Rail-Online Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 32477 is actually an E4X class locomotive - an E4 rebuilt with a larger boiler. However there's a picture of 32517 on this page in plain black with early crest. http://www.semgonline.com/steam/e4class_01.html The link to zenfolio requires a username and password. Sorry, I did it in a hurry -serves me right! I have now found quite a few more pics of E4's which another 20 are now on the 'added this month' page of the website including the one Bachmann have based the unlined version on, http://www.rail-online.co.uk/p265322570/h425c0101#h425c0101These are in addition to the 15 odd in the LBSC E4 folder hope the link works this time! Cheers Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 Now just need a set of Bachmann's Birdcage coaches to go with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2015 I have yet to remove the crests that really shouldn't be there. That's the job I've been putting off too... :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Graham_Muz Posted April 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2015 My E4 has been backdated from the early BR unlined black to 1946/9 condition as 2486. She was based at Basingstoke at the time before moving to Salisbury in late 1950 (along with 32506) for shunting Fisherton Yard so I will be bringing history forward a little for running on Fisherton Sarum. She now awaits weathering and crew. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lee Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Put Kadees in, and tried mine with a couple of trains. As RFS suggested in post 273, I used number 17s, which looked right to me and seemed to run okay. (The layout has a curve of 30" radius at the tightest point, which is where I look for derailments whenever I put Kadees on stock.) One thing I did notice when I gave the wheels a very quick clean is that I am fairly sure that only the driving wheels have pick-ups. Not a problem for me; my layout has to be Terrier-proof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 21C123 Posted April 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2015 Hi all My E4 consistently derailed going forwards on PECO single slip and 3 way point. I looked to me as though the wheel I the plastic radial truck arrangement was too loose, letting it "crab" sideways and catch on crossings. I decided to restrict the movement. Firstly remove the body , 3 screws as in the instructions. Next I loosened the keeper plate , the 2 rear screws. Next turn the chassis over and remove the shouldered screw which holds the plastic truck in place Remove the plastic truck and slice a sliver off the top of the boss the screw goes in. Reassemble the truck, tightening the shouldered screw so that the truck does not turn. Reassemble the loco and I've had no problems since, it seems to still go round a 2nd radius curve and PECO small points so I'm happy sorry I can't seem to put the photos in line with the text...... Hope this helps Roger 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2015 Firstly remove the body , 3 screws as in the instructions. Roger I did wonder if the instructions were wrong as mine only had the two outer screws holding the body on the Middle screw is missing, I might now see if I can I find a spare to put in its place... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 At the price we are being asked to pay for this model, is it not reasonable to expect it to be a perfect runner straight from the box ???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) At the price we are being asked to pay for this model, is it not reasonable to expect it to be a perfect runner straight from the box ????And a full quota of screws....... On a serious note. If there's some easily fixed shortcomings, I'm ok. Just so pleased to have an E4 Edited April 19, 2015 by The Bigbee Line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 A couple of pictures of my E4 on the Hornby Railway Collector's Association's layout at Broadstone. It ran well with four Hornby Maunsell coaches on an oval with second radius curves with no baseboard joints and no points. Not much of a challenge. The E4s are selling well in the south but there are still plenty of Southern ones available at Hattons and Rails. More people seem to be buying them from their local model shops. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gordieb01 Posted April 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2015 Recieved my E4 in Southern green here in NZ last week from Model Railways Direct. Very pleased lovely little model , the finish and detail nice and appears to run very nicely from the box. However can anyone tell me PLEASE HOW TO REMOVE THE CAB. The front of the cab releases ok with a little work but I cannot for the life of me get the the rear tabs to release from the chassis and very annoyingly managed to scratch the paintwork on the bunker with the screwdriver I was using. It just wont seem to release easily. There is no help for this with the bachman paperwork. Any suggestions please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2015 Remove the NEM coupling mounts that clip into the chassis block. The chassis screws are under them at both front and rear of the loco. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gordieb01 Posted April 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2015 Remove the NEM coupling mounts that clip into the chassis block. The chassis screws are under them at both front and rear of the loco. thank you I'll give that a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spet0114 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 More people seem to be buying them from their local model shops. Which is no bad thing, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Recieved my E4 in Southern green here in NZ last week from Model Railways Direct. Very pleased lovely little model , the finish and detail nice and appears to run very nicely from the box. However can anyone tell me PLEASE HOW TO REMOVE THE CAB. The front of the cab releases ok with a little work but I cannot for the life of me get the the rear tabs to release from the chassis and very annoyingly managed to scratch the paintwork on the bunker with the screwdriver I was using. It just wont seem to release easily. There is no help for this with the bachman paperwork. Any suggestions please. 2 screws at the rear under the running plate hold the cab on, then the cab is clipped in to the running plate... which is quite easy to remove. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted April 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2015 With its Thomas The Tank Engine "face" what a little marvel this one is indeed.Solid and well finished,its haulage capacity is truly phenomenal.IMHO,Bachmann have a winner all the way with this model.Yes,it is expensive but it is a quality product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 With its Thomas The Tank Engine "face" what a little marvel this one is indeed.Solid and well finished,its haulage capacity is truly phenomenal.IMHO,Bachmann have a winner all the way with this model.Yes,it is expensive but it is a quality product. Good to hear from a happy camper! I'm enjoying mine too. Excellent model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) A couple of pics of my BR late crest example, 32500. I found that I had to tweak the wheel-back pickups slightly as a few of them weren't quite stretching the whole distance when the axles were pushed to their sideways extremes. Otherwise, my late crest black one is a superb runner. I fitted a CT Elektronik DCX75 6-pin decoder to mine. Initially it was a bit slow and pulled weakly on DCC (but was fine on DC, before fitting the chip). I have had no previous experience with CT Elektronik, so had to do a bit of digging on the Internet to see what needed to change. Anyway, after playing with a few of the BEMF and PWM settings using JMRI Decoder Pro, I now have a powerful little locomotive with a reasonable top speed that will move fractions of a millimetre in one second on speed step 1, albeit a little "chattery" when doing this ... a few more refinements to the tweaking should fix that. Once I have some 'definitive' settings that I am happy with, I'll post the settings here, if anyone else is interested. I need to keep track of them for myself as I have the LBSC version of the E4 still to come, and another CT Elektronik decoder awaiting the E4's arrival. Edited April 24, 2015 by SRman 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 A couple of pics of my BR late crest example, 32500. I found that I had to tweak the wheel-back pickups slightly as a few of them weren't quite stretching the whole distance when the axles were pushed to their sideways extremes. Otherwise, my late crest black one is a superb runner. I fitted a CT Elektronik DCX75 6-pin decoder to mine. Initially it was a bit slow and pulled weakly on DCC (but was fine on DC, before fitting the chip). I have had no previous experience with CT Elektronik, so had to do a bit of digging on the Internet to see what needed to change. Anyway, after playing with a few of the BEMF and PWM settings using JMRI Decoder Pro, I now have a powerful little locomotive with a reasonable top speed that will move fractions of a millimetre in one second on speed step 1, albeit a little "chattery" when doing this ... a few more refinements to the tweaking should fix that. Once I have some 'definitive' settings that I am happy with, I'll post the settings here, if anyone else is interested. I need to keep track of them for myself as I have the LBSC version of the E4 still to come, and another CT Elektronik decoder awaiting the E4's arrival. Interesting looking brake van next to the loco (presume it's Southern from the roof profile) - what is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 The brake van is a ballast brake made from the Cambrian Kits SECR 'dance hall' brake. The kit comes with the necessary parts and provision for the conversion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Just been told today at Arcadia that the LBSC version should be arriving in the next week to two weeks - probably hitting the shops at the same time as the Dapol O gauge Terrier. It's going to be expensive as I have one E4 plus one Terrier in Southern green on order 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I renumbered and changed the BR emblem on this Bachmann E4 for a customer recently. BR crest and numerals are Fox transfers, as is the shedcode. The smokebox number is a Modelmaster transfer. The whistle is now brass and it's going to be weathered later. Glenn 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) Hi all My E4 consistently derailed going forwards on PECO single slip and 3 way point. I looked to me as though the wheel I the plastic radial truck arrangement was too loose, letting it "crab" sideways and catch on crossings. I decided to restrict the movement............... Hope this helps Roger Great fix Roger - thank you. Tony Edited April 25, 2015 by Prometheus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted April 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2015 What would people advise I should do, because, above all, I do not wish to miss out on this beautiful little model? I see there is a pre-order for this loco available here: http://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/Bachmann-35-075-Class-E4-0-6-2-579-LBSC-Umber/ cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted April 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yes, several store seem to have it available to pre-order still. Kernow for example: http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/40086/35-075-Bachmann-Class-E4-0-6-2-Steam-Locomotive-number-579 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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