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I finally decided to fit the Loksound chip and check the speaker, oddly with the Loksound chip displays none of the jerky running (although at moderate speed there may be some “surging” but it is hard to tell it is so slight) anyhoo….I left the model running to get the odd quiet grinding noise at crawling speed I hadn’t noticed before and oops, came back after an hour and……. Luckily I have a spanner and after an hour fiddling with shaky hands and a few small curses I got the bolt in and tightened up again, it is now running in once more………although the accident didn’t seem to bother the fireman too much

Without getting into another mass thread debate about the rights and wrongs and legality guesswork. I will not be cancelling my order for both sets from Rapido, and this is just another black mark against Hornby being a not very nice company (put simplistically) or maybe it’s just certain people there think they “own” the model railway world?

And first quarter doesn’t end until end of March

But at least the livery on the box artwork looks good

Thanks, but TBH I don’t really want to modify that particular model, I bought it because it intrigued me and was interesting but not enough to bu99er it up just to get it to run around my 2nd radius hidden curves.

Only one word……..Anchor

Or just wait until another manufacturer brings out a set that is actually worth the money, then they can have my £350 We are well used to waiting in this hobby

You can always tell when a caravan has been speeding down here……it’s usually spread all over the A30 in splinters and underwear.

I used to walk through Smithfield Market when a little lad to get to Barts Hospital……..must be why I love steak so much (Smithfield I mean not Barts )

Absolutely and how f00kin’ frustrating is it? How they expect a driver (or even passenger) to read three, four or more lines of 3” text (which often take two reads to understand regardless!) as you pass at 30 mph let alone faster roads annoys me. Makes you feel like sending the designer of the sign a postcard telling them they have won the lottery in microfiche size printing.

As long as you hold a normal car licence yes you can drive these……some are easier to drive than some cars

As I said pages ago, we have been paying “under the odds” for decades really, and it’s about time we payed what is the true cost of items, be it food, drink or luxury items, although on the last item we might well have been paying over the odds for years ……and been perfectly happy doing so.

I cannot imagine why but he missed Corbyn on the list……that’s odd

Sorry, missed it……..throw a brick next time.

Yes, 7mm and I believe they use smoke units designed and built by themselves (the Club), the steamer still leaves a bit to work on (in so much as there is not enough smoke!) but the diesel effect is excellent.

Unfortunately the kind of smoke effect that engine is making is the kind that ruins the effect, Imdmire the chap for managing to fit smoke in an N model but TBH any smoke on a steamer needs to be of the “chuff” type rather than a continuous stream, that is actually more suited to a diesel at start up and hard work. Smoke in diesels is quite easy in 7mm (I had one but gave up when the oily residue left so much film it looked awful) but so far haven’t seen it in 4mm diesels although it would be fairly easy if one was willing to mill enough chassis away inside to provide the room. I believe in a few years (maybe not even that long) there will be smoke units that use water vapour/high frequency units to provide the effect, now that will be much more controllable.

It depends if the carriage’s have close coupling mechanisms. I have used the Roco and tried the Fleischmann type with Bachman CC Mk1 and they are pretty close and work well.

No worries, and that’s why I liked the TrainTech lighting, completely flicker free.

Some of the rear steer mechanisms steer differently at different speeds and also when in reverse, it’s like some cars with slight rear wheel steering, at high speed the rears steer one way for stability at low speeds they steer the opposite way for manoeuvrability.

You absolutely correct it isn’t anywhere near brilliant yet, and probably never will be. But it’s pretty good and some installations are actually good. I suppose you could level the same accusation at the detail and mechanical side of Locos, they are good, some very good but most are just OK, but will we ever call them brilliant?* * excepting some special models like SLW etc.

Not sure stay alives will work on DC but for DCC sure, I fit them on all my Locos but never bothered on rolling stock for interior lighting etc. Although recently I have tried a couple of the TrainTech battery units which work upon the slightest movement and found them really very good and easy to fit.

What do you mean……grit your teeth and jump….easy

I visited the Hornby site after receiving the email with the intention of ordering the farewell LNER pack (as I have been miles on the ECML in the cabs, and TBH they are my favourite recent Locos) but I really didn’t realise until there and it struck me I am effectively buying Loco and a coach for that money I didn’t push the button. I’d buy two Locos for that but……

In my view a steam Loco or diesel Loco moving along silently is even more wrong from a “technical” point of view

But TBH my models going around my track don’t LOOK anything like the real thing when I am standing there looking at any real train going by, so to me anything that helps the illusion is a plus.