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First painted running example here in the UK now. I must say it looks mighty impressive. It has sound too if you like that sort of thing.
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I do have to say despite lacking the level of detail and even a cab interior, the Lima 31 is a much better shape than the hornby offering, it just looks more convincing. One thing I do enjoy is bringing Lima locos up to a higher standard of detail, and refining their mechanisms to make them smoother...

Makes me laugh the prices some people and shops ask for Lima locos especially. What makes me laugh even more is when people pay the silly prices asked for them. Lima are fine, but only at cheap prices!

The Dapol Terrier should be arriving fairly soon as there has been approved painted examples for quite some time now, however with whats going on, that might affect things somewhat. You never can tell with manufacturers anyway, the Hornby class 91 for example, when announced they were making claims ...

B1, Hornby is the best, same with A4, but the hornby ones are badly built, 4-6-0 4mt and class 08s it's debatable, class 66, Bachmann all day. Can't comment on the hattons one, I've not seen one. . I can't think of any others going head to head without including railroad range which isn't meant to c...

I had a good long hard think about this. I came up with the idea of using the more powerful 12.5mm 9v CD motor with a 11 tooth gear on it. I cut the rear bearing completely off the motor bogie leaving a hole large enough for the gear wheel to go through. The top of the hole I just filed with a small...

That's a really interesting article, thanks for posting.

I've been keeping my eye out for a pooped Bachmann version, but so far nothing at the right money. I'll have a think about the dummy wheel as an alternative.

Its not struggling to provide traction, just Lima motors are so noisy and crude. From what I've read Lima CD motor upgrades only are really any use when its a 4 wheeled power bogie due to the motor hitting the center wheel. You can get super slim motors but they are very feeble. I need to take anoth...

Hi, has anybody ever upgraded the motor in a Lima class 40, and if so, how did you do it? I have a Limby one which is great, but the cost of getting a powered chassis for my Lima ones is prohibitive.

I have an earlier version of the Dublo 8F with the motor that looks like a Triang XO4. No idea what the Dublo name is for it. Pulls really well but needs to be driven as it runs away on down grades. The only thing I don't like about it is the centre drivers being flangless. Not easy to change them e...

Hi D605Eagle, what do you mean by "4 pairs in opposite directions"? Do you mean to run the motor in either direction? Technically the voltage across will be the same. Is this in a locomotive running on DC though? 2 diodes soldered together in parallel in opposite directions so the current...

Suzie wrote:It would make no difference as long as they remain in inverse pairs.

Thanks. That's what I thought would be the case. I was just not 100% sure.

Quick question.... I have fitted 8 diodes to drop the voltage to a CD motor (4 pairs in opposite directions). Would it make any difference if I had all of them on one side of the motor compared to half on one side and the other half on the other?

Yeah a 5 pole screw wound would be ideal. Not a huge fan of these tiny bachmann 3 pole motors, but if I can bushes then I would fit them. Ebay threw a blank so probably not available.