Erixtar1992

9 hours ago, Venator said:

Does anybody have experience of running CDC coaches? I see they've been listing RTR Met coaches on Ebay and whilst I've bought loco bodies from CDC before I haven't purchased any coaches. Thanks in advance.

They run well, only small issue i have had is the bogie retaining pins are just a press fit and have popped out a couple times, but you could always use a dab of glue.

otherwise brilliant and i look forward to trying them with the Rapido Met1.

15 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

L49, the brake van is from a Radley kit, the other wagons are repainted and re-lettered R-T-R. London Transport engineering stock was pretty drab in all-over grey with only the brake van ends painted red.

Ah L48 you mean i take it? 
yeah it is pretty dull hey. Lucky they gave us a flash of red on the brake vans as you say haha.

ive got 4 LU flat wagons myself that i need to do some work to so they run reliably

3 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

I have a rake of ballast wagons in LT colours topped off with a 1935 Gloucester brake van for my LT liveried E class.

Ooh very nice! Be good to see that combo. 
which one did you go for?

Hopefully Rapido and CDC dont mind me posting, but CDC are now designing some Dreadnought coaches. These will compliment Met E class locos perfect!

So surely more reason to order a Met 1 right? 
They look to still be available on the Rapido website.

This feels like sooooooo long ago!!!!! 
Itching to take some pics/videos of a red one on my layout.  

5 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

The topic title caused me to ignore it till I received an Email from the LT Museum to realise this is a new model and deserves better publicity!

Mate it sucks! Its been like the quietest new release ever! Its really odd that Bachmann didnt have it in their announcements vid, yet they had the kernow booster loco.

12 hours ago, SRman said:

 

I'll contact Richard in due course. I usually buy the decoders locally here in Oz, and pay for the sound file to be sent by email - I do have a LokProgrammer, an expensive device but I think it has paid for itself for my use. With the Met loco, I turned down the volume on the contactor sounds, but otherwise I think it is very good as is.

Yeah they are one of the main things i have changed haha

21 minutes ago, SRman said:

 

 

That sounds really good, Eric. I still love the sound you did for the Met Bo-Bo electric locos, and rate that as one of the best sound projects I have heard for an electric. I motorised an EFE 59/62 train some time back, but I'll have to seriously consider adding your sounds to it now. 😊

Appreciate that! Thanks!

ive actually reworked some bits of the Met BoBo project as some of the sounds are bad quality and there are a couple dodgy bits in the motor sounds too, i need to finish it off and send it to Richard :)

if you end up fitting the 62 file to a modded old efe set and dont have a Lokprogrammer then let me know as the file may need a few tweaks for that, tbf i may send Richard an ‘old efe’ version thinking of it.

5 minutes ago, Fair Oak Junction said:

That's excellent!

Thanks mate! There are a lot of sounds ect that arent on the video too, hopefully people will enjoy it :-)

Hi all.

with the new EFE tube stock landing on peoples doorsteps this week i thought i would let people know that sound is an option.

incase you missed it as Bachmann were quiet on it, the new EFE train is available exclusively through the London Transport Museum, for £399.

sound is via a pair of Plux22 Loksound V5 decoders, Genuine recordings from the London Undergrounds 1962 stock Rail Adhesion Train.

pre set up incase you decide to fit exterior lighting also.

my own model hasnt arrived just yet so here is a vid which Richard Croft has kindly put online.

its available through Roads & Rails anyhow :)

Hopefully you LT modellers like it, its been a lot of work! 
 

Eric

A nice big slice of pie to cut up for the smaller retailers i hope. 

8 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said:

I was there on Tuesday. Dismal weather, hard to see out of the windows and an ominously full river. Still I enjoyed myself but had a miserable journey home to Bristol: multiple cancellations and finally got to Temple Meads by taxi from Gloucester at 1 am.

 

But something intrigued me. There was a train hauled by the London Transport-liveried Class 20, which apparently ran from Bewdley to Kidderminster while I was up the line. It consisted of bogie wagons laden with concrete slabs. Then there were a number of modern-looking bogie vans branded with "RailAdventure". What was all this about?

The vans are translator wagons for hauling EMUs ect when newly delivered, the flat wagons have concrete ballast weights on top to increase brake force 

Varnish, 100%. Would have been shiny out the works anyway. 
if the fox transfers werent correct id have been asking questions tbf!

looks nice anyhow, looks like a CDC bodyshell? I have one too, trouble with it is the poor running of the oxford dean goods that lets it down!

17 hours ago, RogerTE said:

How about the Metropolitan G class / LNER M2 class 0-6-4T locos

 

or the better-looking, but more complex, Metropolitan H class / LNER H2 class 4-4-4T that was based on the G class  loco.

An H class would be super smart tbh. Though i cant see it happening myself

I enjoyed the show, bit more spread out this year.

Parked in the station carpark again, £9.50 so a large saving over the NEC price and still next door.

Show was dead this morning from 09:30 when we walked in (with no que for tickets) until probably midday-ish… happy days.

Dont really understand the loco in the middle but hey ho lol

As usual i think i still missed some stands due to it being a bit all over the place and only did one day, though £50 on entrance fees would be a bit mad..

Spent far too much money regardless……..!

For such an enormous loco i hope it can have a speaker that is actually decent rather than a sugarcube,  

as mentioned above smoke would be epic, sort of thing that in a couple years time i can see being super popular RTR. 
 

2 amp is a bit limp, so the £400 price tag already is going to go up from needing a booster for plenty.

using your phone to control trains is awful imo, physical buttons mean no need to look at it once you are used to it, so its nice theyve done their own controller

What a great announcement! We need more modern image EMU’s for sure!

Thanks Arun for the update.

id love a copy of the list, if you dont mind.

Eric

1 minute ago, Graham_Muz said:

It is an exclusive for the London Transport museum.

Yes i know, doesnt stop them mentioning it lol

Strange that the 1959 tube train wasnt discussed!