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that is very true in one sense. bearing in mind i dont know much about these things, I did do quite a lot of investigating and thinking about what can go in the space. Having set up the oval and siding and a few more bits and bobs- so the oval is bigger and the siding too, I can guess that the 15 de...

I'm not saying anythings wrong with it, just reporting back that to my unaccustomed eyes it doesnt seem very rapid, but testing suggests a scale speed of 120-125 mph and probably a little more.

well as I wrote, even if it doesnt look that quick, the scale speed - and i've tested a good few times now- is 120-125 mph

makes almost no odds if the loco is hauling the three coaches or not.

I expect that is the max speed of the loco- it will be intersting if Mallard cant get to 126 wont it haha

I'm assuming they are modified tillig mediums - which are 631mm I'm assuming that because hornby has lifted the length of the straight sections and the curve radii. I watched a Hornby thingy where they said they changed the point slightly so that the return curve lines up with the straight on the ot...

Scale speed is not easy to judge. Regular express speed - and 90mph was the usual maximum speed the track was rated for in the steam period - is a metre every 3 seconds at 1:120. well i timed it how many loops it could do in 2 mins 18.5 the loop is 12 sections or r3 curves and 8 straight sections. ...

...The niggle in the back of my mind is that if there are issues, well, there wont be a hundred and one people who have found two hundred and two ways to overcome them. I mean in terms of locos and rolling stock. I'm sure the rest of it is fairly universal. Universal truth no 1. Give it a couple of...

and its running in as I'm typing this.

its only at 50% on the controller but it doesnt seem very express if you know what I mean.

thanks for all your kind words. In addition to the reasons I gave, I think being in at the start of something is a psychological allure- I must be a marketers dream. Also if not well priced, the things hornby announced don't seem any more silly priced than anything else. At least not on the face of ...

well there is potentially another, a dear friend of mine and I have been discussing model trains for some years. It seems the wrong way round but the consensus seems to be "wait till my boys have flown the nest". I always thought it would be "pretend its for the kids while they're sti...

Hello to you all, I have had a snoop around here for awhile trying to decide to buy a trainset because I've secretly always wanted one since I went to university and left the old one in my parents shed, sadly it is long gone. Anyways, I probably sound like a hornby plant or something, but after agon...