Going Spare

Again referring to Service Sheets, the fixed pony truck does indeed go back as far as 2008 but I am not sure the rest of the locomotive was then to the current standard.

According to Service Sheet 438 it was from 2017 with R3509TTS being the first release, then R3555, R3642, R3681, R3682 and R3856.

According to the EU Delivery Terms and Conditions on Hornby's website 'Support' menu, as of July 2021 VAT and duty fees are included "in the final price you pay when you place your order on our website, meaning no additional fees when your order arrives".

If Elaine does not manage to supply a gear, is not Peters Spares 70-8026-026 the one you need?

R30114 34046 Braunton was originally scheduled for 4th quarter release but has been put back to next Summer.

From Hornby's master spares list on Lendon's website, it would appear that they no longer offer bogies or bogie frames for any of their loco-hauled coaching stock.

The only time Flying Scotsman appeared as 103 in LNER green was in 2000 when R2146 was released as a millenium model with gold plated metalwork (round dome, no smoke deflectors, tender drive).

Have a look at Service Sheet 450 on Hornby's own website (under Support/Product Support/Hornby Service Sheets) or at Lendons of Cardiff site. Obtaining the part may mean buying the main X7512 motor assembly.

Try ekmexhibitions.co.uk. They have a number of obsolete spares from Bachmann. Motor 36-102 might be what you are looking for.

On the lefthand side, immediately behind the crosshead and, I believe, part of that casting is an additional component that is not replicated on the other side (apologies, I do not know the name of this additional item). It is shown in Hatton's illustration of this locomotive but not in the photographs used by other internet sellers.

I have just heard back from my Spares contact at Hornby, who concurs with my view: X9665 no tyres, X9665M tyred. However, checking stock, he confirms both packs are tyred "which is strange". Further, the groove in X9665 wheels is wider that that in X9665M, for which tyre X9722 is not appropriate, but the tyre for the wider groove can not as yet be identified. Confusion reigns (hopefully only temporarily).

I can only offer the opinion that the wheelsets have been incorrectly identified. The same wheelsets are used on the 59 among others and if you check the series of service sheets 294-294C, you will see that early releases were equipped with X9665 wheelsets whereas more recent models have X9665M which is flagged as "with tyres" and the tyres themselves are X9722. But I have to acknowledge both the X9665 and X9665M packs appear on the major spares suppliers' websites as tyre-fitted; neither pack features on Hornby's own site.

Not so. X9665 was the pack number for the wheelsets with plain treads (no grooves at all), which was fairly quickly replaced (across all the ex-Lima models) when it was found that the wheels slipped far too easily. X9665M is, to my knowledge, the only pack issued with grooved wheelsets for the ex-Lima 47, taking tyres in pack X9722 (the smaller diameter tyres for the 73, DMUs, etc., being in pack X9721). Unfortunately, this is one of many models for which Hornby have yet to get around to updating the Service Sheet, hence my earlier suggestion that Hornby be asked to confirm that those are indeed still the correct tyres.

I would take up Hornby's offer to supply a few spares, even if only to confirm what you purchased as replacements are correct. As you make no mention of it in your latest post, I am assuming Hornby made no comment as to whether X9722 is still the correct pack?

You are no doubt referring to S/S 438 which does indeed show just 2 screws but the chassis bottom moulding has what appears to be a third screw hole above the NEM coupling box. If you look at S/S 370 also for the Duchess/Princess Coronation, 3 screws are shown with what looks to be the same moulding. I therefore wonder whether you have a 3rd screw hidden by the coupling?

The TTS decoder is unlikely to be able to handle the current draw of a X-series motor.

Lendons have X8849.

My feeling would also be no for Hornby's decoder and speaker, but it might just depend upon which Saint you have: Clevedon Court was paired with the Collett tender so the drive unit has removable weights, the others run with the Churchward tender and the drive unit has built-in weight.

I agree these do not appear to be the before & after for the same tyre. If you bought the new tyres from Hornby or one of their Service Dealers and have had the loco from new and therefore know the tyres were factory fitted, as I said before speak with Hornby Customer Services for their guidance. (The bottom righthand tyre still in the bag looks to be larger than the others?)

That is the pack that has been specified by Hornby for the ex-Lima class 47 since it was introduced. The tyres have to be stretched over the flanges to then sit tightly in the grooves. I would check with your supplier that you have been sent the correct tyres and, if you are still uncertain, with Hornby Customer Services to see whether there has been any unpublicised change to the specification for your particular model.

It is based upon the Lima model but the chassis and drive unit were re-engineered by Hornby and the tyres are of the standard - albeit small - squarer cross-section rather than Lima's thin 'tap washers'.

RAF96 Often, yes - but the problem here is the Service Sheets (309 to 309F) for the Railroad 47 make no reference to tyres.

The pack you need is X9722.

If you compare Service Sheets 91A and 235 (UK and Chinese tender-driven locos, respectively), you will see that the chassis blocks do have differences affecting at least the mounting of the valvegear assemblies and what Hornby refer to as the Motion Plate which, from memory, reduced the gap between the chassis and boiler on the Chinese version. Axle diameters may also be different.

Check the diameter of the plastic wheels - I believe the Railroad grouping-era coaches still use 12.6mm wheels.