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Great to hear the news about this event. I love GBRF and respect to them for hosting this event. I wish they had a fan club as I would love a driver experience in one of their Class 60's. Maybe one of them will be at the NVR. My old turf.
Can the loco run with just the sounds on and no water and also what happens when the water runs out will the loco just run with sound on and will it damage the loco if you run it without the water thanks ?
I bought one of these earlier in the year. Initially a little disappointed as it only emitted a very faint wisp of steam. Nothing like what is seen in these videos. The locomotive also shorts out my ECoS controller., DCC experts say this is due to the fact there are TWO decoders in the loco (one for the steam generator and one in the tender), causing the ECoS to short out when trying to read the decoder. Hornby claim these steam generator locos have been fully tested with all controllers. Sound function then stopped working after a couple of hours (despite the HM7000 app indicating all profiles were loaded correctly. I tried my back up Gaugemaster prodigy controller but that didn't work either and neither did the Hornby HM7000 DCC smartphone app. Hornby Technical services were at a loss. Finally, all motion stopped and the loco wouldn't move.I returned it to the supplying dealer who also tested it and couldn't get it to function using any of their controllers. Thankfully I received a credit note (as Hornby wouldn't allow them any more than their initial allocation of 10 models - and Hornby were out of stock too, so an exchange wasn't possible.
That's the closest I've seen for model smoke and sound, all synchronised. Usually, in the smaller scales, smoke and water doesnt scale. As stated cylinder and exhaust beats, plus motion and revolutions didn't match in the past (or took a lot of refinement to make as close as possible). This is, however, remarkable. Okay it's a considered purchase, but compared to kit or craftsman built it offers value for money. If Hornby have patented the technology, then they may wish to consider kits to retro fit to other models, or licence such out? Then there's diesel exhaust too, don't forget that market segment!
Hornby's system is similar to TRS Trains, whose results are IMHO better in smaller locomotives. The earliest use of this type of system AFAIK is on a Thomas the Tank Engine toy, so it shouldn't be too difficult or expensive to make. I'd say however, that this system is more suited to retrofitting plastic bodied locos rather than new metal bodied locos though, as the effect on the Hornby loco isnt as good as an MTH loco. Qora01m on youtube though, has constructed by far the best smoke unit though, and I'm trying to get that to work reliably in 00, but a lot of insulation will be needed for plastic locos.
Maybe more people can relate to this technology through humidifiers or aromatherapy diffusers, rather than vapes. It's the same tech in all of them; a rapidly vibrating membrane atomises the water at room temperature. Come to think of it you could probably put a couple of drops of essential oils in there, make the room smell nice at the same time!
I was wondering just how much steam could condense onto scenery causing damage. For example, warping of card structures. Presumably all of the water in the tank will turn to steam, and then back to water (moisture).
The name is a little misleading, it isn't steam. It's not water that has been heated until it becomes a gas. Rather, it's water that's been vibrated at high frequency (at room temperature) to become atomised. In other words it works by creating tiny pockets of low pressure, just like what creates clouds in the sky (which of course are also not boiling hot). Because there is no temperature differential, the water vapour can easily absorb into the air; condensation requires a temperature differential, which is absent here.
@@AlecDenholm Thanks for the scientific explanation. It seems that the device is essentially a mini humidifier. So not condensing as such, but the water in the tank is being spread very widely into the surrounding atmosphere.
Hornby did a steam system in the 1970’s. It was an oil system if I remember.The LMS Princess Elizabeth. Nice to see they have researched smoke generators again.
Yes, they were good at the time. The best thing about the new system though is that they don't use oil, so there's no horrible residue to clean up or to make the track dirty, etc. 😊
NB On the first run or after a time of not running regularly it can take several minutes to initialize and begin steaming. Both this and the Scotsman are magic 👍
Although I don't own a railway any more I watch a lot of modelling here. The one thing that continues to mildly annoy me is the unsynchronized sound to movement. The sound goes from nought to a hundred before the train has left a platform. I've often wondered if it can be reset to be more realistic.
This can be done on high end and expensive DCC sound decoders, however the TXS system from Hornby is designed to be easy to install and use. A plug 'n' play style as such. As a result it is not often as realistic (for steam locos) than the other high-end decorders are. Other times, the lack of sync is down to the way the DCC decoder has been set up, as you can program the chuffing to match the wheel revolutions.
Don't mean to be a doubting Thomas but I can envisage quite a number of forums filling up with issues in the not too distant future, if only due to the timing issues of chuff-sound-steam. Nine to twelve months down the line (Oops!) of regular use will tell us more!
The P2 has 3 cylinders. so the chuffs are 6 per wheel revolution. Hornby have synced this loco and the sound, but as with all DCC sound, there can and are times where it is not/never 100% totally accurate 😊
Great - Driving experience, but all sold out! Why announce something that's sold out prior to the video???? How damned annoying!! 😢 May as well announce a grand event that happened last weekend .
Presumably because there is the chance that people pull out, and spaces become available, and the fact that in this video they are just going over everything that is going on for the event.
Yes that's correct. NG7 is basically O scale models running on OO gauge track, but Peco sell O-16.5 narrow gauge track, which is what NG7 needs. It's still OO gauge between the rails though 😊
No discussion on Accurascale vs Cavalex. The prospective purchaser is going to want to know which is best and doubtless that won't appear in the magazine once the models are delivered either. We want proper honest comparison and not one that flunks the issue for fear of losing advertising revenue.
did you ask them how they took all west hills coach magnetic couplings because theirs are totally rubbish. Due on the market for us mere mortals but they took the lot, winds me right up. i bet they got several 0 gauge deltic engines with paperwork too
Fantastic looking models and nice to see the class getting so much attention from two major manufacturers. Its hard to choose which locomotives from accurascale to order, though coal sector is certainly tempting...
You just know that these will be great models. Preordered 60 001 as this will be the correct type for the era that I am doing. Just need to get a test coach .
@@hornbymag I tried to persuade Hornby to do a BR 77XXX, ideally 77014 which was the last Southern Region steam loco to haul a train in 1967 (a van train). I wouldn’t trust Bachmann not to place the foundation ring overhanging the frames. This fault spoils the Bachmann 4MT 76XXX, 4MT 75XXX AND 73XXX! In all these the base of the firebox should be flush with the frames, likewise 77XXXs. Maybe I should try Accuracraft🤔
@@stephensmith799While manufacturers welcome suggestions from people, you will no doubt understand that they won't produce a model after having it requested only once. We have recently seen Hornby produce the BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0, a model that has never been produced ready to run before. The same goes for the Caprotti version of the Black 5 from Hornby and the WD 2-10-0 from Ellis Clark Trains that is upcoming. Naturally this means that other classes could also be produced in time, however there is never a guarantee and of course it could take many many years before a manufacture decides to put hundreds of thousands of pounds into design, tooling and production. It would be amazing to have everything available however it's not always realistic in a business sense. 😊
I am getting about 3-4 of these for my collection. Although I do cover O gauge mainly. I welcome this news with warmth and I am looking forward to seeing the progress.
It's a nice model but I don't like the fixed working lamps because in that configuration it denotes a class 8 freight which is a fully unfitted freight like a long coal train of 4 wheel wagons with no continuous brakes. I would have been better if Hornby had included all the lamp irons and made them all powered so that with their own range of working lamps then any code configuration could be shown. That's just a half arsed attempt whereas with powered lamp irons allowing any code configuration to be displayed that would have been a huge leap forward and of course including a diagram of which trains carried which code.
