derekdoestrains

2 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

Respect,a lot would e bay it the week after they turn up,it will go to a good home and keep its lifetime warranty for someone.

I thought about it… stopped and decided I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle & eBay fees…

I’ve lost the ability to cancel orders (decided I didn’t want the freightliner exclusive in the end), sure you used to have the option - accurascale support did it for me on their end! 

28 minutes ago, jonnyuk said:

I don't like the AS approach

For clarity… it’s not the accurascale approach. Other manufacturers have used ESU to give the full lighting functions for their models - which went down with the Same “it’s not fair” cries, but the reality is, people want the bells and whistles a lot of the time so they’ll use the chip that works with the loco…

2 hours ago, Bucoops said:

Wild guess - platform length?

I guess with parcels and goods still being a thing then having to add a second brake to the set wouldn’t appeal.

10 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Yes, but only for some models.  The class 30 and the Manor show only the pack weight for example.

The class 37 shows a pack weight that's lighter than the loco!

Probably because they’ve not got the full production weights just yet? Vice the 37 that’s been delivered. 

10 hours ago, Chrisjh said:

 

Many thanks I am afraid I dont know as I have thrown the box out, loco runs great just cant get the cab lights to come on. So not sure what to do. Best Wishes Chris 

get an ESU blown with the file is the best option you’ve got in my opinion… admittedly I tweeked mine so both markers and headlight came on with F0 and headlight off on a different function.

7 minutes ago, McC said:

 

Paying £35 to gain DCC control with a Stay Alive, as much requested by customers.

£35 to fix a design floor… fix being a term used by your team… 

paying £35 to fix a flickering issue… nice 🙄

1 hour ago, Peter749 said:

I'm a bit late to this project and I notice Rails have stopped taking orders for the non-sound versions.

I will find something else for test trains

 

Somebody asked about a front coupling on this model - 41001 has run with another loco on the front

 

hook and pipe under the panel?

12 hours ago, Bryn_Bach_Railway said:

as accurascale are yet to release their pre-programmed ESU chips

I wonder if the 37 chips would work, can’t be toooo much different…

4 hours ago, JohnC said:

Never had any cut outs since fitting them to my 37s but I was getting cut out at start up every time prior to fitting on my 6 locos!!

Think I’ll wait out for the promised magic fix.. but there’s at least a few options to sorting the issue yourself if you want to :)

5 hours ago, JSpencer said:

I am looking at re-using an older sound chip (currently in a Hornby HST). I noted that the 8pin to 21pin adaptors I have still retain DC lighting buttons on all options even if DCC lighting is limited while the 8pin to plux 22 seems not to. 

id go with leaving the 8 pin where it is personally… if you cant afford to retro fit sound you can pick plux 22’s up cheap to give you time to save up…

10 hours ago, JSpencer said:

I am looking at the plux22 spec and plux22 to 8 pin adapter by ESU which uses 12 pins on the plux side.

 

Now in the past with a 8 to 21 pin adapter. Even if you could not control all the lighting functions when they were controlled via several auxiliary functions, you could at least switch them on/off manually via the various switches as the remaining pins were covered like the blanking plate.

 

However with the plux22 8pin adaptor, there would 10 pins not engaged to any blanking plate. So my hunch here is that all the interior lights on the higher functions will be dead due to possibly the broken circuit. 

My initial thoughts were reuse an older chip via the adaptor but I suspect I will loose a lot of the lighting under DC doing so.

why wouldn’t you just get a plux22 chip?

35 minutes ago, DIRTY DIESEL said:

Hi,

I've just had 37001 (digital sound) back from an 'Accurascale Works visit', but for the life of me I can't remember if when it left it had the 'brake grind' as the loco comes to a stand. (this isn't the sound that is played when the brake function is applied). I did look on YT and it does appear to have this sound??

 

Also, I presume to get the flange/rail squeal to work around corners with the Hall sensor F11needs to be pressed? Because at the moment with F11 pressed flange/rail squeal sound is always on no matter if on a straight or curve and without F11 pressed there's no sound at all.

I've tried decoder reset for both issues but this didn't change anything, I've contacted support, but while I wait a reply is there any CVs I could possibly change?

Thanks  

The flange squeel could be crap on the hall sensor… 

1 hour ago, Peter749 said:

Your standards must be quite low  😁

Best one I’ve seen so far 😂

4 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi everyone,

 

Just to update on the 66; the first of two containers was loaded on the ship over the weekend. With the current Houti situation the ship will be going the long way round which means 8 weeks before they land in the UK. The second container departs next Monday. 

 

We will provide further updates as we get them with you all.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran 

 

Is there going to be updates on the 31’s (which are due in this quarter) or the 37’s with a rough idea of timescales anytime soon?

1 hour ago, Peter749 said:

Really?

 

Looks legit to me 🤷‍♂️

49 minutes ago, dj_crisp said:

Personally I'm not as sold on the fit of the roofs as they were a bit variable across the samples I saw at ally pally.  Also the body fit needs some work but there's plenty of time to fine tune for the production samples 

surely the point of the samples to get it right prior to production? If they wernt improving each time I’d be concerned..:

Just now, wombatofludham said:

Based on my experience having to remove the body to change the DCC chip in my NIR DBSO removing the body is absurdly easy compared to some other manufacturers.  I literally managed to pop off the body using my thumbnails to unclip from the chassis clips.  I imagine the BR models are just as easy to disentangle.  The lighting bar is fed by two copper prongs so no leads to unplug, Bachmann take note.

they are exactly the same - pry slightly apart and the chassis dropped out 

6 hours ago, Sweetling Park said:

Thank you @derekdoestrains, @Kaput and @Jeremy Davison for your help.  It is appreciated and I'll look into it.

 

 

The Class 68 I have was sound fitted by the factory, which I think is Legomanbiffo sounds (I'm not sure of the decoder type as I haven't removed the bodyshell).  Do you think it'll still be OK, or is it better to use Legomanbiffo's own version in the loco?

personally I’d get matches chips of your going to buy them and and sounds from someone else - makes it 100% working out the box 

1 hour ago, Sweetling Park said:

I'm pleased to hear that a solution has been found so the Mk5a DVT can be run on DCC without issues.

 

I am considering whether to run it as silent or with sound, especially as it has a speaker pre-fitted.  I would be most grateful if anyone who has opted for sound could advise me of which decoder and sound file they opted for, as well as which retailer it came from, please.  I have been trying to find one, but I may have been looking in the wrong place (I'm still new to this).

I believe Legomanbiffo does one - but can’t find my list currently!

Just now, uk_pm said:

Love the taillamp!  Is it a tiny LED wired into the lighting circuit, or an internal LED with a fibre-optic?  Either way, it looks great.

Tiny LED, it’s the DCC concepts EOT lamps - I’ve gotta add a small stay alive into the toilet, but was amazed to find they’ve even modelled the toilet pan!

that’s my warrant voided then😂 and won’t be able to sell them for a massive profit either! 😂 (the tail lamp is the cause of a lack of warranty for clarity)

11 hours ago, McC said:

 

Of course we agree but also bear in mind you got a fully lit set of coaches and a DT for £45 a vehicle. The next run resolves in full the flickering issue though pricing will be more in line with our regular output and in the interim Fran has confirmed a silent DCC solution for those who need it in partnership with DCC Concepts, more details of which will be shared once ready. 

For clarity, your pricing structure (whilst still scary for a coach), is still well within other manufacturers with lower spec’s!

bring on the next run of mk5 sleepers 🤫

15 minutes ago, Revolution Ben said:

It’ll be monomode!

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

sounds painful😂