commanderman

thank you

is it in a spray or a bottle as on Amazon it comes up as a spray

Over the years i have heard that you can use Klear floor polish to use on models to gloss the model but the name has been changed but i have no idea what it is

Hi GS I gave the tender a service I changed the springs, bushes and cleaned the armiture cleaned all wheels plus oiled the bearing , then on the loc glued back the two loose wheel rims cleaned both the pick up and connector to the trl, I then I went back to the tender afyer testing and took off the brass cog it came off to easy (see reply to CO) I then checked the four drive gears and the two large ones the spindle holes were worn so replaced it now runs at a steady speed both in the high and low power switching it's faster but not as fast as when I attach the scotsman tender on it but there is an improvement

Hi CO I checked the brass driving gear and It came off a bit too easy, so replaced with a spare and it went on after a little effort which was more than it took to get the old one off, the traction tyres are OK the loco now moves at one good speed and slows on switching to lower power it moves with out the odd little stop start slipping every yard or so around the track, it's at least moving at a constant speed now in both the high and low speed settings only about half the speed reached when I attach my Scotsman tender but its moving a bit faster.

Oops should have read the post b4 committing NB I tried the duchess tender with other locos.

Hi NB It's a tender drive loco, I put power straight to the motor and it runs as expected no problems. I put two other tenders to the duches loco and its runs as expected I tried the duchess loco with other tenders and it runs slower both in high and low speed, but the scotsman tender does run it abit faster so the problem seems to be the link up between the duchess and tender when looked at the loco two wheel rims are loose it could be as the wheels are rotating they slip as well so only the middle wheel is driving?

My Duchess of Sutherland loco does not seem to run as fast as my other locos on my layout, I have serviced it and the wheels on the loco move pretty freely when I drop from top speed to low speed on my R200 controller. It does lose speed but only a slight change where as on the other locos the difference is noticeable. Is the R200 controller repairable as mine seems to have a fault when switching directions, it will work when switched over then I may have to switch it backwards and forwards a few times to get it to work.

Hi going spare I have finally cracked it I put a small piece of copper between the pin and left hand block and it's all up and running, I am so grateful thank you to every body with their help and suggestions, I will stick with this tender for now and when the budget allows I will may get the right tender. it's been an experience that I have enjoyed and abit more experience learned

Hi mr moderator I think I'm getting the hang of it now

Hi going spare Thank you for your reply, have tested the loco and tender together I put the power to the L/H side( looking at the underneath 4 wheel boogie at the top) loco wheels and then to the non tyred tender wheels and they ran , on looking at the motor the right hand bush is connected to the underneath in the centre of the plate and the left hand bush is connected to the brass block (looking directly at the motor bushes as in photo)no connection to the pin , would it be worth soldering a wire directly to the pin from the left hand bush (you can see in the photo ,I have removed the blue wire since)

Hi Mr moderator hopefully I have posted in the right way please bare with me I'm not to good with technology(I still play the PlayStation 1) I have had my train set for over 30 years(being in the forces 22 years didn't help) and it never really seen the light of day I'm chuffed to bits there is this forum for me turn to for help which I did with my first issue with my Flying Scotsman hopefully I will get this one resolved as well many thanks to all who have helped or will help in the past, present and possibly future posts happy New year

Hi every one who has replied to my post I have managed to get the tender sorted and is running well but only if I put power straight to the brushes both on and off the track, rather than reply to each individual I will do it in one go to all. I got the loco for a reasonable price and just wanted a loco to go with some coaches, once I received it I tried it ran for a couple of seconds it then stopped when i took the tender body off I could see that it didn't look right even to a beginner like me but I thought I would give it a go, I stripped it down but could not get the centre out so I cleaned it as best I could still no result then opened the blog and followed the advice I went back to the tender motor (Airfix)and stripped it again this time getting the centre out and as I have said it was not in a good state gave it a good clean up replaced the brushes and replaced the springs with two Springfield motor springs cut to length and it now runs well, when I put power to brushes straight onto the track with the loco it won't run, put power to the brushes it runs the tender will only run off the track or on the track with the power put to the brushes so half the battle won. I am trying to work it out, the pin to the loco does not have any contact to anything so if the pick up has to come from the loco and over to the tender wheels then it must connect to something for this to happen ? all a learning curve and all lessons learned will help me n the future with the hobby so I'm determined to get it on the rails (have I posted it right this time)