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Hi John I have a Corgi DG225005 trackside crane which is 40ft and doesn't look out of place at all. yours has an arm length of 50ft + another aprox 8ft on top for the body. The trouble with model railways we are looking at things from the wrong angle. As Dad 1 says the size of trees in there natural...

Good one Mark
I've just been to Gaugemasters site and found it, DCC25 decoder.
Many thanks
Bob

Hi I have just bought a loco which come with a Decoder fitted, when I went to reprogram it I got the Manufacturers id as 065 version 18. When I go to the NMRA site to find it there is no such id number. It is an 8 pin decoder with a 9 pin harness attached it has black shrink sleeving over it and it ...

Hi Dan I used Resin W woodwork adhesive to create a small pond on my layout, because I read somewhere that it dries clear. Unfortunately after a couple of months it was still milky, I did put it on thick in an attempt to get some depth. I painted it over this morning and will go back to my old metho...

Hi NCB
One very important point is that the words DCC and Hornby do not go well together, so go with an established DCC company, rather than a Toy, and Model train manufacturer.

Cheers
Bob

Hi Andy I can understand your frustration with Hornby, they sell some good looking Loco's and other products but fall down with a bang when it comes to the electrics, especially DCC, and there support and spares are non existant. In my opinion DCC is far superior to DC in control and seems to work b...

Hi I certainly would not recomend the earlier Hornby decoders R8215 as they are not NMRA compatible, the later R8249 are a little better but very basic in there operation, with few CV's to work with. I have found that a good all round 4 function decoder is the TCS T4X available from Express Models f...

Hi Andy
If the Hornby 08 is one of the later models with the squew wound motor and NEM pocket coupler then you certainly have a bargain there, the lenz gold decoders go for around £35 - £40 alone.
Cheers
Bob

Hi
Many thanks to you all for your help.
My era is late 1980s so I'll go with the aerials
Cheers
Bob

Hi
Has anyone got a photo of 37429 in large logo livery.
I am trying to find out if 37429 had nose aerials when it was in this livery, I know it did when changed to regional livery.

Cheers

Bob

Happy Easter Ark royal
It certainly is a happy easter for you with 50 quid to spend.
All I got was an Egg and that was only because the wife won it playing golf.
I'd go fro the Class 45
Cheers
Bob

Hi I've tried a few methods of tarmacing in the past, Tarmak sheets look like paper, wet & dry is the wrong texture and it is very difficult to hide the joints. I have now settled for buildimg the road surface with cork and painting with Joys Blackboard paint, this gives a good textured surface ...

Hi I have 7 Bachmann class 37 locos, 3 of them run well but the other 4seemed to be very erratic, anyway I had enough the other day when my 1 sound loco kept cutting out and stalling, the track is spotless as are the wheels. I decided it must be the loco so I stripped the bogies to find so much grea...

Hi Stop being a tight arse, as you put it. And yes the powercab is significantly better than the 36-505 EZ Command. Apart from the Powercab being a great system, you wont get the hump when you find you want to upgrade to a Powercab in a months time because you can't do all the things you WILL want t...

Hi I've got to agree with Flashbang here, you would never regret bying an NCE Powercab, as for the price around £130.00 and if you bought 8 good quality decoders, for instance TCS T4X 4 function decoders at roughly £18.00 each you are looking at around £280.00 the lot not £400.00. But do not go Horn...