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  1. irishthump
    I take it the non sound equipped locos will still have speakers installed as standard?
  2. irishthump
    Lads, The detail is stunning! From the tiny marker lights, the bogie detail right down to the rivets on the windscreen surround. A masterpiece! No to mention the silky smooth running....
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    Looks to be a must-have for Irish modellers. AND my birthday is in November!
  4. irishthump
    Bloody amazing! I imagine the speaker will be housed somewhere under the front grill? Is it coming pre fitted with a speaker?
  5. irishthump
    To use the auto tune feature: place the loco on a long straight section of track, 5 or 6 feet long if you have it. Then using your controller set CV54 to 0 then press F1. The loco will tear off at top speed and gradually slow to a stop. This calibrates the decoder to the motor and it should run better after this. Bear in mind you may have to do it several times for the best results and make sure the loco has been running for a good while before doing it.
  6. irishthump
    One thing you have to be careful of is differences in decoder brands. Some decoders (ESU Loksound in particular) use different parameters to control acceleration and deceleration. Also many sound decoders have a slight delay that makes the loco wait for the engine sound to rev up before allowing the loco to move off, this can make speed matching tricky. Do you know what decoders are in each loco?
  7. irishthump
    Whoa! I'm not ordering any of these as I've blown this years hobby budget on container flats and A classes, but they're gorgeous!
  8. irishthump
    In pairs is the only way to buy these things. Anybody who says different is kidding themselves!
  9. irishthump
    I might buy maybe 1 or 2, as I pretty much have as many I need or am likely to run. To be honest once my current order from IRM/Accurscale arrives (A classes and a Deltic) and MM's 121's have been purchased I'll be pretty much done as far as new locos is concerned. Barring the odd impulse/bargain buy. I need to concentrate on getting a layout up and running rather than stockpiling locos!
  10. irishthump
    Looks stunning! I must have missed something earlier as I didn't realise these would have a die cast frame.
  11. irishthump
    We all know what happened to him...
  12. irishthump
    As I said on other media this should get a certain cohort of ar**holes off of PM's back!
  13. irishthump
    I don't care if they're the only ones of their kind, the seller is taking the pi**. In fact "seller" is the wrong word "would-be-extortionist" seems more fitting.
  14. irishthump
    Sounds more like a nightmare...
  15. irishthump
    I know how you feel. Last I dreamt I was eating a giant marshmallow. Woke up and my pillow was gone.
  16. irishthump
    That's a steal...
  17. irishthump
    All the way over from Raheny? The lengths that Bracken fella will go to for a free cup of tea....
  18. irishthump
    They're way beyond sainthood. The already sit at the right hand of the father. The father being Paddy Murphy of course...
  19. irishthump
    This months Railway Modeller has a feature about IRM/Accurascale as well as a good interview with the lads. Very interesting read. (And they scrub up well for the photos!)
  20. irishthump
    Congrats on the new HQ! Only up the road from me as well....
  21. irishthump
    Yeah I would think that OO track being underscale would allow a little more room for the bogies to swing anyway.
  22. irishthump
    And I think he should. The negativity towards him on other social media is getting tiresome and I wouldn't blame him one bit.
  23. irishthump
    Just looking at the drawings and the position of the steps at each end, I wonder will this model have trouble on really tight radius curves and points?
  24. irishthump
    I stand corrected! So is "power at rail" synonymous with tractive effort?
  25. irishthump
    Have a look at the Wikipedia page for the BR Class 66. It has detailed stats for tractive effort and since it is a similar model to the 201 it might give you a good indication.
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