gridwatcher Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Does anyone know where to get the body retaining screws for the Class 25 from, as I seem to have 'Lost' mine. Charlie Ben Jones......! Maybe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airport2010 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 In view of the impending winter, Laira has fitted snowploughs... IMG_0145.jpg Hi How much trouble did you have fitting your snowploughs? I’m not sure if the four screws Heljan have supplied are physically too big for the pre-drilled holes, or they’re somehow cross threading. Either way, about half a turn of the screw is all I can manage on any combination of any of the four screws on any of the four holes, so they’re all equally wrong! Heljan somehow never disappoint! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hi How much trouble did you have fitting your snowploughs? I’m not sure if the four screws Heljan have supplied are physically too big for the pre-drilled holes, or they’re somehow cross threading. Either way, about half a turn of the screw is all I can manage on any combination of any of the four screws on any of the four holes, so they’re all equally wrong! Heljan somehow never disappoint! I had the same problem and on closer exam the two centre prong like things on the ploughs need chopping down then everything fitted fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airport2010 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I had the same problem and on closer exam the two centre prong like things on the ploughs need chopping down then everything fitted fine. Thanks for that...I’ll have a look at the centre prongs. However, what I should have mentioned in my first post above is that I also tried just fitting the screws into their respective holes in the underside of the loco without the snowploughs attached, and they still wouldn’t tighten! It might be that there’s a bit of swarf etc left over from when the holes were drilled and tapped in the factory, and my little screwdriver can’t offer enough torque to overcome the resistance.....I’ll keep plugging away! What’s frustrating is that this is my second 25, as the first one had to go back as it had a broken drive shaft from one motor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thanks for that...I’ll have a look at the centre prongs. However, what I should have mentioned in my first post above is that I also tried just fitting the screws into their respective holes in the underside of the loco without the snowploughs attached, and they still wouldn’t tighten! It might be that there’s a bit of swarf etc left over from when the holes were drilled and tapped in the factory, and my little screwdriver can’t offer enough torque to overcome the resistance.....I’ll keep plugging away! What’s frustrating is that this is my second 25, as the first one had to go back as it had a broken drive shaft from one motor. I found the same with the screws. My solution was to reduce their length a bit with a Dremel and cutting disc. Worked a treat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 There’s quite a price difference between the ESU XL and L for this Class 25 project. Is that due purely to the fact that you have to solder the wires to the L decoder, or does the L come with an inferior speaker than that with the XL? Sorry: I missed this question! The XL is far more powerfull, has two independant speaker outputs and has 2 X StayAlive capictors Pre Fitted. Thus re the power two/three speaker fitted locos are possibly. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airport2010 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Sorry: I missed this question! The XL is far more powerfull, has two independant speaker outputs and has 2 X StayAlive capictors Pre Fitted. Thus re the power two/three speaker fitted locos are possibly. Charlie Thanks for that Charlie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airport2010 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I found the same with the screws. My solution was to reduce their length a bit with a Dremel and cutting disc. Worked a treat. Cheers for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold uk_pm Posted December 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 I agree with those who praise this little loco as Heljan's best to date. Here's my pair; factory weathered one the left, weathered by me on the right. Great little runners, too. Happy New Year, everyone. PM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great pic and agree it’s their best with the 45 close. What paints did you use for the weathering it looks fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold uk_pm Posted December 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great pic and agree it’s their best with the 45 close. What paints did you use for the weathering it looks fantastic. How kind of you. I'm afraid it was weathered with nothing more exotic than a couple of rattle cans (Railmatch frame dirt for the chassis/lower body, Roof dirt for the roof), enhanced with some weathering powders on the chassis and the roof. And some white powder for the stain from the fan (and I'm not sure what the stain is, but I saw a lot of pics with it in, so thought I'd try and copy it). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic17 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 How kind of you. I'm afraid it was weathered with nothing more exotic than a couple of rattle cans (Railmatch frame dirt for the chassis/lower body, Roof dirt for the roof), enhanced with some weathering powders on the chassis and the roof. And some white powder for the stain from the fan (and I'm not sure what the stain is, but I saw a lot of pics with it in, so thought I'd try and copy it). The stain will be more than likely be from china clay loading (it was on many locos in say the south west around that time) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedman Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I agree with those who praise this little loco as Heljan's best to date. Here's my pair; factory weathered one the left, weathered by me on the right. Great little runners, too. Happy New Year, everyone. PM IMG_0499.jpg Where did you get the dominos from to replace the ‘0000’ on the factory weathered version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 Hi, sorry for bringing this thread back to life. I’ve got a blue livered class 25/3. I have kept it in its box until recently. The cab end windows at both ends have gone opaque. The side windows are all clear as they should be. Has anyone else had this happen and does anyone have any ideas how to resolve it as I want to put it on display. Thanks in advance, stay safe, well and happy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, 08221 said: Has anyone else had this happen and does anyone have any ideas how to resolve it as I want to put it on display. Buy some replacements from Gaugemaster? Mine is boxed - not sure if I want to check now or not! Edited October 14, 2020 by Hal Nail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic17 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 12 hours ago, 08221 said: Hi, sorry for bringing this thread back to life. I’ve got a blue livered class 25/3. I have kept it in its box until recently. The cab end windows at both ends have gone opaque. The side windows are all clear as they should be. Has anyone else had this happen and does anyone have any ideas how to resolve it as I want to put it on display. Thanks in advance, stay safe, well and happy. I have had this happen with a class 40 The problem is there never seems to be enough spares provided by Heljan, especially replacement glazing 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Shawplan Laser Glaze would be great to sort this issue, not sure if they do 7mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Dyson (onslaught832) Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 7 hours ago, delticfan said: Shawplan Laser Glaze would be great to sort this issue, not sure if they do 7mm. Don't think they go any 7mm glazing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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