CCarmichael

A very long shot, but if anyone has a spare toad brake van from the recent Titfield Thunderbolt train pack l would be happy to make an offer for it. This is so I can have both formations portrayed in the film on my layout at the same time having just acquired a Hattons 14xx locomotive.

Thanks. 

Hi,

I’m enquiring as to looking for a dummy APT NDM that might be going surplus from the recent Hornby 7-car APT packs e.g. running number 49002.

Thanks

Thanks, this is exactly what Hornby, based more on not wanting me to pay the full amount for a motorised NDM 🙂

Hi,

I've come across a APT NDM testing formation whilst looking for unique formations to model, and I was wondering whether anyone would have any idea on whether it'd be possible to modify one of the new Hornby NDMs so that it wasn't providing any driving power to the track so that the locomotive pulling the formation was the one in charge, but retain the ability to run freely.

My guess would be to remove a gear from the bogies, remove the gear from the wheelset, or the worm gear shown in the attached service sheet but there might be a simpler way to achieve this goal that I'm not aware of.

Thanks very much for any assistance.

HSS-456-Class-370-APT-NDM-DTS.pdf

On 09/12/2022 at 22:55, Krieghoff said:

It is indeed. They have said there will be more details in the New Year 

Has anybody seen/heard anymore info on this exclusive since the original announcement?

On 02/06/2022 at 08:10, Robin Verth said:

Hornby, Bachmann & Dapol all supply packs of replacement metal wagon wheels, some years ago I changed out all the plastic wheels on my rolling stock for metal wheels, after the changeover to metal wheels the rolling stock free running improved, the locos could pull longer trains and the track kept cleaner.

I had the same problem with some wagons with the wheels being a bit stiff, with these with the wheels in place gently squeeze the axel boxes together and rotate the wheels a few times this usually frees the errant wheels.

If I want to replace the chassis on old Tri-ang wagons I use the chassis from the Bachmann China Clay wagons it is virtually a direct fit, I have replaced the chassis on a number of mineral wagons and vans, the donor wagons come from toy fairs or model railway exhibitions, they can often be picked up for £5-£8 a time the last batch a few weeks ago worked out a £7 a wagon.

 

Robin, 

thanks for this, I’ll have a look at the wheels that the manufacturers you mentioned have to offer as I think this might be the simplest solution without having to replace the chassis.

Thanks also for the tip on how to resolve the stiff wheels, as if Hornby offers them the wheels from some of their 7-plank wagons, these would go well with the Beatties wagons that are having the wheels replaced.

Hi,

I have a couple of un-boxed Hornby 7-plank wagons from when they were made in Britain that currently have the black plastic wheel sets and I was wondering whether anyone knew of any wagons for which metal wheel sets could be scavenged from that would run freely as the closest I have got are the wheel sets from the Bachmann 7-plank wagons, although they don’t run 100% freely.

the other alternative was to find a similar sized chassis to put the wagon moulding onto, however nowadays I think most plank wagons are just one mould and the top portion can’t be removed separately, if I’m wrong please correct me.

thanks very much.

Having already asked about suitable rolling stock, I was wondering whether the Hatton’s Genesis in LNWR livery would be a good alternative. If so, could someone recommend a suitable formation?

Or shall I wait and see if they do the proposed CR livery as part of the 3rd batch they are thinking of doing

I received my excellent As Build variant yesterday. Does anyone know of some suitable ready to run rolling stock? I know of the Hornby R2160 'The Caledonian' train pack from 2008 but it looks difficult to just buy the coaches.

Thanks.

Hi,

I have been looking at some locomotive/rolling stock storage boxes with foam slots and before I purchased some I was wondering whether some one knew where I could purchase similar plastics wrapping that Bachmann locomotive ice cube packaging has glued in as that I can prevent any potential scratching/reaction to the foam or the plastic that comes in the Ellis Railworks locomotive boxes.

Thank you very much for any assistance to this possibly strange request.

Charles

If anyone is looking for formations Mordern Locomotives Illustrated Issue 249 has a brilliant article about nuclear rail traffic and has some brilliant images of KUA train formations from the last ten years, tempted to try the formation on pages 42-43 if a Bachmann Class 57 can haul both of these excellent wagons. If you want a copy let me know and [Admin Edit - you can go and buy it!]

Hi,

I’ve have recently become aware of a oo scale locomotive of mine that is in dire need of a bit of servicing and I was wondering whether there were any recommendations for a grease that I can use to make sure all the gears and worm drives are lubricated.

Any suggestions are appreciated as I have been looking at the Woodland Scenics Hob-E-Lube Moly Grease but I’m not sure whether this would be a good option so feedback would be welcome people have used this.

Thanks very much.

Thanks very much for the suggestions so far, they have really helped. Most of the tools I have enquired about will be for servicing/modifying locomotives, laying track and electrical work purposes predominantly however it is always worth knowing what is needed if I were to branch out into kit building.

Thanks again.

Hi,

Having only just started the modelling aspects of this hobby, having been a collector for many years, I was looking for some recommendations for what tools that I should be possibly purchasing.

The here tools that I have having the most problems in working out what to get due to the high variety:

• A decent soldering iron that doesn’t take up to much space and stand that if possible can hold additional things like brass wool
• A high quality set of precision screwdrivers (preferably magnetic) mainly for locomotive repair/servicing 
• A high quality set of set of files suitable for detailed work
• A multimeter

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for all your suggestions. In the end I put a ViTrains chassis in the Class 37 & and the chassis from one of the Hornby Railroad Class 47 for my Res Publica locomotive.

For anyone else looking to do this for the Class 47, it is worth noting that the main glazing units also need to be switched out as Hornby has made adjustments to theirs to fit the bracket that the motor clips into.

Thanks again,

Charles

Hi,

This may sound like bit of a strange question but would anyone be able to tell me the distances between the headlights on the Bachmann Class 37/5 e.g 32-387 Class 37 37506 in Railfreight Red stripe Livery, for a project that I am planning.

Thanks very much

5 hours ago, 37114 said:

Depends how much work you want to do, but in short no. The Bachmann 47 chassis has the bufferbeam mounted on it whereas Lima mounted the bufferbeam on the body. You could do what I did for my class 31 and mount the drive train (in that case from a Mazak damaged Hornby central bogie version) into the Lima chassis but for the cost of getting the chassis from a Bachmann loco you might as well buy a complete Bachmann model and sell your Lima model to help fund the purchase. 

 

I have to say there are some great Lima loco bodies that with a bit of detailing can hold their own against today's offering's, the class 31 and 73 are 2 great examples but Lima's model of the 37 and 47 are showing their age and have many areas for improvement. However I can understand for sentimental reasons you might want to keep them in which case the modern Hornby m37114otor bogies are the best bet.

Thanks 37114. I have actually found a Bachmann Class 47 in RES livery that I am going to possibly purchase to replace my Lima one, which will keep the train pack complete

22 hours ago, steviesparx said:

The China made  'Limby' ( Hornby chassis using the Lima body ) 47 is also a direct swap - you could sell the new bodies ( and boxes ) on if you wanted to keep your Lima bodies....

Thanks, do the Bachmann Class 47 chassis’s work as I am wondering whether I can avoid the bogie based motors.

Thanks again.

Hi,

Firstly apologies if this has already been answered.

The question I have is that I have owned a couple of Lima locomotives (Class 37 & 47) for quite sometime and I came to the conclusion that I would try and upgrade them as so to replace the ringfield motors and I have been wondering whether I could use current Bachmann chassis’s to do this.

As far as I have worked out the easier option is to use ViTrains chassis’s and to just fit the old bodies. However I am trying to future proof and considering that spares for ViTrains are quite difficult to obtain I was wondering whether purchasing a Bachmann Class 37 & 47 would work.

Thanks very much.