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I've just come across the first Dynamometer Car for sale on eBay ,,@£200 inc post ,for those who don't know about these ,they were made by Rapido for Rails of Sheffied ( exclusive model ) and cost £125 ,,I didn't think it would take long before they appear ,,,mjb

Hi ,,,,,I had this problem years ago when I returned to the hobby ,,,I quickly learnt how to handle them,the main thing that I helped to fall off were the little peices of plastic that is fitted to the side of the cabs ,,,generally the conrods ( valve gear ) come loose and fall off I find is through...

Thank you Harry,,,I'll have a look at that later ,,,,mjb

Just a thought ,,,,I've been thinking of re-building my layout and I have some 100mm cellotex insulation,,was wondering if I were to use this around the edge of my layout to lay track onto and it would be good to cut away peices at the front to create rock face etc ,,but what would be the best metho...

If any members are interested in Canadian/American railways ,go to Rails of Sheffields site where you will find them advertising the Royal Hudson from Rapido ,,,there is also a video of it running on some guys awesome layout ,,,,the sound version are £540

Just looked in the TVs mag for next week and it shows that ,,Rameses,Moses and murder is on at 7pm for 2 hours ,,,,I'm hoping it's a misprint in the magazine ,,,,,,can anyone confirm anything??

Hi Diane ,,,I used black Tarmac scatter ,,probably made by Javis or Woodland Senics,,I firstly painted the road black and then when dry I applied pva and then sprinkled on the scatter ,,just another option for you ,,,,mjb

Hi again ,,,,I had a play but no difference,,,I've now removed the zimo decoder and replaced it with a simple HORNBY r8249 decoder via a 21 to 8 pin adapter,,,, Im running it with directional lights only so I might as well keep the zimo for something else ,,thanks for the idea anyway ,,,mjb

Hi ,,,I'll investigate,,,,,let you know the out come ,,,mjb

It should be noted that the current (blue pcb) Bachmann 36-557, 6 function decoder will work the front and rear directional lights and the individual cab lights but the interior lights will remain on constantly whilst the unit is on powered track. For some reason the interior lights will not switch...

Thanks ,,,,must watch ,,I'll set the virgin box to record

Hi Bigmet and End2End,,,,,,,leave it with me and I'll try my best to video them running ,probably at the weekend ,,,,I might have to send the video to one of you guys and hopefully you could upload it to the forum ,,,,,,catch you later ,,mjb

How silver is the paint? From pics I've seen it looks very light grey, not silver at all. Yes ,,,it's more a light grey and a darker grey at the bottom ,,,but I think they always have been ,HORNBY,Bachmann etc ,,it might just be the names they are given ,silver fox ,quicksilver ,,makes you think th...

Well not far away from a year since the last post on this thread,,anyway ,since getting the mallard I've gone on to get the golden eagle and the silver fox ,got the silver fox today ,that was one of the reasons for selling off the two live steams I had ,,at least these black labels are getting used ...

I would be tempted to buy a 1.76 narrow gauge just to collect such as the Welsh highland and the festinog railway,,,I seen them in the shop at the railway station in Porthmadog ,,,very nice ,and the price ,,,I wouldn't change scale altogether,my wife would kill me ,,I've spent far to much on oo scal...