HORNBY ISSUES - WISE UP ! These Hornby Class 73 models aimed at the "Railroad range". Have a motor bogie at one end. Obviously if the sound chip works, power is getting into the loco ! Further as this is the second loco of this type to fail/not move. Possibly the problem relates to your DCC system, not sending commands to move. Whatever, to avoid such problems in the long term, its wise to familiarise yourself with how to dismantle and examine locomotive models. Join a Club to lean how to do this, it could save you a fortune and avoid such frustrations in the long term ! And another issue I've found with over 150 (new) Hornby locomotives is that every single one does DID NOT have the correct "Code 75"wheel "back to back" measurements. They ALL have the wheels slightly to close together on the axles. The Back to Back measurement is critical and must be exact to a fraction of a millimetre to avoid derailment problems ! Solution: The wheels must be removed and forced into a "Code 75" Brass block with axle slot "Back to Back" Gauge, available from all good Model Railway shops. This issue doesn't oddly afflict their carriages or wagons. Hornby's own clip together track system (actually made by Roco Austria) still uses long out of date "Code 100" rail ! So currently Hornby locos suffer from the added problem of spurious derailments, usually going through the "Frog" areas of modern Code 75 points, such as Peco. But as Hornby locos are actually made by PIKO (German based Model train range) at their newish factory near Canton in the PRC. They ARE fitted with the correct code 75 wheel profile wheels. Which means Hornby locos won't run on old code 100 track properly either ! Technical issue that seem beyond Hornby's ability too understand. Implying a serious lack of "technical know-how" by their management !!!
Good Infomation. Thanks.
HORNBY ISSUES - WISE UP !
These Hornby Class 73 models aimed at the "Railroad range". Have a motor bogie at one end. Obviously if the sound chip works, power is getting into the loco ! Further as this is the second loco of this type to fail/not move. Possibly the problem relates to your DCC system, not sending commands to move. Whatever, to avoid such problems in the long term, its wise to familiarise yourself with how to dismantle and examine locomotive models. Join a Club to lean how to do this, it could save you a fortune and avoid such frustrations in the long term !
And another issue I've found with over 150 (new) Hornby locomotives is that every single one does DID NOT have the correct "Code 75"wheel "back to back" measurements. They ALL have the wheels slightly to close together on the axles. The Back to Back measurement is critical and must be exact to a fraction of a millimetre to avoid derailment problems ! Solution: The wheels must be removed and forced into a "Code 75" Brass block with axle slot "Back to Back" Gauge, available from all good Model Railway shops. This issue doesn't oddly afflict their carriages or wagons. Hornby's own clip together track system (actually made by Roco Austria) still uses long out of date "Code 100" rail ! So currently Hornby locos suffer from the added problem of spurious derailments, usually going through the "Frog" areas of modern Code 75 points, such as Peco. But as Hornby locos are actually made by PIKO (German based Model train range) at their newish factory near Canton in the PRC. They ARE fitted with the correct code 75 wheel profile wheels. Which means Hornby locos won't run on old code 100 track properly either ! Technical issue that seem beyond Hornby's ability too understand. Implying a serious lack of "technical know-how" by their management !!!
Good Infomation. Thanks.