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  1. Edna Clouds
    Well done effecting a repair. Although not in NZ, more OSA (other side of Accrington!), mine arrived with a broken smoke deflector that I decided to fix rather than return for a non existent replacement. Not 'as good as new' but well ok for my old eyes.
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    Such a shame the chuff rate can't be increased on TTS decoders. The Bulleid whistle sounds nice on the W1.
  3. Edna Clouds
    Cheers, Mr Burger - thank you.
  4. Edna Clouds
    As I understand it (what a wonderful get out clause that is), on the W1, it was the two low pressure cylinders that exhausted up the chimney which resulted in 4 chuffs for each revolution of the driving wheels. A couple of you tube videos have the loco doing a 6 beat 'song'. Should be 4, shouldn't it?
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    Might this be the most 'popular' breakage I wonder?
  6. Edna Clouds
    Mine, though the nameless one, was broken exactly like this and the retailer (Cheltenham) didn't have a replacement but could refund fully. I worked out that none was available anywhere else and that selling both my kidneys wouldn't finance an eBay version and that I wanted a W1 very much. So it being a clean break, I steadied my hand and stuck it back on. I've also doctored the plastic clam thingy so that when it gets put away the same thing won't happen again. Oddly enough (I'm no great modeller), it looks ok.
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    Straight upstairs! Taken short with excitement?
  8. Edna Clouds
    Good old black tak!
  9. Edna Clouds
    I've no problem with the quieter than expected turbine ... I turn up my hearing aid!
  10. Edna Clouds
    And filing a bit of the inside of the bogie frames at the corners gives the bogies that bit more space to move, thereby doing away with the 'scraping' on bends. This can be done without removing the bogie from the chassis, though great care is required regarding the file shavings. Lots of 'blow and puff' while doing the job will help.
  11. Edna Clouds
    Oh dear, I am sorry and I apologise for not writing that comment in a better and clearer way. I most certainly didn't mean to be unkind, just trying to raise a little chuckle. Like you, I get a lot from both Sam's and 00 Bill's channels and am most definitely not in a position to criticize anyone. My layout up in the attic, laid with the intention of being 'billiard table flat', has indeed a couple of unplanned inclines! Spaghetti style wiring also adds to visitors' amusement.
  12. Edna Clouds
    I wonder if, when Sam has finished with a loco, he sends it to 00 Bill on YouTube to be cleaned up and de-fluffed.
  13. Edna Clouds
    Me too! Current puzzle is what to do about the bogie with the guard irons being at the back while the coupling housing is at the front. I suppose simply snip off the housing - it's not really needed - and re-fit the bogie t'other way round. Cracking model with very nice sound. Happy chap in the playpen today.
  14. Edna Clouds
    Just what I did with my 789, only it was last Christmas!
  15. Edna Clouds
    Yes, you're right. My dad - a marine engineer ("you can't go to the stores for a spare part in the middle of the Indian Ocean lad; you need to be able fix things and make them work") - would be very dispirited were I to 'give in' now. Right then, Hatton's for new axleboxes (happily, I'm not in the middle of the Indian Ocean!) and get cracking.
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    Decisions, decisions ... another gorgeous 66 arrived today, this time with 8 wonky axleboxes. Fix them, as I have all the others or join the 'opposition' and chop 'em up and glue the covers on the bogie frame? Son's for the former - "it'll keep you quiet for the weekend" while grandson for the latter - "grandpa, you're 78, do you think you have enough time left?" Hey-ho.
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    Were they being sent out alphabetically, I should be playing with mine now. Aaron Aardvark from Arnhem.
  18. Edna Clouds
    There's only one thing to do faced with such a quandary - buy both of 'em!
  19. Edna Clouds
    Should your beagle ever sound ruff (oh OK, I'll get my coat!), perhaps another CV could be adjusted. You never know!
  20. Edna Clouds
    Too right mate; this topic (unlike the axleboxes) just goes round and round.
  21. Edna Clouds
    Might I suggest another option (suggested as I simultaneously run for cover), you have a go at fixing your 96 axleboxes and enjoy them revolving!
  22. Edna Clouds
    Oh I say, isn't that just the job! Well done ... a day in the shed with the lathe tomorrow, I think.
  23. Edna Clouds
    Happily no contact with ship from China made! More happily, a dry dock not far away, so a bit of a pull on the ropes for a bit giving much amusement to the passers by. A two hour job to fix it with 'proper' lock nuts and a pin and away home! Back tomorrow in the playpen with the fabulous class 66s. Great joy!
  24. Edna Clouds
    It's certainly not rotating at the minute!
  25. Edna Clouds
    No, go for it Eddie. I truly agree with the people who demand a £150 model to work perfectly from the box, however there are also those of us who quite enjoy a bit of a fiddle with something that's not quite right and get a great deal of enjoyment from fixing them. So don't cast us out chaps please! Currently, I'm on a boat in Hebden Bridge off which the propeller has fallen this afternoon: how I wish that fixing that was as easy as sorting out a Hatton's 66 wobble! Hey-ho!
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