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Ah yes didn't think of that, just assumed everyone was sticking with rotating AB's. Just earlier purchased Freightliner Pink ONE (bargain £89) thus now have x10 66's to cure and yes I'm doing the bogie frame holes & back part as detailed by Peter Dixon & adb968008 on their YT channels which are extremely helpful, just completed my first 66 this week and now steady as a rock so onto the other 9....

I'm curious about the above posts talking about cutting down the AB's and re-fitting but no mention of bogie frame holes adjustment? Do you actually shorten the AB shafts and then re-fit them, because the only decent workaround to stop the wobble I've seen is to widen the bogie frame holes with 3.2mm drill bit or something similar and taking off the spring excess off the back of the bogie frame as well so they fit flush when you push them back in but I've seen nothing on just cutting or shortening the actual AB's to stop the wobble.

You add the item to your basket and then in the 'Qty in Cart' box you then add a random number (what you think is left, take a guess) and click on 'Update and Save Cart' and if the number skips back to 1 then what is left is less than what you put in, or if your number stays the same then it is either less than or = to or greater or = to what is left of that 66. You keep doing this going backwards or forwards until you reach the point where your number input doesn't skip back to 1, but remember at each input of a number you must 'Update and Save Cart'...quite handy when you are watching the numbers for budgeting purposes. Hopefully I've explained that correctly...

Well they look excellent and yes I will give them a go. Thanks both for the images and background to these new style nameplates.

Question for anyone, who does the best etched nameplates for the 68 as far as realism/scale is concerned? Got 9 68's with the supplied nameplates from Dapol but want something extra special for my babies.

Leigh's got 7 of each one, at least he's not profiteering like some other retailers...stampede!!!

If you fancy the DRS body with the printing error, £5 more from Dapol and you get the proper one with nameplates as well...https://www.Dapol.co.uk/shop/oo-gauge/diesel-locomotives/OO Gauge Class 68

I have 68004 and it wasn't affected, it was only 68001, 68002 & 68005.

All 3 from the very first batch 68001, 68002 & 68005 had the printing error on one side. I had purchased at the time 68001 from DRS Direct Shop for over the odds (£201) due to it being a limited run of 300 but predictably still on sale several years later and today thus I suppose I'm one of a few mugs who paid that price thinking it would sell out which it hadn't...mind you it is still that price. Anyway had the body for 68001 replaced with a new one for free from Dapol and recently purchased their 68002 & 68005 bodies from Dapol direct (£15 each) and just waited for appropriate 68's to come up on eBay and eventually got an actual new 68002 (it still had the original printing error) and another 68003 (is now 68005) thus why I have a spare 68002 (printing error) & 68003 (new) bodies. Too be honest not sure what to do with them whether to keep or sell??? Yes correct, if you look at a 68 from one side with No1 end on your right it is that side where the fade stripes stop short of the cab so to speak but at the other end the stripes go beyond the cab end, its basically off centre.

Yeah I've got both new TPE's plus 68034 which could also fulfil TPE duties so yes I'm full as well. I also have 2 spare DRS bodies ripe for a professional respray (not me doing it) but will need a chassis or two to put them on but not seen any for sale at the usual places unfortunately, rather do that instead of keep swapping bodies.

Not sure if that would work in the near future and we all might be TPE'd out, maybe in about 2 years or more to refresh it and probably even better if Accurascale produce more TPE Coach packs down the line to revive interest. In the more near term I would quite fancy Dapol doing the ex-ScotRail 68006 & 68007 in DRS Simplified Compass livery to fill the gap in the DRS line up from 001 to 008.

Geez Hattons you could have warned me...fastest delivery I've ever encountered. Ordered 2 66's at 3pm yesterday, arrived with me 9:30am this morning, now that's what I call Service!

It varies I suppose, ordered a Tamiya Pin Vice last week from Japan and at my doorstep today...7 days in total which I found quite remarkable.

Excellent current/future day loco announcement and the timing of release will work out nicely so plenty of time to allocate funds for a couple of sound fitted ones.

Yes I was looking at the ones listed which were either non-runners, inconsistent runners or that GBRF Europorte one with loose internal parts needing to be re-fitted but wasn't feeling brave enough to dive in. I basically succumbed to GBRF 66756 'Royal Corps of Signals' (really wanted that one) and hit the jackpot with DB Schenker 66118 which I had ordered previously whilst it showed in stock of 6 and then after a few days of it sitting in limbo within my account rang Hattons to find out it was actually out of stock which was disappointing but with their customer service being the usual high standard was given a gift voucher towards my next purchase which was a nice gesture.

So that was you to take it from 36 to 29

There has been a dump of pre-owned Class 66's on the Hattons website if you're interested in getting more...https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/1484058/1000588/1000635/0/hattons_originals_oo_gauge_1_76_scale_diesel_locos/prodlist.aspx?sort=7&pageid=1 I bagged 2 extra myself taking my tally to 9.

To add I would go for one or two more DRS 6630xx to go with their release of 66301 to accompany the AS KUA's...totally agree on the celeb's.

I would put my money on AS doing the Class 40, would love to have a couple of the preserved mainline running variants in BR Green.

I'm sure Accurascale can take it to the next level as with the current Class 55.

A little Deltic present for today. Some extraordinary footage of the Prototype Deltic back in 1960...not my video thus please like and/or subscribe to the original owner. Hi Fran, would this particular Deltic be on Accurascale's radar as part of a future run?...would be great if it is.

Here's another thumbs up to Colletts Models. Purchased both TPE 68's at very competitive prices and arrived in perfect working order...once again great service from Leigh.

I just don't get it. I follow the work being done in this thread on the Class 90's and the beautiful and expert resprays constantly being undertaken but why since its announcement nearly 7 years ago would Bachmann only release 3 Class 90 liveries outside of the Collector's Club which are only good until 2015 (yes you have to update the Freightliner from 2015 to current day) and don't do anymore after that, now bear in mind it's been nearly 3 years since these three were released. I am genuinely curious as to why this is the case, have Bachmann come to the conclusion that nobody wants to buy anymore new Class 90's thus shelving it (no that wouldn't make any sense) or what else could be the reason since they have the new tooling. You look at the rate Hornby churn out D&E's at their level of tooling and with Hattons being able to get out 30+ Class 66's and not to mention everybody else releasing loads of Classes with a huge amount of liveries then why is it so difficult for Bachmann to do the same or to a lesser extent and this way of thinking appears to inflict their new Class 20/3 range as well, yes you guessed it only 3 liveries. Everyone keeps saying 'next quarter they will do more', almost like people wishing to win the lottery but that has been the case for the past 2 years at least. Anyway, love the work being done on the 90's in this thread.

Fran, based on the excellent analysis above will your new HYA's be able to take poured in aggregate loads (via a plastic funnel) or only those with a fine layer stuck on a foam base?...I don't want my new wagons bending in the middle

Yep me too...would be great to have on a layout or in a display case.