Class 71 questions and observations (lighting) DC.

[mikesndbs]

Hello.

 

Having acquired a DJ Models class 71 from the original crowd funded run I have always been interested to see how the Hornby model compares.

So one arrived with me yesterday and has just finished its running in period and is now on light test trains.

Overall I am pleased, it seems to run very well albeit with an odd scraping sound.

I run DC only.

 

I have questions specifically about the lighting.

The headcode box lights seem really dim while weirdly the marker lights are like searchlights.

Is it possible that they have been miss wired and I could simply swap the feeds over?

 

If not, has anyone studied the PCB to see which resistors are in circuit for the lights?

 

Another slightly weird issues seems to be that the wheels pick up dirt at an alarming rate, even starting with clean track, is this a known?

 

Many thanks.