WestRail642fan

Has anyone else had issues with recent orders on the new site? For me, its showing an order i made last year, not the order i made a few days ago

While the working sample looks amazing, bit of a shame the nose doesn't come off to allow coupling to a locomotive, but if the model is going to be fitted with directional lighting as im expecting, i actually dont mind the trade-off

here is a fictional class 460/1

i do wonder if Hornby ever planned on making a railroad variant using the new tooling since they did the same for the railway and railroad P2s with the same tooling just with some details and livery simplified for the railroad and sets

how easy would it be to install a motor into the dummy NDM in the 7 car pack, i dont think Hornby sell 5 poles as spares or would it be easier to just buy the single NDM for the 5 car pack and fit its chassis to the dummy NDM's body?

On 28/02/2020 at 23:28, Hilux5972 said:

Interesting to note that Hornby have formed one 14 car set as dual NDM motored and the other is just single NDM motored. 

could you post a link to this page?

9 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said:

Is there one on the other end too? If there is, is it the same or different? 

yes there is some on the other end and its the same

So while giving my 395 some oiling, i had accidently knocked off the coupler hatch on the nose and i discovered the female socket of a ball and socket coupling and this got me thinking, since i knew this was a feature of the newer Hornby Visitor Center unit from the 2019/2020 but i didn't think it was on the Sir Chris Hoy model since i thought would just be an empty pocket like on Sir Steve Redgrave.

did Hornby ever release a shaft for these coupler to connect to or do they expect to just couple two units directly, and if thats the case, wouldn't that cause derailments as is the case with the GWR 800 model

if the NDM has one motor fitted, would it be possible to install a second motor into the NDM so both bogies are powered?

I've got a question regarding the new APT, do we know if it will have full interior lighting or just directional lighting? asking as in the 2020 Hornby Catalog, it has a light build icon on the APT's page, but it also has the icon next to the new 395 they're releasing and that just has directional lighting

On 26/01/2020 at 17:14, 7APT7 said:

 

Hi WestRail642fan

 

Yes, I did notice only one pantograph I was surprised not to see another one at the other end of the 12-Car set but from the look of the coach there seem to be nothing outwardly visible to say it was the Power car apart from the Pantograph on the roof at the one end that is and those don't have the smaller mini Coach either do they... smart class of train though.

 

Regards

Jamie

That might be because they only run with one up per direction

19 hours ago, 7APT7 said:

 

Hi Roy Langridge

 

Haha... so the same issues as the APT-P had then, you obviously know them better, I'm not in that neck of the woods so I only get to see a working Rake on YouTube haha... so that's why I don't know what issues they are having with them and I'll look in to the Class 745's I didn't know about those ones. I notice the 12-Car Sets don't have a Centre Power Car, but the pantograph is on the second coach in, and no pantograph on the other end of the rake like the Pendolino's have.  I also noticed only One Set of Double Doors per coach in the Centre, rather than Doors at each end of the Coach like most tend to have.

 

They still look nice just like the APT-P did, regardless of the issues they are experiencing with them, Deja Vu all over again then...! Is it the APT-P Look alike Bogies they have the issues with then... or some other running issues. I just thought APT-P look alike in part soon as I saw it.

 

Regards

Jamie  

Actually, the Class 745 has two pantographs, one at each end, same goes for the 755/4, the 755/3 only has the one pantograph as it only has one intermediate trailer

20 hours ago, dogbox321 said:

Personally, I'm still confused, regarding the formations.

 

A 7 car set, plus 8 coaches = 15

A 5 Car set, plus 8 coaches + Extra NDM = 14

 

Will both train packs be black cab windows or one with full yellow? 

 

Also a few things on spec:

 

- Whilst it will tilt, will the pantograph remain straight as per prototype

- Will the front be liftable to expose buffers etc?

- Will the pantograph be servo fitted, or as per the Class 87?  Same question springs to mind (pardon the pun) with the Class 91.... 

 

Regards,

 

C.

I think the 7 car pack will also include the APT-U testing coach that was used for testing the design doe the Intercity 225

ok, Hornby are going to sell a single NDM, product code is R3948 and its listed as £109.99 on the website

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2020/br-class-370-advanced-passenger-train-non-driving-motor-ndm-49004-era-7.html

1 minute ago, BritishRail60062 said:

Judging from the price for the new APT. I wonder if this means it will have interior lights etc like the Class 800 does for that sort of money?

i hope its to a similier standard to Rapido's APT-E

1 minute ago, GordonC said:

 

The 7-car pack must be 2 power cars based on the price difference. The other additional coach over the 5 car isn't obvious unless its the bogied APT-U development coach when the rest are paired

 

the APT-U coach was used for the test bed of the MKIVs iirc, given how the IC225 was based on APT

just noticed that APT listing doesn't list a single NDM, so i guess that ruins any chances of trying to run 14 coach

On 27/12/2018 at 07:14, DavidB-AU said:

Something horrifying!

 

 

 

Cheers

David

i unironically tried to make a 2 version of the second one on roblox

First class 745 seen in the wild:

 

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(Photo found on the web, no source given)

 

I can’t help but feel that for an intercity train the single, central doors are a strange choice. I’ll be interested to see the interior layout of these.

 

Tom.

Yeah, the 745s will also be doing the Stansted shuttle runs, replacing the Electrostars currently on the route 

how easy is it to cut and shut models?