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Just got the aristocraft U-boat,How the heck do I put the rails on?

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Just got the aristocraft U-boat,How the heck do I put the rails on?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:26 PM
I mean,I see the holes where they are supposed to go,but they seem way to small,are you supposed to glue these suckers on?

This is my second loco(other is big hauler) but man this thing is nice!! and big!!
24" long pretty heavy for a $99. So much better of a feeling then when I buy n-gauge locos.

I mean you really feel like you get what you pay for when these things are large enough to haul a small dog around.
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Posted by Tom The Brat on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:42 PM
Take a tiny xacto and clean the paint out of the holes. Sometimes there'll be a little blob of paint on the end of the rail, right where you need it to go into the hole. A small file will clean that up.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:49 PM
thats just it,there is no problem with extra paint,the problem is the things just dont fit.If I push any harder something is going to break.The holes look clean and the spurs look clean,but too big.

This is just getting on my nerves,I understand they want a tight fit but this is just wrong.
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Posted by Curmudgeon on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:21 PM
Personally, I'd use a numbered drill set and a pin-vise to open the holes up until they are right.
You can experiment with a scrap piece of plastic to get the size right.
Don't use power or you'll melt out the plastic.

TOC
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:48 AM
To make sure I don't use too much power in such a case, I put the drill bit in a bit of styrene tubing, then just roll that between my fingers to rotate it. Not only the cheapest "power" drill but you know exactly what you are doing.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:46 AM
well, I managed to get most of it taken care of.Still a couple rails to go but all in all they are on there good and secure.

Besides that I must say I just love this Loco! Its only my second and I am more of a steam guy,but man it just runs so smooth ,its like butter!!!

Is "g" scale pretty much like "n" ...in that the diesels always seem to be the better running ,pulling,staying on the track locos?(compared to steam)

anyways thanks for your help.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:02 AM
You can really start an argument here when you try to compare steamers to dismals.
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Posted by markperr on Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:16 AM
I like my U25B. It's a good looking, good running loco. It could maybe use a couple of extra pounds of weight to help it pull longer loads but otherwise it's a very sharp piece of equipment.

Mark

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Posted by kimbrit on Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:49 AM
All of the manufacturers seem to enjoy making round holes for square bar and square holes for round bar! The NW2 rails were ok to fit but the 38/2, goodness me, it took an age to get everything to the right size with a lot of cussing I might add!! I used a small needle file to take the excess plastic out.
Kim

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