Deltang radio control

MickyF said:
I've taken a pic of the top end of the layout that goes around the raised fish pond. It then goes behind the shed and down to a small summer house where it has a station. Then further down the garden and ends up in the workshop. I hope to pursuade the wife to send down cups of tea!
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I'm sure the tea will arrive if there are suitably shaped wagons - I've had a glass of wine sent down on a flat wagon before now >:)>:)
 
Another day..

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Another Drewry! ;)

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Just wish I could get better pictures.. :(
 
PhilP said:
'We' are in contact.. Should not be long.
PhilP.

Though the most confusing part at the moment, is there are too many "Mick's, Mick(e)y's, and Mike's" I am dealing with! :rofl:
T'is getting a little confusing, which 'Mick' etc. is which, and who wants what! :(o_O;)
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Hi Phil, I'm MickF and would love to get my hands on the deltang bits! Train is all stripped down now and ready for transplant!
 
PhilP said:
No.. It goes 'home' tomorrow. :)

Later chassis, but still noisey.. :(
The motor has a shaft at both ends.. Needs a little trimming off, so the body (with speaker) can slide back for removal.
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It may just be mechanical noises amplified through the chassis components - can happen. Does it have a gearhead motor arrangement?
 
Rhinochugger said:
It may just be mechanical noises amplified through the chassis components - can happen. Does it have a gearhead motor arrangement?
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Motor has a rubber-drive (bit of thick-wall tubing) between the output shaft, and the gearbox (on the centre axle.
Reports are it is a little hit-or-miss, as to if you get a noisy one? - The rubber 'universal-joint wears, and you lose drive eventually.. A replacement Stainless Steel (or Nylon) universal joint can be fitted.

If you really want to go to town:
Roger Hine will take your original chassis, and 'breath' on it. - Build new mechanical's on it..
 
PhilP said:
Motor has a rubber-drive (bit of thick-wall tubing) between the output shaft, and the gearbox (on the centre axle.
Reports are it is a little hit-or-miss, as to if you get a noisy one? - The rubber 'universal-joint wears, and you lose drive eventually.. A replacement Stainless Steel (or Nylon) universal joint can be fitted.

If you really want to go to town:
Roger Hine will take your original chassis, and 'breath' on it. - Build new mechanical's on it..
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That's a shame, as the new metal chassis was supposed to be a big improvement on the old plastic one.
 
Rhinochugger said:
That's a shame, as the new metal chassis was supposed to be a big improvement on the old plastic one.
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I have only this one example to go on..

Others, I have heard running, seem to be noisy as well.. :rolleyes:
It (the noise) has quite put me off the idea of buying one.. :(

No way of knowing if those I have seen running had the old chassis. Or if this particular model, is just a noisy example.
YMMV, of course.
 
I have a couple of Essel chassis - they're not Rolls Royce quiet - it's partly the structure-borne noise with metal gears and metal chassis.

2-stage gearboxes quieten things down a fair bit - Rolls Royce silky smooth, in fact, but require so much more room :(
 
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