Paulali Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 thanks WTD,i must have missed them on ebay,and thankyou new lad for the information,very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Hirsute Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rivarrossi HO Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 60th Anniversary Special Edition. I've lusted after that since I first set eyes on it as a young teenager. It's in a display case as it might look out of place on the Southern Region! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubaggieboy Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Picked up an extra 3 car pack for the GWR Class 800 , excevent models, Hornby have even managed to sort the bogies out so they don't derail. Also eight Bachmann motorail car flats and oxford vehicles to load on them, they look absolutely fantastic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 This year I had quite a special birthday... A trip back home to the UK resulted in 3 OO gauge models. ViTrains InterCity Class 47 844 "Derby & Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry" /media/tinymce_upload/a2f05f1404d5c57771260232cdc5c4d3.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/a1bd3118c464a9e82c45f043fc080a8e.jpg Hornby Virgin Trains Class 87 019 "Sir Winston Churchill /media/tinymce_upload/4ce9550d94d8c3f33d92055cb08dc34c.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/065759d98fd21404d74155dcc482f6ba.jpg Hornby Virgin Trains Class 86 236 "Josiah Wedgewood" /media/tinymce_upload/2ec7e19e436d6c22b71a7965b7d0e9ad.jpg A couple of bonus pictures... /media/tinymce_upload/75f03a5d875ddef060660512f7fcf88a.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/6259a0e3760ec40ec443f9f83a4d2e5c.jpg I'm absolutely thrilled with the latest additions. The Class 87 was a birthday gift from dad, the Class 86 was a gift from Tim (a client of mine) and the Class 47 was a treat for myself! The absolute wealth of detailing parts for the ViTrains Class 47 is just staggering, it takes a somewhat plain base locomotive, to a highly detailed one. The Hornby Class 87 is equally stunning and is now my favourite OO gauge model. The Hornby Class 86, desipite is age is still so good, I wish Hornby produced a few more. They updated the tooling in 2012 and released a Freightliner Powerhaul Class 86, but since then it's been dormant. I plan to detail my model and bring it upto today's standards with profiled wheels, detailed underframe, detailed roof, flush glazing and a scale pantograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Just got a new 'DoG'.It's the TTS version I'll disable, but is ready if/as/when I go DCC, and seems to be in the 'as preserved' livery, or close enough for me. /media/tinymce_upload/40ef395d752f3a896bedea4c954d0082.jpg Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Just a small item from Handsignalman. (I love gadgets !) This is a MiniSMD/LED Controller which allows dimming,, pulse, strobe and speed of flash from a 2.5 inch little item. I will probably use it to simulate slow flickering (i.e. pulse ) in several buildings. Good value and inexpensive, complete with instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Managed to carefully remove the plug for the DCC 'TTS' chip, fit a blanking plate, and heat shrink the plug, then wrap further. Observation from 'Sam' was the tender's a little light, which I didn't find cf some others, but after some heavy insulation, I weighed it down a little more - 'coal' load is quite high.It runs very will - tested before I 'touched' it, and after I started modifying. Instructions aren't that clear with some of the accessories, so not rushing this one!Figuring out the front plumbing isn't that clear, but loads of 1:1 and 'detailed model' photos available for reference. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Brought some DCC concepts Point motors and Ground signals for the layout may not /media/tinymce_upload/7b9a7bbf05e028813f88b3b8633f8789.jpgbe visible but all fitted and working. And a good old Hornby class 101 ticking over at rothley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Just arrived, eight Peco chassis kits for mineral wagons plus wheels, 7mm to 1 foot scale, which will form the basis of a rake of chalk tippler wagons, after we have entertained the grand kids this week end and I can get the Conservatory table back for it proper use as a work-bench! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/6832cd185b845ca9e96655a1c65ef6bd.jpg This is what I propose to make. I have already made some in 4mm but I want some in 7mm too. /media/tinymce_upload/766928f07dc7bcf0e0fcf81f6d22b656.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 @ Atom :- Hiya - You've said that you got the "Duke" well I got him a few yrs ago now - Just to say that I also have the "Duke" but got him from as a "Train Set" called "Gloucester city Pullman" (R1177) which is sadly no longer available...From the Hornby Web site :( It came 3 Pullman Carriages, track, a siding, buffer, controller & the same detail bag!!! Here is my link Review of it if you want to see :- Thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Thanks JJ. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 No Probs Atom 😀 Hope you enjoyed the Vid!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 A few photos of 'The Duke'. Runs great 'de-chipped' - but still ready to be chipped again - just tape and heatshrink around the plug, still in situ. All of 'the bits' have been fitted, and there's a crew inside as well!! /media/tinymce_upload/638f477d3b7be0ca7c915f99c089e755.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/e4420aaccde107ff88d6cefaafddb552.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/631ed70caa0764f381ad1a034f14d433.jpg Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I posted some photos of 71k DoG yesterday morning - still waiting for them to appear!!Won't happen now until Monday - fully detailed now. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Group photo - 2 Brits, a DoG and a Duchess: /media/tinymce_upload/de9897027a690287537842cfdfe8a36c.jpg Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Final note on the DoG.I noticed a couple of 'dark marks' on the 'wire handrails'.Seems that the obvious would be to fit s/steel wire handrails - being bright and unlikely to tarnish much in it's lifetime.Did they?NO!! Plastic 'wire' is used, which is silver painted!! Weird!! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 This was an unexpected find today and at a bargain price too! This is the best condition I have seen one of these locos in. A shame the spring and drive cog are missing but I have some Tri-ang versions with working mechanisms that can be swapped over. I won’t say what the make is.....just that Tri-ang bought the equipment to make them and I think it was the only metal bodied loco they ever made. Main difference looking at one of my later ones is the rear coupling. /media/tinymce_upload/b8d09952570e902146046eb809483827.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/ef0770ea094d38052608740ca1832dc6.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/be6acd08abe9dee65bb3172bbcb784b0.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/4230f1f6b7a258c9df7e5c34b722e022.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/5793ad615a9f11506026b61c1f339500.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Nice Trackmaster model! I wonder if it was a deliberate copy of the 1938 Hornby Dublo N2. Gaiety also did the N2 as a bodyline kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Just received a weathered Bachmann Class 25/2 yesterday. Seller stated it was 21-pin and DCC was mentioned - not clear in the description whether it was or not, but was a late 'ice cube' box model.I also received a bag of 21-pin blanking plates - idea is 'future proofing' for when 'the inevitable' happens and I go digital ...Turns out, not only was it DCC, but it was DCC / Sound. Speaker had been mounted with blue-tak where the fan had been removed - fan and screws included. Easily enough removed, blanking plate fitted, and ran nicely straight out of the box - little coaxing required, that's all.Directional lighting works perfectly as well - so it is a late model. Very pleased - precisely the type of locmotive I remember in 'my teenage years' growing up in the 70's. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 LC&DR, the Trackmaster model is more or less scale length unlike the short Hornby Dublo one. The Gaiety version seems to have been a copy of the Dublo one and even used the Dublo LMS number with a 4 in front to represent a BR loco. The number was cast onto the body. I have posted some photos of a 3 rail Gaiety chassis on here in the past. I had only got rid of a body a short time before! Interestingly the chap in the model shop I found it in had never heard of Trackmaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 My Class 25/2. Weathered from the factory - reasonable job - only oversight is the 'wipe area' for the wipers - would have made it that bit beter, but good enough. /media/tinymce_upload/fecf580b9829e7693d670dcf10bc0ac7.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/6e278707677989d66d20fa1765afd097.jpg Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubaggieboy Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Final note on the DoG.I noticed a couple of 'dark marks' on the 'wire handrails'.Seems that the obvious would be to fit s/steel wire handrails - being bright and unlikely to tarnish much in it's lifetime.Did they?NO!! Plastic 'wire' is used, which is silver painted!! Weird!! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Well I have been thinking about it for quite a long time, and when Hattons were offering the Hornby model of "Sir William A Stanier FRS" at a discount my resistance collapsed, and I bought one! It has to be my favourite non-Southern locomotive, and I do rather like the Ivatt version so it now has joined my fleet. I might have also been tempted by Hornby's "Walter K Wigham", but it is currently offered in blue/purple and I can only remember this one in green, so it will have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 This is my latest. It runs very smoothly, very quietly and doesn't stutter or stop anywhere. /media/tinymce_upload/6acaf7133b50f726df622a068558ee54.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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