voodoopenguin
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Ah yes, a little more difficult. I was talking about the Faller plastic track for their battery models.
Paul
Hogwarts Express
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Paul
playmofire
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I have a track powered loco and a couple of coaches, a spur of the moment buy.
playmofire
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Basically the price and they don't seem to do a R1 curve.
voodoopenguin
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I have both track and battery powered Faller although my favourite is the bizarre fantasy stuff.
Paul
voodoopenguin
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The set was run this afternoon on the kitchen floor.
Paul
Paul
Fred2179G
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Amazing. Shame they couldn't get it right (45mm, 1/32nd scale.) Those coaches are awful
voodoopenguin
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They are but as mentioned earlier in this topic they are reminiscent of the early 1950s Tri-ang shorties. I was brought up on them, still have them all and love them!Amazing. Shame they couldn't get it right (45mm, 1/32nd scale.) Those coaches are awful
Paul
Yeh may be, but they're cheapish and I bet they give a lot of pleasure to a lot of kids, big and smallAmazing. Shame they couldn't get it right (45mm, 1/32nd scale.) Those coaches are awful
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DGE-Railroad
The Orchard Line
I'm busy converting the Gen1 Lionel Hogwarts for a bit of fun. I'm aiming for this, but we'll see how it turns out. So far it's a case of
Removal of the second pony wheel, name and number plates, boiler-mounted switch and a few other anomalies
Tenmille screw couplers & vacuum pipes
11.1v Li-Ion and power switch in the tender, Railpro LM-3S in the boiler
GWR Green paint
real coal load
It isn't going to win any modelling awards admittedly, but for the money, it shouldn't be too bad.
I'm currently designing and 3D-printing a clone of the motor worm gear as although not strictly necessary, I think it'd benefit from replacement of that awful stock motor; It seems to consume a large amount of current and convert it directly into noise
I have a spare Buhler motor which I'm going to try and fit instead. Failing that, I'll hunt around for another 12v one. Printing the worm gear means I can mess about without trying to remove the OEM one and probably wrecking the only other drive mechanism I have.
Removal of the second pony wheel, name and number plates, boiler-mounted switch and a few other anomalies
Tenmille screw couplers & vacuum pipes
11.1v Li-Ion and power switch in the tender, Railpro LM-3S in the boiler
GWR Green paint
real coal load
It isn't going to win any modelling awards admittedly, but for the money, it shouldn't be too bad.
I'm currently designing and 3D-printing a clone of the motor worm gear as although not strictly necessary, I think it'd benefit from replacement of that awful stock motor; It seems to consume a large amount of current and convert it directly into noise
I have a spare Buhler motor which I'm going to try and fit instead. Failing that, I'll hunt around for another 12v one. Printing the worm gear means I can mess about without trying to remove the OEM one and probably wrecking the only other drive mechanism I have.
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Actually the only curve they do is R1, they do not do a R1 point though, the one they do is roughly 4ft Radius.
I have sold the Track and Coaches to a fellow forum member. Reading the latest G1 Journal it appears that the track is as near to what is commonly known as Gauge 2 (2”), measuring the wheels of Hogwarts that would appear to be almost spot on, a gauge that lost out to 45mm at some stage in the long distant past. Looking at my pics above confirms this to be the case where I have used a dual ruler to measure the Track Gauge. I wonder how long it will be before I get on with this? I have a set of Fosworks gear for powering and sounding it, all that would be needed is a Battery Pack. Decisions decisions.
Rhinochugger
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Just in case of any interest there is a posting on Family Garden Trains showing how someone converted these locos to 45mm gauge. See following link:
Tim
Hogwarts "Ready to Play" Conversion to 45mm
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Tim
DGE-Railroad
The Orchard Line
If you can get a first generation one like I did and save the extra work of regauging, I think for the money, they are a great buy.
Even with the extra work involved with the later version, I think they're well worth it for their potential.
Here's mine on its maiden run. I still need to add the vacuum hoses and screw couplings. The whistle sound could do with some finessing too. It stops rather abruptly where I sampled it.
Video: Hogwarts Express conversion maiden run
Darren
Even with the extra work involved with the later version, I think they're well worth it for their potential.
Here's mine on its maiden run. I still need to add the vacuum hoses and screw couplings. The whistle sound could do with some finessing too. It stops rather abruptly where I sampled it.
Video: Hogwarts Express conversion maiden run
Darren