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[speculation] I have a feeling that top cash get eBay money though the eBay affiliate program. (https://partnernetwork.ebay.co.uk/) https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk&pub=5574630565&campid=5337722312&customid=1x18816382293 If you look at an example referral link from top cash back, to me at least, it certainly looks like an affiliate link. eBay affiliate payments are based on a % of eBay's revenue on the items sold, and when they do these offers, they essentially cut all their revenue so give nothing to the affiliates... (I've probably used the wrong financial terminology) [/speculation]

eBay have another 10% off... https://pages.ebay.co.uk/coupons/2018/pinchme.html?_trkparms=%26clkid%3D8870486593732759144 Code: PINCHME Ends just before midnight on Sunday/Monday

Nice load for a 153 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-Gauge-London-Midland-city-Train-and-two-Coal-Wagon-Packs/183541937004

Not many of these reductions seem that amazing to me (on the Diesel side)... Highlights seem to be: EWS Class 67 £89: https://www.hattons.co.uk/StockDetail.aspx?SID=98072 Chiltern Class 68 £79: https://www.hattons.co.uk/StockDetail.aspx?SID=145650 Metropolitan Bo-Bo £64: https://www.hattons.co.uk/StockDetail.aspx?SID=202957 East Coast Mk4s £11: https://www.hattons.co.uk/StockDetail.aspx?SID=98171 No doubt the smaller discounts will be useful to those considering purchase anyway, just not too much on a impulse attraction for me anyway!

I don't think many people are trying to recreate a British version of miniatur wunderland!!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Travel-Card-Zone-2-3-Yearly-London-Oyster-card-EXP-31-AUG-2018/122940108959 The price on non-existent travel these days... extortion!

Just a thought, If this was planned to be using NFC (which looks likely given sensors and a fag strips), maybe the delay is due to technical limitations? I have an NFC sensor as am working on a database for model train maintenance (using NFC tags to identify trains), and when I move the tags over the sensor, it takes about half a second to a second for the tag to be read. I wonder if with the speed of some model trains, this is just too quick and makes it currently not feasible to use this type of method?

Did this ever come out?

Do these boogies fit into the older style ones easily? Could do with a NEM pocket one to work with the class 68 properly...

What arguments are there for it not being a protection based decision? As far as I can see it is perhaps a pointless first post from me stating an "obvious" fact, but I would be very interested in hearing why it's not that type of move/decision. I didn't say there was anything wrong with protectionism, but in retrospect the starting word of "such" made it more of an opinion type claim? I'm not aware of any, my father only ever mentions model railway items being available in the market in the city so I am inclined to guess at not. I'm the type to Google until I find the absolute lowest price, which often ends up being a random local model shop of another area. Is there much wrong with wanting the lowest possible price?

Was only an observation. I do wish I had a local model shop.

Such protectionism is this marketplace!

Well if they haven't planned for that, I hope they just go ahead with it anyway. They haven't announced any /1 models for years, and I think that might be because people complained the under frame was inaccurate... If there strategy is to suspended models which would be inaccurate, i'd personally rather have the inaccurate model than none at all.

I wouldn't expect you not to know!!! I just felt the repetitive criticism too much after i'd already posted an action plan as i'm over sensitive for no apparent reason.

They seem to take longer to manufacture than I'd have expected, nice to get a glimpse of the manufacturing process! Still trying to hold out until a Central one might be made, but that Birmingham provincial one is so tempting...

WOW! Just finished upgrading the wires between the controller/terminal boxes & throughout the terminal boxes, and it's like a totally different layout! No more power issues at all, trains i'd never have dreamt at running at the same time are now! Thanks for your help!

Action plan is: From that point onward, I was only really asking about circuit breakers with the future in mind. I've already been told many times the wiring is poor, I don't need telling over and over again as the repetition is pushing it more and more to the point of depression. Would have been good enough.. I shall bookmark them for when I do my next layout so thank you for the reference.

It usually does cut off when that happens to be fair. Sometimes it makes a strange sound where it sounds like its trying to cut off but doesn't. What type of circuit breaker and where in the circuit would it go? Immediately after the output of the booster?

Oh hang on, I said 0.1mm, I meant 1mm (must have been thinking in cm, whoops).

Thanks for the info, I don't have time or the access to replace all the wire. It has been operating like this for a good 2 years and I've never had any big problems apart from the speed. I shall upgrade the wire between the controller and blocks, and the daisy chain between the blocks. I don't intend to have this layout forever, so i'll just keep all the info about the wiring in mind for the next layout. It was wire originally purchased for locos (but was too thick) so I guess I shan't be doing that again! I guess this explains why the middle loop often runs slower? (Less junctions so less points where a wire meets the track so less voltage?)

Hi, Thanks for the replies. It seems like I may have multiple issues related? My DCC set-up is the wires out of the DCC controller into a daisy chained terminal strips which then has a wire going into each slot for each track connection. Yesterday I had a short circuit caused by a derailed coach, which the controller wasn't picking up. In trying to diagnose, I noticed the wires were getting a bit hot, so I guess I perhaps need a more substantial wire from controller to terminals might work as I'm only using the 0.1mm rapid wires at the moment? I did also just try this and it took about 2 seconds before cutting out. I don't keep the lights on (apart from on a digitrax decoder which seems to default to on). When I unplugged the bottom section, the locos sped up so it suggests that perhaps this is also a problem? I defiantly think a switch would be useful here. Not totally sure what the best plan of action is though. I think the first step would be up upgrade the wring to the terminal, But I'm not sure that in itself is enough to sort out that specific problem? If not, what should I do? Is there a better connection system I should be using? I don't really want to take the metal tape approach as it would interfere with accessibility too much. Assuming I upgrade this somewhat and if it still appears to be a problem, maybe I should look to split it into just 2 regions? Not 100% sure how I would do this though, would it be sensible to have 1 loop and a depot connected into one region? (I can't really fiddle around in the under section much as it's only 16cm away from the board above, hence I personally refer to it as a depot then a fiddle yard).

I don't think the Elite can do that. I would have thought it would have been possible with some sort of tool. There are isolating sections between all sets of points between the loops, so I think it would be relativity easy to just make each loop it's own power district. I have a lot of static trains with decoders, I would assume the decoders are always on, would this draw a lot of current? (about 30?) I don't intend on increasing the ampage. I don't think the Elite supports more than 4Amps anyway..