Hi James, I find with Farish tender drives that the tender pickups occasionally need adjusting and the drawbar pickups. In DC see how many wheels on the tender are picking up correctly and check the efficacy of the drawbar connection by moving it around whilst testing from the loco wheels. Cheers, Ian.
@GosportRailworks
Жыл бұрын
Hello Ian, Did double check the pick ups with a multi-meter, and it was getting power fine, just a very dodgy chip, which I have many issues with before, just found another loco which I had one installed in and was having the same issues! Though will keep that in mind when I get new tender driven engines just to be on the safe side, cheers very much!
@petertownsend8276
Жыл бұрын
Hi James. Nice review. I have had similar problems with cheap decoders, now I save my money and buy Zimo, they have never given me a problem and I believe that Bachmann decoders are also made by Zimo. Pete.
@GosportRailworks
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, unfortunately was a result of me thinking "It should work fine right?" But yeah will slowly be working through my collection to get rid of these decoders, just found my 6th one now! And have had some success with the Gaugemaster ones, bit more like DC but with DCC (as in no smoothing between input and moving, just goes to what you set) but they seem well enough for most applications, though Dapol chassis seem to disagree with them so been using them on Farish ones!
@grumbeast
Жыл бұрын
Nice review. Not a prototype I’ve considered but it certainly looks the part. I was wondering if it was the decoder. I almost looks like it doesn’t have a great connection
@GosportRailworks
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and found out it was the decoder, was fitted with one of the few Hattons decoders which I've still got laying around, which I've not had much luck with for N Gauge items, swapped it with a Bachmann one and it was like a different engine!
@MaxwellTheTrainFan
2 ай бұрын
I am getting one of these engines . The thing I have noticed is N scale has a lot less steam options that I like than 00 . Being the type of steam engines I like are medium engines . I don’t like tiny engines but I don’t like huge engines so I tend to go for 0-6-0 tender engines and 4-4-0 tender engines . So this engine being perfect . This and the fowler 4f engines . And I mean sure I nah like them mainline diesels I do like my British railway black small tender engines at times . And I had a old triang Deely 3f tender engine when I used to do 00 and loved it . Even have it the name of red bullet on the middle of the boiler at some point . Tho the thing got sold when I moved to n scale and found that there are only really 2 options this and the 4f Tho I do play train sim I was beyond exited to see the 4f in it and live that engine . tho I do also like them I do enjoy the caladonian blue of that Scottish 812 being closest to me and I have ridden in that enginescab Yeah bye 😂 and sorry for this long comment here
@GosportRailworks
2 ай бұрын
They are nice little engines, and do prefer the smaller sized tender engines, quite a few interesting designs in that range, my favourite class would be the LSWR A12! And yeah outside of the most well known engines, or something preserved, there is a bit of a lack of steam for N Gauge, more so when looking at tank engines, it is getting better but diesels and electrics do seem to be the majority in the scale! Not sure if it's just due to more people interested in them for N Gauge, though might just be that they are easier to motorise early on and so dominated the market. And yes, we don't have many 0-6-0 or 4-4-0 tender loco options, unfortunately one of the manufaturers of some good ones has retired, but you can still prob find them on secondhand places, Union Mills is the make, but can be costly. And no worries for the long post, though does take me bit longer to write up a reply!
@MaxwellTheTrainFan
2 ай бұрын
@@GosportRailworks I tend to get Bachman n scale And the only 0-4-0 n scale has ready to run if Percy . And from there a resin printed body on top of that to make a peket saddle tank or something Yeah . And to make an N2 I have found James chassis reversed will work But literally that’s about it we need more steam engines . Besides Dapol panniers or the 4f and j39 That’s about it . For non famous engines like the a3 and a4 I wanna see things in the modern world like E2 tank and Caledonian 812 in N scale eventually . I mean we have the terrier . But once again that’s only cuz of Stepney … I want more diversity for steam . And old grahamfarish don’t count . Sure I may get them and they look nice like that general purpose tank resembling a jinty tho that’s nice I want myself more 0-4-0 engines . And sure if they don’t have enough picking up power that’s fine then give them a plank wagon to be sold with them for extra pickups . Like that small 00 diesel that was made that did the same thing . Maybe a peket could be made with s tiny set of wheels and to assist it a small 5 plank truck on the back end with extra picking up power to help and could be removed and swapped for a extra normal n scale coupler . Wouldn’t that be nice to purchase from Bachman or Dapol or sonic rail or something . It would be amazing to see a little n scale Stephensons rocket model or maybe a Stirling single (Emily from Bachman coming soon doesn’t count) The models I wanna see myself is a peket saddle tank with 5 plank truck for extra picking up power to be sold. Also a Caledonian 812 steam engine to be made . And be tender drive too Them are the 2 models I ask for . Bachman can make the 812 and dapol can make the saddle tanks just re using the same chassis and chainge inch out the colour of the wagon behind it perhaps . There we go
@GosportRailworks
2 ай бұрын
I have been considering making a 3d printed body for an LNER N2, though I was going to fit it to the Sonic 56xx chassis, and Farish do have modern Jintys, do have a few of them as the chassis for some 0-6-0 tank engines. The main manufacturers are somewhat relucatant in exploring industrial engines for N Gauge, though considering the market for the scale is around 20% of that of OO, if it struggles to sell well in that scale then it's unlikely they'll try it for N, which is where kitbuilding tends to step in to fill the gaps in N For a Caledonian 812, given the size of the tender, unless it had a decent coal load to hide the motor, I don't think it would work well tender driven, personally I'd use a 4F or C chassis, but I tend to use them for any tender 0-6-0.
@MaxwellTheTrainFan
Ай бұрын
@@GosportRailworkswait … they wernt even on rails of Sheffield to begin with . They’re on pre order on there but NOT for buy now … how do I get one !!!
@MaxwellTheTrainFan
Ай бұрын
And I ended up getting the J94 and breaking it somehow My god I am having the worst week ever
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