cypherman Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Hi all I have just restored a Mainline Dean Goods loco. The repair on the engine was fairly straightforward. It had been sat in one of my spares boxes in pieces for several years. So long infact that I had forgotten I still had it. As usual I found it when I was looking for something else. Taking it apart was easy but putting it back together was the most awkeard I had ever done. So it made me think whats the most awkward and difficult engine any one here has had to take apart,repair and put back together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Chinese C2 0-8-0, 12mm:ft scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2022 I always found Jouef locos could be quite difficult. Actually quite basic but there are parts that can easily be put back the wrong way round. Good engineering design could have avoided that. Best were Minitrix despite my then inexperience with N. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yelrow Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Rivarossi, big boy. Hellish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2022 Of modern 00 I reckon the Heljan Co-Bo. Incredibly tight body to chassis fit and I'd bet money its impossible to separate the two without breaking the pipework attached to the underframe. Hornby Brits are much easier to take apart than to reassemble too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Any modern Hornby loco. No trouble, just the quality of materials. Tragic...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, yelrow said: Rivarossi, big boy. Hellish. I concur about the BigBoy. Mine unfortunately is just scrap as the chassis succumbed to mazak rot and has basically disintergrated. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2022 Bachmann 80XXX tank engine. Impossible (almost) to get the body off without breaking the under cab pipework. The trick is to prise it off from the underside of the tanks, if it will …….. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Chinese C2 0-8-0, 12mm:ft scale. i can beleive, i'm a follower of the blog, a lot of Chinesium to replace. are you involved in the project? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, sir douglas said: i can beleive, i'm a follower of the blog, a lot of Chinesium to replace. are you involved in the project? I am indeed. In fact I'm about to head over to Wales to do some more work on the beast. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Silly Moo Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Mine has to be an N gauge Dapol pannier tank which was making dreadful screeching noises. A drop of oil on the motor bearings was suggested. Despite being given instructions on how to remove the body, the delicate detail and the fact that the body seemed to have been glued to the chassis caused me to admit defeat before I wrecked it. I don’t think modern N gauge locos are designed to be taken apart! The loco continued to screech until it cured itself - touch wood. I’m in awe of the people who assemble and repair tiny N gauge tank engines. Edited January 22, 2022 by Silly Moo Spelling 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Heljan 00 4 wheel railbus. Failed and gave up. Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Chinese C2 0-8-0, 12mm:ft scale. What gauge is that? Do PECO make track for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: What gauge is that? Do PECO make track for it? Not the same gauge it was when we got it! Now 597mm. I have looked vain for the SL-number on the bottom of the plastic sleepers we use. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: Not the same gauge it was when we got it! Now 597mm. I have looked vain for the SL-number on the bottom of the plastic sleepers we use. You do realise you put mm rather than inches? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 597” gauge would be a REALLY big model! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, RedgateModels said: Bachmann 80XXX tank engine. Impossible (almost) to get the body off without breaking the under cab pipework. I'll second that. I gave up trying to get mine apart in order to convert it to P4. I took out every screw I could find, but just couldn't work out how the body was being held on. The exploded diagram is as useful as a chocolate teapot. David Edited January 20, 2022 by Kylestrome 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2E Sub Shed Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 36 minutes ago, Kylestrome said: The exploded diagram is as useful as a chocolate teapot. Useful chocolate teapot Bachmann F7 locos, enough versions, that whatever spare you have is the wrong one for the version you have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2022 This little beastie, that was fun...! Oh, wait, trains? Not so much take apart and repair as rewire the whole thing as nothing worked except the starter motors. Oh you meant model trains? Probably one of these beasties - Piko model of a Czech loco I think. I still have it somewhere, but not long after I bought it the motor, er, melted. It has a metal and plastic housing the plastic bit just flopped. This was when East Germany was still in existence so I had to write a letter in School German, wait for a reply, translate it, find out how to get Ostmarks to the value they requested and send that with a reply again in School German, then wait. Amazingly the replacement motor arrived, it was a bit fiddly to fit but nothing like getting the thing! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 20/01/2022 at 16:01, yelrow said: Rivarossi, big boy. Hellish. Almost anything Rivarossi.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted January 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2022 Lone Star OOO (N Gauge ?) Baby Deltic I've been asked to see if there's any chance of reviving. I know nothing about it other than drive (from where ??) to the wheels (Which were loose in a box with no guarantee they belong to this loco) may have been by 'elastic bands'(?), There are of course no instructions/ diagrams. I can barely see what , if any, 'works' are present inside the cast metal body shell, let alone figure out how I would release them to see if anything could possibly be done. Nightmare ! Regards, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Brit70053 said: Lone Star OOO (N Gauge ?) Baby Deltic I've been asked to see if there's any chance of reviving. I know nothing about it other than drive (from where ??) to the wheels (Which were loose in a box with no guarantee they belong to this loco) may have been by 'elastic bands'(?), There are of course no instructions/ diagrams. I can barely see what , if any, 'works' are present inside the cast metal body shell, let alone figure out how I would release them to see if anything could possibly be done. Nightmare ! Regards, John Double ended drive shafts that have rubber bands that loop over the axles. I used rubber teeth brace bands. Come in a packet with 3 different sizes and, as you would expect, are very hard wearing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted January 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Brit70053 said: Lone Star OOO (N Gauge ?) Baby Deltic I've been asked to see if there's any chance of reviving. I know nothing about it other than drive (from where ??) to the wheels (Which were loose in a box with no guarantee they belong to this loco) may have been by 'elastic bands'(?), There are of course no instructions/ diagrams. I can barely see what , if any, 'works' are present inside the cast metal body shell, let alone figure out how I would release them to see if anything could possibly be done. Nightmare ! Regards, John I know it’s a long way to come but you need to talk to Malcolm Hughes from the Mickleover Club. He’s at this year’s Mansfield Show 5th & 6th March. He has quite a collection of Lone Star OOO 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted January 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thanks for that information Ian , but unfortunately its not a practical proposition for me to get to the Mansfield show. Is there any possibility you could pass on a request for information (plea for help !) to Malcolm Hughes if I've made no progress before the Exhibition, I'd contact you by PM nearer the time if that is ok. Thanks again anyway, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2022 Heljan Class 17. Still missing buffers on one of mine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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