The problems I noticed yesterday:
1. Sparking at the brush holders( on the outside, not the brushes)
2. Brush plate screws working loose
For sparking outside the brush tubes:
I add a ground wire to provide solid contact. On the 258, I took it a step further, and soldered a wire to the outside of each brush tube, and made a solid connection. Huge difference !!!
I used Blue Loctite to keep the brush plate screws from working loose. Blue is still removable, red is permanent.
So far, so good. Running smoothly forward and reverse. More testing needed...
Running consistently, and reliably at 10 volts, for extended runs
This is the 3rd time I've had to take countermeasures for a dirty ground path on a locomotive.
Running as intended
Welcome home
old friend !!
Great job on the 258, but I'm intrigued by that slick-lookin' locomotive with 3462 on the side. What is it? Pre-war American Flyer?
Flintlock76 Great job on the 258, but I'm intrigued by that slick-lookin' locomotive with 3462 on the side. What is it? Pre-war American Flyer?
Nicely done! I remember those Monogram kits, a Hudson and a Big Boy, if I remember correctly.
They're still in production, although I don't believe under the Monogram label.
I was into model aircraft myself, WW1 period. Built the last one, a Nieuport 28, in 1977.
I wish I knew more about planes. All I know is 737, 747, DC-10, P51 Mustang. That's it! Been living and breathing trains my whole life .
Never could explain to anybody why !
But people get excited about cars, planes, ships, but me just trains.
By sticking to only trains, it helps to keep my collection small !
OK, this is a Nieuport 28...
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nieuport-28c1
Not the best fighter of WW1, but certainly the most elegant!
Flintlock76 OK, this is a Nieuport 28... https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nieuport-28c1 Not the best fighter of WW1, but certainly the most elegant!
Here's a couple of close ups of my Hudson. Keep in mind this was originally a NYC engine ( I did build one that way ).
When this engine was clean, and new, it was Emerald Green Metallic, with gold drive wheels. I guess I had a Toy Train spirit, even then....
Very clever, very clever indeed. It "kinda-sorta" looks like a pre-war American Flyer O gauge streamliner, I don't recall the model though, I'm not an A-F guy.
Your're probably thinking of this one, which is what came to my mind too:
Revell is the most recent producer of the Big Boy:
Strangely and sadly they're not in current production!
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
THAT'S the one, Becky! That's exactly the AF engine I was thinking of. As I said, "kinda-sorta" like Paul's custom job.
So Revell's got the Big Boy kit now! Revell's the outfit that made 75% of the WW1 fighter models I built years ago, Airfix made the others.
Wayne
Penny Trains Your're probably thinking of this one, which is what came to my mind too: Revell is the most recent producer of the Big Boy: Strangely and sadly they're not in current production!
Those are some really, really beautiful engines !!
Aren't they though? And they must be up there on the rarity scale, I've been going to train shows for 20+ years, antique shows for 40, and I've never seen them anywhere.
That being the case I'm afraid to ask what they'd cost!
Postwar Paul When this engine was clean, and new, it was Emerald Green Metallic, with gold drive wheels. I guess I had a Toy Train spirit, even then....
Were the Santa Fe Hudson decals included in the kit?
A similar model was made by Kitmaster in England before 1960. I don't think this was ever revived by Airfix or Dapol as were most of the British prototypes...
Peter
Flintlock76That being the case I'm afraid to ask what they'd cost!
I took a quick peek and found a beat-up tender for 33 bucks.
M636C Postwar Paul When this engine was clean, and new, it was Emerald Green Metallic, with gold drive wheels. I guess I had a Toy Train spirit, even then.... Were the Santa Fe Hudson decals included in the kit? A similar model was made by Kitmaster in England before 1960. I don't think this was ever revived by Airfix or Dapol as were most of the British prototypes... Peter
You're Good !!
Monogram produced these kits in 3 flavors :
NYC, with appropriate pilot, and decals
Chessie, again with a Chessie pilot and decals
and Santa Fe.if you notice, my engine has a Santa Fe pilot
you have very sharp eyes !!
the only one I built correctly was the New York Central.
Paul
Here's another Monogram Hudson
This one has the Chessie pilot
Unfortunately, the NYC Hudson was stripped for parts:
I needed the boiler backhead for a kit bash.
Uh, weren't you swerving close to blasphemy painting an New York Central Hudson in PRR Tuscan red?
Flintlock76 Uh, weren't you swerving close to blasphemy painting an New York Central Hudson in PRR Tuscan red?
I actually mixed paint to get this shape, just liked the color !
Regarding the original post..........
It's my expert opinion the electrical parts appear to have come out. That's probably why it stopped working.
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