LittleRedTrain

Got excited at the mention of new 009 coaches, but looks like they're just the Liliput HOe Austrian coaches with a 'faux British' livery.

Feels very much like a case of "We have to announce something in 009, what can we fudge?"

14 minutes ago, proton said:

I pre-ordered the nine-coach rake from Hatton's last year and like several other members on here I was informed the FK was mailed a few weeks ago on its own.  I just received a notification that the balance of the order has just been mailed.  I will convert them to P4 with Brassmasters bogies, but will have to order some 8' kits since I was under the mistaken impression the RKs were on standard 9' bogies.

 

PBM.

The remainder of mine have now been processed and added to my trunk as well, phew!

Typically, it was about half an hour after I sent a polite e-mail to Hattons asking about a status update!

On 12/04/2021 at 20:08, Opelsi said:

I ordered a full set of of these carriages immediately they were announced.

Today my chosen vendor of Widnes processed the first one R4962 FK.

Hope they are working through the others as would be dreadful if I was not to get the full set!

Fingers crossed all OK! 

Anyone with (surviving) Hattons pre-orders got anything more than the single R4962 allocated yet?

I do find it a bit frustrating that, thanks to the other reports on here, I could've got a full set 'off the shelf' from other retailers a week ago!

I will be severely miffed if they eventually turn round and say they can't supply the rest!

9 hours ago, Opelsi said:

We should know fairly swiftly.

Anyone else with similar orders care to comment please?

No change here.
Kernow have posted on Facebook that they've only received a small delivery so far, with the bulk expected soon.
Possible that Hattons are in the same position.

16 minutes ago, Opelsi said:

I ordered a full set of of these carriages immediately they were announced.

Today my chosen vendor of Widnes processed the first one R4962 FK.

Hope they are working through the others as would be dreadful if I was not to get the full set!

Fingers crossed all OK! 

Exactly the same here. (Same one processed) so hopefully they're just processing all the orders for each coach together. 

How does the lighting work with DCC? Does it have a rectifier in the coach to provide suitable DC to the lighting?

Hattons haven't cancelled my pre-order (yet) so hoping that it might show up sometime next week.

On 11/03/2021 at 07:19, Helmdon said:

Um, has anyone else got one they don’t want...? Please?

If you're still looking for one, someone has just listed one on eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-Scenecraft-44-0016-Narrow-Gauge-Station-44-0037-Water-Tower-009/224395572272

I've no connection to the seller, I just spotted it while looking for something else and remembered this thread.

Heljan Manning Wardles discounted further at Rails.

https://railsofsheffield.com/groups/3179/bargain-Heljan-oo9-locomotives

3 versions of Lyd at £124.50
Lew in SR Green at £129.50

EXE in intermediate green at £139.50

Have ordered a green Lyd to replace one which I've managed to damage, (old one will probably either become a spares donor if the chassis goes ping again, or may gain a fictional livery).
 

So my Baldwin arrived back from Bachmann today.

They couldn't find a problem with it on DC or DCC, but reset the decoder anyway.
Their recommendation was to ensure that I supplied enough power on starting to prevent stalling (which should be a non-issue with a light loco on level track).

Upon trying it, it still seems to exhibit occasional cut outs at slow speed. I'm wondering whether there's either some mechanical or electrical issue that is manifesting on my layout but not on theirs for some reason.
It's almost like it hits a dead spot, as a tiny nudge is enough to get it going again.

Still odd that the GVT example, with identical decoder runs perfectly on the same track.

Going to have to do some more investigation I think...

NSE 4-TCs with water damaged boxes for £189.99 at Kernow

http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/68531/32-643Z-Bachmann-Class-438-4-TC-Unit-number-8023-SOILED-BOX

For anyone who got Amazon vouchers for Christmas:

Hornby R3854 LMS, Princess Royal Class, 4-6-2, 6212 Duchess of Kent for £146.67
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08485GFGG/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_lG25FbDWDKT5E

Free delivery with Prime, sold by Amazon itself.

Cheapest I've seen it, though usual caveats about Amazon apply (price can change at any moment, especially if others look at/buy it).

EDIT: Has now changed to £147.20

EDIT Sun 27: Has now gone back to full price I'm afraid. 

I've finally got enough track on my 009 layout to test my WHR 590 (Red with DCC sound) which was part of the second batch and purchased almost exactly a year ago. Unfortunately it seems to exhibit a very similar problem.

Does anyone know if the same diode issue affects these second-batch/DCC fitted locos?

My GVT Baldwin (fitted with the same decoder bought SH from someone who didn't want a sound-fitted version) runs fine.

I've only run it with a Gaugemaster Model D on analogue and a Prodigy Advance 2 on DCC, so an old/feedback controller isn't the issue.

I've dropped Bachmann an e-mail anyway to see what they say.

On 13/12/2020 at 13:10, LittleRedTrain said:

Pre-ordered two from Rails (separate orders as originally the sound and non-sound versions were due at different times). 

- Red one without sound was dispatched on Tues and still hasn't shown up. 

- Black one with sound was dispatched on Weds and arrived on Thursday. 

Go figure! 

 

Hoping the red one appears in tomorrow's post. 

My red one still hasn't arrived. Rails have kindly sent me the tracking number and apparently it's still at 'PSC South Yorkshire' as of yesterday.
Hopefully it may make its way down to the Midlands sometime this week!

EDIT: Finally arrived Wednesday 16th morning

Not sure if it's a bargain per-se, but Clark Railworks have an 'as new' Brighton Belle train pack, with 3 trailer coaches, for £275. My understanding is that these were quite hard to get hold of.
https://clarkrailworks.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/Hornby-oo-r2987-brighton-belle-1934-train-pack-w-r4512-13-14-brighton-belle-cars

They also have a number of other Hornby train packs with additional coach sets for what seem like pretty reasonable prices.

https://clarkrailworks.com/collections/new-arrivals
 

No connection other than as a previous satisfied customer.

Pre-ordered two from Rails (separate orders as originally the sound and non-sound versions were due at different times). 

- Red one without sound was dispatched on Tues and still hasn't shown up. 

- Black one with sound was dispatched on Weds and arrived on Thursday. 

Go figure! 

Hoping the red one appears in tomorrow's post. 

LMS 8F for £89.99 also seems a pretty good deal. Don't think I've seen this under £100 before.

http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/56202/R3565-Hornby-8F-Class-Steam-Locomotive-number-8035-LMS-Black

18 hours ago, Nova Scotian said:

LMS Suburban special edition pack for 140 GBP.

 

http://www.burevalleymodels.com/p/9483/R3397---LMS-Suburban-Passenger-Train-Pack

 

OOS now, but MRD have one at £132
https://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/train-packs/Hornby-r3397-lms-suburban-passenger-train-pack-limited-edition/

I'd have had it myself if I hadn't just bought 4 of these coaches in the latest 'Rails' deal.

EDIT at 17:45: Now gone!

Surprised and a bit disappointed that the Baldwins have been pushed back to April. They were shown as expected this month until very recently! 

Ordered a green Lyd from Bure Valley Models (who incidentally have it at £178, cheapest I've seen).
Unfortunately after a quick test run, the valve gear came apart on both sides (drop link came astray and one of the tiny pins shot off never to be found), so back it had to go.

Full marks to BVM, I phoned them on Friday to arrange the return, posted it on Monday, and the replacement (which they had test-run for me) arrived Thursday morning!

I've now had a chance to run it on my oval test track, and after applying the recommended fixes of loosening the pony centering springs and wipers, it *touch wood* seems to be running fine.

There's one dodgy track join where the leading pony sometimes comes off (I think my fault for poor track laying rather than the loco), and I haven't had a chance to try it on points yet, so fingers crossed.

Now to carry on with layout planning...

Hi all,

I wasn't quite sure which section to put this in, so please feel free to move if incorrect.

I was trying to fit a DCC decoder to my Hornby 4-VEP and, in a rather ham-fisted fashion, managed to accidentally pull out one of the cables that links the roof-mounted PCB to the socket on the chossis.

Having neither the eyesight, skills or patience to try and re-solder the tiny connections, I have bought a replacement PCB, however, I can't figure out how to get the old one out to swap it without having to perform serious surgery.

The PCB is held into the roof by a grey plastic frame, which is secured into the roof by 8 screws.

However, at one end of the motor car, two of the screws are completely obscured by white plastic mouldings (presumably meant to be luggage racks)... see picture below.

The white moulding at the end doesn't appear to be part of the body-shell (there's obviously a gap between it and the plastic end of the body), but I can't seem to find any way to remove it, and am reluctant to start applying brute force/sharp objects in case I'm missing something obvious.

Has anyone got any ideas/suggestions, before I start butchering it?

Many thanks

Daniel

Hi all,
Apologies for re-awakening a slightly old thread, but I've been trying to chip my class 122 and having similar, but slightly different issues to those mentioned above.

I'm using a Zimo MX638D, (non sound, and the documentation shows Function 3 as a non-logic level), with a Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance2.

However, rather than the interior carriage lighting remaining on constantly (as others have said), it remains off and none of the function keys appear to turn it on.
The interior lighting works fine on DC with the blanking plate inserted, so it's not a problem with the wiring contacts or circuitry itself.

Has anyone else used this decoder (or similar) and seen the same issue? If so, did the mod of cutting the track to pin 17 solve it?
I'm a bit loathe to start hacking the circuit board around in case my issue is something different entirely.

Unfortunately I don't have any other 21 pin decoders to try at hte moment.

Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.
Regards
Daniel

EDIT - Never mind, I found the exact solution to my problem on anothe thread: Turns out I just needed to re-write CV#8=3 to switch the decoder into 'Logic Level' mode and it all works fine. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138294-the-curious-case-of-a-zimo-638d-21-pin-mtc-decoder-and-a-Dapol-class-121/