Sean

I do see the auditor types hassling railway staff on a regular basis, I would generally like to avoid that approach We got the no fly zones and they mostly apply to zones around the airports and prisons and whatnot. the second rule you are quoting only applies to older drones that are over 250 grams, under 250g or the new c1 class can be flown anywhere even over "uninvolved people" but obviously such things are discouraged unless nessesary. It more becomes a question of, if im flying lawfully in a field or such a place that there is a line running through with the intention of filming the train as it passes and possibly even following it for a short distance as part of the video. Can i actually do this since realistically I am flying adjacent to the railway and not above it. that being said should the driver or someone see a drone following his train briefly, will they actually care or have to report it to someone or anything like that? Another thing which can be done with a drone nowadays is the construction of an accurate 3d model of a building from a series of photographs of said building, such an application could prove very handy for us model makers but assumedly most of these buildings would be based on the railway and overflight would be required in order to capture all of the required data and thats where you might be asking for trouble.

Over the last couple of years i have very much gotten into the hobby of flying drones. One thing ive always been interested is the idea of taking photos and videos of trains and stations and other interesting bits and bobs on the network such as container loading around the port. One of the main reasons i have not actually done this is that I dont know where I actually am or am not allowed fly in relation to this and i really dont want to be seen as a nuisance if spotted by a driver or station staff etc so its probably best to ask first. Can anyone give me relevant information in relation to this? Kind of assume it would be fine as long as im not directly flying over lines or doing otherwise silly/unsafe things but obviously im not sure without getting confirmation from someone more experienced in such matters. cheers.

Hey guys, Ordered a few packs on thursday and got the shipped notification on friday morning. according to the tracking page GLS have not yet collected the parcel, im not in a mad rush to get these but I just wanna check is this normal? Sean

Warm, probabaly

There here!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/23934652306/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=10159741897557307 if you are on facefook then this group comes recommended, your pictures reminded me of it.

Personally derek id be handing that back under warranty

I believe its running in DC mode and you need to install a decoder. if your controller has a dc channel it will run on that but beware that the noise is caused by the motor recieving a full track voltage whilst pwm is keeping it stationary and the motors tend to get quite hot as a byproduct of running in this state which can shorten their lives significantly. Most would not recommend it.

seems to be multiple sellers with multiples of each item in stock

Didnt we have a similar sort of discussion a couple of years ago when some chinese 201's appeared on ebay? I was new at the time

forgot theres no trains in gran canaria IS THAT BETTER!!?!?! on tour with two mixers

What'er'u Sayin?

The bogies are screwed on to both coaches but i couldnt be arsed taking them off to mine to see if they interchange

running mine tomorrow but as usual the permenant way is in need of a bit of tlc before anything will be able to run MMMMMM RPSI Black and Tan run

not the best of photos but they get the job done lol had not planned on running these for a little while - now its a priority over the next few days Seems i still need a mk2d and another brake to complete the rake - when are these coming out?

Does the first class go at the loco end or the brake end?

Just you wait till I've had my dinner

F*cking bank holiday im still waiting for mine

Someone just emailed me a link to the tracking number to mess with me hurrrrrrryyyyyy upppppppp

Mine have posted! Will be delighted if they show up tomorrow like other IRM stuff has been known to of a saturday

Cant we stop counting rivets and just enjoy our high end high quality toy trains? Oh no, the number doesnt match the tiny little vent that is invisible at more than 10cm away and the ladder is slightly wrong. THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION IS RUINED!!!

Id be lying if i said i wasnt tempted, but Ive already got more coaches coming than i can run!

Colour looks way better on these, I thought the pre production ones were a touch too red.