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@@rogerclark5869 Its a lovely scale Roger, with time the scale will grow 👍, love my HST 👍

@@mikebiggs6632 these are actually injection molded shafts ATM whilst i have stock, I am printing some at the moment though so hopefully they stand the torture test 👍, with regards to the washers a copper washer or nylon similar to the one i use in the video is probably more desirable to allow a slippery surface for the cup to rotate against 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW ahh. I didn't realise they were injection moulded, I just assumed they were 3D printed. 👍

@@piccadillymodelrailways Yes with TT it has its own challenges but definitely larger than N gauge for sure! Ive never had Propshafts remove themselves from N gauge so its testament to the N gauge designers!! 👍

@@StormmyStormmy That is a very good point with the drawings maybe not being followed properly, like you im mainly a different scale modeller, Im mostly N gauge whereby slight errors can make a really big impact on performance. Im very interested to see what the driveline scenario is like with the Class 66's due to come out soon in TT, With TT's infancy im just hoping the video can aid the Manufacturers to the phenomenon here if they dont allready know and educate and hopefully not put off newcomers to model railways if starting with TT, theres normally a fix for most things 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW Skilled modellers like you are an asset to this unique hobby, I’m sure your video will pop up on RMweb because others have found this issue and don’t want to send it back to Hornby because you might not get the same model back, if they’re prepared to sell you a unit that has a potential problem then they will do what they want when you surrender your unit for repair because you genuinely can’t do the work required to fix it, these things happen a lot with Hornby products, calling it out is not a crime or Hornby bashing! It is a fact and making fellow modellers aware is a duty of care in my opinion, it shows that all the development wasn’t fully undertaken as the manufacturers claim, some modellers never have issues while others have way too many, a lot of people knock Accurascale for various reasons but they support modellers without issue and that’s me speaking from experience unlike Hornby who tend to ignore and abandon modellers at times.

@@StormmyStormmy Thank you, I just muck about with alot of mechanical things all the time! I have emailed Hornby so hopefully I do get a reply, those Accurascale models are beautiful, I cant bash Hornby, its just the way I am and most manufacturers are, theres so much we dont see going on behind the scenes at these places and other industries, horrific lead times from suppliers, overlooked designs, peer pressure to push quality control back or not do it as the project is allready late etc etc... 😞, on a high note though tech has come along way, We all just need to know how to use it 🤣

@@Chris-BognorRegis Thanks Chris, yes il be going to TINGS on the Sunday so if you see me wearing a TWW shirt come say hello chap, Im probably not going to film this year as my hands will be busy with a pram i suspect 😁, Brackley will be coming soon, theres been alot happening, more than i thought would just lately, being unwell is no fun, glad your getting back into your layout 👍

I will be wearing a blck T shirt with RTR on it and it does not mean Ready to Run but I guess it could. See you then, looking forward to it.

@@Chris-BognorRegis Haha yes Ready To Run was the first thing to pop into my head! Only a week away! 😁

@@MikeTT120 To their defence things like this can be missed, it seems not everyone is having issues but were all different in the way we run locos and handle them.. The question is what will be done to improve this issue? I only have so many shafts i can sell, its finite at the moment 😞

@@mf303 Hi, you dont need the washer but it really just improves the reliability for free essentially.. I did it on the HST but no washers on the 50. The worst offender is the stock fishbone like shafts 👍 Love to hear your experiences with the motors, they are proving to be pretty popular 😁

@@PeachyTT120 Im hoping it can help Hornby and us modellers get some issues sorted 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW absolutely 👍

@@Paul-ue3zy Its good to be back 👍yes Crewes going good 👍 it took ages but i can loop locos on it now! Soon very soon! 👍

@@chompette_ Yes completely agree, the ball on the shafts should be the swival point of the bogies 👍

@@mandrillfoden Good stuff 👍

@@KennysChocolateMilk Thanks, 009 track is the same size track as N Gauge so yes pretty much you could make a 009 just like this layout, maybe make the tunnels and clearances a bit larger for the locos 👍

​@@ThisWayWorksTWWI've only got the narrow gauge engines from thomas 😂 but yes I'll make sure to do that, thanks! :)

@@Tintin-dm4ym Hi its left over wire from prewired LEDs, its about 34AWG 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWWlovely, thanja

@@paulkandi Thanks for watching 👍, i should think quality has improved with the advent of NXT18, also though the wiring mess may very well of been from the previous owner of the loco as it had been taken apart before i got my hands on it, its very easy to cause a short in these tiny locos so be careful 👍

Yes, can well understand, I fit aftermarket DCC sound decoders into 00 gauge diesel & steam locos, some hard wired , a lot easier than N, all my N gauge are DCC fitted, but no sound as yet, just way to expensive..carry on the good work👍👍

@@paulkandi Thank you! Maybe you could fit a HM7000-8TXS in a DMU? 😁

@@phillipg1588 The Stay alives really get away with the anxiety from running little locos at slow speeds, now you've got the stay alive bug! 🤣

@@MaxwellTheTrainFan i added the lights myself to this one, none that im aware of come with any lighting as standard 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW is it easy to do ? I don’t wanna get one and then break the thing by mistake .

@@MaxwellTheTrainFan you can use prewired 0402 leds, use a resistor per LED rated around 20kohm 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW I am under 18 and I am terrified I may kill the motor inside or something . That and I can’t solder

@@MaxwellTheTrainFan it is a very small model. Try and get the smallest decoder you can, i find getting electronics prewired can save alot of mucking about, like the LEDs. Fitting a decoder, stayalive and the lights really depends on how steady you are with a soldering iron i would say, again the loco is tiny but i had a go and did it i did it, im no superhuman 👍

@@phillipg1588 Thanks for watching, Yep unless the 08's are absolutely spotless of dirt and the pickups are set properly i agree with the "stay alive is needed". I surpose the stay alives also allow us to run the locos more than cleaning them, good luck with your venture to fit one 👍, they really are a game changer😁

@@TCSC47 thanks for watching, N gauge can be a challenge sometimes thats for sure 😁

@@jamiepople Hopefully soon, i have so many more videos to bring out just life has been quite full on just lately, lots of shelf layout content to come 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW i know, i have a youtube channel and my life has been full, i've had no time to do my model railway, i've just finished high school and geting ready for college, can't wait to see your progress on your layout, thanks

@@virtualtrainspottinglive Fantastic stuff 👍 glad the video was of help and good on you for fixing your Merchant 👍👍

@@unholyphish I will aim to do a conversion video on one soon so stay tuned 👍

The route cause of interruption to the "DCC code" would be temporary power loss, insulating part of the turnout in this case👍 This loco would have the same characteristics if powered by DC or DCC, the stay alive provides essentially motor power and decoder power to clear troublesome parts of track 👍

@@Galacticmaster recently ive delved into some older locos made by Atlas, US focused but they run amazing like the katos do aswell. In this day and age really anything can be made to run well, the older GF did well and still does hold its own in some aspects 👍

@@EM-yk1dw it could be dirty contacts or rims. I would also check where the pickups go inside the loco to make sure a good contact is made there. Sometimes the pickups come detached within the loco 👍 i would probably start by putting in the blanking chip to run it on DC and then clean the parts, sometimes DCC can make troubleshooting harder as it can mask issues

@@ThisWayWorksTWW Many thanks 👍

@@RoamingAdhocrat it could be they are modelled for the take over period when the lights changed as you say, either way these lights are wired how Dapol wired them so im happy to keep them just as they are for the time being 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW I've got to figure out how to deactivate one tail lamp on the EFE Class 17 and I'm pretty sure it involves taking a pair of wire cutters to an injection-moulded light pipe

@@RoamingAdhocrat yeah that might be the case, or maybe use some black acrylic paint on the lense, saves going into the loco 🤞

Hi Chris, ah this video is one of the early ones i did. Ive been doing alot away from CZcams, lots of model railway bits and bobs, i havent really got a good ammount to put in one video, ive been doing a small TT layout that will probably be the next video up here.. im pretty much going around a room and through a wardrobe with N gauge and its taking a while to put together so i will be flooding the channel soon enough with content and fixing and running locos again 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW excellent

@@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 I hope all is well your end? Your layout really is coming along lovely, loving the TMD area 👍

It really is an impressive loco, like you say for the age of the loco it keeps up well with more modern locos, shes a keeper 👍

@@ThisWayWorksTWW You still might need some luck with locomotives but I've never bought a dud yet. There are also quite some collectors items by Roco, basically anything Dutch is good but there are still a lot of other interesting models too 😄

You need to check for shorts accross the locos chassis but you could remove the motor and test it separately to the loco to be sure the issue lies with the motor if that is what you suspect 👍

The shelf is the gloss white option, i had removed the wrapping. There are seperate peices of wrapping on the sides to the top, if its the peices of wrapping on the sides you are referring too then those were left on to protect them from paint, the sides and top wrapping are seperate... In short i had removed the wrapping lol

I dont think so as the links might be a touch too small for me to deal with, il never say never but its highly unlikely id attempt a steamer 👍

Thanks for watching, i like that the scale is something new, with time the range will grow 👍

I have new tool versions and these poole type versions, I tend to opt to put stay alives in the new tool versions. You could possibly put a stay alive in one of these and a decoder and a coreless motor and lights and windows, blacken the wheels etc 👍