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A bevy of Bullants.....


Red Devil

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Most if not all of my fleet of trams run on Halling or Halling derived mechanisms, up till recently I've been fairly happy with their running yes slower would be nicer, I too hate 100mph, crash stop, 100mph, crash stop, 100mph running as seems to be the norm on some tram layouts, to a degree unless you're prepard to build your own the tram market is governed by what's available....and that's a whole lot less than the railway side of things!

 

As Grime Street has grown even the Hallings are getting 'found out' a bit with wear to their plastic wheel bushes....replaceable yes but still a pain at times and at approx 21:1 I still feel too fast....that coupled with the fact that bogie cars run considerably slower makes it hard work running the two at exhibitions...

 

So having recently tried the Hollywood Foundry Bullants and having been very happy with their performance....more so after the Halifax show, the decision was made to re equip with 38.5:1 Bullants.....this ain't going to be cheap!

 

So a rather expensive box full of shiny new bits (for expensive read total cost...not per unit for what you get!) landed today....I'm going to be busy....

 

Hopefully this will prove a good idea in the long run....I'm fed up of the tram modelling 20 years behind bit....some maybe....but hopefully that's not always going to be the case....I'm no great advancer of things....as I say I just like building stuff....but if it's going out I'd prefer it to look and run ok if nothing else...

 

Over the next few months I'm hoping to swap over pretty much completely to the Bullants..

 

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Interesting summary, I've only used a couple of the Halling derived units ( sorry can't remember the manuftr.) but looked at the ones above and just wondered how well the belt drives will fare over time ?

ATB

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As KH1 says....fit a new belt....perhaps 30 seconds, they come with a spare so not really an issue...I'll probably get a stock in 'just in case'  but having now tested a 38:1 Bullant straight from the packet, I'm one hundred percent sure I've made the correct decision.....speed and control is far superior.....

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