South Coast Flyer Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I thought it might be a nice idea to start a thread for everyone to post about what TT120 goodies they received Today I received a splendid Falcon with custom whistle and Cab arrangement, lit Pullman brake coach, MK1 Maroon coach and 25 yards of Peco flextrack Also put up 18 shelf brackets today, tomorrow buying the ply for the high level layout so I can start laying and playing around with track plans - hopefully will have Falcon and Blink Bonnie running on it by the weekendthumbsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Custom whistle and cab arrangement? Do tell more, are there pics? I got the 3 new late BR Mk1s and 3 lit Pullmans for body swaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Ohhh Custom cab and whistle… I must get those 😁I received an email informing me my pre ordered Mk1 BCK is being prepared for dispatch. Having a brake coach at each end will help with getting trains turned around at High Fell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSeaDog 1707821252 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I think I probably got a Mallard today, since DPD sent me a picture of a cardboard box on my back doorstep.Trouble is, I'm about a thousand miles away and I'm hoping that the cats been able to drag it in through the cat flap. She's managed that before, but that was a moorhen not a mallard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railbob Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Nothing 😞😞😞 still waiting on my track packs 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Coast Flyer Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Picture of Falcons factory fitted ‘custom’ upside down whistle and wonky cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghia69 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Yesterday (Tuesday) received A4 Falcon which at the moment has the defects but these will be rectified. Today hopefully will be my Easterner set along with the 3 X mk1's that were recently released. Last week I received the first 2 mk1's that were released. Gathering items needed to build a section of the Waverley line. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Coast Flyer Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Your absolutely right MR I wouldn’t have noticed the whistle (it is tiny) and I can live with the cab misfitting for now - I can’t see either issue when running Although I do fully appreciate other views - these issues should be correct out of the box, but for me I’m quite content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Well this arrived 😳 and it’s incredible, slow speed running is mind blowing. If I have time from a very busy shunting schedule I may put a YT video up ohhh and it’s sound fitted 😁 if this doesn’t make you get the HM7000 sound decoders for all the Hornby locos, I don’t know what will. Quite a lot of fiddly details to be self fitted, would be nice if it was already done like most of the Hornby detail but can’t fault it. On the flip side it’s cost more than everything I have bought and pre ordered from Hornby so far 😳😳😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Quint Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 My Eastener set arrived this afternoon. Not unboxed it yet but really happy to add it to my Scotsman set.Tempted to order some scaledale buildings when club points come through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potmill bridge Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 My Easterner set arrived today, am now waiting for TT power track pins to arrive to connect new Gaugemaster dual control to run loco in on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Another day another delivery… I have decided food is a non essential luxury… trains are however, essential…MK 1 BSK arrived, not the composite (BCK) as it’s listed in the catalogue or in on line shop, which is better as in reality 1st class was never a big portion of seating. Something I have noticed is that the couplings on are way better than the Arnold vans I bought,And I may also have bought some cars… 2 Morris Minor vans, 2 Land Rovers and a GWR Scammell mechanical horse. They are so much better than the photos! As Oxford DieCast have said nothing new in TT120 for near future, I doubled up and the paint will be coming out, a GPO Minor van and GPO wireless LandRover to service the planned transmitter to go on Telegraph Hill. I would have bought a Scarab if one was on the way so Mech Horse will have to be one redeployed from WR and repainted… they all need weathering too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas120 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 My first vehicles ready for when I start on scenery hopefully I will have my loco back from Hornbysleepy but in the meantime I'll get on with the baseboard and lay the track ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 brakes, (ordered Friday) Falcon, 14 straights, 9 points and some fishplates (all ordered Tuesday evening) all arrived this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artyp Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I have the Scammell mechanical horse and the front wheel isn't fixed! if you turn the model upside down it goes up into the body. I returned it and the replacement is exactly the same. Are yours all the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Mine is fine fortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worcester Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Falcon and Night Hawk arrived today.Falcon superb. Unfortunately could not say the same for poor old Night Hawk looked great on opening box but lifting out the blister pack revealed one footstep and one bogie wheel lying in bottom of the box! Thats not all the front buffer beam had fallen off and was loose inside the blister pack.Contacted technical services and loco returned for repair replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas120 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Artyp yes mine is the same will be sending back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number1 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I received my Blink Bonnie back from Hornby RE problem with cutting power on clockwise curves, said they had adjusted the pickup contacts, runs ok. Set up my track, still the same problem!!! Dug out an ancient controller from an old set now runs always without shorting, seems the problem is the controller from the set is too sensitive.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntpntpntp Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 From what I've read elsewhere the basic controller with these sets seems to be considered a bit weak or sometimes flaky, so it could be the loco is drawing more current on the curves than your particular example of the controller can handle. Mine seems ok. If you have a multimeter maybe check the current draw and see if it increases significantly on curves? I wouldn't expect the loco to draw much, at a guess maybe 200mA running light and a bit more with a heavy train? (I've not yet measured mine, but with my N gauge models I usually expect 100-150mA except for some very old locos which run at 300mA+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clement Matchett Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Not today, but yesterday, I received the Pullman brake coach and some buffer stops.All fine.But regarding front trucks, my 00 S15, bought from a very reliable dealer had loose wheels when the brand new box was opened, and the dealer mended them for me before payment. But they had dropped off again before I got the loco back home, only 25 miles away.it seems to me that Hornby is not a company to be trusted on quality control. If you buy things costing upwards of £100 from other companies in other fields - Makita for instance - you get a little slip identifying the individual who checked the item before despatch. No such checks from Hornby, apparently - the stuff is ‘just off the boat’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Today I received 200 sitting little people and 100 standing, I only ordered 100 of each mind.But they are supposed to be painted, and maybe half are not and the other half are half painted flushedAnd some ballast, which now is not quite needed yet, as I also gained a headache and bad mood as my servo controller died again ... near completing the last fine adjustments .... further delaying track painting and ballasting again sob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 TT the servo controller sounds unreliable! What people did you source? I bought some ‘TT:120’ on eBay, very cheap and painted but massively over scale closer to HO but that’s China for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 These were from china, they are about 1:100 (which is what they were listed as) and vary in size with some kids in the mix.the tallest looks to be around 18mm so overscale but hopefully wont look too out of place.The servo controller issue, IDK, they usually have a good rep, so I am guessing its my luck thats poor ! last time it blew a diode, I suspect its the same this time, I have asked for a replacement board rather than a repair this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSeaDog 1707821252 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Hey! I've got the same people! I will get round to painting them any year now. You're right, they look massively overscale when you compare them to, say, Smart Models or 4D Models.My strategy will be to pass them off as a race of giants who arrived on the No. 9 tram from Gateshead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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