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The Fool on The Hill - The Beatles

The Short circuit in my layout which I can't find the source of . Regards, John

Fool if you think its over - Elkie Brooks and others

And Narrow at the hip

hold on tight to your dreams - Electric Light Orchestra

He's the Universal soldier

If you leave me now - Chicago

Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis lee, Showaddywaddy, Sha Na Na

Take a chance on me

Send out the arms and ammo

The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix

you can get it if you really want - Jimmy Cliff

You Got It - Roy Orbison

Why don't you write me, I'm lost in the jungle

Nice legs, shame about the face

Tell it to me one more time

I am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel

The first cut is the deepest - Cat Stevens, P P Arnold & others

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady.

"Lucky Number" - Lena Lovitch (not sure about the spelling!) Edited from lyric line to song title - confused with a different thread d'oh.

Hi roythebus, I tried to reply quoting the first line of your post #13 but its not registered, however just to caution against routine adjustment of parts which may appear to be incorrect at first sight :- There is a subtle curve designed into the Connecting Rod on Bulleid pacifics Chassis, to clear other parts of the motion, crankpins etc. This should not be straightened or otherwise adjusted unless running problems are being experienced. Regards, John

Its not a problem that's exclusive to any particular model, I've had split interim gears on a Britannia and a Stanier 2-6-4 Tank. It appears to be a case of the gear being force fitted onto the splined 'Gear axle' when the moulded hole in the gear is a little too small in diameter, resulting in a split over the radius of the gear. I carefully opened out the hole very slightly to create a less forced, but still secure, fitting over the splines when I replaced the damaged gears. Both locos now run superbly, but my fingers are tightly crossed that I won't come across this fault again. Regards, John

When I read the review in BRM Magazine, I did wonder if that had been a 'one off' model that had escaped from the factory with perhaps a temporary fitting used during the assembly process, but seemingly not. Very disappointing for a premium priced model,even moreso I wouldn't want to be paying the price of a sound fitted version with a decidedly 'Cheap' but not exactly 'cheerful' piece of engineering (?) like that. I don't do 'sound', but am thinking of a friend who does and has been considering the Castle. He needs a warning about this. Regards, John

Hello Les, The problem as you describe it in post #565 seems similar to something I observed with a friend's Hornby Duchess pulling a heavy rake of Pullman Coaches on Sunday. His problem was with the tender coupling, the type where the NEM socket is a detachable part located by a triangular wedge into a recess of the same shape on the underside of the tender. The small tension lock coupler clips into the NEM pocket as normal. We found that the top and underside of the NEM socket were of slightly different thicknesses and as originally fitted 'thick side up' was setting the coupling too low for satisfactory coupling to the lead coach. Simply unplugging the tension lock coupler from the NEM socket, re fitting the socket 'upside down' that is thin edge against the base of the tender, and re fitting the coupler, cured the problem. I don't know what the coupling arrangement is on your B1, but if it is similar to the Duchess tender this may be a pointer for you. Good luck, John

The wheels and flailing rods would need to be obscured by the side walls of Durham Viaduct ! John