12-09-2011, 09:22 PM
Boppa:
Bachman has had various (probably deserved) reputations over the years from being on the bottom end to producing well-detailed and well-running models.
I think the six-wheeler you have may be one of the lower-end.
How often do you take it apart and lube it? My guess would be that it needs it after a half-day to a day of running. Do you or can you check the brushes?
When the loco fails, is there wear in the motor bearings or the axle bearings? Is anything left of the gears?
When we did exhibitions, locos were checked every half-hour to hour to see if the motor was getting hot -- usually just feeling the body.
Bachman has had various (probably deserved) reputations over the years from being on the bottom end to producing well-detailed and well-running models.
I think the six-wheeler you have may be one of the lower-end.
How often do you take it apart and lube it? My guess would be that it needs it after a half-day to a day of running. Do you or can you check the brushes?
When the loco fails, is there wear in the motor bearings or the axle bearings? Is anything left of the gears?
When we did exhibitions, locos were checked every half-hour to hour to see if the motor was getting hot -- usually just feeling the body.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.