Jimbo1707820979 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 PS: I use Google Translate because my English is very bad.Pas de probleme, Pilouit. Many of our members understand French and we have one or two English members who actually live in La Belle France. Welcome to the forum and thanks for the photos. Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Browsing around Chesterfield market, I found a pristine Hornby 905 Controller for under £10. Although rather bulky and heavy I have find this model very pleasant to use and it puts out up to1.5 Amps, I believe. The reversing direction control is far nicer than on later Hornby controllers and there are the alternatives of Half or Full Wave. So very useful for running older locos drawing more power. Rather like a H&M Clipper but nicer to use. I am surprised Hornby did not sell a lot of these as I have not see many around. This is my second and will be used on a future extension to my latest DC "dogbone" layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlouit95 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Good evening everyone.Here are my last two Hornby machines. Well, it's over for my Hornby locomotives.Next step, wagons and passenger cars.Good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Must admit, I am tempted by some of the recent 'dinky additions' to the Hornby portfolios! Look great. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainDriverJ Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 The 12:21 from Liverpool to Manchester. On Time. Seen thundering past Rainhill Church just prior to Skew Bidge./media/tinymce_upload/d6e61987ba7d3a29317a73a48af49a09.JPGHornby have now added the third class open carriage which I have already pre-ordered and will be joining the line a.s.a.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlouit95 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 It's wonderful. 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlouit95 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Good evening everyone.After the locomotives, here are 2 Hornby cars, the only ones I own. Et Soon, my cars.Good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very fine choices. Keep up the good work ! 😀 The Pullman coaches will look attractive on almost any layout. For the Mallard you may need a couple more for realism but two would look Ok behind the Terrier. (unless I am corrected by our more expert members). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hornby R6425 container wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 also another class 90 from hornby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjb1961 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Arrived today ,the 'Hornby Dublo Train Set',lovely looking box and the contents arent bad either ,like a lot of my stuff it won't get used ,I've opened it ,had a peep ,put it back in the box ,,I was tempted for a few days and temptation won ,hoping to get the Rovex Train Set when it's released,,has anyone else purchased the Hornby Dublo set ?? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldFalchion Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I've been going on a bit of a spending spree lately. R313 Golden Eagle just arrived today, got it for ~$100 so really happy with that since I wanted an A4 in Apple Green. Next got 3 R4312 Pullmans to match an R4312 I got as a kid (don't want to spend too much on carriages). And coming soon I have 2 R4523 and 1 R4524 GWR carriages to match one I got at Christmas, an R3737 Mallard Era 4 because I really prefer that blue over the Era 3 version, Annie and Clarabel to go with a Thomas I've had for years and some track to create a Curve 4 loop around my Curve 3 and 2 loops. I ended up ditching the initial idea for a Curve 1 loop due to the forums suggestions. I think I better restrain myself for now but I'm happy with my choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Glad you're happy with your purchases - Thomas will be happy now. Always one of those things, there's always yet another locomotive which would look really nice in the collection, if I could just .... and before you know it .... !! As they say there's a fine line between a hobby and an obsession! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlouit95 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Bonsoir à tous, je vais vous montrer mes petits wagons de fret Hornby.1 ° 2 ° 3 ° 4° 5° 6°Well, you know all the Hornby equipment I have at the moment.Good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Nothing to do this morning - so I bought another Merchant Navy Class!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Is that your second then .... !!!!!!How many, 25 and counting? 😎 Worse than I was with the A4's a couple of years back! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 With me it was SECR class C 0-6-0s, at last count I had 23, only another 86 to go! (plus one in Gauge O). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Is that your second then .... !!!!!!How many, 25 and counting? 😎 Worse than I was with the A4's a couple of years back! Al. Your addition is correct Al - that will be twenty five, and the seller of todays purchase has just offered me a slight price reduction on another one! BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Two Oxford rail Dean Goods for a very low price on eBay but to my horror neither work despite both being labelled new. I had a BR verson that exhibited the same symptoms and managed to fix - one of the pickups was touching something it shouldn't and caused a short. But this was so much hassel I really do not feel like having a go at both these. I have therefore started the process of trying to return them as there was nothing in the description to say there was anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 More Neo magnets came today. So I continued my experiments with magnetic couplings.So far - not good omens. Derailment of full length coaches on 3-4 Radius. I think the Neos are just TOO strong. Maybe Ferric magnets the answer. I will press on but disappointed so far. Mmm. ☹️- ☹️---- ☹️- ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Mr. Hunt seems to have hit a nice compromise - small enough not to pull the carriages off. I do see them 'flexing' just at the point of contact, but the magnetic pull is more than strong enough - that's not their Achilles' heel - it's the mounting into the NEM pockets, where selected.(HST option has a different mounting with an Airfix-type clip over the coupling for retention.) Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I succumbed - so two Merchant Navy Class loco's arrived today! They will become Blue Funnel and Shaw Savill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Is that still 25, or 27 now? There were only 30 made ... I don't disagree they were one of the better designs - novel initially, then beaten into 'something more normal but still to feast your eyes on' ... Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Twenty six - four to go! I'll stop for a while now. It has crossed my mind whether I should have a green Canadian Pacific - it only ran in blue for a short time - and then in it's preserved state - not BR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonimouse Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 My latest new acquistion is a Bachmann class 117, just over a week in my possession, my latest of all are rebuilt Clan Line, and also Lamport & Holt Line in the Royal Wessex train pack these were swopped for a Hornby Royal Scot "Old Contemptables" and an all green Bachmann class 37. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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