Like the way the lighting looks Also looks like a cold foggy night got that real look to them

Instead of having chocbox connectors under the baseboard, I put mine on the front batten, connect the platform light wires then screw the connectors either on the front face or on the bottom face. Saves crawling under the baseboard.

Hola estimado muy interesante tu video, pero me gustaría saber donde se puede comprar ese Kit, yo compre el switch, magnético pero no encontré uno que permanezca encendido o apagado cuando retiro el imán, solo encontré contacto cerrado y al acercar el imán se apaga (Abre), o bien contacto abierto y al acercar el imán se cierra, para cualquiera de las dos acciones el imán debe estar cerca..

Hi John, great video, beautiful loco but unfortunately I have the same problems as you, following your tips I have loosened the base plate screws and bogie screws, but I've noticed that the pickups don't always stay in contact with the back of the wheels, did you have to bend them to ensure consistent connection? I've fitted the ESU Loksound Micro with sugar cube speaker and it sounds great, probably sound better with a larger speaker but I did not have the nerve to carry out drastic surgery on a new loco to make the larger speaker fit, Well done on your installation. One extra point, to avoid any risk of the loosened screws dropping out, do you think it would be OK to add a drop of non permanent threadlok to secure them in place, I've used it on RC cars and it seems to work well.

I just wished l had seen this before l made my bridge all the best Colin at Mossend railway oo 😊

Thank you for great information and instructions. I am just starting to play around with lighting Could you please share where you purchased those lamps? And/or have you seen the say design style in a larger scale?

Just getting into DCC, this has been the best explanation at setting the basic CV’s i’ve seen. Thank you.

Where did you buy the Latching Reed Switch

Love the terminal block idea.

Great video John, i recently installed the hattons 8 pin decoder into my hornby hst. The one in the dummy car got extremely hot and slightly melted the chassis but hattons gladly exchanged it . I've installed a few of these into a few locos including bachman & heljan with no problems . Many thanks

Great video - does anyone know where to get the latching reed switches?

Fabulous review John on the heljan 33 I have the earlier mainline version. Just to let you know just for a bit of weathering I used kiwi liquid shoe polish in a bottle in brown and black it works absolutely fabulously and you can wash your brushes in water but when dry it becomes waterproof and only costs about £2.50 from asda. Don't tell sc Johnson!!

very enjoyable, and certainly helpful. A question I have is about the ohm value of the resistor that should go inline with the LED. I'm planning on a 12v ancillaries feed voltage and the LEDs did not come with a resistor.......

I think what you have done is brilliant and looks natural a fence wouldn't look right

Gas soldering irons are better than mains get up to temperature quicker and totally portable just need lighter gas best way to solder !

can you please tell me which latching reed switch you used. and where you purchased your switches and magnet from. Your information would of course be appreciated

Just noticed the strip light you are using is 3 volt DC can't find anyone that sells it can you help? Regards Chris

Hi can you tell me what voltage strip light. Is the 5 volt there are so many different ones on the market. Regards Chris

Thanks very much…great explanation for new to DCC.

great video, thank you. ive just lookes at latching reed switches, they seem expensive

I,dbcome taken by Sam,s review s I wanted on e of this new loco thanks for the offer

Great Stuff. I'm just about to build a nine arch bridge and am researching the best ways to do it and there are certainly a few tips i'll be taking from this so thank you!. However, I can's see myself cutting out thousands of bricks like you have. Ive not enough patience!

Thanks for the video. The improvement in sound quality made it all worthwhile. Well done best regards Rob.

Brilliant! Are the lamps too bright though?

Came here to find out about adding lighting. Was impressed by something you don't mention...the weeds on the platform. Gave me inspiration for something I can do in an afternoon. Thanks. :)

Looks really good if you have the patience.

I used the Illuminated Models kit to correct the marker light issue with the Bachmann 66789 and was well impressed with it. About an hour to fit front and back, good price and does the job. I've also upgraded my old Hornby 58 using their kit - now that was a bit more work. Tried various fixes on my wobbly Hattons 66, was happy with the non-rotating axle boxes on my Bachmann, so snipped the stubs off the axle boxes and permanently glued them on. 10 minutes, job done and it runs like an absolute dream now.

Great advice there John. Can I just add a suggestion, write all this info down in a note book, Loco, Chip type, CV values etc.

I bought this device some years ago and I think that it's one of the most usefull tool I've ever found. Now you showed some of its features I didn' t yet figured out. Many thanks for this video.

Thank you for all of your lovely videos i find them very watchable cheers 👍

What a stunning layout

I've been preparing this kit for a couple of days, figuring out the plans and generally getting ready to complete them. After searching for help and finding your guide, I have decided they will just be static signals. Thanks for posting this. I will learn from your experience and hopefully avoid many expletives in the process.

One of the best CV demo's out there , I have a couple of Legomanbiffo sound files V5 on which the CV6 does not allow any adjustment . I queried it with Richard at Roads & Rails and he said for some reason the ESU V5 does not have any adjustment , I do get a slight hesitation on my 67 when accelerating through mid range . Cheers........Peter

Loving this scene John. Can I ask about the sock over the vacuum cleaner for the static grass. Do you use it to save the static grass to reuse or is it necessary to make it stand up. I have been having dreadful problems making mine stand up so all advice is appreciated

I’ve just bought this kit and already wishing I hadn’t. Way too fragile

I have had 3 bad decoders that I installed in my N Scale trains where they had to be soldered in. I am on a fixed income so I have to purchase the cheaper decoders but I do look at who I buy from now on.

Great idea to use an IKEA cube as both legs and storage

Great tip i love lights the more the better.

Thanks for this video...... I bought a GWR version of this loco back in March this year....... Same issue. Randomly stops anywhere. What ever happened to spring loading one axle.... The old Airfix 1970`s version runs better.

Hi just a thought, when you put your wires through baseboard, why not put wires through heat shrink first then put through the hole, instead of putting tape around wires, then just pull heat shrink from under table , that is how I do mine.

Hi John I know it may have been asked but where did you get the lights from?

Hi John, good to see you down at Piccadilly Sidings again in the maintenance department. Always informative mate and I enjoyed the investigation process even though it was only partially successful. Model railways, who’d have one🙄🤯🤬😂 Cheers John, John

Hi John, Great to have another video from yourself, Thks for posting.

Hi at Piccadilly Sidings, I recommend you this "repair' video from Sam's Trains. It might help for he did some crucial sticky oil cleaning in the 'hidden' gearbox. He shows you the complete procedure. I did exactly the same with my identical locos and Oh boy, what a difference. Success !

Hi John nice to see the 00 layout again although the station staff still haven't cleared those weeds off the platforms lol. Some locos just don't want to run no matter what you do to them, I've got a couple. Nice to see the layout again atb Andy

another entertaining session

beautiful work, the layout i mean - it is frustrating when you can't get a loco working properly, i'm afraid that i haven't your patience and suspect that some locos for sale on eBay are the ones that people have difficulties with and thus become the first to go on any downsizing. again, i can't understand the thumbs down.

Thanks for this. You are not the only one that has had issues with this Locomotive. I think it should have been sent back to Hornby. Its a new model released this year i believe. At least now I know I won't be wasting my money on this Item from Hornby. Thank you once again. I wonder who else is releasing a Large prairie that actually works and runs well. ?

Hi John, good to see the OO Gauge layout again, and a superb end-to-end layout it is ! Good to see the 25 running & you look to have the Prairie running smoothly. All the best....Andy

Not sure how but I wondered why I hadn’t seen a video from you, but also noticed that my sub had been removed so I re subscribed 👍🏻