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All three of mine were derailing r2 and 3 on an incline ( I have two helix on my layout ) the bogie has a u shaped bracket which makes contact with the NEM socket, I cut the bracket off, this allowed more throw on the bogie, however the sprung buffers were also fowling, I retracted them and put a spot of super glue on the back of them to keep them retracted, this seems to have fixed the issue, I didn't like making these modifications to these works of art, but they run on my layout now, which is better than them not running. In defense of the manufacturer, my layout does present challenges for rolling stock.

Great, looking forward to seeing it again.

That is really taking shape, lovely

Wow, good to know

I better get the finger out and finish the bloody thing now

I'm booked in

I was having derailment issues with a hornby class 73, was using it as a donor chassis for a C Class, anyhoo, after a lot of frustration I discovered the motor bogie didn't have enough clearance from the chassis frame, a couple of minutes with a file and it was sorted, I was very surprised as it was a brand new loco, if I wasn't going to chop it up anyway I would have been very annoyed, not saying you are having the same issue, but might be worth a look.

Yup, me and my Kilshaughlin layout would love to attend, if I can figure out how to get it 200 yrds up the road.

Laundry day at Knocks Cottage

Oh my God, the possibilities with that space are endless, decide on an era and a country, once that is established let your imagine go mental, then bring it back a smidge to something realistic, but most important, keep us updated, we are nosey buggers.

That's half the fun

Oooh, I'm looking for four of them to tow four airfix 25 pounders, wanna do an FCA gun battery in transit.

That's the second helix done, somebody said ya can't put a point on one, so me being stubborn said why not ?, it seems to be working fine so far.

If you want to save that brush you have, provided you got most of the paint cleaned off it, chew it for a couple of minutes, that will probably soften it up. But if you aren't stuck for a good brush, bang it with a hammer a couple of times and it should still be good for dry brushing.

Grand its enamel so, white spirit or petrol will do the job.