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Hi Fran, This will be my first ever Steam purchase, the preserved 7808 – ‘Cookham Manor' GWR 7800 will do. Cheers Steve

Hi Fran, These look gorgeous, will you be adding the bundle deals for these wagons? Cheers Steve

Hi Fran, Just got an email to say your Rawie Buffer Stops with LED are low in stocks and about to sell out thus just wanted to know if you do sell out will Accurascale produce more of them in the future? Do want to get a few of them but not at this point in time hence the question. Cheers Steve

I see pipes and taps, can you fill it with fine Ale or Guinness perhaps?

Seen loads of YT videos with them running top and tail on Network Rail trains and the odd one with either of them on their own.

Just an option if you see fit to pursue it, nothing more nothing less and yes already done to death but no doubt some hard lessons learned for Hattons on this product...hopefully they'll deliver the ultimate 66 in their next batch if they do it.

Not sure if that has been posted already thus apologies in advance for repeating, this is in regards to a fix for the lighting issue on the large headlight (bug-eyed) versions of the Hattons Class 66. A company called Illuminated Models (have no affiliation) have a modification board for sale to fix the the issue and very cheap and easy as well requiring basic soldering skills and a little bit of work installing, I stumbled across this recently thus thought it would be useful to post in this thread and must admit gives me renewed interest in purchasing the current large headlight 66's which I hadn't done previously...see direct link below to the product. https://www.illuminatedmodels.co.uk/products/hattons-bug-eye-class-66-modification-board They have also posted a YouTube video on how to do this, link below.

Yeah on behalf of Accurascale they can do for £141.66 each...you get the loco as well

I know how you feel, have sent 3 back already because of sound & lighting issues. Got another 2 pre-owned (like new) but one has a missing detail pack which is annoying because it is for the Freightliner ONE Pink which has a different yellow than the others on the top part of the apron thus on the verge of sending that back because I have been informed by Hattons there are no spare detail packs for that particular loco. The other is the Freightliner Green 66957 where the detail pack is from the EWS 66 loco thus completely different aprons to the Freightliner variant but waiting on Hattons to get back to me on whether they have any spare for my loco, just annoying little things, anyway have 6 66's now and looking to get 2 more so I just keep on going back for more

Hi Richard, Yes I had the same issue with 66783, see my post quoted above, I opened it up and everything looked normal & switches were set correctly. Sent it back for a refund, hope this helps. Cheers Steve

Here's a link to their webpage communication in regards to this; https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=900&utm_source=rmweb&utm_medium=hatdave&utm_campaign=mar-0729-hattonsbaseboardslaunch ...at least they're honest and didn't end up selling sub-standard goods.

It wasn't there when I checked a few hours ago hence thinking it only came as DCC Ready, yes of course sound fitted has now been added.

No sound fitted option?

Its a shame Rails aren't also commissioning 37612 as I don't think I've ever seen 37610 & 37612 apart from each other and always on Network Rail duties together....hopefully we'll see 37612 in the future.

I wouldn't be to concerned as there could be licensing issues that may prevent Hattons replicating those particular 66's, especially the London Underground pair as they were sold as Limited Editions via the London Transport Museum shop. Would be a shame not to have a Hattons version of these 66's but we'll just have to live with it if that were to be the case.

In regards to my own experiences with Hattons Customer Service they are one of, if not, the best in the business....an absolute pleasure to deal with.

Yes Hattons have got the EWS font incorrect as it is not the same thickness as the number but too be honest which manufacturer has got anything on a model loco 100% correct?...ok we wait for Accurascale but lets just leave it here on this debate of accuracy. I've taken the stance that I will avoid purchasing the Hattons 66's which have glaring livery or lighting faults thus based on that I will have about 8 of these that still knock Bachmann for six & at £119 (or less for pre-owned) there isn't any sense in buying the competition. Now come on Rob, the user leaflet is no more complex than the one from Bachmann or any other manufacturer who does a loco with sound. Trust me the Hattons 66 sound is far from weak or flat, it literally sounds like the real thing parked in your room and I had to turn the sound down before it brought the roof down....it is really that good!

Each to their own but the Bachmann looks tired and I suppose you'll get robustness with less detail, same can be said if you compared the Bachmann to the Hornby 66 where you can handle that one like a football without worrying about the detail because there isn't any and is priced accordingly. When you also take into account the weight, pulling power & functionality of the Hattons 66 it is actually a top end model especially at its current prices which either undercut or are the same as its direct competition.

I was like you a few months back but I took the plunge, trust me its worth it & you'll never buy another Bachmann 66 again...yes you have to be careful with it but that's what you get with extreme detail and they are now basically cheaper than brand new Bachmann's but of much higher quality detail with excellent weight and powerful motors.

No the reduction is on their remaining brand new Class 66 models as part of their Festive sale, further reductions can be had on pre-owned or returned items as they appear each day.

This just in...first time I've noticed that Cemex 66780 has a pretty distinct light bleed thru the dark blue roof at both ends above the marker light, the one which is above the cab windows. A bit of black tac stuck on the inside the roof will solve that or anything else really...

Got both Class 70's back from Bachmann the other day and run in on a rolling road, both had motor replacements and now running like new and faultless. Again, great service from Bachmann in the short time it took them to do the work on 2 loco's and the price which included the return postage...very pleased.

The amount of heads these wagons are turning I'm not surprised.

Thanks Al. I removed the body last night which was a minor miracle as only 1 step came off which I glued back on but there was another small miracle later on when I put the body back on with all detail pipes & steps remaining on the body shell...too funny. I found cutting up small pieces of white card and positioning all 4 pieces in the region of the the steps and body notches worked well getting the body back on without losing any of the detail, better than using credit cards with this experience. Ok the switches were set correctly and had a look at all the wiring and the soldered contacts which appeared to be ok so nothing looking untoward and found bits of tape randomly placed which didn't seem to make any sense but apart from that all looked normal, gave the contact pads a clean at each end as well. Unfortunately after putting the body back on the lighting issues still remain thus will be giving Hattons a call for it to be returned but I actually would like them to try and fix it if possible because I don't actually want to lose this loco since it has been sold out with sound, hopefully they can have a go otherwise it will be a refund which I want to avoid.

I was afraid you were going to say that, the thought of taking off the body scares the crap out of me with all that fine detail. Out of interest with your 3 sound models did any of them have the same issues as myself or did you experience different lighting issues?