Sean

Vespa PK. who needs a model anyway?? Maybe theyll let me bring her down the Velorail. XD Another less fortunate one. Vespa LX this time. Outlived by the 20 and 40 year old examples above. as Piaggio build quality dropped DRAMATICALLY after the successful et2 and 4 line.

nah thats the high chime.

Hi again @johnfromoz cheers for the reply. actually found these decoders within the EU for around the price you listed from claudiodcc.com so have ordered a few to give them a try. just wondering are you using the keep alive "kung fu" version with the additional 2 wires soldered to the board or just the most basic version with "no keepalive"(860019) If using 860019, do the onboard stayalive caps on the A class still work? my instinct says yes and that they are the exact same decoder with the kung fu simply just having 2 extra wires soldered into a delicate area but i cannot confirm until mine arrive. Sean

I hear every time you press the horn button on the soundchip if you listen closely enough you can hear BoJo saying "Leave" at a very low volume under the horn sample.

thats kinda why i went for ballast instead of gypsum, but now i have a burning desire for a rake of gypsum in the back of my head.

071 is next....right.....RIGHT?

Should be sorted now

im far too stingey to buy anything at those hilarious prices thankfully

@David Holman I think this clip illustrates it well. in the parts where the guy looks down the trackwork, the first few glances i was like hey that looks a lot like settrack. and from memory this is the tightest sleeper density i have seen on any kind of railway. Us railroading videos have been fascinating me lately.the sheer size of the locos and consists are out of this world. literally.

It should still be possible to get one from Chris Dyer.

An observation I have made as of late suggests to me that the gauge difference isn't all that noticeable on modern track in real life between Ireland and the UK. I think sleeper density is much more important in the final look of the trackage and if the gauge looks correct or not. On the contrary to this, if I see videos from the us where the rails are packed full of sleepers in a similar density to that of set track I actually do think the track looks a lot more narrow gauge. Or UK heritage lines which still seem to have a lot of wooden sleepers. They also have this narrowing effect a lot more than a modern UK line with concrete sleepers. I feel like the track looks super wide in the barrack street videos and I think that's simply because the line is chock full of a high sleeper density again which seems to somewhat emphasise the gauge more.

When are the orange ones coming out? (or seperate bogies )

first go at the scalescenes station. Leaves a bit to be desired however as it's a low relief conversion I didn't follow the instructions so I'm quite pleased with how it did turn out and should perfect it on the next go. Also ran out of pritt stick and had to switch to PVA, which was not nearly as easy to work with but it got me over the line. It's actually mostly grand except for the roof! The low backscene is now annoying me but it's a nessesary evil in this loft room(slanted ceiling job)... I may be in a position to paint the ceiling sky blue which would help massively. This part im delighted with however. Peer through the window and see the top of the fire place through a set of curtains along with a painting on the wall 132 collects a small ballast load for a local job. 132 bonnet first with a rake of ballasts and no ploughs has quickly become a favourite of mine to run on the layout. Makes me half regret not getting 12 gypsums instead

good article that. is there any way to get a modern set of bogies under one without spending the earth? dapol maybe? ive gotten some bachmann 2a and want to do a few of the other mk2 varients to compliment them.

The big issue im having with the ebay ones is that by the time you pay for the coach, individual postage and another 6-10 pounds on the global shipping program tax its getting to be 40-50 euro per coach, very few sellers seem to want to even combine postage into the eu anymore. one guy has a load of them for sale at a good price but then he decided "im going to take off all the bogies and sell them seperately for a ridiculous price." I used to love ebay and "free UK shipping" to parcel motel. used to be able to grab loads of bargains that way. The bachmann ones, although perfect for what im doing I just cant justify spending what is being asked for them for a "my first respray" project. Thats ideal IM, pretty sure i had scoured the hattons site over the weekend and couldnt see that one.

An idea I have been toying with is taking a flat green screen and setting it up as a backscene for photographic shots. I might still do it as a "frontscene" that i can lift in and out of place as i please. the reason i mention it here is that your low down POV shots are really good and would make great use of such a feature if set up as you would be able to add whatever backdrop you liked after a photo was taken instead of say your kitchen for example. not sure if anybody has actually ever done that though.

Is someone trying to clone michael?

but A30 is still around at the RRP from multiple different retailers even if someone did order the last 35? I was a little sad to see the number pop up to 40 during the week. Prolonging my wait for shiny new toy announcements

looking for one of these coaches, preferably lima but Whats out there?

One of the 141's i picked up over the past few weeks is the only one im pretty sure had never been run, however once i got it onto the track there was a slight rubbing noise from the mechanism, more like dryness than anything else and it runs as good as any of the other ones, mostly went away running in but its still there a little bit so ive put it to one side until i can pop the bonnet off for a better look. Pretty sure the mechanism and possibly the gears may be somewhat dry from storage and the thing needs a bit of a service, which got me to thinking the others probabaly could do with it as well. Are there any threads already detailing this? as i have done a search and couldnt find much on it(im sure there are though). What sort of oil should i use? my gut says sillicone but my brain says to double check on here. Should i pop the bogies open to see if they need greasing too? if soo what kinda grease would be best? Also going to need to clean a decent amount of loco wheels soon, what is the best type of thing to use for this? are there any guides? Sean

Really love this concept and that video is a SUPER interesting and a great piece of reference material, great how it actually all ties together to form a little narrative of whats going on and it has loads of little details i have been seeking out myself such as signage. from watching it a couple of times a couple of questions arise. Do you know the year of the video? I notice there are IE era liveries here but also there is a brake van being used. i thought they had all gone by the time the IE era came about. how come there is overlap here? Whats the story with the bonnet forward 121? is it shunting or actually travelling like that? Im always interested in the bonnet forward movements of the later ones as i thought the practice had been largely done away with by that point? I also think they look quite smart driving bonnet forward so im always looking for excuses to be able to run mine that way How long is the greenore line lifted? In an alternate universe where the line stayed open perhaps that line could be extended in along the base board to an area where it could leave the layout on to a casette? just an idea that may give you a little more running interest Sean

any pics of them being pulled by a brand new NIR 201 circa 1994/5?

What about MORE 20ft CIE containers? I sadly only have a few a few 10 footers would be savage also.

Both needed

Half expecting Lance Vance to hop outta that van......