With plenty of warmth in the April sun, I ventured outside again to run some new stock (I didnt post the last running session as it only last about 20 minutes before the heavens opened.)
Today it was the turn of the Accurascale TPE Nova 3 set and Dapol 68. I'd waited nearly 4 years for these coaches to arrive and I was blown away by them when they did. Ive fitted a dcc chip so as to control the head and taillights - how I set that up, i really dont know! Anyway, I have obviously forgotten the address of this chip because I couldnt make the lights work - the coach lights worked though!
When it came to running, what a disappointment 😒 One bogie just wouldnt go a lap without derailing. I gave the wheels a thorough checkover but couldnt see any reason for the problem, although i did notice that there were some marks on the chassis floor, which had obviously been caused by the flanges of the wheels. The wheels all moved freely and were good to gauge, so what was the problem? I changed the couplings - it didnt help. Nothing helped. It was definitely one of the bogies - take the coach out of the set and the train ran perfectly. I moved the bogie to another coach in the train and it still derailed and others joined it in sympathy! That was it - 2 hours plus of frustration. I know my trackbed and trackwork isnt great, but most stuff runs on it. Are these coaches just too perfect and fine? Maybe. So, with heavy heart, Ive decided to call it a day with these. I just dont think they can cope with my reverse cants and dips and rises. Anyone interested in buying them? pm me if you are 😐