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Sweet, I'll stick up a pic up of it when I get home later if I get the chance, from the cab windows up needs a complete re work.

First I've seen of this, very interesting. As a bit of a lego lover myself I've been working on my own designs a while back. Had the guts of a BR Clayton done, still needs a lot of work though. Will you be sharing the finished file? Might be interested in doing one off your instructions myself.

I would urge you not to make this mistake. You would be much better served to allay any customer concerns (on a forum with a large potential target audience for you might I add) than take a defensive stance like that. Instead of having a go at understandable and genuine questions by potential customers why not answer them? And why not answer them where they're being asked than telling them to go to Facebook?

Notwork fail have had a few brain farts recently...

No but I believe it's being run out of his home rather than a 'bricks and mortar' style arrangement. I am 90% sure (although maybe someone like Mark's, Seamus Graham or Herr Bracken can confirm) that you need to have a shop before Bachmann will provide you with stock to sell?

A chat with Mr. Bracken awaits you.

That's class Eoin, could've done with a fan like that today in work!

Are you going to rename yourself 'burnthebody' as a tribute?

Very good, what will you be recommending to power it and what would the rough price be? I had my hands on the very rare 071 kits a few weeks ago. They're done in resin with white metal bogie frames. The castings are excellent. Pity only 10 were made (I think)

Have been lucky enough to see the 201 in the flesh, super job Tony, well done and welcome!

Great photos guys! A bit late to the party with mine, but pics of 85 and other odds and sods on the final leg on the tour from Wednesday on my flickr page... 221 7:00pm Dubin-Cork Express by franburke, on Flickr

is mrsmaken mrbracken's female alter ego?

I believe gostude has several different accounts on EBay so quite possible!

Well all I can say is a massive thank you to JB for organising a great day out and the DCDR gang for their warm welcome and guidance yesterday. It was a brilliant day out. It was great to meet old and new faces from the site too. Also really encouraging to see a large amount of young volunteers, male and female working hard alongside the older hands in keeping railway preservation in this country running. Some people have questioned if the hobby is dying out, but from what I saw yesterday I can confirm that the preservation side of it is in safe hands for many, many years to come. Well done DCDR and the ITG crew up in Down! Anyway, enough of my waffle, some pics of the day out begin here on my flickr page A few to whet the appetite Downpatrick Shed by franburke, on Flickr 1 Downpatrick by franburke, on Flickr Young Volunteers by franburke, on Flickr

A couple of pics heading through d'local station this morning. Not my best pics by any means but sure hope you enjoy anyway 461 by franburke, on Flickr 85 by franburke, on Flickr

A couple of their steam locos are still split chassis but Bachmann have been upgrading them over the past few years. The new chassis fit under the existing body shell so you should be able to buy the new, upgraded DCC ready chassis and fit them under your existing loco should you split frame horror show go tits up.

Trains have operated in 'top and tail' fashion at high speeds around the world for at least 40 years, both powered at both ends or only at one end with no issues.

They made them in OO too but still a horror show. I demonstrated the size difference between OO and HO on here before with a couple of class 66s http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2515-HO-scale-popularity/page3?highlight=Mehano

You may get US chips at a slightly lower rate but you'd still be talking 90 euro plus. There are some for 40-50 quid mark with generic sounds but they (well to me, anyway) sound dreadful. Hornby and Bachmann US are doing locos with cheap sounds but the former dont do any EMD sounds and the latter use tsunami sound boards which might not be transplantable. Irish Thump has an F Unit with tsunami sounds so he may be able to help there. They're limited in functions but the engine note is spot on for something like a 141 or 121.

I throw mine on a tiled floor, kick it across the room a couple of times and hope for the best.

Nice! I have a proto 2000 F7 A-B-B-A set in SP black widow with factory sound (QSI) and the sound is so poor compared to yours. I thought the tsunami was the best but the loksound sounds superb! Are the 8 pin or board replacements?

I'd check that the chassis is square (if you built the chassis yourself) and make sure all wheels are contacting the rails too. A simple check would be to put the wagon on a table and see if it rocks (like as if one wheel is not making contact with the table)