Ouroborus

Ive had Lenz since 2003ish, but this year switched to ESU ECoS for the playability of the system and better interface.

all correct and of course there is a much better model available, albeit not in the RAF colours.

I'm wondering whether to carry on watching this thread or switch to the news for my handbags-at-six-paces fix.

I don't buy the issue being the colour is trademarked simply because the model has the large CS logo on the side. If anything was going to be trademarked, you'd think it would be that. More likely, they just got the colour wrong.

Unplug the decoder, fit a blanking plate, try on DCC or DC and look for signs of life

Top of page, middle button - "Ignore This Topic". Although if you didn't read '00 gauge' in the thread title, no guarantee that you'd read this either.

Absolutely. A stroll over to another forum (Facebook) shows the most common grumble is not fidelity but price. Rich man's hobby etc. Hornby have identified this group as possible buyers so long as the price is right. 'smart price' versus 'finest'. Hornby can bang low fi models quickly and cheaply, beat a competitor to market, fill a demand, nab a few impulse purchases and bank some cash. If demand far exceeds supply, easy to bang out some more. The mk2 dotty ScotRail coaches seem to be well received, selling out at some retailers. Easy for Hornby to turn on the tap and knock out a few more. I'm sure the Bachmann ones will be lovely, but how much market is going to be left for them? Fair play to Hornby, they've had some stick and I've given as much as any, but they really seemed to have knuckled down and made some real progress.

Exactly as ADB says. If you want it, preorder and pay the full MRP or risk losing out. Same as Bachmann. Production can be gauged by the numbers of preorders, so it seems to be a system that highly benefits manufacturers and retailers - no spare stock hanging around unsold. As said, kernow have these, also check eBay for resellers

For that, you may wish to visit other model railway shops. My nearest kindly discounted my OOC that they'd sourced for me. I'm guessing the others may think that OOC will be a collectors item and keep it at MRP. Shop around!

Er, well they DO pay wages to prisoners and many prisoners would be happy of the work to stave off the boredom and are quite capable of doing a good job. Remember, its not all gangsters who are in prison - there are many in for white collar crimes. The trouble you'll have with prisoners is whether they can be trusted to work unsupervised and this happens on a case by case basis. Integration of prisoners back into the community is far more widespread than you may think and many recycling centres, charity shops etc, depend on them. Other examples include "The Klinks" dotted up and down.

Absolutely, but why not just get it correct in the first place?

Hate to say I told you so, but it was clear from the start that smart meters had one main purpose.

To be fair to the guy, having the roof gloss black when it should be matt is a very noticeable mistake. For £260, I don't blame him

Chill out guys, seems clear that this is just a bundled sale for people to buy as Christmas gifts etc. I don't think anyone needs to lose their job over it.

thanks for these. The "CITY" in your second picture has the very slight misalignment that mine has. A very slight anticlockwise rotation to it. Not something to worry too much about

Received my pair yesterday. I thought the 'city' printing was slightly misaligned and wasn't quite level. Not enough to send it back, just something which caught my eye. The shade of grey is very unusual, a little richer than in the images above

What's the match like with the dotty ScotRail and Dapols 68?

It was very good of them to reply to you after you stated you were never going to shop with them again. They would have had nothing to lose by ignoring you, but instead someone sat down and typed out an email to you personally. Customer service eh?

Sticking to a plan might be wise, but it may also be foolish in the face of changing conditions. You don't maximise your profit by blindly continuing to do something.

Fascinating pics. Thanks for sharing

I've just put a stay alive in the cab. When the cab comes out, you might want to cut out a bit more of the clear plastic to make space for the wires. A smaller speaker should fit ok too.

According to my local models shop (the excellent DeRails), the tts chips have been a very good seller. Given that the 37s and 47s are the biggest classes and that all the current tts chips have sold out, perhaps it is the case the Hornby are looking at a mk2

I'd tend to agree with the first reply that it sounds as if your chip is faulty. Send it back to Hornby

Try it. It didn't work for me.

Just an update to this, the inventory software I referred to, Easy Model Railroad Inventory, seems to have been pulled from the internet and no longer hosted. So if you're using it, backing up your original download might be wise