Ashbourne Junction

Yes. I have contacted them. I realise they will never see a rant on here, and have expressed my opinion directly. It does suggest a problem with a batch if more than one person has the same issue and that was my actual reason for posting. It is odd that no one from Hornby touches base with this forum from time to time.

Had exactly the same experience with a p2 decoder last week. Changed speaker twice, no joy. Bought a replacement... works fine. It is no doubt a faulty batch. Your experience mirrors mine to the letter. I understand your frustration - poor quality control. Added to which, fitting the decoder and a mini sugar cube speaker in my dcc ready p2 (in the loco not tender) was an exercise in patience and tedium. Since they did not leave any room to comfortably fit the decoder and speaker. I absolutely love the brand and most products, but this was a pain from start to finish. And for what it’s worth Hornby, please start supplying sugar cube speakers by default instead of the huge round frisbees which no doubt most people cut off and discard since they fit very few locos. Rant over.

I really like Railmaster. I’d just love the graphical interface to look more modern and sleek and less clunky and child like. The colour palettes are so dated. It is however very very good software and i enjoy it greatly. Time for a visual update i think.

X3 Hornby Dapol diesel brake tenders from Key Publishing - really unusual. One in each livery. A Hornby BR4MT, an 8F (digital sound) and a Bachmann Class 40 dcc sound.