JeremiahBunyan

A well known bloke on YouTube bought a Lima Class 156 and wondered why it wasn't upto today's standards.

Well put JB. Bye the way this is Stu from FB. Hope you are ok. Oh good to see you here! Been a long time. All fine and trying to keep sane whilst locked in a house for 4 months and counting.

My steam engines don't steam! My diesels don't run on diesel, my electric locos cannot handle 25kV and my Stephenson's Rocket never went into space....

Mine are the wrong gauge, the seats are plastic, the window panes are too thick, there's no working suspension and the disc brakes are fake!!! What a disappointment Hornby!!! Some people really do go to any length to find something to complain about.

BR's very own "Evening Star"? Both the steam loco and the Class 66?

No, it's long gone....I think Hornby re-geared it or put in a better motor 8 years ago (maybe even more). I have a "Smokey Joe" and a "Caledonian Railway" example from about 8 years ago and they are smooth and good at slow speed running. I've even bought a replacement chassis for a SR D Class 0-4-0 intended for use on another project around the same time, even that is good at slow speed running

We've got a special edition of The Engine Shed to give us some more details of the recently announced Liverpool and Manchester Railway 3rd Class Open Carriage. https://uk.hornby.com/community/blog-and-news/engine-shed/expanding-stephensons-rocket-train-pack-announcing-launch-lmr-third-class-carriage

Read more about it on a surprise edition of The Engine Shed - https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/expanding-stephensons-rocket

Hornby have announced a Liverpool and Manchester Railway 3rd Class open coach.

Glad you brought that to my notice, having it done in metal is still on the cards, I haven't selected any metal yet as I am waiting to see which one prints the best and obvious cost vs. accuracy comes into play. T gauge wheels are magnetic anyway, so if the plans for a metal body don't work out, there's always magnetic wheels to save the day.

The size still catches you out when you see the real thing, atleast for me it does.

T gauge isn't really a foreign concept to me, after all it was all the T gauge models I designed in 2016 onwards that helped me make a name for myself. I've even designed a couple of items one can buy as RTR models from the T gauge shop. About 2-3 years ago I did design a T gauge WP and WDM1 for myself, but since then all they got was a coat of primer. I'm seriously considering getting back into T gauge and here's the CAD work... The world's smallest WDM2 /media/tinymce_upload/74f2269e25939ca7bac8b256abb483e0.jpg The body shell will be as is, it's blank, much like a blank canvas, I am going to wrap it in decals. So hopefully the decals will turn out realistic as we're using images of the real thing as a base to make the decals. Some facts about the model:- - It measures 38.0mm in length - It runs on T gauge track which is 3.0mm - It is a free-rolling model which will be powered by a coach behind it - The plan is to 3D print it in metal to give it weight and stability

Nice work Bharat! I have subscribed to your YouTube channel as well. Do keep in touch.

It is an issue with the entire production run. I have notified someone at Hornby about it. There's seems to be an issue with the tampo pad sliping upwards during the process. The main production samples Hornby had on display in Dec/Jan had absolutely no issues. Hopefully Hornby will do something about it just like they issued new body shells for the Class 60 last year.

I found it relatively easy (not trying to show off). However if you do find it difficult, open out the hole on one end of the chain links and you'll find it easier to hook on. By opening out one end, you'll have the other tighter and that ensures it stays on and the opened out end is easier too hook on.

@CitizenOllie There's absolutely nothing cheap about Hornby's couplings or indeed the type of couplings used in OO scale. All modern day models and many older ones come with an NEM coupling pocket for those who wish to upgrade their couplings to something like a Kadee, Hunt's etc. It'll be absolutely pointless and expensive to upgrade every single OO scale model ever produced to a different coupling. Regarding magnetic couplings, I did find JJ's explanation rather confusing. However I thought I'll add my own views on magnetic couplings, recently the Hunt's magnetic coupling system was released. And obsiously like any other magnetic coupling system one needs to ensure that the polarity is correct. When running trains, it does indeed help if you had a fixed rake, it just makes things easier. Each coach or wagon can have a N pole and a S pole at each end, to make coupling wagons/coaches to locos easier, you can always put N magnets on locos and swap the corresponding magnet on the train with a S magnet. So you will have something like this... (N)LOCO(N) (S)COACH(N) (S)COACH(N) (S)COACH(N) (S)COACH(N) (S)COACH(S) (N)LOCO(N) This way, no matter where and when you couple a locomotive to a train, the outer ends of the train always have a S pole and the locos always have a N pole. However it does become problematic when double heading.

Indeed!!

I do wish that Hornby would go back to dropping hints and clues though.

Not necessarily, plastic ones (depending on the type of plastic used) can be extremely robust or flexible to a point where it can be handled roughly and still be fine.

Simple...cost vs. level of detail & functionality. Working level crossings aren't just as simple as you think. It won't be cheap, it can be DC or DCC, different type of barriers and gates, could be designed for kids/budget based buyers or it can be made specifically for the collector/modeller. In most if not all cases, a working level crossing will require quite a few holes drilled into the baseboard to accomodate the servo, electronics etc. This means it will only appeal to those who have the space, the raised baseboards and the tools to do so. And based on your original question, why hasn't any manufacturer made a working level crossing?

The June edition of The Engine Shed is now up... https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/thompsons-pacifics-progress

Hornby provides an ETA on their website for items that are available for pre-order. The ETA is shown in a seasonal format. Hattons, a well know retailer give you an ETA in a monthly format.

Signal Box Ep. 13 - Unboxing the Rovex OO Gauge Train Set

I am assuming your have an oval of track with Track Packs A - D, so it obviously forms a circuit, so if your locos are slowing down or stalling on points, there's a few common issues:- - Wheels on your loco need to be cleaned - Stalling or slowing down of points is fairly common because the points are insulfrog points - Clean the track - Oil the loco - Check the pick-ups to see if they are constantly in touch with the loco wheels The R8250 controller is a very basic one, however contrary to popular belief, I've had 3 of them for the last 9 years, they all still work fine.

Hey, As usual the HST set will have 1 motorised power car and 1 dummy power car. 43002 "Sir Kenneth Grange" will be the motorised one. 43198 will be the dummy one. HTH? Cheers