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  1. When the motors were removed did you try pushing the locos around to gauge (sorry) the rolling resistive forces opposing your hands pressure - especially at starting/stopping? On the steam locos, did you rotate the gearing to see if there were any 'tight' spots anywhere when the main drivers had completed a full 360 degrees of rotation? Do these (older) locos have a flywheel? Replacing the old (heavy) motor, with a coreless one, will reduce the rotational inertia - which is not a good thing. I still think there could be too much grease, and as you are 'ok' at replacing motors - have you tried removing all the wheels from the chassis - thus allowing inspection/cleaning of the bearings/journals? (I realise that the coupling rods are an added obstacle/complication to doing this.) Kev.
  2. I really suspect that the 4F's running properties are nothing to do with the absolutely tiny value of the suppression capacitor. (It sounds more like "stiction" or too much grease.) If the PWM controller has feedback, then there is a small possibility that this could interfere but normally not. You can, of course, just remove the suppression capacitor, (they are hardly relevant today), and re-check the 4F's performance again. Kev.
  3. That would be hard for the operators to see/co-ordinate things - especially on the branch. Kev.
  4. Just got my "limited edition" departmental van now - 8 minutes into the DPD delivery slot. It came with a bag of bits (pipes couplings etc), an information sheet (with exploded view), and a "certificate" - woohoo! The van, itself, is nicely boxed and packaged, and comes in a "sleeve" of clear film which (appears) to have been shrink-wrapped onto the van and is slightly sticky on the inside. The order also came with a couple of (incidental) items but the O-gauge Buffers should be 00 gauge screw couplings", and the 00 gauge chain couplings appears to have at least one set that has disintegrated! This is really minor but I'll get back in touch with the AS team anyway. Conclusion - Nice van that I will be very happy with, pushing "Rule 1" to the limit! :) Thanks AS. Kev.
  5. Counting teeth on gears is not tricky! ..but us modellers are a fickle bunch - If the prototype is A1A A1A then that's what we want, even if the performance wont be as good or we can't see what is actually powered - it's the "thought" that niggles at us. Kev. (Me? I'm not too bothered - as long as it is not tender-driven or has traction tyres!)
  6. I never saw one. Maybe something for future though - not the certificate but a list of contents. Kev.
  7. AS sometimes "closes" sales (as sold out) as they stock take deliveries/pre-orders/sales/etc to determine what are actually the correct numbers that can go back on sale again in a few days. Keep looking. Kev.
  8. I'm pretty sure they are the curtains for you to fit where and as you please. (Find a photo of your prototype first, though.) Kev.
  9. WOW - That was quick, and delivered 2 minutes earlier than the dpd delivery window started! They come in an odd sized box. At first I thought the mk2s couldn't possibly fit in it. ..but they do - lovely artwork.. ..tonnes of "stuff" inside.. I love the "exploded" views, in the info pamphlet, but I'm not to sure about the "wavy conduit" especially above the bogies. ..stunning though! Thanks AccuraScale. Kev.
  10. I'm very pleased to have got the "RTC has been dispatched" Email. Kev. (..who is even more pleased that I have already paid for them and don't need some extra funds ASAP!)
  11. I will be quite interested to see if this operator will be able to make these sets "perform". The abysmal availability, with TPE, was below a level not seen since "Claytons" and "Co-Bos" - IMO. ...but was it Dft, TPE management, or the the sets themselves? I suspect a combination of all three! Kev.
  12. Or a 13 mil spanner - or worse, your metal watch strap!!!! Kev.
  13. A fireless loco is not really a "contamination risk". It's the "air" it's working in that has to take president. Obviously oil, petrochemicals, munitions factories pose such a risk but factories with high levels of "airborne" dust pose just as much as an explosive atmosphere - such as tissue paper mills and flour mills. (Even coal dust is dangerous.) These are VERY explosive! Fireless locos are also an advantage when there is a (seemingly) "free" source of high pressure boiling water - such as power stations. then they become "convenient", clean and cheap to run. Kev.
  14. Nippy little things aren't they! Kev. (OK, some noticeable steam when accelerating!)
  15. I really like these fireless locos because they can quite "prototypically" run without requiring all that smoke (and steam) - which other "traditional" steam locos require BUT lack in model form! (This will be the only "steam" loco on my otherwise totally "blue Yellow Ends" Diesel layout. For a paper mill siding.) Will there be a sound option? As to which to choose - 5, 6 or 9 for me. Probably 5, the "Bowaters" No.1 one. Kev.
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