falken_gt4

23 hours ago, Glencoe Model Railway said:

Try turning the volume down on the decoder. I set mine to 145 after experiencing similar issues. (From factory they are set to 192). I forget which CV it is as I use a Lokprogrammer and it has a separate option to do that. 

That did the trick, thanks! JMRI has handy sound sliders for master volume and all the different sub volumes. CV63 for reference.

Cheers

Andy
 

Got the new Accurascale 37402 with 37/4 sound file ESU LokSound V5 from them as well. Brilliant loco and all the functions work.

However sometimes when I apply track power and start the engine it cuts out just as the loudness hits a peak in the initial startup, I then have to hold it off the track until the stay alive cuts out and try again. Sometimes it will cut out when on the move. 

I managed to replicate the problem on my programming section of track so not the layout, that is with just that loco on the track.

I am using a Pi-Sprog One V2 on a Raspberry Pi400 and JMRI and WiThrottle to control. I added a DCC Concepts surge protector as I thought the stay alive might be fussy to spikes but that has not solved things.
Power supply for the Pi-Sprog is a Toshiba 15V 5A AC PSU so good quality and plenty of juice!

Anyone have any similar issues, it is sound that seems to be causing the issue as I assume it and the Accurathrash Speaker use a bit of current but it is all factory spec stuff from Accurascale.

Thanks

Andy

Hi, am remorking some Lima Class 43s with a PCB I am making up. Essentially it will give all the proper lights from the proper lenses on the front and allow switching from Daytime Headlight to Nighttime. 

I made a 3D printed mount for it but have ended up doing a whole cab which I am prototyping at the moment. When I have finished both I will release them for anyone that wants them.

The PCB will mount below with holes that match up to the holes in the front of the Lima Shell, some 1.5mm fiber optic to each hole to prevent light bleed.

First pics here.

Cheers

Andy 

On 07/09/2019 at 15:33, magic_monkey09 said:

The dark lenses are easily corrected by adding a small bit of white pair around the outside then reassemble. 

Yeah, that's what I was planning on doing, glad to see it would have worked out. What an improvement, real oversight by Hornby that.

On 25/08/2019 at 23:32, surfsup said:

 

I'm afraid not, as the original cooler groups were replaced with the Voith Single Fan system upon refurbishment back in 2007-2009. The Cross Country / East Coast / Grand Central and Network Rail examples received a twin fan arrangement designed by Brush. 

 

Here is the cooler group of 43143 (now with ScotRail) at Penzance back in it's FGW days. This of course means that the Hornby model is unfortunately wrong. 

Thinking I can probably design and 3D print that, I don't know if you can buy them?

On 25/08/2019 at 12:05, Darius43 said:

 

Wow.  With expectations like that I suspect you are going to be returning an awful lot of models back to their manufacturers.

 

Darius

lol, I hear you bud, but this is the first train model I have bought that I have been disappointed in. It is for a static display as well so the light lenses blending in takes away the character of the face of the HST and the roof being gloss black (and not matt grey) looks almost unpainted plastic.

I was going to strip it down, colour in the light inserts of the body light grey to lighten up the lenses and matt clear the roofs but for £260 to do that and the roofs of the mk3s as well is a lot of work that I don’t have the time for as I have a backlog of other aircraft models to do! Was just wanting a hassle free set that would be nice in a diorama and is just isn’t for me, just sharing my opinion is all.

Cheers

Andy (falken_gt4)

Hi,

I am after a dummy chassis for the Hornby HST, the more modern one. These were on the following models - R2701X/R2702X/R2703X/R2704X/R2705X and possibly some others.

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/downloads/view/download/item/95 - the one listed in this Service Sheet.

Body Shell not important.

Cheers

Andy MacRae

Just received mine, very detailed but a couple of things have left me disappointed.

• The lights are very dark so when they are not lit the lenses just look too dark and blend into the front dark blue whereas the real one has light grey inserts behind the lenses giving them some proper contrast.
• The roof is a very shiny black, like a record vinyl. The real one is very matt and slightly greyer.

It also has the twin fans from the Brush Cooling System poking through the grills for the Voith cooler that are fitted to FGW/GWR power cars, not the single bigger fan.

The rest of the model is very nice though, just a bit underwhelmed with the lack of accuracy on very obvious things.

Edit: below is a comparison highlighting both problems. Going back to Hornby as it's too much modification work to do on a new model.

Hi there,

I am a casual user reliving my childhood trainset that I got from my mum's attic. I am also a keen scale modeller of 1/72 modelling and am looking to tidy up my 1983 InterCity 125 using my up to date skills!

I have the 2 x Class 43s (43010 and 43011) along with the following coaches;

Class 41 Trailer First - x 2

Class 40 Restaurant Buffet x 1

Class 42 Trailer Second x 4 (one of which I am going to convert to a Class 44 TGS)

They are the original Hornby R439-0020 spec coaches (the wrong length ones with the 7 windows!) and they suffer from some cracks in the windows as well as the white grey paint deterioating from the window frames.

All the replacement glass I have seen is only made for the 8 window variety and is just for the actual windows, the R439 comes with the glass and frame as the one piece.

Do Hornby or Anyone else do replacements? I don't really mind repainting the frames (a bit of a pain to mask 14 x 7 windows etc!) but the cracks are untreatable.

I was looking at respraying the chassis's as well as numbering them with coaches noted for the 253-005 class 43 pair of Engines.

Cheers

Andy