Big Hornby Savings and TT120 tanker and brake van fixes
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- This video covers two areas: first alerting you to a time limited sale at Hornby right now; Second, showing what worked for me to get the 12T tankers handbrake vans running better.
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TT6009 12T Tank Wagon 'Mobil' No. 64 - Era 2/3
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TT6008 12T Tank Wagon 'Carless Petrol' No. 10 - Era 2/3
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TT6028 BP/Shell, 12T Tank Wagon - Era 4
Due End of August
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TT6029 Benzol, 12T Tank Wagon - Era 4
Due end of August
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TT6012 BR Dia.064 'Toad E' Brake Van, E175712 - Era 4
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TT6011 LNER Dia.034 'Toad B' Brake Van, 140422 - Era 3
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TT120 Range
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Hi there. have adjusted my brake van as per your video. The main problem was plastic section under the wheels on one end which was pushing the axle at an angle. Wagon nows rolls a great deal better and the axle is now straight.. Thanks Caroline
Excellent Caroline - thanks for letting me know.
On the other hand, the resistance of sluggish wagons does help with coupling and uncoupling. It looks like the hole for axles is too big, hence the sloppy movement of the axles. I'd feel tempted to try and find a small washer that I could insert into hole to act as a bearing.
Agreed - the axle cups ought to be really very fine, but alas not in these cases! Thanks for watching
Get ye behind me….. 😂 I’ll not be tempted 😂
Glad to see I'm such a good influence on you... 😁
Just out of interest, did you check the gap between where the axles sit? I have worked in plastic injection moulding before and sometimes a mould would have to be put in a jig while cooling down, which would prevent it from shrinking too much in a particular direction / area. The big issue, more often than not, was having operators who actually bothered doing their job diligently and putting the mould on the jig before the mould had time to cool down too much. I know from experience that an uncaring operative will leave the moulds to pile up in the delivery tray while they went off to have a ciggy or make a cuppa (or have nap). It struck me that the 3 wagons you have would likely have been made from the same mould and therefore should all have the same level of issue IF it was the mould at fault. If it was operator's fault, then you would potentially see variances in the gap from one wagon to another.
I think I recall Hornby saying in your talk video that the issue was with the moulding tool. But that would mean they should all be poor to the same degree. I expect Hornby's 'fix' will be to make the gap oversize to avoid having to use a jig.
Thanks for this suggestion - but no I had not checked that. I suppose I would not know what it ought to measure in the first place, but could certainly compare it between the tankers and see if it is consistent.
@@mactrains Yeah, it's not so much knowing what it should be as it is spotting if there are inconsistencies. If you do measure the gap, make sure you do it with the wheel axle removed.
Bought some HM7000 sound chips. 👍
Great - thanks Lucy. "Sound" investment...!
will try that with my brake van. caroline
Yes, the brake van was definitely the worst of them and benefitted the most.