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6 hours ago, amdaley said:

Rails Connect Ros-218.

6 Function.

Maybe there's a cv I need to change ?

I had a spare Dapol imperium that wouldn't operate the cab lights and I think it is the same decoder rebadged, in the end I bought a esu lokpilot 5 that worked fine.

16 minutes ago, RFS said:

 

Looking at your video where you have the body off, it seems you also have at least one PCB screw sheared off like with mine - bottom right. Can't see if the top left is there or not. 

 

 

 

I think it is only held on with two screws the other two are locating pins.

1 hour ago, woodenhead said:

Patents can be bought for knowledge, doesn't mean they have to use them in full, part or at all.

 

Perhaps Fiat wanted certain bits of the technology, perhaps they wanted compare with their own to prove their own theories or perhaps it was to keep in their back pocket in case their own system was deficient.

Or to stop anyone else using the technology.

Kernow model centre, arrived on Saturday.

Dcc supplies used to show improved ones on there website with better protection but it's gone now.

The blanking plug is unique to this and later class 22s so the Bachmann one won't work.

https://www.railcar.co.uk/images/1872

The wiper arms were purple at least.

Self made with diodes and a lenz bm1

Try turning off running on DC, a have a 21 silver that wouldn't stop until it was switched off.

An ESU 21 pin decoder adapter would be easier.

Has every one who will be refunded been refunded, I have looked at my PayPal account and the money has been paid but I haven't seen anything else.

It only needs 5 functions front/rear marker lights, front/rear cab light and carriage lighting.

The problem with the Bachmann decoder is the logic levels are wrong on the function output for the carriage lighting.

Lenz silver in mine works perfectly.

AHH great western pullman £807 i dont think so were not millinares and we dont all want dcc and sound and a controler shame as i may have brought one.

Hopefully it will be sold without the controller and possibly without the sound chip by some shops.

Mine also has a lenz silver 21 pin decoder, the packaging and instructions of the bubble car are ambiguous saying mtc21 because true mtc decoders with logic level outputs on aux 5 won't turn the carriage lights off.

Just spotted the reference to Mac's Model Railroads in Helensburgh above.  I worked with the proprietor, Bernie, before he retired from the Navy.  Only visited the shop a few times as I had transferred down to Bath before it opened, and only got back to the area infrequently. 

When I lived in Scotland, I used to visit the Argyll Model Dockyard, under the Scotsmans umbrella on Argyll Street, Glasgow, and another model shop  further up the street near Tollcross.

Also remember The Modellers Den (TMD) and Eric Snooks in Bath, Stoud-Sims in Silver Street, Trowbridge, and Froude&Hext in Swindon.

Oh, and Pleasures toy shop in Warminster, an offshoot of Paynes newsagents!

Eric Snooks only closed last April.

Wikipedia though. I certainly wouldn't trust a Wiki page with very few sources.

 

Unfortunately there is little information in the Ramsay Guide as it only mentions the British outline models.

 

 

According to the Ramsay Guides, Bachmann acquired Lilliput and with it Trix and Minitrix. They sold the rights for British Minitrix to Gaugemaster.

 

 

 

Jason

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Trix.

I am pretty sure Hornby did release the Airfix 31, but not 100% certain.

 

As for the HST, didn’t the Lima HST replace the Hornby version and then the new tooling replace the Lima model?

 

Roy

Fairly sure the Airfix 31 was not released by Dapol or Hornby and possibly not by Mainline either.

I picked mine up from hattons and they tested them on the test track in the store, we went through several and they all did it with the steps clipping the air tanks when the unit goes around a curve and derailing the bogie.

You will have to trim or remove the steps or only run it on gentle curves.

To add to the above post the station staff at taplow where wearing tfl uniforms already.

London Transport Museum Shop, used to have a long plastic see through tube for displaying s-stock in, that’s probably the same length.

 

No idea price though.

 

Trainsafe in Germany do upto 3m length..

 

http://shop.train-safe.de

At Warley they had four car versions for sale and said they only had two eight car versions one in the museum and one in the tfl board room that cost £500 each!

I thought that close coupling mechanisms needed a solid bar like a roco or Hornby clone roco coupling.

I experimented with mine using a opto isolator wired from a function output on the decoder and across where the switch is wired into the circuit board.

The last batch were in the new year 20% off sale.

Website saying it's currently in stock:

 

https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-112599/reservation-for-class-121-oo-gauge-chiltern-green-no-121034-dcc-ready.htm

In stock for preordering due third quarter.