Dan Griffin

Happy birthday!

Thanks Dan!

Last night I found that my Hornby Drummond 700 was missing its detail pack.

I was going to fire off a request for spares from Hornby. Fortunately, I checked inside the Bachmann Wainwright C that I was comparing it to! 

Agree, I ended up cutting the rails that head from the centre to the V and then added polarity - switched feeds to both sides of the V, just like you would on an Electrofrog turnout.

There have been multiple previous topics where a post could be made.

You get those everywhere, not just on RMweb. A common place to find them is at the bottom of an online newspaper article. 

Not if you’re using an ad blocker. 

Thanks for the heads up. I’m using AdGuard, so I miss these little things. 

I am looking at it now, its a new thing so server must have been updated

yes, I'm getting full page ads when i sign in for first time each day. Way more annoying than the banner ads and literally of no relevance to me as current ones trying to sell me laptops for university - 25 years too late

Are the axles parallel? Are the wagons weighted? Have you checked the back-to-back?

Yep, yep and yep! parkside tube wagons. heavily weighted, wire loop couplings and Bachmann wheels. i fear they are ebay bound. 

Take a deep breath, and check... You need a mirror . Sit them on the mirror , and see if all 4 feet are firmly on the ground . If they rock - there's your problem . Chassis not square.

You say they are Tubes - which is I think the longest wagon chassis you are likely to encounter. Once you are over a 12' wheelbase the precision required to assemble them exactly square gets really quite demanding (The longer the wheelbase, the more any error in alignment is magnified).

TBH , anything over 12' wheelbase is a strong candidate for building as compensated.

Have you built the chassis "tight"? or is there some slop in the axles, allowing them to float slightly and take up a suitable level? It's the ones that I've built "tight" with no float that have given trouble. You may be able to melt one bearing in a bit with a soldering iron tip to ease one axle out and create a bit of float (Horrible bodge, but can be a life-saver). Alternatively , you may have to remove the axleguards at one end and rebuild with a compensation unit. (Etched W-irons)

I doubt they derail randomly. Find the reason they are doing it, and you'll feel a whole lot better. But building something with this length of wheelbase entirely rigid is sticking out your neck a bit

one day of snow = new ice age

Change the wheels for some without tyres, I've got some if it helps?

Don't say that please i've just ordered from them today.

Did you do a next day delivery or just the standard parcels??

I've always ordered next day because i did the standard parcels from them once & waited over a week.

Let's not start an anti postal service discussion in SUs please

Another vote here for screenwash as a general purpose acrylic thinner

Screenwash works great. If you are using water, don't use tap if you are in a hard water area. It will crust up the airbrush in time.

Agree with above post

Basically, except it would've had a V front cab and other details would be different.

Congratulations!

Don't count on it my 9 year old granddaughter is train mad

Congratulations

if you can find mine you can use it