Albie the plumber

Its been suggested elsewhere that release of that model will be around July .

Perhaps Kernow are the people to ask

Could one assume it left Denmark on a ship ?

Regarding stay alive , my advice would be to suck it and see . If the performance over paintwork is poor then it could be an option . Aftermarket V5 decoders usually have the 3 wires for the stay alive pre attached but I'm not sure if that is the case with factory fitted decoders. Certain companies will fit stay alive for a reasonable fee e.g. Roads and rails .

The Hornby model is IMO the better model in terms of running qualities and indeed detail . I did own Bachmann versions of the 08 but they used to pick up dirt from the rails like mad . While both models can be converted to DCC sound , again , the Hornby model has more space . I've got an 07 waiting in the wings for sound treatment . It's a lovely model but would benefit from having stay alive . There are videos on YouTube showing installation of sound and stay alive . Personally recommend stay alive in the 08 too as I have models both with and without and the difference was notable . HTH

Well I wont be telling the other half that I spent 5p shy of £350.00 . The first thing she will want to know is why I haven't spent that much on her ! At least I can switch the sound off on the former ! :p

Very sad to hear of this though I understand the reasons why . Will miss my weekends in Brum as I often 'stayed in town' to take in the German Market and lots of other cool stuff that the city had to offer. I'd long forgotten that at the end of the day , the show was organised by volunteers who did it for no reward . Maybe I shouldn't have forgotten but I'm grateful to the people who made it happen all the same .

17 Class 24's ? I haven't enough room to store 17 of their biscuit tins ! Could be worse though , If Accurascale made them , I would need to buy a bigger house !

I use decent thickness Cork as it allows me to use the wire in tube method for points in places where I cannot use a point motor . My biggest problem is glueing the cork down . i wonder what people think is the most effective method ?

I for one will be . It cant be any harder than fitting sound , lights and stay alive on the Hornby model surely . Sound file is likely to be an existing 08 project as the '11s used the same EE lump unless somebody knows better of course . Looking forward to these turning up now .

They will probably have many hundreds of people to ring , myself included so we're probably at the end of a very long queue

Nostalgic feelings at seeing pics of the original shop in Smithdown Road . I used to regularly visit the place when staying at the inlaws in South Liverpool back in the mid 90's . Norman Hatton { In his trademark brown coat } was still there in his twilight years always ready to do a deal with you . I really miss those trips now . My laddie who now lives round the corner from the newer shop in Liverpool , alerted me to this after Hattons had posted their announcement on his local community Facebook page . Shocked to say the least and very sorry for those who will lose thier jobs

I recently read in Model Rail that they had been 'signed off ' for release so a slight delay of a couple of weeks . shouldn't be long now This month hopefully .

Whatever the make of the decoder or the sound file, there is in all probability a CV that will silence or maybe turn down the volume of the door clunk . Its worth contacting the sound author of that project , they're usually very helpful.

V3'5 decoders used 100 Ohm speakers . The ohm rating is usually printed on the underside of the speaker

The Howes project I believe is an old one grafted on to a V5 decoder , happy to be corrected though Haven't heard the Marwick '73 but I have heard the alternative sounds ( Farm animals , sound of Big Ben etc.) Different ! 😁 I have heard Biffs sound file and it sounds great , rather like all of his other sound projects . Biff would be my first choice

If you look up Express models online , you will see they do an LED lighting kit for the Heljan '33/0 and 33/1 but with the high intensity light included, However , both are shown as being out of stock currently . Stickswipe on ebay may be able to produce kits for you if you supply dimensions but no fitting guide is likely to come with it . HTH

The original '33's were delivered without tail lights . There were 2 white marker lights and the headcode . The headcodes either end could show 2 red blinds to act as a tail light .Don't know if the few mainline registered examples which run today are different.

Bought 37 305 from TMC for £170.00 £45-£50 less than I paid for the green centre headcode version . Something to open on the big day Along with a split box AS '37

The pick up may have tarnished over the years , if i try to solder onto tarnished copper pipe , the solder simply will not take , even with ' self cleaning flux ' For copper pipe , i use wire wool but fine emery cloth will do the trick here .

I would always try to fit the biggest speaker I could into a loco (Always Diesels ) but I would always try them out on a decoder tester beforehand. I would place the chosen speaker under the removed bodyshell before making a judgement. You'll find different speakers suit different sound projects . I've used EM2 's in lots of class 37's and while some are great , others are not so great. It all depends on the sound project chosen . The ability to now adjust the bass and treble sounds on ESU chips might help things further. HTH Albie

If they get the top of the door curving slightly as per prototype , they'll be on to a winner

TMC advertising the latest centre headcode Growler in green at £159.00 . Same as an A/S version which isn't out yet .

Surprising but welcome Al the same 👌

I wonder how many years away from completion is the new model🤭