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And now available to order from their website:

Auscision 421 Class page

Go grab a copy of Australian Diesel scene 3. It has an article around 60 pages long on the 421 class an details a few interesting workings in Victoria with other 421's as well as other locos. There is only two photo's of them in Victoria, one is 42103 Indian Red Austerity/02 Indian Red on the 16/11/82 both number one end leading and another shot of VR blue S315 leading 42103 Indian Red both number 1 end leading on the 18/12/82. If I find any more pictures ill post the details for you. Just skimming through the article it looks as though 42110 was used for crew training originally but states that someone through a rock through the window so it had to be returned for repairs. It goes on to list 42102/03/04/06/ and 09 as running into Victoria on a regular basis. The were banned in Victoria by May 1983 and the last one to come down in that period was 42103 for noise level evaluation on the 3rd of May 1983 but the problems were not overcome and 422 worked down to Victoria instead.

and perhaps the reverse scheme

42104 was the only 421 to wear the reverse colours; which it wore right up until it was scrapped in the early 90s.

A blog post from Auscision a few months ago told of the frustration in painting the 421s because of the variation in liveries.

I for one look forward to getting the NRR liveried version, very catchy scheme

My Posty finally had the parcel I was waiting for, and I have started to fit sound to my two P Class.
Extremely happy with the way they look too. (mine are as released same as the pictures already posted)

The handrails look much better than the pictures indicate I guess the pictures are pretty big on modern monitors and some got confused by bigger than life photos?
The fireman side steps were broken off both models, loose in the plastic wrapping. Not sure how they fix back on, but worry about it when I get the sound in.

Although the same motor and frame were used (I suspect) the speaker cut away appears to be slightly bigger diameter allowing the speaker to fall through (The earlier T Class speaker mount was a tight fit, making installation easier)

What I did was sit the speaker face first into the hole, and glued it to the edges that it sat on, making sure it was clear of tail shaft and sitting flat
When it dried I sealed the large gaps with Krystal Clear and then glued a very thin sheet of styrene over the back to seal the speaker. I will glue a patch over the gap at the top. Looks like Mike from DCC sounds used tape to seal the back of the speaker. Am happy with the sound levels and will retrofit all my flat tops to gain the same volume improvement.

New releases have been a long time coming (as I did not want any of Auscisions NSW product or the Electrics)
Love my P Class's    Only need the 3 X's now, hopefully before Liverpool.
Thank You Auscision!
Cheers
Rod Young

I received 42101 this morning and I'm very happy with it, there's so much detail

Sorry Roachie I'm still getting the hang of this and thank you Wolfpac for helping me out there.
Cheers,
Chris

Hi all,

I'm planning on installing a chip in my two 421s tonight, Anyone done so yet and what tips and hints on how do you get the body off.

Hi all,

I'm planning on installing a chip in my two 421s tonight, Anyone done so yet and what tips and hints on how do you get the body off.

Hi,
Whilst I have not installed a decoder as yet, I have removed the body - pretty easy, grip the bottom of the body & lightly pull it away from the chassis & it should simply come away, be careful not to allow the chassis to drop. It looks to take a 21 pin decoder.

Cheers Alex.

Hi all,

I'm planning on installing a chip in my two 421s tonight, Anyone done so yet and what tips and hints on how do you get the body off.

Hi,
Whilst I have not installed a decoder as yet, I have removed the body - pretty easy, grip the bottom of the body & lightly pull it away from the chassis & it should simply come away, be careful not to allow the chassis to drop. It looks to take a 21 pin decoder.

Cheers Alex.

That's a brilliant help Alex - THANK YOU you very much.  I have the 21 pin decoders ready to go!

They're a 21 pin non sound TCS I bought from Ian at Hobbyand Australia at HornsbyNSW.  I've used them in my 46ers and 45s with great smooth running.  I will update to sound version when I get more time, $ and understanding.  I just wanted to get them up and running.  Beautiful models.  If they run as well as my 45s and 46ers I'll be a happy modeller.

Still amuses me though that 6 months (or more?) after the order forms for the 48 & 830s appeared we are still waiting for the Product Page for these two locos.

Tony