Amand

From the one and only time I contacted my credit card company about a transaction that went wrong they suspended the transaction so it didn't attract any interest whilst they waited for the chargeback to be fully accepted. It was around 2007, and it took around 2 months before the disputed amount found its way into my bank account as I'd already settled the balance. I only use the card maybe twice a year for the CCA protection and I dislike paying interest!

It's an early CAD, just like the APT, but more fettling needed!

Previous page, 4th from bottom posting. Some information may be available from Companies House. Usually the info is free to download. It may or may not show why DJ Models had to fold.

It depends. In this scenario there are 4 parties. The consumer who holds the piece of plastic. The issuing bank, who supply the consumer with the piece of plastic. The acquiring bank, who process the credit card payments on behalf of the merchant / retailer etc. And the retailer, or receiver if things go wrong. If a consumer has an issue with a transaction, the issuing bank can do three things. 1) turn the claim aside as out of time or monetary value 2) submit a chargeback to the issuing bank 3) just credit the consumer. Chargebacks cost money to process whether successful or not. If case 2 applies, then the merchant's bank will have to pay out the funds should the chargeback be successful. They then add the extra amount owing to any claim they've made for repayment, being creditors. The whole credit industry works on risk assessment. For issuing banks, it’s the risk that borrowers are not able to make the minimum monthly payment required. For an acquiring bank, it’s the risk of the merchant going out of business. They don't really lose out, high interest rates cover the cost of writing off debts.

Also try https://www.petersspares.com/index.jsp?searchStr=Hornby+wire+pin for pre-wired pins, I found them whilst trying to hunt down an X6113.

I'm surprised that Hattons are still showing DJM locos that have been publicly cancelled ages ago. It's not as if they're snowed under listing a big delivery of new Bachmann stock

Was there another method of payment / expression of interest other than the DJM website and Paypal? The lack of updates should maybe prompt those who have financially supported new products would look to the website to see what's happening. And didn't Dave lose the details of some people who had made EOIs for models? Looks like he lost details of those who changed EOIs into payments.

There have been some more in-depth reviews of companies involved in manufacturing model railway items. Model Rail Mag / Enthusiast had reviews by Pat Hammond and Robert Fosythe, and the monthly newspaper style publication (forget its name) had covered manufacturers, some long gone, been taken over or still trading. Other than Vitrains no longer being commissioned to produce their limited range of British models it's been a long time since we had a manufacturer and its entire range lost. Wrenn, thought attempts were made to resurrect the range. Airfix, Lima, Mainline / Replica models mostly live on through Hornby and Bachmann. DJM brown box items be taken over by anyone? Doubtful.

I seem to recall that there was some fallout hinted at here regarding Dave leaving Dapol, and in his words "it was a long story for another day." It sparked quite a reaction from Julia Adams who was posting on here back then. Don't think we got to hear that full story either. To quote my music teacher from my end of year report "His enthusiasm is severely limited by his ability!"

Hopefully not paid for using the extra revenue generated by Gold membership? Crowdfunded holiday anyone?

Maybe the class 17 Clayton has been put through the shrink-ray and will be launched in N gauge?

The ESU lokpilot has the purple wire next to the orange wire - see the unused solder tab. It may or may not have the F2 functionality built into the firmware, but worth a punt to find out. Bachmann decoder usually have a clear plastic sleeve, this one appears to have been removed, possibly to re-solder the grey and possibly the black wires back on to the board. Take extra care to ensure that there's no stray strands shorting out the two solder pads. I've not seen the insides of a Hornby Sentinel - have you checked the dimensions as the decoder Hornby designed the mechanism for is a bit smaller than the one you're considering using.

Lais Next 18 (and most other configurations) are around £10 each, so worth a pop if you only want lights. Until they go pop! I've not had one fail on me in either USA Kato / Atas locos, where it can be expensive to convert to digital as the whole circuit board including the directional LEDS are replaced. I've tried a Next 18 decoder in a recent release Bachmann V3. On speed step 1 (with CV2 at 0) the loco runs too fast. Not fried though as the loco does change direction and accelerates / decelerates as expected. Its the only Next 18 loco I have, so can't cross check to see if I have a rogue decoder.

Was that the job that the gentleman who was interviewed as part of James May’s 2 part documentary? The one who had the colourful language blotted out with images of Pecketts and other rolling stock? I hope that didn’t cost him his job.

Hornby R7150 is a 6 pin version of their standard 8 pin decoder. Green and blue wires omitted. Had been released and still in stock (according to some retailers who have real time stock levels in their web stores). Looking at the pictures of Hornby's decoders it appears that the standard 8 pin R8249 forms the basis of R7150 (only 6 pins are wired to the board) and X9659 (4 pins wired). Maybe the TTS decoder will be offered with 6 pins wired for the likes iof the Terrier etc?

Limited in its communicative skills or ability to produce the goods?

The only winners will be the lawyers. Ever heard of a poor or unemployed lawyer? It would either take down a recent entrant into the market or hurt a long established manufacturer. Just a thought - Oxford Rail have made an Adams Radial and Dean Goods. Both also made by Hornby (though not recently for the Dean). Maybe Hornby's Chief Executive could sue Oxford - or Oxford's owner sue Hornby?

Mine is timestamped before yours! You owe me £1,000,000 plus VAT.

First thing tomorrow I'll copywrite these two designs. Can't wait to receive royalty payments from any manufacturer that has in the past, the present or the future sold anything resembling them.

Using technology borrowed from the replicators on Star Trek???

Actually an F type Jaguar. If an Aston Martin is the full-fat model then the Jag is a RailRoad model!

I’m a bit confused by the chap recording the Terrier sounds. Hornby currently sell TTS decoders with 8 pins, and they are medium sized. Yet the new Terrier is advertised as having a 6 pin socket, the decoder appearing to be a standard Hornby one size wise. Is there room in Hornby's Terrier for both a TTS decoder and a speaker? It wouldn’t go in Rail’s Terrier, as that's Next 21, Dapol O gauge is 21 pin.

I've heard that the Durex factory has had a huge fire. The damage was so bad that the factory has been condommed!

My money wold be on Phil - Andy is carrying a little too much weight......

Given that pretty much everything is made abroad (India and China) then the moulds must be for something not made for a good few years? Any idea what they could be? APT and Blue Pullman plus others?