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    Class 37, by Accurascale

    in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models

    Posted · Edited by Elvinley

    I'm having the same issue as others seem to be having, with my loco, which arrived from Locomotion a few days ago. It is a stunning model but sometimes on start-up it cuts out after a couple of seconds. The only way to get the sound to re-start seems to be to cut power completely; then it is 50/50 whether it happens again. The loco will still move but with no sound at all even though it pauses before moving as if the sound is on and it is going through the changing ends or powering up sounds. I have just written to Locomotion about it. My controller is a Digitrax DCS 51

     

    I was very impressed with the flange squeal sound only working on curves - what magic is this?

     

    Cheers,

    Ian.

    Bachmann 009 Quarry Hunslet

    in Bachmann

    Posted · Edited by Elvinley

    My Alice was a great runner for a couple of hours and now one wheelset is only intermittently picking up. I will return it to Rails for something else. It's such a shame but seems like a fault that a lot are suffering from. I can't fault the looks of the loco but such a shame the pick-ups don't seem reliable. I was really impressed with the Baldwin and Fairlie so this is surprising. Having said that, another recently purchased Bachmann loco (Bachmann Farish this time) had some pick-up issues. This one was a sound fitted 08. That one was much worse though and hardly had any contacts working. This was returned for a refund as well as I didn't want to have to mess with a brand new loco at that price point.

     

    Now I think about it, a while back I had to have a second sound fitted Farish 8F as the first had clicking valve gear problems. The replacement was stunning and ran like a dream

     

    One more disappointment from them recently was a couple of sets of OO driver and fireman figures which looked like they had been painted in a paint-with-a-blindfold-on competition in the factory. Pictured below to give you all a good laugh are two of the poor creatures.

     

    Let's hope these are all one-offs!

     

    Cheers,

    Ian.

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    Dapol West Country & Rebuilt West Country

    in Dapol

    Posted

    On 11/09/2022 at 17:42, woodenhead said:

    Apart from the 68 most other N gauge Dapol models must be a decade old - It''s only recently that they've come back to N gauge with new models - the cost will reflect it is a completely new tooling, a step away from the models of a decade ago and based on the current cost to design and build a model locomotive.

    There have also been the Class 50, Class 33, Schools and Pacer within the last 6 years. Nothing compared to their output the previous decade.

     

    I would think the next release in N will be the revamped M7.

     

    Cheers,

    Ian 

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    Dapol Black Label Range

    in Dapol

    Posted

    On 24/02/2022 at 00:53, jaym481 said:

    Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just obtained one of the A4s. I tend to use JMRI for "fine tuning," and though the decoder is recognized as Dapol, there are no characteristics in JMRI (not surprising). Has anyone managed to figure out who the OEM is for the sound decoder in the Black Label A4s? 

    It is by Broadway.

    Cheers

    Ian

     

     

     

     

     

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    Dapol Hall Class (N Gauge) - Reviews/Thoughts?

    in Dapol

    Posted · Edited by Elvinley
    additional info

    The Hall is one of Dapol's better steam locos. It runs quieter after many hours use. The down sides, as with other Dapol steam locos is the fragile rods, tender to loco wires and cardan shaft. The bent running board can be straightened by careful gluing and wobbles can be the fault of traction tyres which can be replaced. After weathering and the addition of a crew, they can look really good and they have a good slow speed.

     

    As for the new 9F, there seems to be a lot of confusion over it's specs and it does seem to suffer from the wavy coupling rods issue that can occur where all wheels are driven by gears. I only have the older versions.

     

    Dapol's smoothest steam loco is the Schools. It is a lovely looking model but has the same issues as the Hall mentioned above; It is however, very quiet.

    Ian.

    Another run of 9Fs

    in Dapol

    Posted

    On 05/02/2022 at 22:05, SandHutton said:

    Noticed that the wheel rims are much thicker than before and definitely are look worse than the fine wheels on previous releases.  Lets hope they update the chassis at some point

     

    The rods are also thicker judging by the new photo. There seems to be some confusion about whether it now has a heavy chassis as described in the blurb or indeed still has the plastic one. It also says the wheels are cast. There are now traction tyres.

    Ian.

    Bachmann class 45....running issues

    in Bachmann

    Posted

    I bought some phosphor bronze strip from eBay for about a fiver. I added it to my Peak and two class 40s. It wasn't a major job at all. On the Peak it didn't even require soldering - just slip it under the existing pickup strip and glue into place and this gives four more wheels picking up.

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    union mills

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    I can't be the first person to mention the Dukedog surely? I picked up a second hand one at Bristol MRE and must say it is the best UM loco I have come across. Slow running is now excellent, loco has bogie pickup as well as drivers and the outside frame and rods look great. A bit wide for some layouts but my clearances were based around Minitrix 9Fs. Very pleased with this loco.

    Farish GWR Castle Class

    in Graham Farish

    Posted

    The 1 in 39 is a measure of the slope as it is in place in the shed. I wasn't interested in N gauge when the models were poor. My first loco was an Ixion Manor and this pulls well while being a nicely detailed model, same applies to the Grange and the 28xx. The downside is that the traction tyres do go from time to time, but I accept that as part of maintenance. If the first N gauge loco I bought had been as poor at pulling as my Dapol 9F or my Castle then I would have not bothered to buy any more.

     

    It may be that my Castle has a fault so I will get it checked out.

     

    And just for the record, my Farish diesels are excellent.

    I would certainly try another out. As for the Ixion Manor, that didn't have traction tyres although the Dapol one now does. It was a pretty good puller without tbh.

    New OO gauge Class 73

    in Dapol

    Posted · Edited by Elvinley

    I don't have a OO 73, but it definitely sounds like a pickup issue. Do they have bearings pickups? This seems to cause a lot of intermittent running problems on many newer N gauge locos and has been an issue with Bachmann class 40s in OO. Lubrication gets in and insulates.

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