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I did as suggested and also tested on program track where it read ok but as soon as I put it on the track to run the rfailmaster controller started to flash which looks like a short somewhere. It could be the decoder may be strong enough.Iam usingnthe Hornby 8249 I would definitely ditch the Hornby...

I agree with everything Bigmet has said ... very sound advice.

When I lived in Melbourne 30 years ago the situation was fine Model Dockyard and Hearns Hobbies carried a decent range of model railway equipment, living in Mornington I used to buy models from Train World who I always thought were a tad expensive, going back further to the late 1960s and 70s every...

One of the main problems Aussie model shops have had to contend with until very recent times was the wholesalers. Bach in the UK, Hornby and Bachmann were their own wholesalers, selling directly to the retailers, whereas here in Oz, the retailers had to deal with the middle men - middle men who more...

If you haven't already done the maths, 35' 10" translates to 143mm in OO.

I measured two PMVs and a CCT from Bachmann and all were 142mm over the buffers. That also matched a Parkside kit I built.

I think it was only the two locos mentioned: the 0-4-0T and 'Lord Westwood'.

Oops, I almost forgot: only unrebuilt WC/BoB locomotives should be used - rebuilt ones were just a little heavier, putting the axle loads over the limits for most of the branches.

That wire should be connected directly to the pickup strips on the locomotive's baseplate. I would suggest putting a completely new length of wire in its place. Undo the two screws holding the baseplate on, then solder the new wire to the contact for the pickups, feed the wire back up through the ch...

As far as i know the P class , USA tank and the yet to arrive B4 were purely for shunting and freight work, and I think other than the Hayling island branch this goes for Terriers as well. For a S.R branch line which used push pull stock it has to be either a M7, H class or 02 tank. For non push pu...

On a curve wouldn't the outside wheels have further to travel than the inside wheels? With the wheels and axle as one unit, wouldn't one of the wheels have to give as they would be travelling two different distances? ps. on cars we have a diff. The outside wheel does have further to travel, and the...

Real railway rails do have a slight inward angle. Standard gauge used to be 4' 8" and broad gauge used to be dead on 7'. As speeds increased, to help trains on corners an extra half inch was needed in the gauge width, so this is where we get the odd measurement of 4'8½" from. Broad gauge ...

Not having heard the TTS version of the class 60, I can only say that it shouldn't sound like a class 58.

I have an earlier Hornby class 60 with factory sound on an ESU LokSound decoder, and it sounds absolutely nothing like the class 58 sounds I have from Howes, also on an ESU LokSound decoder.

As referred to above, the Hornby ex-LSWR brake coach would look good but probably wouldn't have been attached to a P in reality. Having said that, that was the first coach I thought of too. A Maunsell brake composite (R4318/A/B/C) in lined olive green would be appropriate, if you can actually find o...

The original Triang B12/3 was my first "big" engine, many, many moons ago. This new one doesn't fit into my scheme of things at all, but I am still sorely tempted to get one. I have resisted so far. :D As for the S15, I have two, although the one I weathered and fitted with YouChoos sound ...