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by Mike Parkes
Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:50 pm
Forum: Hornby
Topic: Triang- Hornby Caledonian Coaches
Replies: 8
Views: 179

Re: Triang- Hornby Caledonian Coaches

Could turn up second hand separately
by Mike Parkes
Thu Jun 12, 2025 9:06 pm
Forum: Hornby
Topic: Triang- Hornby Caledonian Coaches
Replies: 8
Views: 179

Re: Triang- Hornby Caledonian Coaches

They are from the 2009-2011 R2806 The Last Single Wheeler train pack
https://www.hattons.co.uk/25711/hornby_ ... NeTI5q471Q
by Mike Parkes
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:40 pm
Forum: Layout Track & Design
Topic: OO gauge curved points?
Replies: 2
Views: 13233

Re: OO gauge curved points?

Might be something in the Tillig HO range - its code 83 but a strange rail section which makes it actually almost code 100 in height rather than having the more noticeable step that other code 83 rails have. Those are somehat fragile and need careful handling and also needs a stall point motor as a ...
by Mike Parkes
Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:29 pm
Forum: Bachmann
Topic: Bachmann motor.
Replies: 21
Views: 41395

Re: Bachmann motor.

Aussie 3 railer wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:10 pm Thanks Mike. Wonder what the reasoning was behind doing that. Maybe the Royal Scott is more collectable. Gone to a lot of trouble though doing the run change and the name plate.

Dirk
Quiet common, people want a specific loco that is not actually produced.
by Mike Parkes
Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:32 pm
Forum: Bachmann
Topic: Bachmann motor.
Replies: 21
Views: 41395

Re: Bachmann motor.

Couple of photos seem to have got lost in cyber space. Now its been suggested and I have looked really close you can see the three has been added at a later date maybe. What would be the reasoning for that. Its a 6112 Sherwood Forester that has been renumbered and renamed. Bachmann catalogue no 31-...
by Mike Parkes
Tue Mar 11, 2025 9:59 pm
Forum: Bachmann
Topic: Bachmann motor.
Replies: 21
Views: 41395

Re: Bachmann motor.

However the rear is going wherever it want to and confuses the linkage. Common faiure of Kader produced split chassis locos which has given the desigh a bad reputation despite having been used successfully by other manuafactures. The Triang-Hornby Rocket being one. Peters Spares sell replacment axl...
by Mike Parkes
Tue Mar 11, 2025 9:20 pm
Forum: Bachmann
Topic: Bachmann motor.
Replies: 21
Views: 41395

Re: Bachmann motor.

Think its been renamed/numbered as no listing gives Bachmann as producing that precise loco
presumably the chassis looks like this https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 411078622s
by Mike Parkes
Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:45 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Homebase
Replies: 7
Views: 7986

Re: Homebase

My local Homebase went downhill when the Aussies took over. Half the internal store lights were switched off. Since the Aussies left the lights have all been switched on but all that does is show how tatty the store look. Understand it will become The Range but hopefully there will be major refurb f...
by Mike Parkes
Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:06 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Doncaster Show 2025
Replies: 8
Views: 7249

Re: Doncaster Show 2025

My former exhibiion layout suffered a point motor failure during one show. To the astonishment of some other layouts operators instead of abandoning services I worked around it. It was one simple enough as it was one of the station loco release points so to uncoupled the arriving loco and uses anoth...
by Mike Parkes
Fri Feb 07, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Layout Track & Design
Topic: Peco Crossings - reliable or troublesome ?
Replies: 9
Views: 19826

Re: Peco Crossings - reliable or troublesome ?

One thing to watch on Peco dead "isulfrogs" IME is that the frog part can over time lift akin to a bookshelf bowing.