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  1. Not the best angle because I was in the public car park, but I managed to get these pics.

     

    i had no idea that she was on the line - I was visiting footplate models and heard a steam whistle as I was going into the mainline station. So a fortunate meeting really 

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  2. On the flip side, (from the seller point of view) I’ve just been accused of ‘scalping’ by a supposed model rail enthusiast becuase I’m daring to sell more than one of the same thing that I bought with my own money. Disgraceful behaviour, I am appropriately chastened.

     

    the fact that all of my items start at 99p and have no reserve appears to have escaped this person’s shimmering intellect.

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  3. I’m making full use of my 70% off this weekend to slim down on a few impulse purchases. I’ve been quite busy with eBay these first few months of the year, but I think it will quieten down after this lot - I’ve got nothing else to sell :)

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  4. Hi there folks - clue is in the title - does anyone have one going at a reasonable price?
     

    model identity or body condition not an issue. I actually only need the chassis, so if anyone has one with a knackered body then I’ll happily take that too.

     

    Thanks in advance 

    c

  5. 55 minutes ago, stephennicholson said:

    Can you make a suggestion as to which one - hopefully it’s one my son-in-law has! I already applied Nuln oil to the lamp body which did a good job of toning the red down.


    Nuln oil is good, but Seraphim sepia or agrax Earthshade are probably best for what you want it for. They will tone down the strength of the light while adding a slight yellow/brown tinge. Lots of light layers will work best - don’t try and do it in one or two thick layers 

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  6. 36 minutes ago, stephennicholson said:

    For those of us with sound fitted zimos (where the supplied instructions say there is no means to dim directional lighting) - any suggestions of a means to at least take the edge off the brightness with say semi translucent paint?

    I have found that a wash of a few layers of translucent paint (I use Games Workshop shade paints) does help to dim down LEDs, but that it is very easy to overdo it and make it almost invisible to see that there is a light at all. 
     

    For my part as I have the preserved number 93, I have assumed/imagined/interpreted that modern regulations require the fitting of high intensity lights, which have in this case been cleverly disguised as GWR oil lamps :)

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  7. 13 hours ago, Denny said:


    Do you mind me asking how you got on? 

    Bachman’s new class 69 specs mention a Plux22 socket. I use exclusively the HM7000 chips in Bluetooth mode so it would be good to know if the adapter linked above will allow things to work. 

     

     



    It went well, there is a limited functionality (for instance, the internal lights don’t work) but that’s not a dealbreaker for me. Basically, I have sound, motion and directional lighting. There is a vague chance that there might be a bit more for the 69, but it would depend upon the specific functions of the model and how it was all wired.

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  8. 2 hours ago, JN said:

    I am surprised no-one is discussing the auto-decoupler.

    It’s a neat idea and I’d be interested in them, but currently the only way to get them is to shell out £350 or so for a diesel that I don’t want :) so that stymies things a bit :)

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  9. 3 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

    Just checked. I've got/had a number of P class and Andrew Barclays on pre order with Hattons, none of which are currently shown in my existing Accurascale account. 

     

    I shall stand by...........

     

    Rob

     

     

     

    My ‘Bluebell’ has now been added, so they seem to be speeding through them

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  10. So, with my paranoia about the parcel getting filched and my natural inability to resist anything but temptation, I happily present to you the contents of mystery box number 2, which I returned home to in my lunch break :) :

     

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    -L&MR ‘Lion’ in 1980s guise

    -BR Dynamometer car in 1949 livery

    -‘Rapido’ livery Iron Mink (am I the only person with two of these now?)

    -Six wheeled SR Brake van

    -Yellow Toad Van

    -2x 8 plank wagons - one grey, one brown

    -APT-E book, calendar, beer mats, pin badge and pens as before 

     

    another fine haul where the monetary value vastly outstrips the £250 cost, and even the £400 guaranteed value. Am once again very happy 

     

    @RapidoCorbs - one point - I’m assuming that the dynamometer car would have been one of the overhauled ones and isn’t subject to the lighting circuit recall?

     

     

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  11. 18 minutes ago, Dungrange said:

     

    I'm assuming the GER train pack is the analogue rather than the sound fitted version, but it seems good value.  If I knew that was the contents I'd have been tempted (even although I don't really need a fourth tram).  The problem as always is that there is the risk of getting a locomotive that I don't really want and even if I did strike it luck and get another tram, Rapido don't sell a DCC Sound upgrade.  The wagons could be used on a club layout, but for me, BR liveried wagons are of limited interest.

    It is the analogue one, yes

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