Erixtar1992

Thankyou. I use a Digikeijs lighting controller for the layout so have morning, daytime, evening and night time. the station lights give a nice effect i think.

I just used regular PVA to glue my track down. want to raise a section, wet it with a spray bottle.

Its just because the normal door is so tiny in comparison, the cooler group is bigger. i struggled once to squeeze through the standard door so gave up, since then i use the side door. Much easier lol

They look awesome, was me messaging you on ebay, im looking forward to at some point trying the 180 kit, although glazing is going to be a tricky one!

Did someone say Harefield.... ha! Be interested to see your version.

Bachmann will also have the tooling to do the 59/62 stock - so id be amazed if they didnt. the underneath is a little different but not far off.

A few random shots from recently.

Im assuming you are aware that an EM2 on its own is too much for a TTS decoder?

Oh not tried them on DC. I thought they were a DCC only item.

Are you using a powercab? i had to change dcc controller as a powercab wasnt powerful enough to switch them!

Its a shame that Bachmann, unlike Hattons ect with the 66s, wont send out review samples to people such as me who enjoy doing youtube stuff. My london underground layout is gaining a decent following on there so could have been a good opportunity. also with the lights, i cant see why they would have made the front lighting clear if not having them lit up. the existing EFE models have painted on lights, so surely this change points to them having working directional lighting? if not, awfully stupid of Bachmann not to bother especially for the price tag.

LU tube stock file defo needed now that Bachmann have announced the partial retool of the EFE models with Plux22 sockets! with the amount you can cram onto a V5, varied files could be created to suit different tube stock by having alternative compressor, whistle and door noises

Would be nice to see these two united with the what looks to be matching random DM car at epping-ongar.

Very excited for the 1938 stock motorised chassis, this will be a game changer for me and my london underground layout. i currently have a lot of motorised sets with either twin tenshodo motors or underground ernie chassis but they just dont run that well and are a bit of a pain. i would put money on it that they will do a run of the 59/62 stock, as they will have the EFE tooling to use for them. other models though, im not so sure. remember the whole EFE rail thing is pretty much for other manufacturers toolings ect. if they designed say, a 67/72 or 73 stock to go on the base chassis then it becomes a whole newly tooled model, so would surely go in the branchline range. i will keep crossing my fingers however!

I did hear at the time that both Bachmann and Hornby were looking at doing it, so wouldnt suprise me

Sorted mine today. DCC sound using a Loksound V4 Micro with wheeltappers file rail exclusive ‘baby boomer’ speaker train-o-matic stay alive Head/tail lamps on front, headlamp and flashing br tail lamp on rear firebox flicker cab painted turquoise to suit with details picked out. just need to add crew and fire iron/shovel now i guess. AGR Model Store had another 2 in stock when i picked mine up.

This will be epic if it happens. Was talking to a friend of mind and said to him it would be nice if one was preserved and a generator set fitted in on end of a car to enable working on preserved railways. that or a battery package from vivarail perhaps. will be an interesting project.

Its been a while.... layout is looking a bit more complete now.

I use neat IPA in a spaghetti jar.

Take bottom case off of motor housing remove wheels pull motor armature out of casing cut the pickup tabs off and remove the sections that go inside the housing reinstall/fit back together now solder wire to each side of pickup and the two motor tabs sticking out the top and connect to pcb/decoder. they run better as pairs on DCC ive found, and can obviously pull a lot more. Would defo reccomend fitting a second motor in the other end of the coach and wiring them both in parallel to the same decoder.