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BRIAN T last won the day on November 7 2009

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  1. Yes,but there were still plunger problems with the 1600pt as you sent out (to me) uprated ones which made good contact with the wheels,this made a huge improvement to running qualities.
  2. I fitted Alan Gibson springs to mine ,but the plungers were still binding in the tube.
  3. Ok, I’ve spliced the wire pickups into the circuit board plug,screwed in the keeper plate ,painted the copper strip and wires satin black. placed it on the track without the body,broken plastic springs, etc….and hey presto ,it runs really well and with sound on , picking up on four outer wheels and the left in situ plungers, crawling over points and negotiating curves. very pleased,now fitted the body crew ,re glued springs,just need to freshen the weathering a bit. I feel satisfied that I’ve had a go to get acceptable running….very fiddly,but now well worth it.
  4. Yes and mind they are very lightly glued into the keeper plate,I’ve superglued them back on.
  5. Yes ,if it doesn’t look right ,try try again.
  6. Back again in a desperate attempt to get some satisfying running,great for you owners who have good ones,but after one replacement chassis and a second set of pickups (thanks to Rapido)….and changing the springs to Alan Gibson ones which were a bit stronger ,they still stick so I have started to sort out traditional wire pickups, with the the supplied keeper plate I can only fit pickups to the 4 outer drivers plus keeping the plungers in place. I have used very fine lacquered wire from copper strip to the pickups on the circuit board (still not spliced in). the wire will be shaped and secured to the chassis and camouflaged to look like piping..and painted. If anyone is interested I will post whether this succeeded or not. thanks.
  7. They are exactly the same …and fail just like the original,I’m sorry to say, I am now fitting wire pickups ….very carefully.
  8. Be clear Rob , you are referring to L&B s sales not Rapido , and I did not buy mine from L&B ,I’m glad our shop has had no issues , I bought direct from Rapido.Never the less the issue is there , I will duck out now , Rapido have contacted me and are sorting things out .
  9. Sorry if you have already looked at the plunger setup,when I examined mine,the plunger and spring is in a tiny cylinder/tube type unit that is an interference fit in the chassis and quite different to the 1660 pannier set up. to get the spring out would be bad enough yet alone finding a replacement . But I do like the idea of a different keeper and wiper set up ,ignore the plunger and run wires to the circuit board. just to get it running satisfactorily.
  10. Yes totally agree,looked at maybe fitting wiper pickups ,but a big job to get the pick up wires to the circuit board and couldn’t see how to dismantle the chassis from the body without ending up with a kit of parts. you need to remove the wheels and brake rigging to get at the plungers and be careful you don’t upset or damage the valve gear as they extremely delicate.As you say the existing set up will never be satisfactory.
  11. Yes , I tried with the 1600 pannier before Rapido sent me out the more heavy duty ones,with Alan Gibson plungers but they were too big,the plunger in the 1500 tank is a push fit tiny sprung unit which would be very difficult to mess about with.
  12. Again unfortunately I am back with the same gripe,my replaced chassis,has the same problem as before ,the pathetic plunger pickups are sticking in the chassis ,the spring is too weak to push the plunger out to the back of the wheel , I even took one out as they are a press fit to clean and check,but they are so intermittent, at the moment only picking up on 3 wheels , so it’s back in the display cabinet for this one, I keep trying as this was a long awaited model…..but it must run ….so I’ve given up. It needs a bottom end upgrade, and if future models have this feature it will be a no no for me. By the way I have contacted Rapido about upgraded pickups as the 1600 PT had, but until now no reply.
  13. A bit late I know since my last post regarding my 15xx ,unfortunately a heart attack got in the way,but a week ago I had my replacement model back from warranty.ok it ran backwards in DCC again , rectified in CV29,but with new chassis and new sound decoder,…and,…now runs very well. I applaud Rapido for there first class customer service regarding this model and the previous 1600 PT.having to face all these shortcomings. Having been a big Canadian modeller up until 2 years ago,Rapido.com were the benchmark for Canadian/USA locomotives in HO,they led all the other manufacturers in innovation and quality.Unfortunately this has not happened ….yet in the UK market,so so close.So let’s hope they get the accolade in the future they deserve. I hope so.
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