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Small, Medium and Liar?

Simon, It's been great to follow you on here. But it's been even more fun to visit the layout in Wakefield (possibly the coldest place on the planet, well the day we went!) and Harrogate, the second coldest. The layout is tremendous and really does need to be seen in the flesh. Roll on the NEC in 2024! Unfortunately RMWeb will have to manage without you, shame but still...

But an Android app has to run on lots of different phones so is much more complicated to code.

I spotted this on ebay from a trader called hornsandwhistlesworkshop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144911822821?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=SkQb4dXvRHS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=zOCTjQ4TSie&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY i was seriosly tempted despite the higher price compared to a refurb. But it went immediately out of stock. Looks to be part of the burgeoning 3D printing maker industry.

It'll be a 10 second teaser video of the date and time of the January announcements! Steam (out of the ears) to be provided by RMWebers. 😀

TT-scale live-steam. 😀

Hornby Magazine have released a render, not Hornby. The Oxblood red colour was a bit out, so I can understand why you thought it was Hornby themselves. 😆

Thanks to Andy and crew for the dedication to the cause of RMWeb. It appears that parts of the t'internet seem to be still like the wild west and you have discovered some of the cowboys. Having worked in IT for 35+ years I feel ashamed for the profession...

Steady tiger, there's another four episodes yet... :-)

I do wonder whether Hornby will end up going private, owned by LCD? A reverse takeover as it were. Not sure whether Phoenix are really in it for the long term. How much of a loss they are currently looking at on their Hornby investment though...

Been there, done that, got the Raspberry Pi paperweight! Two of the voltage rails are on adjacent pins on the expansion connector. They must not touch. At least they are relatively cheap to replace...

Yep. I have Hornby Railmaster. I got it as part of a really cheap trainset from one of these Christmas shops a few years back, Pasttimes? £75 for the Western Master train set. I took a punt and I've never looked back. I've probably spent far more than I need to on IT kit to keep it fed than the Railmaster itself. APT-E works perfectly well with the Railmaster/e-link. There's even an old thread on it on the Hornby Forum. As with all non-Hornby engines you have to type the details in yourself.

Ooh, a DCC sound version would be amazing! "This time next year we'll be millionaires, Rodney!", "Mange Tout".

Our Tesco (Stafford) had no visible Hornby catalogues on the 6th, plenty of Hornby magazines, I asked and the lady said "what ever they had was out". There was Just a blank space on the shelves for the Hornby catalogue and presumably the airfix catalogue (similar deal with another magazine)? We left empty handed. The boss (my better half) went the next day and asked again as there was no Hornby catalogue out that day either. Another lady said she'd got a crate of these 'funny book things' that she'd not put out as she didn't know where they went... :-) My better half pointed to the space on the shelves. So we were all happy. I've had no end of trouble over the years at both WHSmith and now Tesco, getting the offer, maybe I should get them in the post in future? :-) A £4 saving is a £4 saving after all...

Too early to tell...

I think what you are looking at there is a render of the model of Rocket not the model itself? Hornby use renders and 'shopped photos a lot in their publicity. The water tank is used to contain the DCC socket, so needs to be accessible somehow...

It is a great model. I had to have one. Both the sound and the loco are great value. Congratulations to Hornby. What a smashing layout to run it on too!

Hmm yes, the description isn't specific enough on the website. Drop the guys an email or message. They do two specific types for the two types of HST trailer, but this does now make a 3rd? The other two types DO include couplings for the power cars. Best to ask before ordering.

*Cough*Hunt Couplings*Cough*

Got as far as getting one in my cart. Can't get to pay for it. Website down now. Amazingly high demand.

Yep, I think you've summed it up quite neatly. Of most use with modern fixed rakes of stock, either passenger or freight. Potentially of great use on an exhibition layout 'roundy-roundy' with a fiddle yard where one wants to move one, say faulty item, out of a fixed rake. Where I guess it can be a real annoyance to separate items in anything like a short period of time without much cussing and gnashing of teeth when using alternative couplings. I am very pleased with them on my HST sets and my Oxford rail blue Mk3s. Both of which operated in fixed rakes. Tension lock couplings are the work of the devil!

I have fitted a spare pair of the Hunt HST couplers to my Airfix Coronation stock as they have the same type of coupling sockets fitted to them. Not very prototypical and I probably won't keep them on, especially as they are reasonably close coupled to start with. The corridor connections are quite long on Centenary coaches. They were very, very good for their day.

Mine arrived Wednesday and they were rapidly fitted to my HST stock. These had the old Hornby wide coupling. I've been waiting for a product like this for years and had pondered with butchering some Hornby couplings by gluing some Kadee's to them. I saw an article or a Youtube on it somewhere... There is maybe a tiny bit of bodywork clashing between the buffet and W42285 on the 4th radius curves I have on my lashed up layout. But nothing to be to worried about... I've attached some photos of parts of the completed rake. There is a slight variation in gappage - I think the ex Lima TGS has the coupling socket mounted further outbound than the others? I'm really delighted with the results. I shall be ordering at least two more sets when they can ramp up production. I've even toyed with having a look at some Airfix Centenary stock that have the same coupling sockets. I could be ordering gazillions of them...

I think Hornby did the right thing ditching the Thomas franchise. Here's why... I believe Thomas is really only popular with the smaller children. Children who are probably not dexterous enough to assemble and run Thomas and his friends. By the time they get to an age where they can handle the products and re-rail the vehicles, I think they've moved on to other things. Eg super heroes, Lego, Minecraft etc. I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with a grandchild who at the age of 7 says Thomas is 'Babyish', peer-group pressure I presume? He even said the maybe we could repaint some of the stock so it isn't Thomas any more. I'd bought him Percy and the mail train two or three years ago. He loved launching it round the track at high speed and delighted in accidents. There's an awful lot of accidents in the Thomas TV programmes! Now after watching the Great Model Railway Challenge TV show he delights in using the mail train to deposit a model person on the track. It always has to be a lady! Have we produced a serial killer? ;-) I have a colleague with a 3 year old son who is infatuated by Thomas - maybe the Thomas set will have to be moved on. I too think the Thomas prices are a 'bit toppy' - £30 - £50 for a coach! I guess that's partially due to the licence fee. Also as an aside DCC is a must for children, they insist on running more than one train on the track. I do think Hornby are barking up the wrong tree introducing the analogue controls that they did this year. They really need to produce a value for money DCC system. Railmaster does appeal to my grandson. I'd be interested to hear what others think...

Full fat WHSmith with franchise Post Office counters upstairs. Two failing organisations together?