George Hudson Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Stupidly I dropped my BR L1 and broke the 4 wheel rear bogie. One side is broken and hence bogie appears curved and derails of course. I asked Hornby if I could get a replacement as I couldn't see it on the list of spares. Unfortunately I got the rather unhelpful/automaton response from Hornby below (!). Could anyone suggest a replacement from another manufacturer/supplier or another solution. I don't mind a bit of "fettling" but a scratch build is probably beyond me. Many thanks Andrew ..." Hello Andrew, Thank you for your email, I have spoken with the spares team, unfortunately they have informed me that the part you have requested is not listed as a replacement part. Yours sincerely.." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Look on ebay there are at least 4 listed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted August 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2020 Peter's Spares: https://www.petersspares.com/Hornby-x6226-thompson-l1-rear-bogie-black.ir 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 AC model spares also have this in two variations 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 53 minutes ago, rembrow said: AC model spares also have this in two variations But out of stock when you click on details. New Modellers Shop has three far cheaper than Peter Spares https://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/hornby_spares/x6226_hornby_spares_rear_bogie_thompson_l1_class.htm 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 21 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said: But out of stock when you click on details. New Modellers Shop has three far cheaper than Peter Spares https://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/hornby_spares/x6226_hornby_spares_rear_bogie_thompson_l1_class.htm Not so, one has 13 in stock, the other is out of stock 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Lendons of Cardiff are showing X6226. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2020 How bad is the damage? Can it not be repaired? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, rembrow said: Not so, one has 13 in stock, the other is out of stock Not according to MS Edge when use it I look at AC Spares both are out of stock but in any case substantially dearer than New Modellers Shop anyway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, phil_sutters said: How bad is the damage? Can it not be repaired? Good point - what exactly has broken - if a case that its come loose that is probably due to the crazy fixing method Hornby employed on a number of models (not sure if it applies to the L1) of having the pivot retained by a piece of rubber similar to wire insulation - a sharp action and it pulls apart. On my Schools I replaced it with a washer and managed to thread a nut onto the pivot to retain - another not so clever piece of "design clever" by them. Edited August 17, 2020 by Butler Henderson 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted August 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Looks like a guard iron has broken off on the right hand side and on the same side the bogie frame has cracked close to the front (inner) pair of wheels. Probably repairable but if a spare can be found may be a more satisfactory solution. Edited August 17, 2020 by NCB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 17 hours ago, phil_sutters said: How bad is the damage? Can it not be repaired? Great modelling opportunity, needs to go to works for that. Take the bogie off, put it in a wagon, remove the motor from the loco, and remove the connecting rods and put them on the tank tops. Now it can be dragged dead by whatever maid of all work loco is available, with wagon and a brake van completing the ensemble. Yet another Concrete mixer in serious trouble. If the modelling date is the latter half of 1959 or later, it'll be the chop rather than repair... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Fantastic responses: thank you everyone. Now I know why I am on RM Web. To be fair to Hornby they did also just suggest: ..."Thank you for your reply, may I suggest that you could try AC Models for a replacement bogie, they break models down and sell the parts individually." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 ...anyway, New Modellers' Shop seems to have come to the rescue. Thanks again everyone. (And for introducing me to sources that I didn't know existed!) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 Ouch, no wonder I couldn't fix it with superglue. The L1 is now repaired and I also chipped my two N2s so feel like I have three new engines today! (Believe it or not I dropped a N2 yesterday but it survived.) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLPG Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Are Hornby replacing Mazak rot issues? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 21/08/2020 at 06:52, George Hudson said: (Believe it or not I dropped a N2 yesterday but it survived.) Are you sure you should be a railway modeller? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Hilux5972 said: Are you sure you should be a railway modeller? no but I'm sure that I should give professional juggling a miss 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 21:28, DLPG said: Are Hornby replacing Mazak rot issues? To my eyes that break wasnt a result of the drop. more the drop brought about a break as a consequence of mazak rot. it looks like the signature signs of cracking is there. can you post a close up ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLPG Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 On 28/12/2020 at 21:28, DLPG said: Are Hornby replacing Mazak rot issues? The answer is no. There seems to be a lack of spares out there so I have a scrap L1, used once briefly. Not sure a brass replacement is out there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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