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I’ve been through several (many) airbrushes over the years, from very basic like Humbrol to very expensive Iwata, in the end I have found a decent compressor is a must, doesn’t have to be the best quality but it’s must be able to deliver a stable continuous pressure without pulsing and getting low, ...

But it doesn’t appear that the Loco was at fault at all, basically it was the manufacturer and distributor both just not knowing what Chip the Loco required, seems unbelievable but it happens more and more.

No excuse for it at all IMV.

Peterm wrote:Zimo every time for me.

And here.

Richard08 wrote:

boxbrownie wrote: Bloomin’ yobs

No bins - courtesy of the IRA

That’s what the clear plastic bag bins are for, you can see the bomb and runnnnnnnnnnn

They look somewhat like blown about pages of broadsheet newspapers. I tried to imitate this on the same layout, as it was set in an inner sub area with heavy commuter traffic, and newspaper was regularly blown about everywhere. Couldn't get that to look right, insufficient artistic sensibility... I...

Try Woodland Scenics Pewter Patina wash, it gives a very nice rusty “see through” effect, so it doesn’t colour the rails and sleepers, just tints them.

The wheel profile is probably that used by Tillig, I'd agree it looks to be close to that used in N Gauge, I suppose the reasoning is "if it's acceptable in N the slightly larger scale would render it more acceptable. I think you have misinterpreted my point, my fault…..looking at the flanges ...

Got my hands on some today, definitely not vapourware. There won't be any shortage of track, according to Simon K it's the one big advantage of using an established scale, the factory that supplies track for the continental TT120 ranges just stamp a different name under the sleepers. Couldn't persu...

E2E My son works for JLR and it's location is only supplied on a need to know basis, it's always on the battery pack and it's operation renders the pack dead. I assume there's a procedure for the fire crews to be notified where it is when they are at the scene. There's also a service isolating link...

Don't know about everyone else, but I find it increasingly difficult 'keeping up' with which brand is doing what! :lol: That way things are at the moment I get lost completely but in a good way as all of a sudden I get an email telling me that model I preordered years (literally) is on its way, and...

Sounds good to me, I can wait……as to speaker if there is no room inside there is usually enough space in the fuel tanks for a small sugar cube in a proper enclosure, I’ve done this in several locos. What I haven’t done yet is remove the circuit board and look underneath, sometimes it’s possible to “...

I like the Heljan diesels, all twin bogie types I have and they run superbly and could pull the QE2 into dock. One thing that does bug me though on quite a few of them they have not thought much about decoders and it is often quite a struggle to get a basic decoder in let alone a sound decoder and t...

Miss who?

2709CF01-6A47-421A-B557-9A447535992A.jpeg Fortunately the motor control still works only the lights not working. Thanks to all who commented. TBH I am not surprised, I recently bought this Loco (albeit the NRM version) and wanted to fit a sound decoder (and a spark LED for the Panto but that’s late...

That’s different enough for me, no issues there. Actually a very acceptable result considering.