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Wow. Couple of years ago I picked up a B&T 141 (165) on Ebay for 40Euro. Granted it was unboxed and missing the detail pack but I still snapped it up...

Have to agree. Preordered my own Deltic with sound yesterday!

Should have been the gold! Seriously though, well done lads. Terrific result!

Would have to agree, Fran. Supply them pristine and let the modeller do as they please.

Ah right. Yeah that's a standard function that's built in to the Loksound decoder. Turns off momentum.

What does the F16 light engine mode actually do?

Yeah it will work for either depending on which engine sound is loaded onto the chip. Any idea if he's using ESU to supply the decoder like he did with the 071/201's?

For anyone interested in that sort of thing.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIE-C-class-LIMA-BR-class-33-HO-scale-locomotive/153341097717?hash=item23b3d776f5:g:o78AAOSwUP5cPk94

Done! Best of luck!

Just bear in mind you'll lose the cab lights and probably headlights at one end. From what I've read the TTS decoders only have 3 functions. Yeah you could use the TTS speaker once it fits in the shell. The factory installed one isn't great anyway.

Sounds like it may be the speaker alright. Can you try the decoder in another loco to make sure it isn’t faulty?

It would just be a matter of soldering the tts chip to the speaker. But the tts decoders are 8 pin so you’d need an adapter to fit it into the 21 pin socket. And then you would still lose some of the lighting functions.

Are you getting any sounds at all?

Don’t worry about reading CV8, the value simply tells you who manufactured the decoder. 151 means ESU who manufacture the decoder for MM. This value won’t change even after reprogramming CV8 to 8 so don’t worry you haven’t done anything wrong. Did you try the decoder after the reset?

First thing I would try is resetting the decoder. Program CV8 with a value of 8. This won’t affect the sounds in any way.

Never mind that. I can’t understand why they didn’t just blow it out of the sky!

@Richie Any chance you can share the exact materials and techniques used?

They look stunning! The "wash-on-wash-off" technique produces a much more realistic look than airbrushing.

Noel that's nice work, and not overdone. Is that a paint wash or a weathering powder mix?

I'm no steam enthusiast but to me that looks awful. I may be wrong but does the picture in first post on this thread seem to have a similar problem? Are these cast in one piece or is the whole loco assembled from separate sections? No offence but I wouldn't be happy if it were me!

Yeah I get that BosK, and just to be clear the kinematics work perfectly! My reason is that I'm slowly installing draft boxes on all of my Irish/UK stock, locos included. I prefer the way they look and operate. But the kinematics are excellent and will be perfect for people who are not as obsessive as myself!

Unpacked mine last night and finally had the chance to examine them up close. Lads, the build quality, detail and finish on these wagons is absolutely top notch! Can't wait to give them a spin on the layout..... Yeah the nem pockets are absolutely spot on these wagons, another welcome detail. To be honest I'll probably add draft box Kadees to these in the future, like I did with the cement bubbles, but it's great to have perfect compatibility out of the box and not have to faff around with plastic shims or glueing Kadees under the pockets!

Mine arrived yesterday! Haven't had the time to even take a proper look at them yet but I will tonight. But they look fabulous! Unfortunately due to the fact that I'm doing some major changes to my layout's track plan I won't be able to give them a proper run. But I'm hoping to get that sorted by the weekend...

Thanks, Railer! If I'd bothered to Google it I wouldn't have had to ask.... caws

Quick question, lads... I'm just confused as to what the CAWS equipment looks like. ,Is it the vertical metal bars protruding down from under the buffer beam?