Riddles

The Name of the Game - Abba

The little bottle has a built in dropper, similar to an eye or ear drops dispenser but with a narrower outlet. The top is "child proof".

There is absolutely no need at all to mess with CVs 17 and 18. The Z21 app does all the calculations itself when you simply ask it to change the address.

Has the error in the handbook been mentioned here before? It says on page 9 that sound is turned on with F0 when of course it should be F1. The actual list of functions is correct on the following page but I did manage to read all through the booklet before trying it. F0 "opens" the firebox to see the flickering fire, and very impressive it is. Not very happy with the front and rear right hand steps being detached on receipt and my eye sight is not good enough for me to re-glue them so they will remain unattached. Sound is very impressive.

DECAL. Deck-al or Dee-cal? I'd always used the former but having heard so many people say dee-cal I thought I must be wrong. I recently heard a maker of this commodity say deck-al so now feel exonerated. I'm guessing it is a transatlantic import for what we always referred to as transfers. I realise that vinyls are now commonplace and use different technology. Presumably decal can refer to either type but am happy to be corrected.

Interesting to see that Rapido 902002 (£32.95) and Dapol 4F-013-009 (£11.53) both have the same running number of M701048.

Interesting news today about Hornby granting a licence to Kidicraft, to market a collection of jigsaw puzzles based on popular and classic Hornby brands. I am left wondering how they would react if another jigsaw manufacturer brought out a series of jigsaws "inspired by British toy and model making companies". Not very likely though, I have to admit. Hornby licence joins Kidicraft portfolio - Toy World Magazine https://toyworldmag.co.uk/Hornby-licence-joins-kidicraft-portfolio/

I'm surprised nobody seems to care that the SFX versions don't include a Stay Alive capacitor. It's a standard feature with Accurascale and an option with SLW. For the price, it should have been fitted.

If you check out https://www.z21.eu/en/faqs-support/questions-answers you will find that the limit of smartphones or tablets which can be connected is 10. In addition, 31 other devices can be connected with the X-BUS. I can't tell whether this number is reduced if another device is connected by the Sniffer port.

I believe some people have called it Gauge 4.

Nothing to do with the APT but on a point of accuracy, G scale uses 45mm track but the Hornby Live Steam Rocket is 3.5 inch gauge.

The steam effect did impress me but the gadgetry stuck on top of the tender looked very cumbersome and possibly difficult to miniaturise. I imagine a fair quantity of water would need to be stored on board to allow the effect to operate for any length of time. I hope I am proved wrong and that it will be introduced soon but perhaps it was just a kite flying exercise.

My APT-E decoder is 2783 which are the keys you would use on an old mobile to text APTE. Similarly, my KR Models English Electric Gas Turbine Prototype "GT3" is 483. I don't need to remember though, as they are on my Z21 app. with thumbnail pictures.

There are actually 3 S160s based at the Churnet Valley Railway but it is true that 5197 worked in China in the coal mines around Fushun. 6046 is also there having worked in France and Hungary. Number 3278, formerly named Franklin D Roosevelt at the Mid-Hants Railway, moved to the CVR at the beginning of this year for a full overhaul. It had previously worked in the UK, Italy and Greece.

With the actual loco having been used on the funeral train on 30th January 1965, and subsequently being preserved, that would never have been a likely option.