What did you receive today?

[NobbyClark]

The swag I bought with the double points promo at Easter: a tank wagon, 10 half straights and an uncoupler.

[Hobby11]

Three Mk1s and an A3 all bought using the double points discount and a bit of cash!

[TheGreenGuit]

Flying Scotsman and three Pullman coaches with lights. I also received a lot of packaging. The three tiny freight wagons I had on pre-order have also been dispatched but will hopefully arrive in one box.

[Too Tall]

Flying Scotsman and three Pullman coaches with lights. I also received a lot of packaging. The three tiny freight wagons I had on pre-order have also been dispatched but will hopefully arrive in one box.

 

 

I also had several pre-order wagons and today I received one despatch mail, but all are listed in my account as despatched today, so hopefully one box with lots of goodies !

[Too Tall]

Here is a picture of my arch laser cattle wagon that came in kit form a few days ago. Not as smooth running as the hornby brake van but it goes round the track fairly well. Waiting on decals to finish it off. Needs a bit of rust too.

 

 

I looked at those wagon kits but was a bit undecided.

Do they have plastic chassis? is it a box frame chassis or just 2 separate sides?

I presume the body and roof are laser cut ply ?

[D9020 Nimbus]

Unless they've changed, there's always a separate box for each type of item for pre-orders.

[TTiimm]

@ Too Tall, chassis is laser cut ply, thicker than the laser cut ply sides. The chassis parts fitted together very well. The top provided was a laser cut piece of card. I found it didn't bend well so I used it as a template to cut two pieces of paper which I laminated together with glue in between. There were a few issues with the kit. The roof joists were too long and had to be cut down to size. The floor had the floor boards etched in but as it was only on one side the floor was warped. There was a mistake in the etching of one of the ends too. Definitely needs refining but it was fun to make, and it is something I can practice weathering/transfers/etc. on.

[Too Tall]

Thank you TTiimm, good information slightly_smiling_face

[TTiimm]

Just one bit more to add. The couplings need to be shimmed down a little to line up with the hornby couplings. We are talking fractions of a millimeter. Definitely needs refining, but it isn't like it is made in a multi-million quid factory! Fun to make, but it is very fiddly work.

[taunmarc88]

Two vent vans and a 7 plank wagon. They look so good!

[david_watts1]

Hale Fuels wagon, both versions of the LNER van, both versions of the BR van and the HM7020 wire.

[Artyp]

4 wagons 3 uncoupling ramps & fishplates

[Artyp]

4 wagons 3 uncoupling ramps & fishplates

[Postman On The Rails]

One each of the 7 plank wagons, BR Toad brake van and BR Vent wagon along with two decouplers

[Too Tall]

Weird how DPD delivers Saturday in most regions, but not here !

[david_watts1]

I've even had stuff on a Sunday before, I only thought Amazon did that.

[Postman On The Rails]

Weird how DPD delivers Saturday in most regions, but not here !

I was surprised mine turned up today said on their app Monday when I checked before work

 

 

[Rallymatt]

Malcom at 3SMR arranged my water crane. Super model that will be perfect at High Fell, pic shows it dry fitted and unpainted so far, job for tomorrow to put it all together properly

[Postman On The Rails]

[taunmarc88]

@mr2002 They measure 17cm from coupling to coupling.

[D9020 Nimbus]

Here is a picture of my arch laser cattle wagon that came in kit form a few days ago. Not as smooth running as the hornby brake van but it goes round the track fairly well. Waiting on decals to finish it off. Needs a bit of rust too.

 

 

How are the couplings fitted? Is there any provision for them to pivot in the way the Hornby ones do, and if not, have you tried it round curves or pointwork? The Hornby coupling is a close coupling, and these are normally designed to lock rigidly together — which can cause derailments on curves if a wagon is not fitted with the "kinematic" mechanism.

[TTiimm]

Hi Nimbus, the couplings get glued into a dovetail that is glued to the underside of the chassis. I had them just pushed in(not glued) when I did a few laps of the 2nd and 3rd radius loops so maybe they weren't so stiff then. No derailments and they went over the points fine. Of course they were between the tender and the brake van, so had the benefit of the pivot on the couplings they were joined to. It might be different withe a rake of them.

[Rallymatt]

Today I received 2 x Next18 TXS decoders thanks to the double point offer from Easter and something I didn’t order, a 4amp mains power supply with adapter lead. Quick call to CS and collection arranged for tomorrow. Hopefully someone isn’t missing this in their order! 😁

[mdb66]

Today I received the screws and the connecting piece (between the tender and loco) for my William Whitelaw, where I'd lost the loco screw.

Thanks Hornby spares. Great, prompt service.

(Today was last Friday but didn't have ability to post.)

[Too Tall]

5 assorted box wagons, and 10 assorted plank wagons. sunglasses