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It has had a redesign. No serrations!

Take a needle file across the serrations on the axle held in a mini drill, or similar, just to take a couple of tenths off the peaks and it will work fine. They press on and off easily

Something decent to watch, that's a novelty, looking forward to them already

It will get a proper test then!!

I never really liked having money anyway.......................

I bought a Dapol 08 and it is a great little engine and I have had no problems with it. I think if you decide to go ahead then it would be better to buy new, so that you have a guarantee, and this may sound a bit over the top, it is a good idea to buy a rolling road set, which fits onto a piece of track so that you can put the engine through its paces and run it in properly. Short, plank type layouts do not let a model get properly run in, and this will show up any defects quickly. I usually run a loco 30mins each direction about 3/4 speed, then work through different speeds to see how it behaves, I have found it very helpful in getting the best from my Heljan Diesels, but that is another story All the best

Absolutely astounding Simon!

I feel your pain on this issue I have been trying to work on a low cost solution for this using cheap gears from ebay and have them working, but will need time to tell if it is a long term solution . When I remove the split gear I relieve the peaks of the serrations with a needle file to give less of an interference fit and reduce the stresses in the gear. Maybe I should start a thread on RM Web for this issue and post my findings and bodgings to date

Sometimes you just can't beat IKEA Looks great Lee Best wishes

I have used DCC concepts OO Ground signals which I thought were overscale for 4mm, but were about right for 7mm easy to use and control. The POD is looking good, you certainly don't hang about.

Andy Look under bargains then O gauge £225.00. It's great fun spending other peoples money !!!

Lee. This morning I started to type : you should make these announcements like Jesse's Diets and fashion tips from the fast show, and decided not to bother.

and a bargain if you look at Rails website! Just saying............

Looks like hours of fun there Andy.

Simon What will life be like "After Heaton lodge Junction" ??? One of the best things about this thread is I always get notifications of 'Allan Downes' thread which makes me smile every time I read it. I never met him, but had marvelled at his work since the late 70's. He obviously knew this was going to be something special All the best Steve

That scrap mini has one of the old Aldon Automotive rear beam axles fitted ! prototype for everything!

One of the best purchases I ever made was my photo backscene, worth every penny for the illusion it creates. Everyone who has seen it comments on it.

Hi Simon. Outstanding work as always. I never cease to be amazed at the people who rubbish Heljan Diesels at every opportunity, but their Haulage capacity has to be seen to be believed, I have had gear issues with a Hymek , one of my 26's and a 20, I have repaired all of these with gears sourced on ebay and have slightly relieved the interference fit on the shafts, but only time will tell if I have got it right or not. Really sad to hear about your 40's they are beautiful models, but they will have to work for their living on this layout!!!! Keep up the good work best wishes

Is there a Golden track pin somewhere? Seriously what an achievement, even my wife has said she wants to see this best wishes

I had a similar issue trying to get the correct pool of light from the yard lamps without lighting the backscene. Several resistors later I was happy. I use a small battery LED spotlight in the roof of my attic railway room to give the effect of moonlight which is better than complete dark, and as a bonus, I can just see what I am doing when playing trains

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Simon Maybe you should Marshall up the train, and set up the airbrush at the side of the track, then just drive the train past the airbrush ! Drive by weathering. A bit like the real process only speeded up Keep up the good work. Will deffo be coming to see this cheers

Lee. It seemed quite mild, but of late I had been going over the fleet armed with some CV changes to make my loco's perform better on my small layout. The 20 never was great at low speed, and I thought I would be able to fix it, but one motor is rough, like a bad armature and will not start smooth, ok for a big tail chase layout once moving but no good on my small effort. I have removed it and am running it 1 motor which is a huge improvement, but would like a replacement motor if possible. Sorted the part number on Gaugemasters site and phoned, but they have no spare motors of any description. I will search on the net to see if anything can be found cheers Steve

HI Lee. Just a quick note to say the control boards are here thank you. Also a quick hijack. I have traced the rough running on my Heljan class 20 to a dud motor. Do you or anyone else on here have any suggestions? No joy with the official spares supplier. keep healthy and busy Steve

Really like the underframe weathering on the 47.