If Stephen King were ever to write a story involving a model railway, I'm fairly certain that he'd use a set of parts like these to drive his protagonist insane:
Patience, perseverence and a little care is all that's needed (a 16BA nut spinner is usefull as well if you can find a good one. I haven't yet). Take it one small step at a time. A loop of set track (mine's Egger but I believe that Peco are now making OO9 set track) helps as you can watch it run around in circles after every stage, which is usefull for troubleshooting.
I don't think I've ever checked and re-checked parts so often before but it definitely pays dividends to check carefully. For testing, fortunately Jerusalem is a nice oval of N guage track with enough clearance for the motor unit at least, and I've found the rolling road I bought when I first got back into modelling last year is great for getting a really clear view of things moving (or not).
It could be worse it could be a watch. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteSo far it definitely isn't running like a Swiss watch :(
DeletePatience, perseverence and a little care is all that's needed (a 16BA nut spinner is usefull as well if you can find a good one. I haven't yet). Take it one small step at a time. A loop of set track (mine's Egger but I believe that Peco are now making OO9 set track) helps as you can watch it run around in circles after every stage, which is usefull for troubleshooting.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever checked and re-checked parts so often before but it definitely pays dividends to check carefully. For testing, fortunately Jerusalem is a nice oval of N guage track with enough clearance for the motor unit at least, and I've found the rolling road I bought when I first got back into modelling last year is great for getting a really clear view of things moving (or not).
DeleteThat does look a little brain-damaging !
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