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I think it's pretty natural to hoard to an extent if one has grown up impoverished or in the age of austerity. That never leaves you. That said, I'm an admitted hoader when it comes to model rail, and glad I did when opportunity presented in the aftermath of the last financial crisis. But, by the sa...

I can relate to thrift Bigmet. The dedicated purpose, ease of use, portability, convenience and versatility factor of the ESU tester was and is huge factor in my favouring it. I've had mine nearly a decade now. Can't remember the year I bought it (sourced at the right price from the US when their $ ...

At least you knew the fault wasn't with the decoder. :P Think of all the time saved elimination testing. :lol: But seriously, I take on board your point. It can't hurt to run the loco on isolated test track or rolling road again after fitment prior to committing it to the layout. I wouldn't say I do...

Use one of these http://www.esu.eu/en/products/decoder-tester/

I wouldn't be without mine. Test & configure before fitting. No need for a test track, etc. Dissassemble your loco once, to fit.

If I have 'plenty of space' to store an AS-186? An object less than the size of two small shoeboxes stacked? That's beyond funny considering the volume of space a layout occupies, and what by necessity, must lie beneath its frame.

"those ubiquitous AS 186 models" Are fabulous. C'mon they're tiny, compact, lightweight and quiet with sufficient air tank size to not be constant run annoying for the bulk of modelling spray jobs. I store mine under my train table. Taking it by its grab handle, positioning it for spraying...

Attempt at convenience, but it looks awkward. OK for very occasional use on jobs where manipulative finesse isn't required I suppose. Small tank like that and with a tiny piston, compressor would be running most of the time and hard. Is the compressor noisy? Seems gimmicky to me. I'll stick with hos...

Ex-Pat wrote:On the rolling stock side they have priced me out of the market.

Ditto.

Stockists who also manufacture, are a bit of a nuisance, but cutting off a sizeable distributor smacks of "cutting off ones nose to spite the face". Simon Kohler's on air showdown with them and Rails didn't stop him accepting whacking great orders from them. Bachmann are behaving like 195...

The other is the 2002 model, far superior to the 1973 model, although not without some detail/accuracy issues which do make it more probably more dated than other c.17 year old models - R3385TTS 451116, R3453 45274 & R3805 45379 all in BR lined black, and R3616 LMS lined black in current catalo...

It looks like the unrebuilt Merchant Navy might be worth adding and leave the Schools class till later. JMV, but I think you're making a mistake about the Schools assuming you want one. As I think Bigmet iterated, on balance of triage probability Hornby won't be revisiting it anytime soon. It is co...

Define "any good". I have a current King Arthur, so using it as basis of comparison. Current Hornby High Detail Schools Class mould is about 9 (?) years old. I have three or four. Mine run well. Can't recall off the top of my head whether one or two, but they do have traction tyres. The mo...

Most of us probably started with a train set from Hornby or Triang when we were kids, from the carpet to a solid board and then onward and upwards... <snip> But perhaps we just need to step back every so often and remind ourselves that however detailed and accurate we make our new layout it's still...

Free_at_last wrote:The Heartbreaker album inc. Wishing Well does not quite cut it with me, I feel lacks Andy Fraser's input.

You'd be the oddball dissentient then, and on a quaintly quirky premise. #7 on the UK singles chart in ' 73.