Your latest acquisition

[Too Tall]

Another Mogul added

[brian1951]

[Too Tall]

Nice bundle Brian

[brian1951]

Just need to dodge Swiss customs now, not a easy task.

[508035]

Here is my latest purchase, a kitbuild A3 finished as 2500 later 60035 Windsor Lad.

I opened the box on Saturday just gone and was very impressed with the loco.

Testing the loco on power revealed a problem, sometimes the wheels would turn and sometimes they wouldn't so I began to investigate the cause. I will poat a picture of the chassis later but I must also advise that the valve gear has changed a bit due to a few pieces going awol and the motor has been removed but until the picture is posted I will attempt to describe the problem.

On the rear of the chassis, the piece that the rear pony is screwed into has separated from 1 of the main chassis frames which in turn, has resulted in the piece where the motor would be screwed to coming loose and causing the motor to lift up off the gear.

Not being an expert in chassis construction, I am unable to repair the problem as I only have a 40 watt soldering iron which I don't think would get hot enough to get the brass hot enough to be repaired.

I tried gluing the joint but it rapidly came apart again when I tested the motor on the chassis to see if it would run which has resulted in me making some major modifications to the inside of the loco body so that it would fit onto a1 of my converted Hornby chassis which itself has significantly improved in performance due to the weight of the body and yesterday under test conditions including some dirty sections of rail, the loco hauled 11 mainline mk1 coaches with only minor slipping.

I will post a picture later of the chassis issue if anybody wants to see it.