david_watts1
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Preiser do 3 different N gauge funeral scenes. Noch do a TT:120 wedding scene and some guests. Preiser will be doing an open and a closed coach with wedding couple and driver.
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🤔I'd buy a limited edition 'Princess Leia', numbered 1138 in rebel alliance red.🤔
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Car tail light, not the double filament one, or a blinker bulb and a bit of wire as a circuit tester should find the fault cheaply, about 50p for a bulb if you don't already have a spare.
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I once saw a video where a OO wagon had really worn axle boxes due of years of use. I believe they cleaned and filled the box with superglue, let it harden then remade the box with a burring tool. Might have been a Barrie Davies video? He had some good advice on improving couplings too which can tranlate to TT.
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As I said, they'd be silly to issue the coaches tomorrow even if they had them, but maybe they are trying to clear warehouse space for for their imminent arrival🤔??
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I really can't see them issuing the coaches tomorrow while the 15% off is valid. They would be losing out on a great deal of money, plus they aren't going to be able to dispatch them till Tuesday at the earliest anyway. If they have them (hidden) in stock, I think next week will be when they appear.
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57' Blood and Custards tomorrow??
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'However I have given up on GWR and Southern for the time being!' I've given up on these too. But, only because I can't buy any yet.🤣
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Are there any dimensions listed for the non sound version of the N18 chip. I have a Arnold and a Roco TT:120 locos and the sound version chips are too big to fit into them.
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Oops, I forgot I also own 2 German kettles and some 6 wheeler coaches and some double decker coaches🤔
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I don't have a paid for membership and just had a play and it let me use the SAVE15 code and points. Is the code case sensitive?
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'A cleaning pad for the soldering iron is a must too.' DO NOT under any circumstances use your trouser leg to clean the tip like I usually do with my paintbrushes after rinsing them in water😵💫
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I'm trying to stick to era 3, 4 and 5 simply to save some money, but I'd still need to buy a Blue Pullman HST or a Royal train using claret liveried mk3's
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You don't need to spend a fortune on tools, my latest soldering iron came from Lidl and it's perfectly OK, just bought some wire strippers too from there, they'll do for what I need. Should the time come you can always buy better (more expensive) stuff later.
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If you follow Rallymatt's advice about soldering you should be great. Always use separate flux even with prefluxed core solders. You can clean the track with a small block of Balsa wood, it's cheap, kinder to the track than a rubber, slightly absorbant for oils etc and it won't damage paintwork like IPA.
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Rallymatt: '9f is THE most important model Hornby need to get launched because I really want one (or two) 🤣'
It's a kettle, I need all 3, no questions asked other than when can I have them. Never mind, hopefully my 3 Duchesses will arrive soon.
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Can I have an era 5 one please🙏
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Why do Hornby make it so difficult to find the new catalogue? The only way I could get it was from Dodge1965's link.
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@Rallymatt I agree that including the area needed for a layout is great, the only issue is the units. What is 3.25mx1.25m in real money???🤔🤣
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If you're sticking with DC, a good quality controller will improve the running of the locos no end and get rid of that annoying motor buzz. I'd go for a Gaugemaster, they have a lifetime guarantee even if bought second hand as long as any secuurity tabs are present. I'd go for a DS unit just in case you do decide to expand, you can get them for about a 100 quid if you search ebay.
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22 minutes ago, RB51 said:
Funny you should say that @david_watts1, here is one I made earlier.
Yep, that's the one. I've got the track and a 6x4. I just need to build it.
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That looks to be the same layout I have used as 'inspiration' and have bought the trackwork for, except it's missing 2 sidings, one in the bottom centre area and 1 on the very bottom of the picture.
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I don't know what the forum rules are, but I for one would certainly want to know about bad/poor retailer experiences so we can avoid having to deal with them. Likewise it would be great for people with positve experiences to give a mention to the good retailers so we can support them.
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Even with HSTs, personally I would rather pay extra and have all of my locos powered. ie Two power cars and NO dummy car.
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Woodburn TT:120 BR Blue and Dirt
in Hornby TT:120
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'Steam is only boiling water which has no energy or heat to light a fire otherwise our shelf above the kettle would have burned down a long time ago.'
It wasn't the steam or the smoke that was the issue, it was the burning lumps of coal that some locos used to throw out. I believe the 'Sir Nigel Gresley' got itself banned for setting fire to the embankment at Wingerworth near Chesterfield until it had meshing put on the inside of its chimney.