John Isherwood

Don't!!!!! It's the stuff of nightmares!!!! 😖 CJI.

Can't you use the rigid rods as a jig to drill the jointed rods? CJI.

Sacrilege!! 😉 CJI.

When I did my Kitmaster Midland Pullman power cars, they were provided with deep longitudinal beams to brace the plastic floor. This would be more difficult with the open nature of your model. CJI.

The objection - from one of our esteemed moderators - was to me producing transfers for a price little more than my costs. CJI.

..... but only if the wind is behind you!! We were bumped off an Adelaide - Heathrow flight because of adverse head-winds. CJI.

Well-built locos don't whirr - they progress magnificently and soundlessly; (apart from the authentic wheel noise / rail joint clack)!

It certainly won't work on DC - I leave the technicalities of DCC to those who know what they're talking about! CJI.

Perhaps so - but it'll never match the quality of the sound that I hear in my head when one of my DC locos moves! 😀 CJI.

Take the sides out completely; glue some plastic strip to the floor edges; install the brass sides, gluing them to the ends and the plastic strip attached to the floor. Even better - before attaching the brass sides - glue some more plastic strip / solder some brass angle to the top of the sides to prevent them bowing in / out. Simples!! CJI.

Careful - as I found out - you are likely to be accused of putting other kit designers out of business! CJI.

Sorry - one-offs are just not practicable for my set-up. I would recommend an approach to Precision Labels or Railtec. John Isherwood.

True! I note that the subject in question lacks the opportunity to get the typeface wrong! ..... what were the 'Egyptian' numbers like on the numberplate? CJI (grumpy old man after a couple of 'liveners').

Oh - to go back to Nuneaton, Rugby, New Street and Snow Hill, as they were when I (compulsorarily) wore short trousers! Sitting under the 'Girder' (GCR) Bridge at Rugby - opposite the Testing Station - waiting for a Patriot on the freight avoiding line to squash your halfpenny into the size of a penny. Taking a clandestine walk through the Birmingham Blue Pullman whilst it laid-over at Snow Hill, and 57xxs and Pannier tanks bursting out of the tunnels at either end with VERY mixed freights! Nuneaton - Princesses, Duchesses, 10201/2/3, Whistlers roaring through! (Later, electric to steam / diesel loco changes). Rugby again - 'Duke of Gloucester' sneaking through on the avoiding line on a lowly NPCCS - and a pitched battle amongst the spotters as to 'what the bl**dy h*ll is that'? Happy days! John Isherwood.

1949. CJI.

I bow to your superior knowledge. Nonetheless, I am old enough to remember that when DCC and its predecessors were first marketed it was almost solely on the pretext that it needed "only two wires" - simplicity was the byword. I continue to be staggered by the proportion of RMweb posts that concern problems encountered with the practical application of the ever-more-complex aspects of DCC. How many appeals have we read, just this week, for assistance with resetting CVs for this, that and the other? The model railway industry looked at the early PC industry and noted its ability to re-invent itself almost annually - rendering last year's model obsolete; the goose that laid the golden egg! I suppose it's not surprising that the model railway companies thought " We'll have some of that"! ..... and so we have DCC - except that "just two wires" it ain't"! CJI.

Accepted - and I eagerly await my 7820! ..... but I do wonder how many of them will actually be used to produce sound and, how realistic that sound will be to those of us who heard the real thing operating 'in anger'. CJI. PS. You will note elsewhere that I am a staunch supporters of how you are kicking the complacent UK model railway market up the *rse!

...... but all those of us who use DC, (the majority?), have just bought a load of useless electronic gadgetry, and lost valuable space for adhesive weight. I have yet to hear a DCC sound steam model that comes within a mile of sounding like the real thing - and I heard that from the lineside back in the 50s and 60s! I wonder how many enthusiasts of my age buy sound-fitted models? CJI.

Not quite - there was the Tri-ang Hornby ferry van and, more recently, a couple of more detailed versions of the same subject from newer producers. CJI.

Sadly, it seems that from 2024, it will be a run-down of existing stock. Bachmann loco owners - time to stock up with brass gears! CJI.

I have read elsewhere on RMweb that Ultrascale are closing the gear-making side of their business; no more orders will be accepted after 23/12/2023. Is this correct; any more information? CJI.

So us Brexit numpties are responsible for DHL and Spanish Customs ripping you off? You have just given one of the plethora of reasons why we right-thinking UK residents wanted nothing to do with EEC-based institutions. You made your choice of residence - with that decision came consequences! Funnily enough, I have received two packages from Japan during the past week - both via DHL; there was nothing to pay on either of them. Think about it ..... CJI.

Oh - come on! Have Dapol ever produced a model with a correct livery? Have Hornby ever produced a BR green loco that was painted in anything like BR Locomotive Green? Bachmann are much better - but split drive gears seem to plague them after a while. KRM are best ignored. IMHO, they all need to start running to catch up with Accurascale. CJI.

On current form - that puts them in a league of their own! CJI.

Tony, 1.8'' over 30'. CJI.