micklner

Well done Hornby. The motor appears to be the same one. The one I bought was the same size as the Hornby version . Its now in the loco , I probably removed the other shaft if it was needed at the time of fitting.

I got a motor the same size , without a worm and much much cheaper via Ali Express on https://laisdcc.aliexpress.com/store/2977030?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.f22d1802A61pjR The motor on my Q6 was dead and was binned in due course. I never bothered trying to remove the flywheel. I simply cut the shaft off, behind the flywheel. Place a piece of thin metal sheet on a gas ring, heated the flywheel theron and the remains of the shaft pulled out easily . I then heated the flywheel again and pushed the shaft of the new motor into the flywheel. Ensure the gap between the flywheel and the motor are roughly the same. The Coupling will take up any small difference. Allow to cool, job done. Does anyone have a spare Hornby Q6 Tender any type for sale please ?

I have better information and photos here. I had forgotten how poor a model Book Law was. https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1624&p=119721#p119721

I thought it was for vehicles registered before 2009 ??.

Book Law repair. Not easy to photograph. In the first photo at the bottom of the Smokebox Saddle as it meets the Footplate you can see a glue join (white/clear marks) . Second photo in front of the Screw mounting as it goes down towards the Chimney are and behind the Smokebox area I glued a section of flat Plasticard to the body to strenthen the area. Nothing else obvious has been done to cure the issue, that I can remember. I have now also painted and cleaned up the glue joint, and the front steps area which were missed at the time !!.

My other J27 is now a J26 , I was unable to find any 1930's era photos of the J27 with a Two Rail Tender. Bradwell castings again , Footplate rivets removed and repainted. Lightly weathered with powders,coaled and crewed.

E Mail, Dave is is very helpful as well. He is on the Scalefour Society Page under Traders.

A balls up is a polite description . I will do a photo later.

I still have Book Law, I can take some photos of her current condition if needed?

Basically I had to break the front and wedge to the correct position, repair etc. I did do some photos here all lost in the RM Web meltdown. The photos are long gone as i have a new laptop since.

But its a Precision Etched Brass Craftsman Etched Kit !! 😅 it says so on the box,so that must be true !! What could possibly go wrong !! 🫣🍌

More like milking the last possible penny out of a Locomotive with one in the Class. 🤐

More like the whole "thing" 🤪🙃🤑

Thanks I always use HL boxes . I am building a B16 at the moment or I have a A2 in the pile, the motor sounds good for either . The comment from JW re high revving, has been noted as well. cheers

Looks like a old 1970/80s Central Line London Underground Power Unit on a Steroids huge overdose. Plum ugly beast.

What do you think of the High Level Motor , what size is it please ?

Similar experience when I always used to use their Varnish Aerosols , sadly they changed the formula for that for the worse a few years ago, and I now use other makes. The staff always looked disapointed when I only want some paint!!. Shortly after they started closing shops in my area. Lakeside and Brentwood are long gone , now the only one left is Romford which is tiny shop down a dingy old Arcade, and I believe opens one or two days a week. i have just looked on their website, and its open today at 12pm , no other information obvious as to other opening times or when it closes !!. Heading towards Mail Order only?, which again is quite sad.

No response recieved on the email address. Sent on October 1st. I has'nt bounced so its gone somewhere.

Rob Pulham B16 build with all the photos, is on The Scalefour Society website. He has been very helpful already on this build. Thanks for the info. Mick.

It has the Two Footplate lubricators included , there should be Three . LRM has sent another F.O.C.

Better get a pen ready 🫣 there are quite a few pointers so far, just on the Loco alone !!. Dave Bradwell castings will be much in evidence in due course. Some of the Kits ones are wrong sizes, poor detail, or not supplied at all. See below 🤪 So far Sadly a number of etches on the 7mm Gladiator kit (same basic design) are not on the original etches or on the new Boiler etch. Wheel Balance weights, Bottom Washout/Mud Holes surrounds, Splasher Rivet surrounds. Top Washout plugs wrong shape and too small for either Boiler. Neither 4mm and 7mm kits have the following items .No castings for Steam Reverse or any etch for the Cylinder linkage. Safety valve Casting the base is too small , Safety Valves too high, Oil Box castings oversize and/or wrong shape.

Current condtion next up the Roof and the Bolier will soldered to the Footplate. The kit has been designed to allow its removal for painting. As it is all in Black that is not needed.

Latest "interesting" kit. A LRM ex Barnfield ex NER LNER B16 kit from originally 30 years ago. So far I am about 3/4 the way through the Locomotive build. The Tender is still in the box smiling at me everytime I look !! The main etches are reasonable, using a the original Boiler Dia 49 you have to cut curved pieces out of the Firebox bottom , strange as no idea how if ever fitted when designed by Barnfield. It now also comes with a new etch of the Dia 40a Boiler which was'nt use before 1939 which is too late for my period of modelling. Instructions are very vague in places and this is not a beginners kit!!. Some of the detail parts are poorly made/cast or simply ignored e.g the prominent Steam Reverser mechanism on the offside of the Boiler. Chassis was ok no more, none of the body mounting holes matched the ones on the Footplate. Luckily it worked/ran first time when pre assembled before painting. Smokebox the Ring should be wider than the Door. No its smaller !! I soldered a circle of 0.45mm wire to the Rings outside, which solved that issue , new steps made as the kits ones were tiny and useless. Boiler rolled ok , other than it has two very thin overlapping sections on the bottom. Sadly it rolled with a prominent crease, hence the filler. Cab a good fit when folded up.

Chas , I only gave a quick skim over the video contents. I have never built the Comet LNER kits as I prefer the LNER MJT version kits, so I cant comment any further re building them. I have just noticed that Wizard now want £1.50 for the Comet Book, which used to be free on the old Comet site. Perhaps the Wizard version has better/updated photos than the Worsley version ?. I suggest contact the Wizard owner he is helpful.

Try this one