Worksplate would read “Built in Swindon” with year of build shown. For info, the head code should be read as “One Alpha Three Four”, which indicates a class 1 Express bound for London (“A” usually indicating London), then 3 & 4 indicating the individual train. For its age, the model is in great condition. Hope this is of some use / interest.
I'm not sure how that one picks up current but an old Hornby Class 37 I got picks up through the axles. This didn't move but I dribbled some white spirit (brush cleaner) through the axles to liquify any congealed lubricant and absorbed the old, black stuff with toilet roll. I then relubed the axles with decent oil and off it went! It's still slow but I'll have to get the commutator clean & brushes. Yours sounds like you need some grease on the gears to quieten it down!
@@TheRailwayShedOfficial Good show on at Swansea today (tomorrow too) and I just picked up a non running one of these for twelve quid! I'll have to get the spanners out! Also got wagons, carriages and more locos than I should have. All elderly (cheap) but I like tinkering! There's a Cardiff show in October too. budgeting for Christmas might be hard...
Mainline Model Railways ( Pailtoy) went out of business in 1984 your model is around forty years old. Mainline diesels were better than the steam locomotives they produced Mainline models trend to get mixed reviews from good to bad. Mainline toolings went to Bachmann who still use toolings today. Mainline was better in detail than Hornby or Lima in the late 1970s/80s. You only need to run in new locos as older ones have already been run in. Clean the wheels first the Warship has a pancake motor you can dismantle it do not lose the springs and brushes or the little white washers also clean the pick ups . Before dismantling photo the motor so you will know what goes were and the wiring There is tutorials on RUclips you can watch its sounds hard but the more you do it the easier it gets. Locos should run much better don't force an un -serviced loco to run it will damage it. Mainline coaches and wagons are very good worth buying.
Worksplate would read “Built in Swindon” with year of build shown.
For info, the head code should be read as “One Alpha Three Four”, which indicates a class 1 Express bound for London (“A” usually indicating London), then 3 & 4 indicating the individual train.
For its age, the model is in great condition.
Hope this is of some use / interest.
Thank you very much
I'm not sure how that one picks up current but an old Hornby Class 37 I got picks up through the axles. This didn't move but I dribbled some white spirit (brush cleaner) through the axles to liquify any congealed lubricant and absorbed the old, black stuff with toilet roll. I then relubed the axles with decent oil and off it went! It's still slow but I'll have to get the commutator clean & brushes. Yours sounds like you need some grease on the gears to quieten it down!
Thanks!
@@TheRailwayShedOfficial I'd run a black Sharpie along the edges of the box, too.
@@TheRailwayShedOfficial Good show on at Swansea today (tomorrow too) and I just picked up a non running one of these for twelve quid! I'll have to get the spanners out! Also got wagons, carriages and more locos than I should have. All elderly (cheap) but I like tinkering! There's a Cardiff show in October too. budgeting for Christmas might be hard...
Mainline Model Railways ( Pailtoy) went out of business in 1984 your model is around forty years old. Mainline diesels were better than the steam locomotives they produced Mainline models trend to get mixed reviews from good to bad. Mainline toolings went to Bachmann who still use toolings today. Mainline was better in detail than Hornby or Lima in the late 1970s/80s. You only need to run in new locos as older ones have already been run in. Clean the wheels first the Warship has a pancake motor you can dismantle it do not lose the springs and brushes or the little white washers also clean the pick ups . Before dismantling photo the motor so you will know what goes were and the wiring There is tutorials on RUclips you can watch its sounds hard but the more you do it the easier it gets. Locos should run much better don't force an un -serviced loco to run it will damage it. Mainline coaches and wagons are very good worth buying.