I received my Western Legionnaire (4D-003-001) purchased from Kernow Model Centre here in Perth, Australia last week. On first inspection I was most impressed and happy to concur with the predominantly positive feedback on this forum, it really does ‘look the part’, a great model.
However has anyone else had similar problems as the following?
This weekend I have been running the model in. Whilst initially comparatively slow, but smooth, I figured it would improve which it did, however only slightly. However after some time, maybe an hour or so of running, and a break (for lunch) it started becoming ‘jumpy’ with the cab lighting flickering. Shortly thereafter the lighting ceased altogether. In comparative trials it faired only marginally better than a 25+ year old Mainline Warship!
It’s running through point work is also inconsistent and whilst it will negotiate Fleischmann double slips a lot better than quite a few of my other models it often derails the second bogie whilst running through trailing points, often falling over in the process.
If so does anyone have solutions? I am a bit loath to return it and incur serious postage costs if there is an ‘easy’ fix
Cheers,
Paul T