How many engines have you broken?:

[DesertHound]

Dunno about sending the lifeguard home ... sounds like you should have kept him there to me! Bermuda's just been battered ... wondering if it's part of the same system.

[Jerry Howlett]

Slightly  BUT..
This is Northern Italy and it should be Autumn.

Brilliant sunshine today 28 C outside at the moment and I haven't dropped any locos yet.  The minitrix 47 that DOESN'T fit the Lion body that I just purchased came close...

Despite the heat due to Mrs "H" chemo condition we have the wood fired central heating blazing away while I sit in the dining room with the windows open.

Back to the modelling....in a bit.

Jerry

[GeeBee]

I have a Dapol 9F that has always derailed on facing points so I normally run it at the back of the layout with minimal problems ie it keeps derailing, today I inadvertently sent it to the front of the layout you guessed it it derailed and threw itself and 10 coal truck 46 inches onto the floor, result coal wagons every where and a very badly damaged 9F being sent to BR lines for repair a second time.

[Newportnobby]

Does Bob repair Dapol locos then, Graham?

[Dr Al]

Does Bob repair Dapol locos then, Graham?

Bob was Dapol's original repair agent before they enlisted DCC Supplies I believe.

Cheers,
Alan

[GeeBee]

Does Bob repair Dapol locos then, Graham?

Hi Mick
He has repaired this one twice for me some problem each time, it does not like being drop tested what normally happens is the wiring from the tender to the loco shears resulting in them being separated with the fun bit of hunt the kardon shaft as an extra game when it originally happened I contacted Dapol whose response was a) I should have had barrier around the base board so it could not fall of the layout b) It was out of warranty and not their problem and c) they would replace it at a cost of £127 so on the off chance I asked Bob if he would look at it for me and so far he has been brilliant with it.
At the moment it is back with him so that he can fit the Dapol bogie mod for me
Regards Graham
p.s. many thanks for your best wishes

[DesertHound]

a) I should have had barrier around the base board so it could not fall of the layout

A bit like if you took your car into the bodyshop after somebody had hit it overnight parked outside your house and the garage's response is "oh, you should have parked that on the driveway" ... 

[Tdm]

Talking about falling off a cliff, and going back to the off topic subject of today's weather for just a moment, I am glad I moved my car to a safe place yesterday.

I bet the owner of the vehicle under water in the pic below taken at San Juan today (not all that far up the coast) wished he had moved his somewhere else.
The owner wasn't in it by the way the time it got swept away.

[Newportnobby]

Does Bob repair Dapol locos then, Graham?

Bob was Dapol's original repair agent before they enlisted DCC Supplies I believe.

Cheers,
Alan

Thanks Alan & Graham,
I thought Bob only repaired Farish stuff hence my question. Good to know he'll tackle Dapol stuff, too

[Dr Al]

Thanks Alan & Graham,
I thought Bob only repaired Farish stuff hence my question. Good to know he'll tackle Dapol stuff, too

Be careful though - I'm not sure his association with Dapol now - if under warranty period the official repairer is currently DCC Supplies. I don't know if you got Bob to repair it whether you'd forfeit your warranty  (I'd hope not....).

HTH,
Alan

[colpatben]

Guess who broke his Brighton Belle. Think I took it apart once too often!

[Newportnobby]

Guess who broke his Brighton Belle. Think I took it apart once too often!

Ohhhh Noooooo

[Bob Tidbury]

  to hear that your BB is broken just for the record which bit has broken was it the couplings ?
Bob

[colpatben]

Guess who broke his Brighton Belle. Think I took it apart once too often!

Ohhhh Noooooo

There is always a silver lining, at least now I will be able to modify (butcher) the power car chassis to fit a sound decoder and rewire the table lamps and head code to DCC switching operation without fear of invalidating the warranty.
Then when Hornby start to sell the power car and trailer only I can invest in one of those.

[DesertHound]

The first BB mod - ever - perhaps Colpatben. Sorry to hear about your mishap though. I hate that feeling when you break something you've just bought. Luckily for you there's a silver lining in this one.

Dan