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is it a recent release 73? Seem to recall the first releases had an issue with the dcc socket

Picked up one of these for the bargain price of £50 fully boxed. Its factory fitted with a slim Bachmann decoder fully shrouded in a black shield. I think its one of the first locos they did dcc fitted. Runs a dream on DC, nice slow starts ideal for shunting. On DCC tho its a different story. Ive reset the factory settings ( CV8 to 33 according to the instructions ). On 28 speedsteps it dosent start moving till step 8 then it shoots off, not really slowly. On 128 steps it dosent start moving until something like step 16, again fairly quickly. CV2 according to the instructions is minimum speed setting and has a range of 0-31. Tried most settings to no avail really. Theres no mention of the decoders model number of the decoder in the instructions. Does anyone have any suggestions or is it a case of just get a better newer decoder. Im using a prodigy express

No but theres sweets on the counter so you can keep warm and eat too 😁

Theres a few places that do test before sending - Derails is one i can think of

My local shop still gad it on sale saturday as i got a few tins myself

Just picked up an 8 pin Bachmann 37 in regional railways livery - for £50 i couldnt resist. Thinking of getting a TTS decoder for it. No problem housing the decoder and being 8 pin i wont need an adapter. Will the supplied round speaker fit? If not what will?

Has anyone run these through the peco set track points?

Yes the pannier tank had it as well.

Ive had the harry needle 20/3 and both the blue and green 20/0 sound fitted versions. The sound files are the same. Not sure what sound file they use but there on a zimo decoder so unlikley to be SWD. Its a better than some of the earlier soundfiles. I do find the horns a bit of a dissapointment tho.

https://www.Dapol.co.uk/New-O-Gauge-J94-Announced-At-The-Guild-O-Gauge-2022-Kettering-Show Can't wait for this one looks great

check under new stock heading for tuesday

Theyve had a large delivery of Hornby in the last week but mostly older releases. Some good bargains as well.

I ended trimming a small amount from the ends of them. Runs no issue now. Sound wise im not that taken with it yet. Its much too loud but thats easy to turn down. I had to do same with the recent 24/1 and 20/0 locos. Switching direction it makes a series of clicks which is mildly annoying especially as it does it with the sound switched off as well. And the braking on F2. With the other locos ive got with the active braking quick pressing of F2 brings the loco to a halt and i can pretty much get them to stop where i want. With the 47 the brake button dosent seem to slow it down much. I'll keep playing but i might get it reblown or just sell the sound decoder and replace it with a none sound decoder.

Yep im fairly sure thats the issue. Are they removable? If not ill have to try trimming them slightly

Picked my blue one up today. Runs ok but somethings catching on pretty much every point. Possibly the bit that hangs down on the edges of the bogies. Has anyone else had this issue?

These look great and im in need of a shunter. How do they perform over insulfrog points and double slips?

I notice the box now says minimum radius is 1st radius curves? Is that right?

With the 08 now being sound fitted it should be possible in theory to upgrade any model to sound fitted now. Id love a class 25 or 20

Wow the 08s really nice suprise

They did it with the 47s. The already announced ones are to be the newer tooling.

Cheers ill live in hope of an upgraded 08 with lighting.

Are the spring 2022 announcements tomorrow? If so anyone know the time it wil lbe?

If they have already taken payment id have said the price was agreed and contract formed. Personally id have asked for the refund. Hes had your cash sat there for over 12 months in his account

The A4 set really looks great and its on my to buy list. Hornby magazine seem to think it will be a full spec A4 according to there range review. The Class 67 also looks interesting as i hadnt realised they had done a railroad 67. The little 06 set is DCC says dcc ready according to sams trains but im not so sure.

I watched the corgi announcements this morning and found it interesting they are doing several announcments a year, similar to what Bachmann are doing. Wonder if they will soon do this for Hornby as well?