Ouroborus

I have a northern line efe that I treated myself to a while ago. If I remember, I paid around £150 for it. And I think that's a fair price for what it is - a reasonable but basic model. The glazing is thick, the couplings are weak, it makes a godawful noise as it trundles on track. But I like it and there is scope to add more detail. If EFE Rail can add a decent motor and improve the wheels and couplings then the RRP becomes more justifiable. However I'll be waiting to see more details of the improvements before I order. Fingers crossed.

I don't have an SLW, but do have an earlier Hornby model from modelzone. As said, not a great colour match.

That's not quite right. It has been closed to visitors, but the shop has been open online for trade. I'm wondering if the FB poster phoned the shop and made enquiries about it.

I read about on FB that these are still available at the LTM shop, but are only available on request from the counter. No way of knowing whether this is true or not, though the poster said this was how he bought one

Go all in and get yourself some smart lighting. Phillips Hue. A LOT up front, but so many possibilities.

Thanks. I understand what software is. The point I was making seems to have caused you some confusion. In your own post from Friday, you did distinguish between software and "the stick" I can purchase software as a digital download and all the happens is a series of 1s and 0s changes sequence on my computer. Or I can purchase software on a physical device. The physical device contains the instructions to change the 1s and 0s. Once installed, they're both the same. In this instance, the physical device, the USB stick is essential for the software to work. Without the physical device, the software doesn't work. In short, whilst software may be exempted from EU law, hardware such as this USB stick, isn't.

Whichever. If the stick is part of the transaction, I'd argue it's covered, particularly if that stick is integral to the product working correctly.

I think if he sells you a physical 'thing', the EU law covers it. (Compared to a purely software download).

Just a thought I had about this. There was comment about software being exempt from this legislation. But he doesn't sell you software, he sell you a hard physical product on which is a computer program. Is this any different to any other physical item that contains computer code?

In another topic, freiwald says he does not sell to the UK, arguing that digital river do this. If you paid by credit card, perhaps use them to raise a claim and let freiwald and digital river have it out

Erm, hang on with a lot of the assumptions that this is reassuring. There is a lot of 'loose' speak in this statement such as "so far it is not foreseeable" and "we also hope" and "we plan" and "be conceivable". These are hardly binding terms. Like any business, you wouldn't want to tie yourself to something and he certainly hasn't. Some of the other threads regarding his pricing, the 'auto-correct' error of referring to the "United Swamps of America" [nice try], all suggest to me that the chap is unpleasant. If he really has such a chip on his shoulder about Brexit and Trump, just stop selling to the USA and UK. But of course money talks and he's not big enough to do this. Small man syndrome.

No problem, but if you're going to do this, just be wary about splitting the skirting. A decent pilot should lessen the risk

No nails type glue is strong, the trouble is that 'it' often fails by it splitting apart the thing it's glued to. So for wood, a thin veneer of wood splints away. It matters not, the joint has failed. When fixing the skirting board to the plasterboard wall, it'll be worth using a stud detector to find where the plasterboard is supported. Screw your skirting board at this point, straight into the supporting timber behind the plasterboard. 80mm should be ok. From what you've written, it seems to me that these points will be supporting the weight of you layout in time, so use a suitably thick screw with a pilot hole to stop splits. Depending on the spacing of the studs, you may have enough retention with this and not need to consider plasterboard fixings

*If* it's being made by the same factory as hattons 66, perhaps some of the QC issues with these has caused revisions

Hornby QC can have its moments. To save you going through pages of the Heljan 05 thread, it was a Bachmann chip that ended up going in. I don't know of this same chip will fit in a Rocket

I had this with a Heljan ?05 if my memory serves me right. Very similar to how you described and it went the same way. This was a guagemaster 6 pin. Took it back to the shop and it promptly blew another chip in the shop. I can't remember the brand i switched to (its in the Heljan 05 thread) and its been fine since.

Am I missing something? We're quibbling about the livery when it's plastered with Hornby / Triang advertising. Is there going to be another post complaining that the 7 plank wagon never had 'Father's Day' painted on it?

He would have had something to say about covid, but it would be something that he hoped he could tell us in a couple of weeks via a grand announcement. There would also be some inside information that he knew about covid but wanted to keep under his hat to protect his source

For me, it is an NSB EL13 (second version) which came with a body held on by its buffers rather than tabs and a set of clear plastic glazing for you to change the recessed glazing into flush. It also had lighting, albeit just a bulb. Not a suprise given its age. The usual pancake motor, but the wires are nearly clipped together. It still stands up well to the NMJ version

Yes, sorry, my fault. They were still in the box. They have locating pins in their feet to aid positioning

Thanks to those lovely lads and ladies at Derails, mine was waiting for me when I got home. Runs fine, with no wobble. Coach couplings took a while to find in the box. Not the easiest to couple as some have said, but some of the modern units with their pin connectors can be equally as fiddly. Very pleased.

I don't think the period to 31 March tells you much regards Covid. It was only the last week or so that shut down happened. The following three months will be interesting. However, it'll only be when the furlough scheme drys up and people go back to work that we'll know how Covid has hit Hornby. Those people who'll be going back to work, that is. Those that aren't going to get laid off. As firms cut back and trim costs a downturn in non essential spending seems inevitable. Ditto for the end of mortgage and finance holidays. Add on the cost-push inflation. The last three months might have been a golden period for many as the testimony of several preceding posts suggests. Hornby, Bachmann et al should have done extremely well. The real test will be a year from now.

DJM used brown

Its like a 58er, but not quite as big

Haha. To be fair to the guy, he never asked for second deposits on the 92. People were nagging him about paying. That said, this may be more likely related to his disorganised nature.