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I'm amazed no one has picked up on the glaring roof error.

The first Cavalex class 56 on the bench. I have to say I'm impressed with the level of thought and engineering that has gone into this product. Some very nice touches.

On 11/02/2024 at 13:14, owentherail said:

The grammar police will be very busy on this site if all howlers pointed out. 

But point taken. Time will tell on the 47 tho 

All 'of the' howlers.

On 08/02/2024 at 13:01, Pendle Forest said:

 

 

I do wonder whether DCC has now reached the stage of becoming a barrier rather than an advantage :(

Not at all. The lighting options being offered on this model are quite frankly staggering for an out of the box rtr locomotive. New developments and technology upgrades take time....it will only be a short period before an appropriately programmed decoder is available off the shelf, or as others have said, Cavalex list the auxiliary output options so you can either program them yourself, or someone can do it for you.

Patience is a virtue.

8 hours ago, 40002 said:

Well just watched the Batman update as it says on the subtitles yes 31 435 is perfect for my proposed layout so I will be purchasing one of those. 

Does it come in a twin pack with Robin? 😆

32 minutes ago, RBE said:

The roof rad grilles represent the fact that the real ones are spaced off of the roof not bolted on directly. There is daylight under the real ones and as such there is under ours. 

 

The roof colour is not too light it is the exact spec for the livery from BR Railfreight. You cannot judge a colour from a photograph.

Looking at that prototype roof picture, they may well be spaced off the roof, but I can't see it. And that earlier Loadhaul model image looks as though there is a 'space' of a good 4 or 5 scale inches, that is simply not correct. And regarding the roof colour, I'm not judging from a photograph, I'm judging from experience of the real thing in all conditions, weathered, ex works, and everything in between.

Congragulations on an excellent model, it's just a shame a few of the details let it down. And let's turn the clock back a few years pre Cavalex Models, when you were only too happy to point out miniscule deficiencies with other manufacturers models. It works both ways!

Tis a nice model. Very nice presentation. Shame about the roof rad grilles though, what has happened there? And roof colour on the ttg example is too light.

19 hours ago, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

its around town they are winding up

What does that mean?

17 hours ago, chev32 said:

Virtually no NEW stock for sale on their website for sale ATM. Where have all the myriad  of items gone that were listed a few days ago ?

Erm....sold?

GM have sold the parts individually this way since they took Heljan spares on 3/4 years ago.

On 29/11/2023 at 23:28, Solo said:

 

 

 I'd be very surprised to see the '66' next year.

Me too. The 00 59s, and O VEA/HEA were about 8 years from initial announcement. 

On 23/10/2023 at 10:58, meanach said:

Beautiful air brushing . I struggle to get such a subtle spray . Is that acrylic or enamel and what air brush are you using please ? 

Hi there. I use an Iwata. In combination with brushes+washes.

Check out my chopper 😁

Heljan O gauge class 20, numbered as 20131, weathered and slightly faded paintwork. Caught shunting at Seghill Sidings.

37409 'Loch Awe' today. Triple grey Transrail, lightly weathered as per prototype images.

3 hours ago, Mike Bellamy said:

 

 

I suppose the question to ask is why do visitors go to exhibitions - is it layouts, trade or both ?

 

Take out the layouts and you cut out a lot of expense - hall hire, advertising, insurance, etc need to be covered but if you charged traders a lot less would more go to your event.

 

The Guildford O Gauge Group have a 'Trade Show' next week - 60 stands - 1000 free parking spaces and only £7.50 admission. In fact after looking at their website, it does mention that they will have layouts there which may possibly be a first. Even at Guild events there are often only a few layouts - except at the main September Guildex at Stafford.

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And guild show footfall has been in decline for a long time now. Same thing....very few layouts and lots of trade don't cater for the current predominantly rtr customer.

2 hours ago, ColHut said:

Pretty disappointed. :). And I live here. :).
 

It is the nature of things but what happens when a vountry you run out of things of your own to sell  to buy the things you are having made overseas and consider the environmental impact etc.

 

Eh?

These have been up for sale for a year. Have to admire your perseverance....

I'm installing a double slip on a layout, switching is via DCC Concepts Cobalt motors. Wiring these up for blade and frog switching is very easy.

However.

I'm thinking it would be useful to have some electrical interlocking, also incorporating stop signals to prevent conflicting movements. Has anyone ever attempted this?

21 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

  Or are they do separate green a black loverird versions in an effort to ensure that both are wrong? 

Eh?