My son's R383 Gordon has been in a bedroom cupboard, in it's original packaging since 2008, along with numerous other engines, track & accessories. Today, I started to sort out and sell the collection. On opening R383 to take photos etc, I was unable to attach the tender to the loco as there was not enough clearance around the tender collector which is supposed to fit into the coupling assembly on the loco. On closer examination the tender underframe had warped and the tender cover 'popped' up along the sides. I carefully removed the tender cover and saw that the collector had moved back into the underframe. Holding it forwards enabled enough clearance to attach the loco. The problem is now 2 fold. How do I get the tender collector to remain in correct position.The underframe is so warped and fragile that, with each touch, a piece of the moulding falls off - why? I thought Hornby was built to last. I can understand mechanical failures.This engine, along with all the others,was used 3-4 times maximum before nature intervened and the collection was put away. Any suggestions, help, assistance would be greatly appreciated. (Apologies if I have incorrectly named parts - I used google to help!) Thank you
