Stephen-1260829
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I have mine on order with Rails of Sheffield, so not sure when they will get there allocated stock from Hornby.
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On 12/05/2024 at 10:41, Rustyjt said:
Some interesting detail in all the above, thanks. One can live in hope. In the meantime I am content trying a few amateur repaints to something near suitable. Here's my go at making the 50' brake look like it belongs in the 70s. Next stop, a DB 08 back to BR blue as I missed the original and can't find one anywhere. I have the 'victim' on the bench ready to go...
This model repaint looks very good. I am in awe of your skills and confidence to alter from one to another. I will have to wait until Hornby bring out the versions that I like from the era. However, in the meantime I am having fun developing the baseboards, track plans and layout. It's funny that I didn't want a blue 08, until it was withdrawn from sale!!!!
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18 hours ago, Rallymatt said:
I had time to do a video on weathering the TTA tankers today. Hope it’s useful and a few have a go at weathering. As always I recommend trying out a few techniques on things that don’t matter first or possibly something inexpensive to build confidence. The tankers are quite nice to weather as the shape lends itself to an easy model to work with and you can’t really go too far wrong. I included to bits on how to ‘remove’ excess and lose hard edges etc so you can always ‘get it back’ 😁
https://youtu.be/dC1gJxVwgt4?si=gaORXG9K9TnyRSum
I really liked the video. i will give this a go sometime down the line. I am still at stage where weathering by my own hand seems sacrilage to a perfectly good model!! I do like how others achieve the results though.
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28 minutes ago, Charlie 66 said:
Stephen,
I'm assuming the figure is 1:100 scale? Looking at the ModelU website I can't see 1:120. I got a whole load of figures at 1:100 which look fine until they're next to a train and then they make the carriages look too small.
Hi Charlie 66 - the figures are 1:120th scale. There is adrop down menu which gives a veriety of scales to choose from. I bought this pack of 5 at Warley in November.
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I like the sweeping curves shown on this element of the layout.
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A really great set of images. I am big fan of High Fell MR.
I noticed that you have some oil storage tanks near the dockside. Where are they from?
i have bought some TT120 scale tanks and pipes from DPAR 3d but the tanks seem small when alongside the TTA tankers.
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With several really good posts relating to layouts being started, I thought that I would take the plunge and let you know what I have been up to.
I started building the baseboards for my TT120 layout over the winter to be located in the garage however, plans are now to convert the garage into a room. This has resulted in the baseboards and build neing put on hold until I have a shed cleared out.
I have been busy making models for the layout though:
1. PECO GWR signal box
2. PECO GWR goods shed
The A4 William Whitelaw is sitting on a board that I made up to practice my scenics skills. the track is a single length of PECO flexitrack. the trees are my firat attempt with seafoam and scatter. there is also a PECO N scale backdrop behind the board.
I have not made any models since I was in my early teens and I have really enjoyed building things again
the figure is from a set made by ModelU and has been painted by Dan Evason of Tunnel Lane Model Railway
The landrovers are the Oxford TT120 range
I hope that you like the images
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This layout is looking good. i have the Easterner set and was going down the late 1950's timeline. However, the HST is the train that I have always liked (similar to you, I think) so I now have the 125 and a rake of coaches. I also cancelled my pre-order for the Princess steam loco and pre-ordered the class 50 and a rake of coaches. i have migrated to the 1970's/1980's for the model railway.
I will be very keen to see how you get on with your build
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On 01/05/2024 at 13:40, GMD said:
Be interesting to know what 50s have you all got ordered? I've gone with the BR Blue with sound, Leviathan.
I have ordered the BR Blue with sound, Leviathan, too
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I like the base board construction method. The layout looks like it will be intereting to operate too.
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this is looking very good
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1 minute ago, Stephen-1260829 said:
I have this problem too with the power/dummy car not coupling very well. As I am still building the layout I have only been running the power car on 1 metre of peco flextrack to test it but is back in the box until later. I will be looking to see if there are easy fixes for when the MkIII coaches arrive.
1 minute ago, Stephen-1260829 said:I have this problem too with the power/dummy car not coupling very well. As I am still building the layout I have only been running the power car on 1 metre of peco flextrack to test it but is back in the box until later. I will be looking to see if there are easy fixes for when the MkIII coaches arrive.
1 minute ago, Stephen-1260829 said:I have this problem too with the power/dummy car not coupling very well. As I am still building the layout I have only been running the power car on 1 metre of peco flextrack to test it but is back in the box until later. I will be looking to see if there are easy fixes for when the MkIII coaches arrive.
what hunt couplings are vbeing used on HST rakes? I don't know much about them, are they magnetic?
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On 26/03/2024 at 15:36, Martin-369195 said:
I had a similar problem coupling the HST power and dummy car but I replaced them with hunt magnetic couplings...
I have this problem too with the power/dummy car not coupling very well. As I am still building the layout I have only been running the power car on 1 metre of peco flextrack to test it but is back in the box until later. I will be looking to see if there are easy fixes for when the MkIII coaches arrive.
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Thanks for letting me know about the running numbers. for a while I thought that the factory had put two power car bodies in the train pack.
I will also need to find out about the headlight configuration 2/1. I am assuming that there will be correct way to show the headlights. this was never a problem with my OO HST train set (with one coach)
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I have just been running my DCC fitted TT120 blue/yellow HST 125s. I have noticed that both units carry the same class number 254 004 on the front. Surely they should have different running numbers?? Doe anyone else have two traction units with the same number? the E numbers on the side are different (E43062 / E43063)
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1 hour ago, ntpntpntp said:
You certainly can simply cut off the plug from the end of the P9300 lead if you wish, I suspect most folk end up doing something like that once they get into soldering track feeds and using distribution boards to power multiple feeds.
An alternative "non-destructive" approach would be to look for a female inline socket which matches the plug (I think somewhere on the forum the specifications for the plug dimensions are given?) Unfortunately I think the plug used doesn't match other commonly used DC socket sizes which is a shame as there are several cheap distribution boards which have a DC socket input.
This would also work: take an R7324 adapter lead which fits the P9300 and either cut the two pin plug off or simply use a small size "choc block" to connect the wiring. Totally non-destructive 🙂 I recently bought the R7337 power supply and that came with the adapter lead.
this looks like a very reasonable alternative to cutting off the female jack plug
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9 minutes ago, Rallymatt said:
Can I direct you to the HM DCC section of forum where there is a load of really useful info on getting going with HM DCC (HM 7000) I would not solder the wires of the power pack directly to the rails, use an intermediate adapter so you can at least fully disconnect the PSU should you need to, but the principle of the correct PSU being hooked to the track is spot on. Likewise you can use the NCE as the track power source too and control any HM DCC loco or legacy decoder loco that way or a combination of BT and Legacy.
Thanks Rallymatt, first time using the forum too, so unsure of where things are. I will try the PCE powercab route first but i don't want to blow up the Decoder I am fitting to the A4 William Whitelaw at the weekend.
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I watched this yesterday and was smiling all the way through the video. a great chat between Peachy and Macstrains
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Being a newbie to the hobby , I have a question which may be a bit odd but hope that someone can give me an idea on how to get power to the tracks while using the HM7000 system.
I have bought the Hornby P9300 DCC power adapter and want to contect it to the Peco track via soldered wires. Is it possible to cut off the jack plug, and then conect the lead to positive & negative wires soldered to the track?
If I bought the R7324 15v power supply adapter and cut off the track plug, that would be the same.
I also have a new PCE Powercab that I bought at the Warley show in 2022 (before HM7000 was anounced) and don't know if I can use this to power the track and just use the HM7000 app
Class 50 locomotives
in Hornby TT:120
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I will be waiting a bit longer - Rails of Sheffield have my order. I doubt that Hornby would be shipping to the retailers early, so that the release date is consistent.
I have still have three MKI coaches on pre-order with Hornby - no idea when these will be released. Hopefully in a couple of months time, so that the credit card has time to recover.