Brober

Did they attempt a repair or just provide a replacement?

Agreed. Apparently even Isaac Newton couldn't see the light bulb on the top of his head when he saw the apple fall!

Just returned my 37027 to Hattons for onward transmission to AC as lighting not working. H says it could be 6 or 7 weeks to be repaired.... this can't be right, surely!

I'm no whizz on all the Functions on the 37 but is it possible that the Zen 21 you have is the Zen 218.6? This will only support 6 functions which may be beyond the number of functions on the 37. The AS recommended chip is the Lokpilot which supports 10 functions.

I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question but i can't see an obvious alternative. Does anyone know if anyone makes 00 gauge slate wagons. All i can find is Peco 009 wagons.

My understanding is that assuming they are indeed 12v lamps the limitation on your power source is the amp rating. Say that each lamp uses 100mA each and your power source is rated at 1Amp them you can have 10 lamps on the supply. If you can change them to LEDs then they would each be rated more likely around 3-5 mA each. Well within the capacity of the power supply allowing upto 200 lamps. Hope this helps

Many thanks all. I now have a way forward that I am confident about.

Hi there, My knowledge of wiring is extremely limited (I can wire a plug though!). I have installed 10 lamps to light my station platform. The lamps are filament style each drawing 80mA each (I am told) and is powered from a 12v DC transformer putting out 1.1A continuously. The wiring I have used is shown on the attached and I don't know how much spare I have left. Is what I have used series or parallel wiring? What capacity is left? I want to run another 30 or lamps around the layout off the same bus. What would be the best way to power these? Any help would be appreciated. Lamp Wiring layout.pdf

Thanks BH. It looks as if the pipe and valve assembly is fitted to a side lug. I tried pulling on it to no avail and I didn't want to try and force it off in case it just snapped! I will try again and see if it comes free. Failing that i think it may be a case of cutting some pipes to release the body and glue back once I have fitted the decoder.

Thanks 34 for the detailed answer. Now have the speedometer assembly off (will see if the issue of reassembly appears in due course) but have now found that there is a pipe and valve assembly on the opposite side to the speedometer that is preventing removal as it is fixed to both the chassis and the body. Any tips about how to remove this without damage?

Hi there, Help needed please. Have removed (eventually) the 5 screws retaining the body of the 32-359A but can't release the body until the speedometer pipes(?) are also removed. Could someone tell me how to remove these pipes without breaking them. Many thanks

Many thanks to both for your comments and suggestions. I do not think the "holes in the baseboard" solution would work very well for me. Below the baseboard are a couple of bus wires and a myriad of droppers. Also I would probably still need topside access for rail cleaning (don't have a mobile one). Harold's suggestions are more in keeping with what I was coming round to thinking would be the best solution. Foliage is not possibly the finish that I was hoping to have as the "hill" is intended to form part of a slate quarry and by its nature is quite devoid of vegetation. I may have to revise that thought though. My layout is a permanent one so I don't need to vertically join sections together. But I will need to have a lift out section to allow access into the tunnel. My thought is to have protruding strips each side of the lift out section painted and finished in scatter to match the surroundings. Hopefully I can do this sufficiently well to mask the joins. I am thinking of using polystyrene sheet/ blocks to form the hill profile and tunnel void and surface with plastercloth over as necessary, plastering that and then applying scatter etc. with PVA. Unless there are any other suggestions forthcoming!

Hi there all, I am new to this forum but have perused for a while and have picked up a lot of info in the passing. I do have a problem with which I would welcome any assistance that may be available. I am hoping to create a mountain scene with an adjacent quarry. I have a double branchline (OO Gauge) that I would like to pass through the mountain. The problem I have is that the area of my layout that I want to use doesn't allow me to gain access to the tunnel insides should a derailment or any other unfortunate accident happen. Is there a clever way to form the mountain over the track that would allow me to be able to remove a section of it, that is not too obvious to the casual observer, to deal with any mishap ? Any help or advice would be very welcome. Brober