Hello again to my ZERO followers...
Jumping around like a blue-arsed fly, I've been fiddling - well my friend Darren and I have - with our Trainbuilder 750 class locos with varying degrees of success. We managed to sort out the tender running issues fairly easily - although it took some experimentation and time - with varying solutions to the problem.
On my 750 (SAR 750) the solution to the tender woes appears to be removing one or both bogie springs and fitting washers/spacers between the bolster and the bogie just on the rear tender bogie. On Darren's 752 we removed the front tender bogie spring and fitted a plastic collar in its place (see photo below). A necessary and additional fix is to remove or slide the rubber/plastic insulating sheath from the connector plug as it was quite inflexible, adding to the tender ride issues.
However, as it is becoming more widely known now, the drivers are mostly, if not all, out of gauge and require correction. That's the next part of the fun....
And bonus shots of my dusty and hair covered 750...
And bonus shots of my dusty and hair covered 750...
In other news, I now have an ALF body to finish, power etc. I know what the obvious answers are here but I like making things difficult for myself... stay tuned.
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