Lee Clarke

Of course I should have said credit to the original poster of the picture, I just found it by searching around

Looks great 

On 29/04/2020 at 09:06, 9C85 said:

Thanks for the info. I got quoted a price of  £50 for renumbering professionally, which adds 30% to the cost of the loco, so I will probably look into getting the gear to do it myself. 

You got quoted £50? I'll do it for you for for £30 

56 312 was originally 56 003 and I've seen a photo that seems to be what you're asking for....or were asking for eight years ago ....now all I have to do is work out how to upload the pic. 

3 hours ago, ruggedpeak said:

Is that the definition of modelling now, having to modify a brand new loco to stop bits falling off?

 

Having built my garden railway (see below) there are a number of new models that will never run on it because after nearly 3km of scale running I am not sure how much of them will be left when it gets back and I will never find the parts that have dropped off in the lawn!! My lovely Hattons 66789 being one of them. All great until you can't get replacement parts any more.

Do you predict modellers will panic-buy and stockpile axle-box covers for the future?

I'm not a real financial advisor, but I predict the smart money should invest in axle-box covers from Hatton's and wait for the value to go up, it could be the only way out of the forthcoming financial crisis 

In any case, .....am I correct in thinking that this is an old Hornby 56 like a Dapol one? 

Because the newer ones have a central motor, not ringfield type, and possibly working roof fans 

Thanks for any help, I've had nothing to do with model railways for twenty years, and feel like I've been left behind by the DCC revolution, 

They used to say, "It's a passing phase, it'll never catch on."......now it's all realistic flange-squeal, and cab lights, 

On 18/03/2020 at 15:28, RAF96 said:

Just be aware if retaining the filament bulb lighting to ensure the decoder of choice function outputs can handle the load from them. Many are limited to 100mA and unprotected so an overload could damage the decoder.

Is this why I've seen little kits to upgrade grain of wheat bulb to LED ? 

On 17/03/2020 at 00:47, John ks said:

1 or both pics should help

I've made the following assumptions

Wires  C & D are pickups  from the read bogie

G & H are the positive to the lights

The heat shrink on G & H covers diodes for directional lighting(not required for DCC)

F is the negative from the front light

E is the negative from the rear light

Ignore A,B & K

 

I would remove & discard the capacitor & ferrite bead & disconnect all wires from the brushes

 

 

 

 

I have used ping pink for the front light as white on white is a bit hard to see

 

Hope this helps

John

I saw a circuit diagram elsewhere and thought it looked complicated, but your diagram makes more sense ... 

On 16/03/2020 at 17:46, charliepetty said:

The Red & Black on the decoder go to the pickups, the Grey and Orange to the motor.

 

Charlie (Legomanbiffo Team)

Is it as simple as that? .....

19 hours ago, Triumph1050 said:

OK people I made a video which explains why the axle boxes can give trouble and by not just enlarging but elongate the hole helps your 66 to run the way it's meant too

 

Well done Peter, you've identified the cause of this problem and come up with the solution....better than everybody having to return their locos to Hatton's ....... Hatton's should at least give you a couple of free locos of your choice......and they should give me a couple of free locos too for suggesting it 

Thank you 

Great work 

On 14/05/2020 at 15:06, Half-full said:

The OP hasnt stated whether he uses DCC or not, his post is about the upgrading of his model, which is best explained by photographs along with the text already provided

 

A video wont convey the full effect of a sound decoder either

No a video won't give us the full effect of a sound fitted loco, but it's the next best thing short of meeting up with the OP 

(The OP has now said there's no sound fitted so it's irrelevant) 

On 10/05/2020 at 19:31, APT Fan said:

Good evening, I have a Lima Class 55, 'The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry' which has a recessed painted headcode box. I'd like to add LED lighting and was thinking along the lines of a 'Domino' headcode box. I came across the 'Bachmann Class 55' conversion kit and wondered if this could do the job, does anybody have any experience with this kit? 

 

https://www.expressmodels.co.uk/catalogue/head-and-tail-lights/dcc-locomotive-lights-4mm-scale/dcc-lights-for-diesel-locomotives-4-function/Bachmann-class-55-deltic-detail

Silence came the reply,....... Looks like nobody has an answer,

I think you should risk it ...I've got an old Lima Deltic somewhere, can't remember what state it's in as it was one of my first locos and probably the experiment for a lot of things, if memory serves correctly..... I think it's got a good thick coat of paint (like it's been done with a tar-brush, but expensive etched nameplates 

14 minutes ago, Half-full said:

I disagree, stills are much better than video

Agreed for studying visual detail, ......but if there's DCC with the most accurate sound decoder and speaker combination that anyone has ever heard,......and if we want to see the model moving.....stills won't allow us to fully appreciate it 

On 24/04/2020 at 16:34, Phil Mc said:

Painted the chassis block Black, behind the bodyside windows.

Just to please a certain someone. You know who you are !

 

 

Cheers,

Phil.

Really great finished article 

Great work 

Great work 

The one in the centre of the group looks like a Mercedes 

Can you post pics somewhere or a video on YouTube, I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to see what you've done, also have you fitted working lights, DCC with sound ?  

(YouTube is probably easiest and video is better than stills) 

About 22 years ago I made my own 4-BEP from four coaches I had spare (three from a childhood train set and a fourth picked up at an exhibition/swapmeet.) I used an old Hornby HST to provide the motor. I painted it myself (Network South East) and transfers came from Fox Transfers. It definitely captured the look of the real thing, but having seen this, I realize now there was a lot more I could have done. I'll never be up to your standards. I should stick to weathering and detailing RTR models, which I can do a good job with. We all need to find our level, or find the balance between what we're capable of, and what we're reasonably happy with. 

On 09/05/2020 at 07:52, Happy Hippo said:

Some of us are quite adept at changing our Avatars on a regular basis.

 

Changes can be more frequent than their changing of undergarments: Whatever they are!

Oh, I didn't mean change avatar regularly, I meant use a

"gif. file"

as an avatar so it's a changing picture as opposed to a single static image.  Hopefully the one I'm currently using is an example. Creating it was like a major computer project with my IT skills.

Got my eye on this range when I get round to doing something 

If you haven't done it yet, there used to be one called "Winrar"  but I'm no computer Wiz 

On 13/01/2020 at 14:55, blueeighties said:

And another 56 today...This time 4mm. This one is actually mine, (shock horror!), returned to the workshop for a service. I decided to re-wire whilst I was at it, the original was a bit messy. Also fitted with a Rail Exclusive 55x20x10 'chunky boom box'. This thing now really screams....

Want.... 

On 06/10/2019 at 23:08, saxokid said:

Been adding more crew members to the 37 fleet..

Nice touch