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Just take your time.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:53 pm Just take your time.

I will Brian - I will.

I'm not sure I really needed this, but what the heck it's Christmas This is a Collectors Club loco.
It's a very fragile locomotive, and needs very careful handling. There is a screw in the base of the plastic case which holds the loco in place - if you are not aware of this, you could cause damage to the operating mechanism.

IMG_1792 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

Looks very good. I was tempted- up to a point. Decided it was a nice to have rather than a need to have.
Hornby were flogging off a load of L&MR coaches at their sale this weekend - all on boxed sets but missing Rocket. Returns via customer services with faulty locos?

Steve M wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 3:21 pm Looks very good. I was tempted- up to a point. Decided it was a nice to have rather than a need to have.
Hornby were flogging off a load of L&MR coaches at their sale this weekend - all on boxed sets but missing Rocket. Returns via customer services with faulty locos?

This was a nice to have purchase Steve - certainly not need! It requires a N18 decoder - I have the HM7000 sound version - not sure it will fit? I might also get a set of wagons so that it is complete - Accurascale??

Now the fun begins This all looks terribly complicated, but it is actually very straightforward. The difficult part is trying to keep it all neat and tidy.

IMG_1803 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

That is a great deal of stuff! Setting that up and getting it working should be satisfying.

jamespetts wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 6:11 pm That is a great deal of stuff! Setting that up and getting it working should be satisfying.

Hopefully - and only two wires controlling twenty five Cobalt iP point motors.

That looks frightening, nearly as frightening as the spiders web under my baseboards!

Father Christmas came a day early Luckily I intercepted the postman before he knocked on the door - close shave
IMG_1804 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr