Ouroborus

Thanks for this. I did hover over the buy now button, but ultimately a lovely Lion also listed as new turned my head. Alas no Western Pullman's split from set to get £75 off

I wonder if there may be some confusion. As supplied, the chips come in their own clear plastic small bag. I wonder if it's this that Hornby are saying to remove

"But my main point is that surely if you are working/volunteering to help with Young People/Vulnerable Adults then having a regular DBS check is absolutely vital" "Vital"? Really? Does this mean the role cannot be fulfilled without a DBS check undertaken? Of course not! As per previous, all a DBS check means is that you haven't been caught.. ... ... yet. IMHO, a pretty worthless piece of administrative burden. Far far better that people working with children and vulnerable act in such a way that the protection for the child/adult is maximised. Many of the policies i've read here are very laudable, but one i didn't see covered was 'if you suspect something, report it.' That's why people came to harm in the past. Invariably other people knew of the bad things that were going on, but a blind eye was turned. Unfortunately, we live in times where a tick in box is all that is 'required'. My CPR training is annual and we get a certificate to show we've done it. But we're never assessed how what we learned, how we manage. HEIW require us to check our drugs "periodically" and suggest that a tick is put in a book every week to show its been done. You can guess what happens. The trouble is with the tick box mentally and the risk culture is that people die as a result. The nursery where Abby Rae died had all its policies and procedures in place, but people didn't follow them. Worse still in this case was that a man observed the child drowning but didn't intervene because he feared someone may think he was trying to abduct her. This is what happens when common sense goes out of the window. Rather can just getting a tick in a box that you have a DBS check, get some knowledge of the signs of abuse. YOU might be the person that a child or vulnerable adult trusts. They may tell you things, show you things. They may do this in confidence. You need to know what to do if they do. Keep their trust and keep quiet? Tell someone? Go and have 'word' yourself? All the DBS checks in the world don't prepare you for this, yet your actions or inaction may save a life. This is why i get so vexed about child protection. I've witnessed at first hand a two year old lose their life because professional people who should have acted sat back and did nothing because the perpetrator didn't reach the 'threshold'. Paperwork again. And i wonder how uncomfortable the neighbours felt when they turned their televisions up so they couldn't hear the sound of the child screaming as he was thrown face first into the wall. They never did anything either. So yes, DBS checks, a fine idea but for heavens sake look at ways of safeguarding children

In the recently published "rail liveries" magazine/book page 25 has a number of AL6s in blue, describing the colour as 'electric blue', including e3167 in 1968 looking very much as above, blue, yellow panel, white window surrounds and cab roof, but with a red buffer beam. However the colour looks rather different to the AL1 of 1959 also on the same page.... You pays your money, etc ... ...

It's not UV. It's just a very bright blue light. I changed my overhead light a couple of years ago and it's evidently much brighter because it's capable of curing materials on its own, which at times is quite annoying. You usually want a little time to work the filling to the correct shape or make sure what you're gluing in is in the right place. Too bright a light and you lose this. One of the glues we use sets within 3 seconds of exposure to the blue light. Some filling materials take 40 seconds The blue lights we use used to be a mains powered halogen bulb. These days it's rechargeable LEDs.

Take it from me, a bright light does the job just as well.

We had the Welsh Assembly misinterprept the law and have all primary care workers submit for new EDBS checks every three years. It was news to us that these expired, but the inspectors insisted that they did. Turns out the inspectors were wrong and this requirement has now been removed - I only need to have a EDBS check at point of registration/employment. If I'm convicted of any crime, 'even' drink driving, my regulator is notified and I may get suspended or expelled, invariably the former to start with. I'd guess this is the same for teachers. So the 'three years' rule for people who are *continuing in the same employment* is non-sensical - if you're still in employment without incident, then it follows you haven't been convicted. A new EDBS check only makes sense to people starting new employment/role and even then, common sense should be applied - a part time dental hygienist shouldn't need a EDBS check for EVERY practice she works in. If you quoted the rest of my post, I stressed the importance of utilsing someone with an enhanced DBS check AND in the same continuous employment.

Getting back on topic and regards what was raised, a start point should be to consider 'what is the risk' and 'how can this risk be lessoned.' Safeguarding applies not just to children but also to vulnerable adults. This also opens up another can of worms about the vulnerabilities that adults may suffer. In the context of this, you'd want to look at emotional, physical and perhaps sexual abuse. If you want to apply a policy, a Google search will be enough. Don't forget to change the names or otherwise you'll have a policy that makes no sense. If you have time, if suggest that you look into it more deeply and find yourself an accredited training course. Regards DBS checks I'd suggest that they are only really necessary if the person is likely to be on their own with children or vulnerable adults. Banning under 16's without an adult with them is a way around this and I think would give you a good defence against having a DBS check, which, as has been pointed out, only reveal that you haven't been caught.... yet. DBS checks don't expire. This misunderstanding has come about through (usually) public sector employees being told they need to be renewed every three years. This is non sensical. Also the idea that for each job or role you need a new DBS check is also ridiculous. If someone within your MRC is a teacher, doctor, dentist, nurse, they will have had an enhanced DBS check carried out and assuming they're still in the same field of employment, I'd suggest this person would be a good person to make your child protection/safeguarding lead. HTH.

Nah. I bagsed the last three last night

My daughter (13) is also into photography and she uses it to Instagram the photos she takes. The more likes, the better she feels. The following link explains why. If you have 15 minutes, everyone should watch this film. Don't believe it? Watch the expression of the millennials in the audience as he strays into uncomfortably close ground. If Hornby et al start to address this generation rather being on Youtube simply for the sake of being on Youtube, perhaps we'll be getting somewhere. watch it through to the end. At 11 minutes, he covers model railways.

It's not doom and gloom Phil but a simple acceptance of what it is. Times change, what children are into change, how we spend money changes. Don't worry about it, it doesn't affect us.

Hornby has had a few goes at adaptation, with varying degrees of success. Whilst I agree with much of what you say, what exactly are you wanting Hornby to do with toy trains? Higher tech = higher cost. They get slammed for low fi models, they get slammed for expensive models. To go back to the Darwin analogy, to me, Hornby's (and all the others) problem goes to the competition for resources. We, the modellers, are the resources and Hornby needs us for its own survival. But I'd hazard a guess that more are leaving the hobby (often permanently) than entering it. So Hornby's fight for survival is going to get tougher and tougher. It's not just toy trains, but accross the board in modelling/crafts. Yes, sure we can all give examples of our nephew who has just got into trains, but face it, model railway exhibitions have a heavy heavy bias of ageing males. And that's it. It's a simple fact that it seems to be a dwindling hobby. Much like other hobbies and interests have gone into decline, so has ours. Those of you who don't have teenage children may struggle to grasp this, but the sub 20 year old have little interest in anything outside of their phone. They'd quite happily spend all their waking time on YouTube. It is like a drug to them, their phone feeding them with things to keep them hooked. Why 'do something' when you can just watch a YouTube clip of it. And if that doesn't entertain, there'll be another clip along soon. Hornby's had stick for taking to YouTube, but I guess they can see what they're up against. Whether they've successfully tackled this is another matter. Intercity82 is one of the more successful model railway YouTubers, he has 72k subscribers. Four times as many as Hornby themselves. But this is set against 6.3 million for Kylie Jenner. And if you don't know who Kylie Jenner is (lucky you), that's exactly the point - kids are following some vacuous celebrity more than they are toy trains by a massive margin. All the innovation in the world by Hornby isn't going to change this, but it's what they're up against and as things stand, I really can't see a long term future for them because I don't see a long term future for the hobby. It's a shame but the relative lack of youth being prepared to be different and creative means there will be fewer and fewer resources to keep Hornby and the rest sustained.

if you haven't resolved this.. The bridge comes in three parts - deck, piers and side frames, so you can adjust it to whatever height you wish. At £25 in the Bachmann sale, it's a good deal. At the full fat £55, less so. It's not a particularly wide bridge - I ended up buying five to make it look more realistic

I thought that too. Sub trucks for trots and you're even closer!

I think what the videos above show is how sound can be ruined by having it too loud. The n scale DMU sounded very good

Made me laugh.

The fact they've almost sold out and Bachmann's version 'isn't far away' coupled with Hornby's current tactic of going toe to toe with rivals maybe suggests we should expect another run soon. They've thrown the gauntlet down to Bachmann with these because the livery seems a pretty good match to that Dapol 68

I ordered through Hornby. Not the most 'on the ball' company I've dealt with, but got there in the end. Maybe Peters Spares?

Yes it can. Oddly, there are two versions - power and dummy

Just been billed - £129. Thanks for honoring the pre-order price. Very much appreciated.

Lendon's of Cardiff can help you. No connection other than just bought some Jouef La Poste TGV coaches from them

It is what it is. A nice coat of paint over an old body, much like their 66s. And nothing wrong with that - I knew what I was getting (apart from the packaging) when I ordered it. I bought it purely for the livery. Maybe the retailers on here would be kind enough to give some feedback on how these are selling. I'd hope that if it does ok, Hornby may think about supplying TTS chips for it....

Moving off topic, I might split hairs with you about 'handsome', but 'beast' I'll give you. Its certainly a mighty fine looking loco. I might feel the need to browse the piko websites....

A VERY CONVINCING email seems to be doing the rounds from Hornby asking you to confirm that you're happy to receive emails from them (a la GDPR). Pretty sure its not legit as its coming from a dotmailer-email.com web address. It made it through my spam filter and it seems to have hooked a number of other people on other forums

Lovely model, but the trouble comes that when you poke fun at the opposition, you'd better hope that yours is perfect.