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  1. the-gog
    I think it should be possible to motorise it without the trailer. DCC wiring could be hid behind the gangers with the circuitry hidden in the roof.
  2. the-gog
    Ganger's what? Coat? Tools? Copy of The Sun or Racing Post?
  3. the-gog
    All we now need are 4mm scale St Trinian's teachers, one of whom holding a megaphone.
  4. the-gog
    The problem is that KMRC are taking all the flak on this issue - MR simply aren't responding. It wouldn't surprise me if this is making KMRC's staff feeling pretty grumpy about it. I've not had any problems in the past with them. RWJ
  5. the-gog
    Most interesting. So much for everyone telling me that the only way to get sound is to use DCC.
  6. the-gog
    In which case I'll gladly take my words back. Well done :-)
  7. the-gog
    In which case I'm astonished. I'm most intrigued by this.
  8. the-gog
    Nothing. If you've bought a DCC sound-fitted loco to run on DC, you've just chucked £100+ in the bin. It won't run on DC. Nada. Nothing. I had to remove the DCC chip from mine to ge it to run on DC on my rolling road. Sound? You'll get motor and gear whine, but that's it.
  9. the-gog
    Before it gets to the overheating stage, it will have tripped out/burnt out any controller, so I don't see that it will happen.
  10. the-gog
    At 16v????
  11. the-gog
    Pah, for added realism, you should've dragged it with two class 25 locos. See the rat vs whistler "wars" in the early 80s and things like "Rat Poison" and "Anti Forty Times" magazines. RWJ
  12. the-gog
    Apropos to all this, I removed the dcc chip and replaced it with the blanking plug, and stuck it on the rolling road. It runs sweet as anything, so that's a major relief. At some point I'll put the dcc chip back in and take it for a spin on a friend's layout. RWJ
  13. the-gog
    Bachmann have stated that people are welcome to send the 40s back to their service department. The problem is that they're no better after being returned.
  14. the-gog
    How much do you want to bet it'll be ViTrains?
  15. the-gog
    Does anybody know if REX intend to get somebody else to manufacture 33s to their detailed spec?
  16. the-gog
    "I have raised my expectations about the fact that it should at least run once, out of the box." Which is more than my 40 has managed. Even at full 12v on the rollers, it just crawled for a few minutes before stalling. During this time, the LEDs were fully lit. I wonder what it's like with sage & onion stuffing? Gobble gobble!
  17. the-gog
    I've just put mine on a DC rolling road, and same results. Lights come on, but that's it. Motor shudders a bit, but does no more than that. Hereford Models claim they tested it prior to despatch, but I can't really understand, as if they had done, they'd have found out it's dud. RWJ
  18. the-gog
    Yes, the same place with a hyperlink added. I'm doing this from my phone, so it's awkward.
  19. the-gog
    See http://www.flickr.com/groups/cfas/discuss/72157625726740402/ for this.
  20. the-gog
    Well, that's good news.
  21. the-gog
    Super!
  22. the-gog
    It depends I'd they've done the tooling for it.
  23. the-gog
    Concidentally, John Turner has uploaded a photo of 2x 33 at York in the 60s: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/12266730184/ "A pair of Cromptons at York - D6525 & D6554 approach York station with the Uddingston (Lanarkshire) to Cliffe (Kent) cement train - 30/07/1962. What later became TOPS class 33s were regulars at York and south down the ECML with this working in the early 1960s. The BRC&W built diesels took over the southbound train at Clifton (York) and worked throughout to Kent."
  24. the-gog
    We should suggest to Bachmann they include it as an accessory with their 40s. RWJ
  25. the-gog
    Scope for someone to make a whitemetal scale replacement. It's just a push fit into the bogie sideframe.
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