Quatford

On 14/01/2020 at 12:26, kiwitrains said:

So sorry to hear you have cancelled and returned. I have not run mine yet no 0 gauge layout but I am taking it to club today to run it hope the rods stay on. Will let you know.

 

Tried on layout and con rod came off and the front bogie would not stay on the track, going to contact Hattons

not good news, but at least it’s happened sooner than later and you have been able to return it to Hattons. Will you be having a replacement or cancelling it?

if you do get a replacement your welcome to run it on mine or my mates layout.

3 hours ago, kiwitrains said:

Mine has been a bloody nightmare and not even run yet, out of the box smoke deflector off and a piece of plastic I haven't identified yet, drivers side window out and both window deflectors in the box the plate that goes between the tender and loco, tags broke off and then the second smoke deflector came off. you have to handle it with `cotton wool gloves` if there was such a thing. I am in Oz so I have to try and  get these things back on. Hattons were very good when I had a couple of windows out on a mk1coach  they replaced them I wonder when there will be spares for the A3 mine is Flying Scotsman my next is an A4 Sir Nigel Gresley I will be making some `Cotton Wool gloves for when he comes.

hi kiwitrains, I’m in Halls Head, had exactly the same problems with my FS plus the issue with the rods becoming detached when running in. I also had the A4 on pre order but in the end dispute the hassle of re packing it, sent it back to Hattons for full refund which they did within 48hrs of its arrival plus a full refund on return postage, some $98.00. Can’t fault their service. I have also cancelled the A4 for the time being.

On 27/11/2019 at 04:20, jay*bobble said:

I would say I am lucky that my fs runs nice .I totally striped mine down and rebuilt it now bits n bobs all fit nice a fiddley  job but worth time that it took all day .     Soon be finished with the cosmetic up grades . Photos to come when its done.

Any photo yet of your rebuilt / cosmetic upgraded FS/

The marks on the smoke box appear on a few models and pictures I’ve seen of versions fitted with deflectors, but on the non smoke deflector versions there are no marks , so is this an assembly issue, or tooling error ??

Hattons have again impressed me  with their handling of my returned locomotive, posted it back from WA Australia Monday, funds back in my account Thursday
 

model arrived with one smoke deflector broken off and one side cab window, easy repair, but once the model was out of the box, which is not that easy, I noted marks on the smoke box and the top of the boiler showed a seam line which on other models does not show. 5 mins on the rolling road the front pin on the rods fell out and jammed the valve gear solid. The chimney moulding was also damaged / faulty mould where it attached to the smoke box.

Hattons have again impressed me  with their handling of my returned locomotive, posted it back from WA Australia Monday, funds back in my account Thursday.

Thanks for the link pH and thanks Jeff for the photo, not seen that one before. Looks like I might need to enlarge the opening on the model to match.

16 hours ago, JeffP said:

Yes, loved it.

 

Bit off topic, but why are the local birds singing in Winter?

Our UK birds sing for territory from early March, then for mates and to defend territory until early July.

WHY are Aussie birds different? They should start early Sept and finish around Dec.

Thanks Jeff. The “local” birds are in fact canaries in Ralph’s aviary, I don’t think they ever shut up during the day !

Hi Ian, 

From memory setting cv 302 = 75 causes an automated run in forward direction, to assess the basic load factor of the motor. 5m of straight level track is required.

regards Kim

Hello,

I have just installed a MX696 to a ESU 54678 smoke generator using the SUSI connector and the green wire from the smoke unit control board. It works very well using F7 (fan) and F12 (heater) producing smoke at stand still and puffs of smoke synchronised with the chuff. The chuff smoke is not as good (cv settings set to max) as the smoke produced on another loco I have which has the larger ESU 54679 SMOKE unit.(wired to a ESU xlv5 decoder)

I decided to swap the smoke unit over to the larger 54679 unit using the same SUSI connector and again the green function wire from the control unit, but no smoke is produced. I’ve checked all continuity on the wiring and all is correct, plus when the smaller 54678 unit is re-installed it works correctly.

I’m assuming that I have to alter some cv’s for the larger 54679 smoke unit but can not find any information on how to set up this combination.
I’ve set up the smaller 54678 unit using the SUSI CV VALUES AS SHOWN IN THE ZIMO INFORMATION booklet.

Can any one  advise on what I need to do.

 regards Kim.
 

Any updates re this topic Ray?

Regards Kim

Cheers Norman, I will give John a ring.

Thanks Norman, can I ask which Zimo decoder you used and who’s 

 sound file.?

Kim

Has anyone had any trouble running their model at slow speeds when DCC fitted ?

Kim

....and the Western Australia pre orders ???

Thanks for the advise Bob, and the pictures make it nice and easy to understand.

Cheers.

Hi George, I will be following with great interest.

I noticed the layout support legs, they look like the fold up trestle type with adjustable height, up to 1.2-1.3 m, how are you finding them for use with your new layout ?

Regards Kim

Err, so right, so what did they suggest they might do to sort out the problem for you?

Buddha going back for a refund.

Right, do I take it that you have the following:

 

Run on DC off (4 is run on DC)

Everything else as per factory set.

 

If so that should be correct

 

So I think that a phone call to Settle is your next step[/quote

 

Yes correct, DC off, and every thing else as per factory settings.

Will contact them and see what they say and report back.

Thanks again for your help

 

Update....so I have contacted DCC Concepts and described the above fault and have been told that there is a known firmware problem with some decoders working with the high capacity stay alive , namely there's as I've now tested the stayalive with TCS, ZIMO, ESU and they work correctly, but added to a zen Buddha, and a smaller DCC concepts decoder and the original faulty occurs, namely when there is track power loss the loco will reverse direction at a high speed. Adjust cv 29 will stop this fault but then there is no stayalive what so ever.

 

Apparently when they build a new batch of their decoders this fault will be corrected.., but this Raise a question or two, why when the two items were recommmened and purchased together for an o gauge loco install that the "known" problem was not mentioned, plus why are these products not fully tested before been released for sale? Are we, the buyers, the test guinneypigs ?

Right, do I take it that you have the following:

 

Run on DC off (4 is run on DC)

Everything else as per factory set.

 

If so that should be correct

 

So I think that a phone call to Settle is your next step[/quote

 

Yes correct, DC off, and every thing else as per factory settings.

Will contact them and see what they say and report back.

Thanks again for your help

Right, that should take care of the complicated stuff for you, so what value did you put in CV29?

I entered a value of 2 as it read 6