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I sent mine back as it was broken on arrival as well. I really don't like the packing that Dapol used on the model. Hattons packing was ok and they sorted the return no issue at all PS is your cab handrail ski whiff

Flext track turned up today only ordered Monday evening. Cheers folks

Chuffed you still had some code 100 flexi in. Ordered some

It was a left and a right hand streamline code 100 point and 3 or 4 lengths of flexi

Ive luckily managed to get hold of some peco points and flexi track in O gauge. Hattons had the points in and ive managed to get flexi from kernow. Normally for stuff like flexi id use my local shop but needs must.

Just ordered my 14xx. Ive gone for 1444. Ive gone for the normal DC version as I have a spare imperium decoder which is most likely what they are fitted with anyhow. Thinking about sound decoders. Bearing in mind id have to use a 21 to 8 pin adaptor do you think a Hornby TTS decoder would fit? Im not after a 100% accurate soundfile just something that sounds like a steam loco. Ive used a Hornby TTS chip in a class 08 the only downside being not all the lights work. Obviously this isn't an issue with a steam loco.

Hi andy great layout im really impressed. May I ask how long the sector plate needs to be to fit your ivatt and the coach on it? Also is it part of the overall 9ft length or is it extra?

Wow as you say an awesome layout and only using 3 points. Plenty of operational interest as well. Its certainly got my brain fizzing away

My baseboard is approx 9ft x 3ft I want to build an o scale layout to run mainly smaller locos and possibly a Dapol 121 when they arrive. Features id like are small runaround and a siding or 2 for shunting, smallish platform long enough for the DMU Ive had a playaround with anyrail and im struggling to come up with anything. Id like to use the peco points, preferably the electrofrogs. Can anyone help please

Hi are the o gauge electrofrog points modified in the same way as the 00 gauge ones when using DCC? Can I still use a DCC80 autofrog with them?

Might still be worth a call mate

If you want to see a bad review see the one sams trains did on the Heljan 1361 tank loco

when I was last in trident trains he had some in. Hes in the shop Wednesday to sunday and is still doing mail order

Does it keep adding 2 to the basket by any chance or randomly adding extras?

Ive had deliveries this week from Rails of Sheffiled, Track Shack and Gaugemaster. All received within a week of ordering. I had to order from more than one shop as no single shop had all the items I wanted in stock particularly peco points and metcalfe kits.

Hi all Which decoders are recommended for the DJM 14xx and J94? Cheers

Now in stock at rails of sheffiled https://railsofsheffield.com/news/articles/3351-Dapol-o-14xx-48xx-and-58xx

Brilliant, I normally holiday in primrose valley and we come to Whitby to travel on the NYMR. I could drop my loco off on the Monday and pick it up either later in the day or on the Friday on way home.

Do you offer a while you wait service?

So to follow up I lifted my track this morning. I decided to mod the points as well but I struggled with bonding the stock rails using the thin wire. Big thanks to the chap at trident trains that did my half a dozen points in a flash. Whilst I was there I picked up the autofrog units and a couple of the DCC concepts bus bar units. When I got home I wired up the frogs and track feeds to the autofrogs and thankfully it all works as it should do. I decided to put the DCC80s in the non scenic area of the layout mounting them on the surface of the baseboard. All in all im glad I went ahead and did it.

ive got a load of the Hornby point clips, I was thinking of using those after cutting them little wire links? bad idea?

Ive decided im going to modify my points and add frog switching for maximum reliability. The medium and large radius points have an exposed rail and stock rail on the underside where they can be bonded together. The small radius are different - see pic. Do I need to cut away the plastic sleepers and if so where would you recommend doing it?

Thanks for the advice im going to get some DCC80s at the weekend from my local shop and see what happens. Means lifting all the ballast to get the points up but I think id rather do it properly this time

thank you for the reply. Will I need to modify the points or use them as they come from the box?

I don't really need a point motor but if I use the DCC80 will it still switch the frog polarity? If so does that mean the point blade is only essentially there to set the direction the train travels thru the point? Will I need to make the modifications to the point ive seen online - bonding the rails together and snipping the little bridge wire? The instructions for the autofrog don't say. My points at present are exactly as they come from the box And finally it looks like the DCC80 only needs 3 wires - the track feeds and the frog wire. The track feeds can they come from the DCC bus or do they need to come direct from the point? Sorry for the newbie questions