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No Decorum

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  1. Mine was hopeless out of the box. The cause seemed to be that it was choked with grease (which should at least help preserve it for a few months). Once cleaned up and sparingly oiled, it was fine.
  2. Of course they were. My clanger and my apologies.
  3. Except that Hornby isn’t making profits. A result, possibly, of not winning friends but more likely a result of putting faulty models on the market. There is a lot which is good about Hornby and improvements have been made, in particular paint finishes and DCC provision, but things need to be tightened up further.
  4. An expert on here posted that the Hornby four-wheel generics were actually models of SECR coaches, even if they could be better. On the strength of that, I got four, omitting the one which was too short. It has been done after a fashion. All the same, I agree with your point. Particular or fussy people get authentic coaches if they fit with their particular interests and people who don’t mind so much get coaches in liveries which match their locomotives. There’s room for us all.
  5. No Decorum

    LMS 10000

    The main thing is that you got it sorted.
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    LMS 10000

    I may be wrong but I thought the Bachmann ones had the letters and numbers moulded on.
  7. Talking about pixie snot, the NCC coaches might require different bogies.
  8. Authentic four and six wheelers (and the locos to pull them) would be very welcome. My fear is that generic coaches will cause reluctance on the part of manufacturers to produce authentic versions.
  9. I’ve amassed pics of all nine and, after perusing them, I think you”re right. Acting with maximum restraint, I think I’ll go for this one and a standard GBRf one. I’m sure Bachy will do a good job. A Collectors’ Club issue is a good idea. I wonder if one will appear in GBRf’s Tunnel livery; that would be lovely.
  10. https://www.google.com/search?q=video+harold+macmillan+at+the+un&oq=video+harold+macmillan+at+the+un&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiABBiiBNIBCTEzNzUwajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a4b9f418,vid:tm7PY8GmeFE,st:0 0' 56"
  11. Leaving aside the AI writing style for the moment, it claims that the loco and tender are close coupled. They don’t look it. The fireman could probably fall through the gap behind the cab doors.
  12. I agree with that; plenty of room in the market for both Railroad and main range. I did wonder why Hornby bought Lima and a lot of obsolete tooling. What Hornby eventually did with the tooling was clever and remains popular. Where I think Hornby went wrong was to tool a Railroad model, then attempt to sell it with a few enhancements as a main range model. The result was neither one nor the other and unsatisfactory. It didn’t help that they were mired in the “design clever” debacle.
  13. As I recall, the separate bits didn’t fit where they were supposed to. It was a bit beyond me then but I could cope better now.
  14. I enjoy it on my Manor – I think it’s a lovely feature. The Manor chuffs heavily until it reaches the set speed, when it quietens, then when decelerating the chuffs cease and the vac pump is very clearly heard. I’m used to paying about £100 for manufacturer installed sound, so I have avoided Dapol sound, which requires an uplift of £125. (Skinflint.) Now that I’ve experienced Dapol sound, I don’t grudge the £25 extra. If Dapol ever produces Lady of Legend, I dread to think what that lady of legend Pru Leith with think of the imitation of her innards. 😄
  15. I’m not loyal to any manufacturer; I tend to go by past performance. I have found Bachmann to be normally reliable but even Bachmann fails occasionally. Hornby has released so many faulty models onto the market recently that I wait to read here what the unfortunate first buyers have to say before I bite, which I often don’t. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has to choose what to buy each month (how the market has changed!) and Hornby would do well to consider that.
  16. I fell for that one some years ago. After a panic-stricken buy, Hornby found “fresh” supplies from somewhere.
  17. Ah yes! Stunning models apart from the first green ones which looked as if they were coated in powder rather than paint. It triggered a weakness for Standard 4 4-6-0s which I didn’t get under control until I had thirteen of them. I never could understand the fuss about Airfix. Plastic wheels which were obvious from 3' away and motors which sounded as if they were about to short out the entire neighbourhood. Then Mainline produced the Jubilees – truly wonderful at the time.
  18. The tree is fruiting! I’ve changed my signature from, “Who will produce a Class 88?” to something else. Before the Class 88, I was asking for 10800, so perhaps there’s hope for my current choice.
  19. They were built with Sulzer V 12 engines (12LVA24) but proved less reliable than the double 6LDA (12LDA28C) installed in the 47s. All were re-engined to become 47s before being painted in BR blue and before receiving TOPS numbers.
  20. A tremendous announcement! Details have been emerging bit by bit, such as the two generics* not having works numbers quoted and two models being of the same locomotive at different stages in their lives†. It’s a shame that the two most attractive liveries are generic (personal opinion). What brought me up short was the decoder socket: E24. I’d never heard of it. So far as I can ascertain, it’s a standard mobile phone socket which, as the name implies, offers more connections and the decoders are more compact. So far, only ESU supply suitable decoders. *965002 and 965010. †965004 & 965007 and 965008 & 965009.
  21. They couldn’t. Like me, the designers were unhinged. 🤣 I found pictures of the roof details hard to find too, despite having a book about the 47s with information about the 48s. You’re doing a grand job there. I see that one of the models originally proposed has been omitted. Now there are just four: small yellow panel and full yellow ends, each with a weathered version.
  22. It would seem a good choice. We aren’t all Pete Watermans who can run sixteen or more MK. Vs and a 92. A 73/9 and a short train would do well. So I think anyway but manufacturers and commissioners know a heck of a lot more about the market than I do.
  23. I think I see that the NRM exclusive is a skinhead. It is blue but at least it’s in the tooling suite, so I think eventually you’ll get your wish. Clang! Apologies for misinformation. The NRM exclusive is by Accurascale.
  24. I don’t think this has been mentioned before. This is from the Collectors’ Club magazine. “The locomotive will ease back to slacken the coupling, the coupling hook will rise, and in doing so will lift a paddle that disconnects the opposing coupling hook.“ Therefore, it should work even if the adjacent vehicle’s hook isn’t metal. Whether or not it works with the droopy couplings beloved of some manufacturers remains to be seen.
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