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9 hours ago, Temeraire said:

Hi Pete

 

Had a read of the article this afternoon and very good it is, and some nice pics. Did you catch Tidworth in ModelRail?

Thanks Mate, I do have a copy that you gave me some time ago though I think that was railway modeller. So I am guessing not. Which issue was it. I will try and get one.

Cheers Peter  

On 03/12/2022 at 06:45, Lowlander said:

Hi Pete

 

The layout looks excellent in the Hornby mag. The article was well worth a read.  Well done 👏✔️

 

 

Thanks, writing articles is definitely not my thing they have improved on my scribbles and it reads really well.

Cheers Peter.

On 03/12/2022 at 06:35, Grampus said:

Peter,

           many congratulations on the Llanbourne write-up in the January edition of Hornby Magazine. That was a welcome surprise when I was out running errands earlier today. I very much enjoyed reading about the evolution of the layout over  time; and your strict adherence to a particular time and place, which places everything in context so effectively.  It shouts, 'real railway.' Some fabulous photographs, too, which really show off the scale of your accomplishment. I was pleased to see also that you intend to continue to develop the layout further - I shall look forward to reading more about it in future as it evolves.

 

Best wishes,

 

Paul

Hi Paul, Thanks I think the article has come up well. Jonathan Newton took the pictures before leaving Australia to work for Hornby magazine so it's really thanks to him it all happened as he thought it was good enough to put in the mag and Mark Chivers agreed.

As with any model railway there is still more to do but it's mainly detailing and a few more buildings. 

On 21/11/2022 at 20:21, Fingersfred66 said:

The Pete Harvey bufferbeam looks great, I have one to do myself and would be interested to see how you fix it in place if you could show a picture please that would be really helpfull.

 

Thanks Tony

Hi Tony, the Pete Harvey bufferbeam etch is glued onto the  back of the old Heljan bufferbeam which is attached to the main chassis by a couple of screws.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Peter 

Enjoyable video guys. The scenery is looking great. Nice selection of trains too.

Cheers Peter.

9 hours ago, Melangoose said:

Hi Pete

I see that the layout is in next months Hornby Magazine.  Will sure get a copy to keep.

Hi Nigel, It is yeah looking forwards to seeing how it looks myself.

Cheers Peter.

14 hours ago, Temeraire said:

HI Pete

 

My two 08s are the Bachmann versions that have the daft pickup arrangement at the top of 4 of the wheels. All the dirt and crud makes its way to the top and builds up under the pickup until it stops making contact. 🙄

 

My solution pictured below. This mod makes them run faultlessly with basic Bachmann chip hardwired in after removing the circuit board and their mounting pips behind the radiator, with no need for stay alives.

 

 

They pickup from all 6 wheels now!

Hi Ian, How's it going mate, I did that on my old Bachmann models too. It might be worth doing it on my Hornby ones but the pickups do seem to be doing their job. 

Cheers Peter.

18 hours ago, ISW said:

Peter,

 

I have a pair of the older Bachmann 08s and I find that when their running gets a bit intermittent the best fix is to dismantle them to be able to properly clean the wiper pickups located at the top of the wheels (access is impossible without dismantling). Neither has a keep alive, but the decoder is a small Hornby one (hard wired) as that's all I could find that fits.

 

Ian

Thanks Ian, My Hornby ones are pretty clean, they have a better set up than the Bachmann models but i can certainly have a better look.

Cheers Peter.

On 11/11/2022 at 13:50, DougN said:

Pete, ESU decoders have the possibility of a keep alive capacitor to be installed. Might be worth a google around for the instructions. - Locally the ESU's can be had from Metro Hobbies boxhill for about $60. I have bought a number there recently. Most of the instructions could be had from the Hornby mag DCC installs either sound or not. You can buy the cap's at Jaycar. Not sure which uF rating you need or the voltage but from memory it has to be higher ie 35v rather than 16v (the later is below the voltage of the dcc units!) ... google is your friend... or ask SRman he may have played with a few. 

Thanks Doug, I will have a chat with you next time I see you. The capacitor will need to be a small as I have very little room in the class 08.

Cheers Peter.

On 11/11/2022 at 11:08, Lowlander said:

Need some updates Pete. Getting withdrawal symptons here😁

Thanks Mate, I will take a few pics and post them up I have been a bit slack recently.

Cheers Peter.

Hi Dave, great to see some news pics. The new stock is looking superb. 

Cheers Peter.

So I bought a Heljan Peak, and to be honest I am not that impressed. Apart from the shape it's the running for me it just doesn't seem to run as  smooth as my Bachmann ones. I put a rails decoder in mine I am just wondering what others have used.

Cheers Peter.

21 hours ago, 101 said:

 

No,  there were weld lines but no where near as prominent as Dapol have modelled I've filed/sanded them almost flat on mine 

 

Edit to add photo

Hi, Thanks. I have now ordered a couple, it looks like you can remove the ribs without having to do a total repaint.

Cheers Peter.

I have been looking forwards to getting a couple of these, but the three ribs on the body are not something I can find in any pictures. Are they on early builds like the centre ladder. 

Cheers Peter.

Loving the latest pics Ian. The recent work has really bought this area together.

Cheers Peter.

Thanks Keefer, I model 1986 7. I thought putting b5s under an inter city RBR might  make a change from my other one with the commonwealth bogies but if it didn't happen then no worries saves me some work.

Cheers Peter.

Hi all, Looking for info on bogies that were under these coaches. My coaching stock book says they were on Commonwealth bogies with some in the 17xx range having B5. Is this correct as I haven't managed to find a pic showing an Inter city MK1 RBR with B5s.

Many thanks Peter.

14 hours ago, Lowlander said:

About time Pete😄

Ha ha thanks Mate. I have posted on the thread before but not for a while.

Cheers Peter.

11 hours ago, Graham T said:

Big fan of Kungfu stay-alives here.  Not cheap, but very effective!

Thanks Graham, I will look then up.

15 hours ago, MarshLane said:

Hi Peter,

Do you know what decoders are in them, as that may have a bearing on advice?

Rich

Hi Rich, pretty sure gaugemaster I should really check though I was thinking of putting in a newer decoder with the stay alive. The ones in the loco's have been in for a number of years now so newer ones would certainly be smaller and leave me more room.

Cheers Peter.

Just a question for people follow the thread. My Hornby 08s have been playing up a bit lately my 08472 has always been a bit more fussy  but recently 08695 has been stalling. Any advice on what the go to decoder with stay alive would be to  improve the running. DCC concepts looks pretty good.

Cheers Peter.