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thank you all for the replies. the gears are grinding at slow speeds too. i took both towers apart, not that much in the way of lubrication, so i wonder if some (not much) lube is in order also the bogies do rock a bit on an even surface. by the looks of things the center wheel is too low on one of ...

Hi everyone
I have a brand new class 47 university of nottingham.

I noticed that when i run it in one direction around a 3rd radius curve, the front wheel hops off the track, but going in the opposite direction all is fine.

Any suggestions as to why this is?

Thanks in advance for your help

Phil

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4709/28420609679_a1937c46ba_z.jpg IMG_0421 by philip robinson , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4624/40167434312_a1cb677510_z.jpg IMG_0437 by philip robinson , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4720/40200575021_74039d8f2a_z.jpg IMG_0444 by philip robin...

all is well again.

an hour and a half of spliting track and the bus and i found the culprit on the last section of track (typical)

all it was was a lousy double straight put in back to front.

thanks for the help folks, god bless the multimeter

guys, im having a serious blond moment.

i just completed wiring droppers to my dcc bus.

im currently checking for shorts, so remind me please,

if i check continuity between the two rails i should not get a beep right? both rails should be isolated? am i correct or am i having a major brain f**t?

Hi You should contact Hattons and arrange for a return and replacement. The plug with two screw terminals and PCB soldered on socket it mates into are missing (unless they are in the box somewhere?) and then you could solder them on yourself. But personally I would return it. i have the screw termi...

TimberSurf wrote:You have a V2, but should definately have a black connector and should come with the free end loose

https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art ... Panel-PCP-

Speak to Hattons

i saw last night that it was the v2 alright. what a pain in the a*** this is!!

hi guys got my new power cab from hattons yesterday. however on inspecting the pcp, power control panel, i see that the part that on the circuit board that the track connector clicks into is missing! wtf?! what should i do? do i go through the hassle of sending it back to hattons? or will i solder t...

Looks good, do you have a track plan that you could share? Jim Looks like he has one, Jim, it's on the layout, bottom right in one of the photos! Just needs posting!! A couple of dumbells, not something you see that often these days! Looking back through his posts you find this topic posted in the ...

carnehan wrote:And I thought my walkspace between the rafters was small. You've squeezed a lot in. Where in Ireland are you?

Paul

in kildare. it is a tight squeeze but so far i managed it!

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just some pics of work done so far. this is a long term project but i would like to be done with the carpentry stuff now, and get cracking on electrics and scenery etc this is my first 'big' layout, with inclines and and tunnely bit too for a bit of variety https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4655/250889...