Flying Scotsman 4472

Some nice action on this video just check out the length of some of the trains in the back ground

He has now barred me from posting comments on his videos on You Tube =))=)) I won't sleep at night worrying about it so I will just have to watch one of his videos

Having trouble sleeping here's another video to help you fall asleep at night =))=))

Sorry lads I should have taken some photos after I painted them for Chris I'm doing some more for him for the October show so I will take some photos for you when I get them finished and post them in Chris's section on this web site.

They look to be good quality and good prices

Bloody hell Bren has that grown since the last time I was down. Its looking great will there be scenery on all levels or just the top one. Will have to get a run down soon to give my new Duchess and EWS 66 a good haulage test. Keep up the good work

Is that one of the doors I see open on the side of the 80 class

Loving it Bren more more more pictures please

Go to You Tube there are lots of good videos there showing you how to to it and what colour wires go where. Red and black to track feed and orange and grey to motor

Yep same here got that a couple of times myself

Funny you say that I've been looking at her on You Tube in the black livery and she is pristine if anything the model should get a coat of gloss as it ain't as shiny as the real loco, have a look at this video of her. BTW check her out at the end of the video when she enters the sun light. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWnXNycpHI

Yes mate that's the one the small wheel under the cab

They are all MM mk2's bar the one in the 6th photo which is an Airfix Mk2 fitted with MIR brass sides. Hope this answers your question.

The helix is 4' wide

The SF model do sit higher all I did with mine is remove the body from the chassis and re-glue it back on with copy dex but push the chassis further into the body when glueing

I would say that lorry she hit was about 10ton would be some mess if she hit a fully laden artic at 44ton

Thanks mate

Fran as far as I'm aware she is the latest as she's brand new and in the latest box (super detail) not up to speed on whats the latest Hornby. BTW do you have a link for the detailed pony truck as it does look very plain. Over all I very happy with the 2 of them also got a 201 and a 141 at the weekend as well. I can't wait till the new Hornby Flying Scotsman out next month been waiting a long time for that one. Fran if you get time as your up to speed on whats what maybe you could do a thread on what boxes Hornby/Bachmann have come in over the last 10 years or so just an idea

As requested by Warbonnet here are the 2 latest additions to Ballykay are the Hornby Duchess of Sutherland and a Bachmann factory weathered class 66 number 66209. I wasn't happy with the factory weathering on the class 66 as it has just been sprayed all over with a sandy weathering colour including the windows so I gave her a weathering myself. The Duchess is a cracking loco but also has a few faults like no copper/brass pipe work inside the cab or along the bottom of the loco also the rear wheel on the loco has no flange other than that she is a fine smooth runner.

Way to much going on there. Now I'm dizzy and got a headache.

I've had my oldest 201 diesel tank filled with super glue and lead since I got her which is well over a year now and no problems. I use an activator with the glue so it cures the glue straight away.

Will put some up in the UK section for you later have a few mods to do to them first acc packs etc

I put it on the rear axle of a new Hornby Scot and it just didn't like it and caused it to derail and run badly you can't put it on all axles as it reduces the pick up on the axles you put it on. The way I get round the problem is to have a Westcoast railways 47/57 on the back like they do on the rail tours in the UK that way I can run up to 10/12 coaches per train.

I put Bullfrog snot on my steamers and while it improved pulling power it lead to poor pick-up and on some locos bad running what I do now is put lead in my steamers. Just ask Warbonnet how heavy Tornado is. I got a hornby Duchess of Sutherland at the weekend (I blame Warbonnet=))) and surprisingly she pulls 10 coaches around my layout no problem but when it comes to large wheel steamers and a helix forget about it, no matter what you do they don't like them, its time to play banker. On the 201 issue pull the diesel tank of and fill with lead and super glue and then glue the tank back on. Bingo more traction still not as good as the 66 though. Speaking of which I also got a Bachmann 66 at the weekend (Warbonnet again ) took it out of the box put a Bachmann decoder in and hey presto front/rear and cab lights all work. Its also a smoother runner and better puller out of the box than the 201 I hope we don't have these problems with the forth coming 071 and if only 4 axles are powered on it, its pulling power is going to make the 201 look like Arnold Schwarzenegger at a anabolic steroid convention.