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Alex, I just added an item to the cart using IE but when I then went to the Hattons website on Chrome the shopping cart was empty. I rechecked the Hattons website on Chrome and it is a secure site. I loaded and ran Ccleaner to no avail. The shopping cart is still inactive on Chrome. I installed Fire...

I am running an up to date browser (Chrome) and am unable to add anything to my shopping cart on the Hattons website. This is a new issue as I have been using Chrome on the Hattons site to purchase goods for many years. If I choose IE, which I am loathe to do, then no issues with adding to the shopp...

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On the Hattons Warley Exhibition video 42 seconds into the video are two green coaches in the display cabinet. One looks like a green Bullied car and the other an ex-teak Gresley coach. Given that Bachmann does not manufacture a Gresley coach in OO, is the example "N" gauge or a possible n...

[quote="Bufferstop"....................As the mechanic said "Thats not £100 for 'itting it wi' ommer, £99.99 is for knowing where to 'it t' beggar.[/quote] In the aviation industry it is known as a "technical tap". We had a supervisor well versed in the use of this piece of ...

One of my recently arrived 30XX ROD from the famous sale had the dreaded broken off tender drawbar pin. When packaged in the factory on some models the assembly worker fits the loco to the ice pack with the drawbar pin inserted in the drawbar. Movement intransit results in the relatively fragile pin...

I do shake my head at the direction the hobby is heading (oblivion!!!!!). A manufacturer has the right to produce whatever product they see as financially sustainable, however, with Hornby facing a nasty "takeover" and asset stripping exercise, do we really need another duplicate product e...

This is what the details state on the page - "The client and server don't support a common SSL protocol version or cipher suite. This is likely to be caused when the server needs RC4, which is no longer considered secure." Odd that it is almost twelve months since the previous time that I ...

Once again Google Chrome has locked me out of the Rails website. I get the following message - "This site can’t provide a secure connection railsofsheffield.com uses an unsupported protocol." I do not get this with any other online model railway website. Does the site have a lesser level o...

When rebuilding my Austin Healey Mk1 Sprite over forty years ago I used a caustic soda preparation to strip paint on smaller metal parts. I noted though that almost immediately the surfaces would commence rusting so a primer was essential shortly after stripping.

My son uses "Isocol" (rubbing alcohol - around 70% Isopropyl Alcohol) for all his military and plane model paint stripping. In the U.S. Isopropyl Alcohol 92% is the favoured stripper for plastic models.

George, I am more than happy with my Bachmann Halls, both split chassis and DCC ready models. Personally, given the money the store wants for pre-owned DCC ready Halls, perhaps look to either a new Bachmann Hall or perhaps a Hornby Grange. I would keep clear of a split chassis Manor as I have severa...

George, I have purchased literally hundreds of "pre-owned" stock from the store and in general if they state "like new" then they are correct. Read my "Pre-owned Windfall" thread in this forum section. In all my purchases I could count on one hand the number of items th...

As it is a multi-pole motor I had assumed that it would be an outrunner brushless type and thus would have a higher torque output than an inrunner with lesser poles. Have you looked at how the outrunner would be mounted inside the existing ringfield structure as the outer casing is connected to the ...

Great idea, however with cheap CD drive motors in abundance, I do not think that the average hobbyist is going to outlay GBP25.00 on a loco that may not even be worth that much. Obviously not for DCC usage. As well as the motor replacement, the power pickups really need to be sorted out for a rubber...