MMI 2-8-2s - on the test track
Took both 2-8-2s to the Club test track this afternoon. Tried them on a NCE Powercab controller, the Gaugemaster was packed away as part of a general reorganisation that’s been in hand for some time.
Very impressed with the slow running, in particular. Very steady and controllable. The brakes need thinking about, as does the regulator - I’ll have to practice these. They definitely need driving, and have different characters.
The K27 is the more sure-footed of the two, over the occasionally bumpy test track, the K28 occasionally “twitches” over a well-known “catch” in the track (incidentally, a big vote here for the Bachmann 2-8-0, a super piece of kit which romps around the worst the test track can offer).
They DO look good weathered, too..
So, so far, so good!
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