at the front, it's got a coupling that suits the connection to the loco.

Here's a video of my class 59 59206 on a stone train. With Dapol, Accurascale and Revolution stone wagons. It's got good pulling capacity, even with the heavier Dapol wagons on the rear.

Knapdale, Not heard of anyone else with this problem, other than Brian, but maybe people just send their models back for repair. But I have seen reports of a similar problem with the class 92 model. And looking at the comments on the review video it's more than one. I did ask Simon at Accurascale, who fixed mine, what the problem was, but never got a reply. Maybe Accurascale are aware of the problem, but don't want to say in case the alarm bells start ringing. Just hope I don't have a similar problem with any of the several class 37's I have on order.

Brian, I've had the same problem. Initially the motor was just pulling too many amps, much more than the other two deltics I have. Then it started to develop the problems you are having. I emailed the support address and was told to return the loco but had to do via Rails the suppliers. Still waiting on it coming back from Rails, but I believe it to be fixed. I chased it via Simon at Accurascale. He had to fix another problem I had. I purchased a sound decoder and speaker from Accurascale to fit into a non-sound version. Couldn't get it to work at all, although the decoder worked correctly in another loco. Sent it back to Simon and he's sorted it out. Now back on the layout and sounding wonderful.

Thanks Ben, is it possible to get the tracking numbers, if you are using Royal Mail 48 hour tracked please? That at least we are able to track the parcel thru the system.

Still waiting on mine coming, despite the email notifying me that they have been despatched, that was sent two weeks ago. I've emailed Revolution for an update but heard nothing back yet. Hope they haven't used Royal Mail, as I've just waited two weeks for a returned loco, posted on a 48-hour delivery. Just hope I get them before Xmas.

They have enough problems trying to find the indicators. Yet to see a beemer indicate on an island!

I fully agree with the horn sound. Why its speed related I've no idea! When stationary, as you say, it's a toot on the single horn sound and no better on the two-horn sound. If you run the loco at top speed, both horn sounds last for ages and isn't realistic in any way. Why the horn set up wasn't arranged as playable, as per the class 47 I've no idea. With the 47 horns, at least you have the option to change one of the horn sounds by changing a CV, which is a nice touch.

I'm sure I saw and announcement from RevolutioN on Facebook that these had arrived. Is this true? I was expecting an email asking for the outstanding balance, but I've had one come thru. Any chance of confirmation was to whether these have arrived please? Tony.

Yes I have. I needed spares for a Deltic and waited over a month for them, despite a few email reminders. In fairness I did request the spares shortly after the locos had come into the country, so the spares may not have been available straight away. My post wasn't aimed at knocking anyone, but it's annoying when people do so in such a manner. I've dealt with both Accurascale and Bachmann on a few occasions and found both to be very good. But who's to know who's actually the best. To be fair to all companies, we shouldn't really be asking for spares on any new locos, whether bits have fallen off and lost, or missing in the first place.

Almost, I had a small pipe missing from the accessory bag from a class 37. Emailed Bachmann Spares with a photo and two pipes supplied within a couple of days, free of charge. And I didn't wait over a month for them.

Great looking loco and now with all the pipework and snow ploughs fitted it looks even better. Can't wait for the other 37/4 37418 to be delivered and get the full treatment. Here's a photo of it, together with it's mate 37422 in EWS maroon.

Or turn off the loco red taillights when pulling coaches or wagons!

The ETH plug on the front of the loco is easy to fit. You need to attach the cable to the junction box first, then fix the plug and the junction box to the loco and set them up so the cable is aligned with the plug. Do not glue the cable to the plug, as it will cause a problem if you need to remove the body obviously. See the photos here. Fitting both ends with all the bits took me around 15 minutes, so it's not a time-consuming task. This is the Kernow exclusive 47484 . This time some of the bogie parts, such as half the brake actuators had already been fitted, so that saved some time.

I don't think you can use the word inferior yet, as we haven't got an Accurascale 37 in our hands to compare it to the latest Bachmann version. Yes the previous Bachmann version is definitely inferior to the Accurascale version, as the new Bachmann version is a great deal better than the old one. I have both so can comment on this. Once I receive the Accurascale version I can then compare both versions and so comment. None of us can really comment on the two versions yet, as we haven't got an Accurascale version. But I do agree on the more expensive comment, as we can see by the prices.

Surely they would be getting rid of their original tooling and hopefully sorting out the rotating axle boxes.