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1 hour ago, Georgeconna said:

 

You wont get charged Vat Twice Skinner

How does it work if you buy something from the uk and get it shipped to AddressPal?

This one might suit....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233757712324

9 hours ago, murphaph said:

Personally I've never seen an NEM 652 (8 pin) decoder with the plug directly attached. Maybe they exist though.

Yeah they’re available. Gaugemaster make one.

https://www.ajmrailways.com/model-railways/Gaugemaster-No-Harness-Omni-Small-8-Pin-Decoder-DCC29-DCC29.html

1 hour ago, Robert Shrives said:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johannes-j-smit/3133183400/

Hi not my pic but knew I had seen something so a quick google.

Several pics on the page

Robert   

Thanks Robert, those pics are perfect!

9 minutes ago, 108 said:

After the commencement of DART services to Bray a 121 was used on a 3 car ex-AEC set on a shuttle from Bray to Greystones. This worked from the bay platform at the south end of Bray station. This lasted until the summer of 1987 when the AEC cars were withdrawn. The last 2 driving cars were 6107 and 6111. The 121s were in Supertrain livery at this time. 

Wow, thanks for that! I had a vague childhood memory of seeing this formation but I dismissed it after JHB's reply. Good to know I have'n quite lost it!

6 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

"Rule No. 1" always applies!

Rule No. 1.:  It's YOUR layout!

 

A narrow gauge line I had put together in the 1980s broke "accuracy" rules on a whole range of levels, from realistic track layouts to liveries to gauges........but I liked it! And those of us who had layouts in the early '70s will remember painting a Hornby Mk. 1 in orange and black, and having it hauled by a BR-liveried Class 31......... so in "Irishthumpland", the "supertrain" livery lasted until 1999!

On a point of order, in "Irishthumpland" steam never existed and Supertrain is still running in 2021!

4 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

No, the "supertrain" livery was gone by then.

AEC cars - I'm pretty certain they were only hauled by C's in push-pull mode. However, while I never saw it, I think the AECs may have been HAULED rather than "push-pulled" the odd time by a 141. 

Bugger! I guess it will have to be a case of "what if" on my layout!

Many thanks for the info!

Couple of questions for the hive mind....

Regarding the MK3 push-pull sets - the only pictures I've seen of these shows them in the tippex livery. Did they ever carry the Supertrain livery? Also were they ever hauled by 121's still painted in Supertrain? 

Regarding the AEC Railcar push pull sets - were these ever hauled by 121's as opposed tothe re-engined C Class?

4 minutes ago, Dempsey said:

Nice job. How did you go about it? 

I started off with Tony Mirolo’s tutorial to get the streaking effect down the sides of the bubble but I went for a heavier application. The layer of crusty cement on the top was made of plaster of Paris mixed with a small amount of black and brown weathering powder to give it a grey colour. I brush this on the top of the bubble and streak it down the sides. Then mist water over the plaster with a spray bottle to make it set hard. You can repeat this several times depending on what effect you’re looking for. 

Very nice! They look like they’ve been coupled together for ages!

First try at a cement bubble.

Any thoughts?

36 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

Thanks Graham,

The main layout is 16ft x 12ft and the lower level is 12ft x 14ft. 

WOW! I'd no idea it had two levels.

Short video of them on the layout with 080.

Finished weathering my small rake of tanker wagons. This was another project that took a couple of years!

All 6 were weathered in one batch but I tried for a distinctive look for each one.

Fantastic!

How big is this layout? SO many different scenes.......

Belated Happy Birthday, Patrick!

Back to railways!

Finally finished my scratch built brake van. After applying Des’s excellent decals and a bit of weathering she’s ready for the layout.

Seen here with a lone tanker wagon and loco 182.

Something a bit different on the workbench. Figures I painted recently for tabletop fantasy gaming.

As was already said, if I was starting from scratch then absolutely.

But if 21mm track became available tomorrow I would probably not do it as I have a lot of BR stock that regularly run on my 16.5mm track.

1 hour ago, Zeb1 said:

I'm fitting one in 124 during the week...Ill put it up then.. knowing my luck if I go to take the body off one of the ones I've done so far ill end up breaking some of the small details....lol...Air horns,handrails and vacuum pipes seem to need the gentle gentle approach..  

been there, done that!

21 hours ago, Zeb1 said:

If you remove the body..and remove the 2 screws on the fan end of the pcb it will just slide underneath.its the 40mm long i phone speaker by roads and rails i use...the sugar cube speaker just pops out and solder speaker wires to the 2 contacts...you can see the speaker thru the side grills but that's OK in my opinion...

Nice job. I’ll be honest if the speaker failed in one of my 121’s I’d have no problem replacing it and I wouldn’t care if it was visible behind the grill!

Would you be able to show us a picture of that installation with the body off the loco?

Very informative, thanks for sharing.

I bought a 141 from Ebay a few years back. I got it really cheap as it was sold as a non-runner. 

Turns out it had a similar-but-different issue with the PCB, the track feeds at one end of the board had failed. I had to rewire to the opposite end of the board and all was fine after that. 

Isn't it true you can reprogramme keys to activate different functions?

That momentum button is better of left alone!

1 hour ago, DiveController said:

Which ESU V5 Loksound chip is appropriate fro the 121 and 141?

 I was looking at this ....

ESU 58419 LokSound 5 DCC/MM/SX/M4 21MTC NEM660 LSP 11x15mm

Just be careful when ordering, there's another decoder - 58449. This appears to have exactly the same specs but may not operate the lights correctly on the 121.

This is to do with how the circuit board in the 121 is designed.

14 minutes ago, murphaph said:

 

Cheers for that

No problem. Let me know what you think of the horn sound.