RMweb Gold john new Posted January 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) We are beginning to see DJM models 2nd hand and some are still on sale as new stock. How reliable are these models? The follow up question is are replacement fittings for the things likely to fail, such as motors, available because they were standard components still available from 3rd parties, or were they bespoke designs to DJM therefore any future failure will require a chassis rebuild? I am tempted by an O2 to go with Kernow's LSWR gate stock as they ran locally, although the branch closed well before I moved here, but I don't want to buy something that will be a b****r to fix in the event of motor problems. Edited January 9, 2021 by john new Correction of bad grammar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I have 2 BR livery O2s, bought as soon as released from Kernow Models and have had no problems with either. It appears that most of the DJ brand tools have been purchased by Kernow Models of Cambourne (not the tools for models produced by DJ for other retailers eg Hattons 14xx tank) and are appearing again in the EFE Rail brand. The O2 was a Kernow commission and the tools were already owned by Kernow. There are only two versions still available from Kernow, so I would expect that they will reappear, but marketed under the EFE Rail brand, just like the Beattie well tank. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 No idea about any of the others but the J94 spares went to Digitrains. Les 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 18:22, Les1952 said: No idea about any of the others but the J94 spares went to Digitrains. Les EFE Rail (Bachmann) have released this model so I assume they have spares available. Charlie dckits-Legomanbiffo DCC Sounds 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky66 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) Much to my dismay the coreless motor in my O2 recently gave up the ghost. I found a replacement coreless motor here: https://tramfabriek.nl/motors.html The only one with the corect dimensions (7x16 I think from memory, but you might want to double check that) had a driveshaft at each end, but this enabled me to add a flywheel to it. This did require some minor grinding down of the metal block behind the O2's motor mount, but it was otherwise a perfect fit and as a result my O2 now runs smoother than ever before, with a bit more haulage capacity to boot. The same site offers quite a few coreless motor sizes and flywheels suitiable for models, I've also remotored some Roco 009 stuff and they've been going strong for ages with their new motors. Edited April 15, 2021 by sparky66 5 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PJT Posted April 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, sparky66 said: I found a replacement coreless motor here: https://tramfabriek.nl/motors.html I'd thoroughly recommend their motors. I recently used one of their 10 x 20 motors in a Oxford Rail N7 and it now runs as smooth as silk - in fact, it runs very noticeably a lot better than my other Oxford Rail N7 that I'd previously regarded as very good. I've used Tramfabriek motors in other applications, too, and always been very satisfied. Pete T. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2021 On 15/04/2021 at 15:34, sparky66 said: Much to my dismay the coreless motor in my O2 recently gave up the ghost. I found a replacement coreless motor here: https://tramfabriek.nl/motors.html The only one with the corect dimensions (7x16 I think from memory, but you might want to double check that) had a driveshaft at each end, but this enabled me to add a flywheel to it. This did require some minor grinding down of the metal block behind the O2's motor mount, but it was otherwise a perfect fit and as a result my O2 now runs smoother than ever before, with a bit more haulage capacity to boot. The same site offers quite a few coreless motor sizes and flywheels suitiable for models, I've also remotored some Roco 009 stuff and they've been going strong for ages with their new motors. This is most interesting, and may have implications for the rebuilding of my old Triang Dokafority... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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