Dan Griffin

Good evening. i am posting this in the hope it gets somewhere with Strathwood. i have been buying your books for years, directly from you, and i placed an order (worth over £65) almost two weeks ago, monies taken and then nothing. I have messaged on here, to no response, and i have phoned the warehouse twice. Yesterday on my second phone call i spoke to a very polite and apologetic lady who said one of the books on order was currently out of stock, fair enough, but she ensured me the rest would be sent via DPD for delivery today, as one book was a gift for someone else. i have had nothing, no parcel or dispatch email. In all the years i have bought from Strathwood this has to be the worst customer experience i’ve had. They are usually very good and fast delivery. Are there bigger issues going on at the warehouse? Or have i just copped an unlucky order? i do have a couple of questions though, firstly why promise a next day delivery if thats not going to happen, and second, why does the website allow books to be bought if they are not in stock? i do still want what i have ordered but i feel like i’m going around in circles trying to get a straight answer. any update would be appreciated regards dan

Hi is anyone on here able to identify these detail parts that i found on my layout. they have obviously fallen off something, and i have had a look at recently run items but its beaten me and i cannot identify what they have fallen off. by some miracle does anyone on here know what they are from? cheers Dan

this is my 'go to ' thread when i log on, always excellent pictures on here. it is interesting to see the weathering on J281 where the handrails on the 08 are white lower down where the shunters hands have kept them clean. excellent Dan

Regarding the O2 tank. I have a Southern one, numbered 182. My loco does not pick up any current from the front drive wheels on one side. If you look at the model head on, its the right hand side. Is this normal or has mine got a fault? i have cleaned all wheels, wheel backs and added a very slight ammount of ‘electro-lube’ to the bearings but these wheels pick absolutely nothing up what so ever.

they are all available in the shop. i saw them this week in individual boxes behind the counter.

i have found a fault with my 73136. the holes for the buffing plate are not positioned correctly. meaning the buffing plate fouls the buffers on the right hand side looking at the loco face on. anyone else found this?

Hi all. advice please my 92, 92003 with sound, has been running superbly since purchase. however tonight when running the pantograph raised, but will now no longer go down. The servo is working as i can hear it, and a test with F17 proves the other to be working . has anyone else had this? I am experienced in model repairs so i could have a look myself but don’t want to void the warranty. I have not taken the body off mine yet to look if anything has come adrift. can anyone give advise on this? dan

So long as its only sound and not function too! don't want Pit Pony deposits all over the layout! 😄

it it because of the severe gradient's on the route. i believe, having read the book 'British Diesel & Electric Abroad', that the gradients wore the bogies and wheel out very quickly so the 92's were taken off this duty.

Hi A few years ago, i bought a Zimo sound decoder fitted with a 2 second stay alive capacitor for my Bachmann class 40 from the Peterborough show off a guy called Paul Chetter, and it runs nicely and sounds better! but i have only realised in the last week or so that the stay alive that was provided doesn't seem to work. It only came to light after looking at the stay alive inside my Accurascale 92. When I lift that off the rails the sounds carry's on for around 5 seconds. when I lift the 40 off, the sound stops immediately, showing the stay alive is not working. i have been told it is possible that the stay alive is not activated and i should alter a CV to turn it on. can anyone advise which CV i need to alter to try and activate it? thanks in advance Dan

Coincidentally, one of these with rot is currently on ebay so its not just a one off!

another to add to the list. i have had this come in to me for repair. the loco wheels turn freely from the motor and it seems the chassis around the worm gear has deteriorated. Hornby R number is R2664 Collectors centre special edition Royal Scott.

IMO they will be removable. i cannot imagine them retooling the chassis plate just to include dumb buffers for this, more likely tooled up dumb buffers to fit the holes already moulding into the chassis plate.

I am hoping that R30306 LT sentinel will be provided with buffers as it wears now, as they do not seem to be in the picture.

Now this looks very good. wonder if i could Bluetooth some tunes through the speaker form my iphone! 😀

It leaves it open no doubt for Hornby to make them in numerous 'fictional' liveries

Agreed. IMO they wont beat the Bachmann version in terms of finesse, or indeed price!

Surely it would be 50021 wouldn't it? 😀😀

'His Company'? since when?

So i caved and bought a sound 92003. It is simply stunning. I did a quick review here. The haulage capacity of this loco has to be seen to be believed!

Hello all. i have just finished building the Hardy’s Hobbies 3D printed Hudswell Clarke 1800 Industrial tank and finished it off as the NVR’s Thomas. it was a pleasurable, if not frustrating at times, build. regards Dan

it seems to be working again now.

What an excellent picture, i have just repaired one of these models made by Kleinbahn. mine is red though. one of the only pictures i've seen of a real one.

Simon, i have all these bookazines and they are excellent. a real 'go to' publication. thanks for your time putting these together. any hints on what might be upcoming in the future? regards Dan

I have no Axe to grind. and indeed, no issues with the editor at all. I uploaded my thoughts on here as i believe RMweb is Warners owned, as is Traction. so, i thought this is the best platform to raise it on.