Class 27 in N - Getting body off

[meatloaf]

Ive got a Dapol 27 and according to the instructions the body just unclips. However I cant get the body off mine. The bogies come off and the plastic base plate comes off but everything else stays stuck in the body.

 

Am I missing something?

[Graham R]

No, it's just awkward. The problem is getting leverage on the chassis to slide it out of the body.

 

The body is retained at the correct height on the chassis by three ridges on each side, one above each bogie and one above the fuel tank. These locate into shallow slots in the chassis block. What you have to do is gently disengage the ridges from the slots.

 

Once you've got the bogies and baseplate off, place the model roof down on a soft surface like your trouser leg to avoid scratching it. Use your your fingers to gently spread the body next the fuel tank. This eases the ridges away from the slots. Use a jeweller's screwdriver or similar slim object held parallel with the length of the chassis to find one of the slots and gently lever the chassis upwards out of the body.  Once it starts to move, all the other ridges will pop out of their slots as well.

 

A photo probably helps. The slots are outlined in red.

 

 

To reassemble, just place in position (making sure the suppressor capacitors etc are in the right place to locate in the fuel tank recess), and gently press back in. Pop, and it locates back at the correct height.

 

Hope that help,

Graham

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by Graham R
Clearer explanation

[meatloaf]

Thank you managed it in the end.  I thought id managed to break it when the bogies and the baseplate came away. 

 

Thankfully the decoders in now and it runs great. Only thing ive noriced is that in direction of travel the headcode and the tail lights light up at the same time

[Kaput]

Is it one of the new ones with the next18 socket? If so the light functions will need setup properly as they aren't quite on the traditional function outputs to allow for independant directional control.

[meatloaf]

6 hours ago, Kaput said:

Is it one of the new ones with the next18 socket? If so the light functions will need setup properly as they aren't quite on the traditional function outputs to allow for independant directional control.

No its the 6 pin version

[John M Upton]

In my experience of running a smattering of Dapol 26's and 27's on DC, the directional light performance is best described as patchy and at worst hopeless!!  Fortunately the lights are so small that I just disconnect them and forget about them.