Love the illuminating lamps.. when I get bored making up head codes (moving lamps about) I might just have to do this as well! Agree with you, Hornby could really do some amazing stuff with a bit of joined up thinking 👍
I’m not Hornby bashing, as I do appreciate when this new gauge got the green light, cost etc was always going to be compromising factor. I just hope they realise they really could take this scale to the next level (when they can afford to)
@@PeachyTT120 fully agree, It’s almost as if so much good stuff has happened at Hornby all at once they haven’t mapped out how it can develop. I see an opportunity with TT:120 for a fully loaded range on top of existing product. Specified and priced like the top European TT:120 models. Cheaper is rarely better
Good to hear, I think it’s a great scale, although still in its infancy I think it’s going to be really something that people of all ages & skill levels can really enjoy.
@@PeachyTT120 My Blink Bonny managed to pull all 8 Pullmans with lights on rad 3 curves without any issues. Hope the firebox looks better in real life than it does on camera.
That's fairly clever stuff there, not a lot of room to swing about with! Gutted my TXs decoder failed, I've no need or interest in Bluetooth control as I've had wireless control for years. As you know my decoder locked it's self to Bluetooth making it useless - I promised to re visit the range at a later date and I will, just gonna give Hornby a little more time for ironing...
Yeah that’s a reasonable approach, it’s understandable that people might want cheap/perfect/immediately but that’s just not practical. I’m hoping Hornby really do crack on with developing this range and we certainly need more than Pacifics & 08’s to play with.
Ps, I asked @thiswayworksTWW if I could open the back for wee kneb and he just said no, don’t do it… it’s not worth the hassle of squeezing it all back in again (apparently it would be like a Jack in a box)
The HM7000 looks to beat the Lionel Lionchief App which im extremely familiar with. Just browsing the HM7000 app the possibilities are amazing. Now one thing that does disappoint is the lack of lighting on Hornby products. The locomotives should most assuredly come bare minimumaly with headlighting. The lighting in the interior of the Pullman coaches on the Scotsman set was to me a game changer. That, and my love for that class locomotive. As always thanks so much for your efforts and videos!
Love to know how the power pack is fitted in the tender. Mine is angled between the engine and the tender and does not look good, although it works a treat.
Nice. The stopwatch section is a bit like watching paint dry lol😂. Were you really having cutout issues with the Pacifics? I thought all those pickups would eliminate that
Yeah I was in two minds about keeping that in, but I didn’t want anyone suggesting I’d done some tricky editing. The problem I was having was mainly keeping connectivity with the Bluetooth. The very tiniest break in contact would mean my locos would sit dead for ages.
Worried about the loss of weight in the tender as this is a big aid to pickup on a small loco. I would certainly look to replacing the weight if it has in fact been removed with lead as you intimated. The other acid test of the stay alive is how long it lasts with no track power. This perhaps could be tested on a on a rolling road unplugged with your stop watch would have been very interesting, I would suspect 20-30 seconds. More than enough to get over some unclean track or hornby dead frogs. I did a double take on your Pullman Cars, there are 3 that I do not have Cecilia, Chloria and 64 . I guess these came from your Flying Scotsman set? Finally Pluto is Plato! Watching your vid highlights another irritating thing about the HM7000 decoder, 2 chuffs to the wheel revolution, with 3 a cylinder loco it should be 6 , same for the A4. I was given a load of bull at Warley Shown by someone who should know better that the HM7000 chips are not designed for this. If so then it is a big mistake and means that my HM7000 days are over, I will be looking for replacement chips that can do the bizzo. You do not need a Chuff Cam Trigger for this, though it does make things better. I wonder if your marvel DCC pal has any thoughts on this?
Hello John, you raise an interesting question regarding the tender weight, so I popped out to the workshop to weigh them. An unmolested A4 tender came in at 42g whilst the converted version is a tiny bit lighter at 39g. This however has not caused me any running issues. Stay alive test results; Bluetooth connectivity + tick over soundtrack = 117 seconds BT con + Sound + lights = 56 seconds BT con + Snd + Lgts + motor running = 38 seconds Yes, the 3 extra Pullmans are the bodies from the Scotsman set put on 3 chassis with lights. The sound miss match is as you say not quite spot on yet, here’s hoping this is something they’ll address in the future.
@@PeachyTT120 Thanks as ever for your considered reply, this really does help. There is a spare unused CV in the HM7000 chip, I hope that they can think about using this in an upgrade for better beats to the revolution.
Hello PeachyTT120 1. Thank you for the many beautiful videos 2. Where can I get the lamps and firebox flicker for the Flying Scotsman TT 120? 3. How did you get the HM 7070 power bank into the tender? According to Hornby, the power bank is too big for TT. Thanks in advance from Switzerland for your replies.
Hello there in beautiful Switzerland! The lamps were 3D printed by Richard @thiswayworksWWW and all the work including the fitting of the HM7070 powerbank were completed by him. His contact details are in the video description.
Spot on analysis Peachy. Make it all gel together and it really is a world beating system.
Chees Greg. I’m loving it so much I’ve booked my A4’s in with TWW. But his queue is getting longer by the day!
This is fantastic, I hope Hornby listen, I have actually sent my TT 08 to Rich at this was works and can’t wait till I get it back :-)
Matt, I promise, you won’t be disappointed
Hi Peachy. Pullmans: Hand of God!! Yes, I agree that Hornby needs to up its game.
Hello Paul, I hear from others that the new stock is quite improved.
Love the illuminating lamps.. when I get bored making up head codes (moving lamps about) I might just have to do this as well! Agree with you, Hornby could really do some amazing stuff with a bit of joined up thinking 👍
I’m not Hornby bashing, as I do appreciate when this new gauge got the green light, cost etc was always going to be compromising factor. I just hope they realise they really could take this scale to the next level (when they can afford to)
@@PeachyTT120 fully agree, It’s almost as if so much good stuff has happened at Hornby all at once they haven’t mapped out how it can develop. I see an opportunity with TT:120 for a fully loaded range on top of existing product. Specified and priced like the top European TT:120 models. Cheaper is rarely better
Thanks - I'm learning lots about TT120 - my son and I are planning a layout in this scale
Good to hear, I think it’s a great scale, although still in its infancy I think it’s going to be really something that people of all ages & skill levels can really enjoy.
Lovely video Peachy 👍, im impressed with the ammount of Pullmans it can pull👍
All been especially “Peachyfied” though. Straight out of the box these couldn’t be pulled.
@@PeachyTT120 worth a video maybe? 😁
@@PeachyTT120 My Blink Bonny managed to pull all 8 Pullmans with lights on rad 3 curves without any issues. Hope the firebox looks better in real life than it does on camera.
Hopefully that means Hornby's sorted the over-tight coiled contacts? Mine were so tight I sent some back as the axles wouldn't even turn.
Great stuff!. As an extra addition, add a QI receiver inside the loco/tender so that it can be charged or operated without any powered tracks!
🤣🤣🤣
That's fairly clever stuff there, not a lot of room to swing about with!
Gutted my TXs decoder failed, I've no need or interest in Bluetooth control as I've had wireless control for years. As you know my decoder locked it's self to Bluetooth making it useless - I promised to re visit the range at a later date and I will, just gonna give Hornby a little more time for ironing...
Yeah that’s a reasonable approach, it’s understandable that people might want cheap/perfect/immediately but that’s just not practical. I’m hoping Hornby really do crack on with developing this range and we certainly need more than Pacifics & 08’s to play with.
Ps, I asked @thiswayworksTWW if I could open the back for wee kneb and he just said no, don’t do it… it’s not worth the hassle of squeezing it all back in again (apparently it would be like a Jack in a box)
Very clever stuff peachy
Very Impressive indeed .
Thank you
The HM7000 looks to beat the Lionel Lionchief App which im extremely familiar with. Just browsing the HM7000 app the possibilities are amazing. Now one thing that does disappoint is the lack of lighting on Hornby products. The locomotives should most assuredly come bare minimumaly with headlighting. The lighting in the interior of the Pullman coaches on the Scotsman set was to me a game changer. That, and my love for that class locomotive. As always thanks so much for your efforts and videos!
Not an A1 fan but impressive mods by TWW. Thanks for showing it off!
Richard does do a crack job.
Love to know how the power pack is fitted in the tender. Mine is angled between the engine and the tender and does not look good, although it works a treat.
Oh I’m under oath with @thiswayworksTWW not to give up the goods😀
I wonder if a driver 1 side and a fireman the other plus a sheet cover between the loco and tender might help disguise it.
@@johndunford6082 I think it’s a tad too big for that. Would be great if the size were reduced and shaped better.
Nice. The stopwatch section is a bit like watching paint dry lol😂. Were you really having cutout issues with the Pacifics? I thought all those pickups would eliminate that
Yeah I was in two minds about keeping that in, but I didn’t want anyone suggesting I’d done some tricky editing.
The problem I was having was mainly keeping connectivity with the Bluetooth. The very tiniest break in contact would mean my locos would sit dead for ages.
Worried about the loss of weight in the tender as this is a big aid to pickup on a small loco. I would certainly look to replacing the weight if it has in fact been removed with lead as you intimated.
The other acid test of the stay alive is how long it lasts with no track power. This perhaps could be tested on a on a rolling road unplugged with your stop watch would have been very interesting, I would suspect 20-30 seconds. More than enough to get over some unclean track or hornby dead frogs.
I did a double take on your Pullman Cars, there are 3 that I do not have Cecilia, Chloria and 64 . I guess these came from your Flying Scotsman set? Finally Pluto is Plato!
Watching your vid highlights another irritating thing about the HM7000 decoder, 2 chuffs to the wheel revolution, with 3 a cylinder loco it should be 6 , same for the A4. I was given a load of bull at Warley Shown by someone who should know better that the HM7000 chips are not designed for this. If so then it is a big mistake and means that my HM7000 days are over, I will be looking for replacement chips that can do the bizzo. You do not need a Chuff Cam Trigger for this, though it does make things better. I wonder if your marvel DCC pal has any thoughts on this?
Hello John, you raise an interesting question regarding the tender weight, so I popped out to the workshop to weigh them.
An unmolested A4 tender came in at 42g whilst the converted version is a tiny bit lighter at 39g. This however has not caused me any running issues.
Stay alive test results;
Bluetooth connectivity + tick over soundtrack = 117 seconds
BT con + Sound + lights = 56 seconds
BT con + Snd + Lgts + motor running = 38 seconds
Yes, the 3 extra Pullmans are the bodies from the Scotsman set put on 3 chassis with lights.
The sound miss match is as you say not quite spot on yet, here’s hoping this is something they’ll address in the future.
@@PeachyTT120 Thanks as ever for your considered reply, this really does help. There is a spare unused CV in the HM7000 chip, I hope that they can think about using this in an upgrade for better beats to the revolution.
@@johndunford6082 now that’s a good idea 👍
Hello PeachyTT120
1. Thank you for the many beautiful videos
2. Where can I get the lamps and firebox flicker for the Flying Scotsman TT 120?
3. How did you get the HM 7070 power bank into the tender?
According to Hornby, the power bank is too big for TT.
Thanks in advance from Switzerland for your replies.
Hello there in beautiful Switzerland! The lamps were 3D printed by Richard @thiswayworksWWW and all the work including the fitting of the HM7070 powerbank were completed by him. His contact details are in the video description.
@@PeachyTT120 Many thanks!
and also where can i get extra track what size is it
Sorry John, hope you found some extra track
Yes thank you from topps trains
@@johnhinds-m0eou excellent