RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted November 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2019 21 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Sounds like the sort of moves John Flann used to do on Hintock Shaun, lovely and relaxing mate. All the best for the Show, pity I cant make it, but I'm half a planet away, haha. Yes. I could use some help. My friend Andy K. went and moved to lake Michigan, about 2200 miles your way! Mr's Squatch is working and it's Thanks Giving/ Black Friday weekend. This weekend I plan to rewire one of the fiddle yard boards and finish painting that back scene. Regards Shaun. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Andrew P said: Sounds like the sort of moves John Flann used to do on Hintock Shaun, lovely and relaxing mate. All the best for the Show, pity I cant make it, but I'm half a planet away, haha. Aaaww, come on now - it's only a third {be thankful I don't have a Irish accent }. J 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted November 25, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2019 The story of 9313 The recent loco roster overhaul of cleaning and lubricating etc. proved too much for my old Bachmann 93xx mogul. 9313 waddled around the layout like a lame duck. This engine was found hiding amongst piles of USA switchers at a show in Portland about 12 years ago. I’ve always considered it a bit of a lucky find. Bachmann product number 31-801 isn’t their first loco release but it was their first new tooling release way back in 1991. Mine was in nearly new condition when I purchased it. A split chassis design it was a slow runner until a few years ago when I was given a crippled Hogwarts castle/Hall. Didn’t take long until I realized the motors could be swapped and since then it has run quite sweetly until now. On first inspection, it looked like the old plastic axles were shot so I contacted Bachmann spares dept. regarding new axles, they proffered a new wheel set which made me think. First job was to rob the red Hall of its axles which have been fixed with thread locker and checked for back-to-back gauge in 9313 but it still was a lame duck. Disappointed that it is just too bad to take to this year’s show I put on my +twos and took a very close look. The problem proved to be the wheel design. The design incorporates a soft plastic insert held in a recess in the metal drivers. One of mine had come apart creating a sort of bubble which was fouling the coupling rods on each revolution causing the lame duck waddle. Zap-A-Gap cyano was applied between the metal and plastic insert on a bent piece of wire and the wheel set put in a clamp. I also had to fix the broken pony wheel retainer. This was an easy case of just adding a 12mm section of scrap brass fret held by a small screw. Result! 9313 now runs very smoothly and will be hauling trains again next weekend. The crew are fixed to a shaped section of Wills diamond plate which acts as a floating footplate. Regards Shaun. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 I like the repair! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted November 25, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2019 14 hours ago, danstercivicman said: I like the repair! Can't beat fixing something old, It just adds to the value and we're not talking about it's "cash worth"! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted December 11, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 Last weeks show was great. Set up went quite smoothly apart from the very uneven floor, at one point I had a few of the boy scouts help me lift the entire layout and move it 3 feet. Thanks boys!! This years show seemed rather busy especially when the word got around that the English guy was letting the kids drive the trains. Kids of all ages did a fantastic job especially one little 3 year old girl who seemed just contented to be behind the scenes holding the controller and my 5 year old nephew Zane who at one point was left in control. He then stayed with his dad on Sunday to help break Dunster down and load it all up in the truck. Very grateful for their help and I think they both enjoyed helping too. Here we are next to K Dee couplers. A couple of trains Zane all happy Regards Shaun 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Great idea letting the kids drive the trains, hands on is much better than just watching someone else trying to stick to an unrealistic timetable. Regards J 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted December 11, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, jcredfer said: timetable. Regards J Edited December 11, 2019 by Sasquatch drying my eyes ans catching my breath 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted October 1, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) Stumbled across these two videos by accident while looking at YouTube when the site was down earlier. I must fit lightning conductors to my signals. The conversation about Thomas is... well entertaining at least. My accent is awful. Shaun Edited October 1, 2021 by Sasquatch 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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