cahoon_danny

Thanks for drawing that to my attention - mine has one missing, too !!

 

I can't see anything on the parts list that resembles the door catch - I think that I shall admit defeat on that one and bend up a bit of fine wire.

 

It has to be said - the quality control on this one is abysmal !!

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

I emailed Hattons, and i think im going to get the replacement part!

Only just noticed that mine is missing one of the nose door catches, doh! Anyone know which part number this is? (i tried in vain to identify it from the other small bits of plastic in the list!) Also anybody know why they have modelled the catch in the open position??

Mine arrived this morning minutes before i left to attend the Churnet Valley's gala! However iv now had it out the box on my return.

The model is very good, except mine does seem to have a bit of a gap between the bottom of the cab and the frames. Someone mentioned the lights earlier, i dont own one but im afraid it looks alot like the clayton! Its one bright light in the centre of the headcode box, but as i said i dont have a 17 so it may not be quite as bright. I was impressed by the head and tail lights though.

I think the pickups are going to be a big problem area for this model. Not the look of them, the way they contribute to the running of the model. Mine had trouble initially, it has a strange amount of sidewards play with the wheelsets which the pickups dont keep to. Problem was solved by tapping the loco sideways but i dont wish to do this everytime it runs so will have to get it to a proper layout for some running in!!

The tender is also a completely new tooling, with new chassis design with pick-ups both sides, and accommodating decoder socket and mount for speaker.

 

The draw-bar is akin to the T9 etc with two distance settings, although the closer one will easily allow 3rd radius curves to be traversed.

 

The tender moulding is a lot finer than the Dapol version, and is held in place by a tab at the rear, and two screws at the front. This is easy to remove, and I managed to do this without unplugging the loco connector lead when swapping a decoder. A two part coal moulding is provided.

 

This model is beautiful, and runs very smoothly with all the grace of the big-wheel GW 4-6-0's. Detail in the cab is again very fine with clear sight glasses, and gauges with needles and markings.

 

The speedometer drive (a dummy on the Dapol version) is actually connected to the rear right hand driver, with a rivetted crank fixed to the wheel.

 

I have had a few duffers from Hornby in 2009 (including T9 and Std 4) which have had to be sent back with pieces missing or broken, however this model cannot be faulted. I hope that this indicates Hornby are on top of their quality control problems.

 

Faith restored, and 28xx ordered!

 

 

 

N

Are the tenders easily disconnected or are they more firmly coupled together as per the new truro? Im considering doing some major tender swappage...

Just been pointed in the direction of the Rails of Sheffield site, and it looks like the first castles are out in the form of the Pete Waterman collection Earl of Cairns! Could be a problem what with my wallet still reeling from City of Truros arrival