Fiskersham

Just now, Fiskersham said:

Thanks for this.  I have the DCC Sound version.  I've opened up the loco (quite a daunting exercise in itself!) and checked the switches and these are as required.  No matter what I do, the red LEDs don't work at the driving end.  As you say, there is train mode and this works with the red LEDs on the non-driving end, so must be a fault unfortunately.

Sorry, I should have added, they don't work in parking mode either, hence my conclusion about it being a fault in my case.

On 27/03/2020 at 09:24, Sir TophamHatt said:

 

Just a quick question - DC or DCC?

 

With DCC there's a setting for "train mode", which turns the rear reds off. Maybe this is on by accident?

Try turning F20 (train mode) off.

 

May also be worth turning F21 on. This is parking mode, so it'll show if the LEDs are at least getting power.

Thanks for this.  I have the DCC Sound version.  I've opened up the loco (quite a daunting exercise in itself!) and checked the switches and these are as required.  No matter what I do, the red LEDs don't work at the driving end.  As you say, there is train mode and this works with the red LEDs on the non-driving end, so must be a fault unfortunately.

11 hours ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

 

Red lights - Could easily be a switch being in the wrong position to make them not work.

 

There is a few posts about the wobble, think one was down to the axle box covers not running concentric to the axle end

 the other one was where the body sits on the bogie. 

As another person said, I'm reluctant to open up the Loco as it's so delicate. I suppose I'll just have to bite the bullet in the end and just go for it. Either way, the instruction sheet seems to say that there's three switches underneath, but I can only see two and they're TINY (should have gone to SpecSavers!)

On the wobble, mine does it while it's running. Like so many others, some of the axle covers have come off and this must surely be related mustn't it? 

Sorry to repeat much of what's been said already, but I think that it's important for the folks at Hattons to get the feedback.

As with so many of us, my loco arrived this morning.  My initial observations are:

• It wobbles
• Rear lights don't work on one end
• Both steps to cab broken on one side (the detailing is tremendous, but therefore very delicate)

The main issue is the wobble.  With 90+ pages of posts to trawl through I haven't seen a possible solution for this, so if anyone can help I'd be grateful!

It's a lovely model by the way!