gpplumy

ours hasnt moved in a few weeks now 

On 12/04/2024 at 05:13, big jim said:

Saw it in the yard at crewe as I prepped my train last night 

 

Used in anger yet ? 

On 04/04/2024 at 22:40, Simon Bendall said:

 

Any idea if 18003 is still at Scunthorpe please? Some suggestion it may have already departed back to Wolverton.

confirmed today its still at scunthorpe

1 hour ago, Simon Bendall said:

 

Any idea if 18003 is still at Scunthorpe please? Some suggestion it may have already departed back to Wolverton.

not sure, ill try my best to find out

1 minute ago, TravisM said:

I pretty much thought that, costs as well as being certified to run on NR rails make travelling by road a no brainer.  Nice to have seen them being dragged up behind a DRS Class 37 though 😜 

 that i can understand ;) i also know moving something by rail aint cheap ! lol

On 29/02/2024 at 16:51, TravisM said:

As I've ordered Class 18/CBD 18 BNFL 1 from Rails, seriously tempted to order number 2 as well for my Sellafield layout, I was wondering if anyone knows if these two came in via road from Clayton's or were they dragged in?  I'm pretty sure they came in by road but it would be nice on a future layout have one behind a Class 37 or 68.

road i think, i know scunthorpe and port talbots were delivered by road. i imagine it costs too much by rail

18003 is now on trial at my work in scunthorpe. 

Luckily rails have changed my order for me 

any news on this lately

Decided to order 31555. Its not fitting with the area. But might fit with my "what if" wisbech tramway. It does look rather wholesome in br black 

has anyone else noticed you can still order the barclays and the p class ?

Hunslets and torpedos awaiting production expected summer this year 

Latest updates on current models status 

Something to consider 

Planet industrials delivered, packed and shipped there successful victory class with just 2 or 3 people. So hattons could do the same. 

4 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Beauty is in the eye if the beholder

 

Just like this..

 

 

flickr url/ not mine

but that is a very different barclay to those produced by hattons. id like one, but its a wholly different locomotive

On 09/01/2024 at 16:51, adb968008 said:

Agreed, the Barclay was a lovely little model.

Hopefully someone considers a crane to go on the boiler too.

crane on the boiler ?

33 minutes ago, 9402 Fredrick said:

No, quite literally we are not getting any runs of later releases of Hattons exclusives, and with what has been announced, tye 2nd Andrew Barclay run is on the list of items not getting made.

I think he means like the 66. The barclay may be sold on 

Any news on the plates for the rothervale loco

2 hours ago, Ruston said:

Mine's ready for service.

 

Chassis block chopped, sound and Stay Alive fitted and, of course, a repaint. It's just a shame that I ordered the sound gear on Thursday, before the 88DS project was available. It's got what was the nearest thing in the 16DS project but I'll get it reblown with the 88DS project in the New Year.

I'm sure this will be the first of many.

do i spot a silencer, i also felt the digitrains sound sounds a little...off not sure why

1 minute ago, Miss Prism said:

 

Catching on what?

 

What I can only assume is the valve gear catches on the piston Crosshead that is behind it 

3 minutes ago, RapidoCorbs said:

 

Hi tlm, I understand that you would prefer to fix it yourself, I am a tinkerer as well and generally like to get stuck in even on brand new models.

I would like to explain our policy on sending out parts and why we are firm on the models being sent back.

We have a limited stock of spare parts, if we send them out to people, there is no guarantee that the repair will be carried out. All our models are sold with a limited lifetime guarantee, so if that model isn’t repaired and then is sold to a new owner, we may end up doubling our problem because the new owner may need the repair done, but we will have ‘lost’ the parts we sent.

There is also no guarantee that the repair will work, or there may be a mistake made (these things happen) which results in the loss of the spare parts and then further damage to the model which would then need to be sent back to fix, again doubling the problem.

We can’t make an exception to this because if we did and the word got out, then more and more people would be asking for the exception and increasing the risk of there being an issue.

I know it’s not ideal but I hope this explains things from our point of view.

 

 

Hello Andrew,

I experimented with my own model on the rollers last night and I couldn’t replicate the issue in the manner you describe, but if I pushed on the crosshead it would catch on the crankpin.

I spoke to another customer about a tight spot where it would lock up, they told me that extra running-in (circa 2 hours in each direction) helped a lot and cured the problem. If you want to try this, I strongly recommend this on a circuit of track rather than on rollers.

Of course I do also understand if at this stage you want to ask the retailer for a refund rather than sending it back to us again.

Slightly problem there as I don't have a circle of track to run in on , so I'm restricted to rollers. I have run this chassis in before it went back to rapido for repair. And it's come back with the same chassis so not sure what to do 

8 hours ago, RapidoCorbs said:

 

Is the crankpin catching on the back of the crosshead, Andrew?

No, it's the plastic bracket that comes over the front of the Cross head that's catching , i assume it's part of the valve gear. Only catched at slow speed but of course thats My main speed. Sometimes it fully jams. And I'm rather concerned that it might snap one of the parts in half. 

3rd time not lucky. 

Once again my 15xx has returned. The body has been repaired but the form stated the chassis was within expected parameters. 

Yet at slow speed it still tends to lock up and click. I've found it's part of the motion catching itself , and its two plastic parts which seriously makes me one might snap. I've also found the cab still rides up and down as it travels along. 

(The two parts in red catching as they pass over eachother in motion and clicking ) 

I love the 15xx. But I'm seriously considering cutting my losses and returning the model. Although I doubt the model shop would refund me by this time. 

I should add. I know corbs and consider him a good friend. And I can't fault other models that I have had from rapido and consider some of them flawless , even the hunslet that had to be returned as the second was excellent. Its just a shame that this model has been a bit of a miss. At least in my case . 

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15 hours ago, steve1 said:

Hopefully Hornby will have this sorted out by the time the later releases hit the shops. Surely they will get feedback about this?

 

steve

id not bet any money on that...

20 hours ago, jimwal said:

The distraction of pink wheels . . .

 

 . . . so no one noticed there are spring stops on one side only . . .

Spring stops ?