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Paul-H wrote:Have a look at Halfords Camo Brown, looks quite a good colour for track sleepers.

Paul

Will do ,thanks

I would say .. No. Tracks normally look rusty dirty browny colour. But it depends where the tracks are. If they are in and around a yard or steam engine shed or workshops you may not see the sleepers at all for the build up of dirty grime old ash and coal ect. I would go for the rusty dirty brown l...

Thankyou for your fast replies,,and 'NO' footplate halfords don't sell railway colours ,I just mentioned halfords as somewhere I could possibly buy some Matt spray cheaper ,,,so back on topic I would be best going for a browny rust sort of colour ,I'll have a look ,,thankyou ,,mjb

Hi ,,,I've been thinking about spraying the tracks with the sleeper grime spray to tone down the shiny sleepers ,now model match sleeper grime is £15.50"on eBay / £7.50 plus post from hattons,I think a bit expensive so what about ordinary Matt black spray ,would that give the same result or not...

Hi,,,running tts equipped LOCOS in 128 speed steps is best ,,mjb

Hi,,it depends on how prototypical you want to be or are,me personally would just pick any one ,but maybe not the HST ones with the velenta engine sound files ,or a more expensive one that is correct for your dmu,hope this helps ,,mjb

Hi spike,,,do you remember what controller they used in the shop,my guess would be an American one ,NCE,MRC ,if you don't perhaps you could email them ,if you can find out what controller it is then you know which one should work ,,just a thought mjb

Thanks again guys for your replies,,,ironduke,F8 on the decoder is cab lights on/off but thanks anyway ,it doesn't effect it's running and responds to the commands I send it ,you know I think it is part of its shut down / stop sequence ,this is my first diesel sound loco ,I'm used to steam engines ,...

Hi ,,thankyou for your replies,,,the more I listen to the sound on the loco and the video the more I'm convinced it is supposed to be there ,thanks again ,,,,,mjb

Hi ,,does anyone have the above mentioned loco with sound ,,,if so does it give a ticking noise / sound after F1 fades out ,it sounds a bit like your car engine starting to cool down after a long run in hot weather ,,I've just acquired this loco and have noticed this sound ,the date on the box puts ...

Very nice layout Luca,it makes a change to see a layout that is not based on uk railways.

Hi Chops ,,,,what brand of backscenes are they ? I've recently bought gaugemaster photographic backscenes and have also bought a bottle of view glue ,,reccomomended ,specialy formulated for the backscenes ,I haven't used them yet soi can't comment on the glue ,to be honest I'm a bit scared I case th...

Hi Billydot,,,,I would say only the cab06 ,unless another powercab controler can be used ,there should be a picture on the back of the box sleeve showing how to upgrade ,,,mjb

Thanks Roger ,,,,mjb

Hi ,,,,could someone just confirm that if laying track in warm weather you should leave a small expansion gap ,,,,I can't remember if you do or don't ,,,thanks mjb