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I know it'll be more money but if we buy UK it will be better for us. How many loco's do you buy a year . Ten or more. I, for one, am quite happy for non-essential items to be made wherever to keep the costs within reasonable reach of the wider population, rather than fuel an ideological experiment...

Are you happy the pay more as a result?

Ooops.

You just have spare parts arriving with every post :roll: It will be nice to get the Spitfire up and running for the summer. Pleased to hear that Hornby found the parts you needed for the 4P. I got very lucky with that part - they robbed it from a returned scrap loco. These parts simply don't exist.

Nice.. Can one still get new driveshafts for them? Yes, at a price that makes model railways appear cheap. :o The special tool for pulling the hub was £140+ and that's before you buy any replacement parts. Strange knocking noise from the rear axle so I'm starting with new bearings on the hub and di...

Mountain Goat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:35 pm Interesting parts.

Deconstructed driveshaft and hub for a Triumph Spitfire. Just waiting for a couple more spare parts to arrive and I can start reassembly.

In other news, Hornby have located the last known set of transfer gears for the 4P and they will soon be mine.

I picked up this one at Ally Pally last month, and yes it has taken me that long to get it running. https://i.postimg.cc/23LzZS85/20250407-110650.jpg It's a Stanier 4P but from the first Hornby release of 2008(ish). Although it is new old stock, it inevitably had a split transfer gear, and spares fo...

Raven https://i.postimg.cc/CBBLxkNH/Screenshot-2025-04-06-11-41-01-249-2.jpg Thompson https://i.postimg.cc/YjFCcNjt/Screenshot-2025-04-06-11-42-49-264-2.jpg Peppercorn https://i.postimg.cc/Bjmq5M7B/Screenshot-2025-04-06-11-44-15-875-2.jpg I may have got the Thompson and Peppercorn the wrong way roun...

Unlikely to find anyone able to supply that info off the top of their head.
I did have a quick read of the Wikipedia entry for the Raven A2.
As WTD says a kit is the best option unless you are into some serious scratch building.

Hound Dog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 8:59 pm Steve - I seem to recall these came back to me with your DNA - “Do not ask (again)”

Sorry but I suffer from PD.
Plausible deniability.