Hornby Merchant Navy Class "Ellerman Lines" : Repair Request
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2022
- Paul who sent me the Bachmann Class 4 also sent me this Hornby Merchant Navy Class "Ellerman Lines" loco to sort the pickups and some cosmetics out.
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Looking at you repairing this loco I am always surprised just how heavy handed some people must be. Well done Bill.
Another loco saved.
I have to say that your tenacity is second to none. Great video! Here in the states, we don't see many Hornby's or ring field motors, so your videos are very interesting. Keep up the excellent work.
Great repair video Bill, the speed cables are a nightmare. So many models had these done to them, oh why. When it comes to taking the body off the chassis well; hope you have the correct spanner tool. So great to see it run around your layout, so majestic. Thanks again Marc
Thank heavens Dr 00Bill was in the house. It looks like you have made a huge difference to this seemingly flawed locomotive. On video at least, the tender looks so much better. 👌😊
I have quite a few Merchant Navies as I focus on the Southern region. The whistle pipe is always coming off these as does the whistle. There are white metal replacement whistles available. The live drawbar on the older generation models, like this one, is also a pain. I go round it with hard wiring to the tender pickups and take off the little wipers so that it stops conducting current and acts purely as a drawbar. I also add a wire to bypass the live chassis and pass it through a hole in the chassis bottom straight to the decoder or decoder socket depending on how old the model is. The oldest ones, like this example, don't have a socket, then the next generation have a socket in the loco body while the newest generation have the socket in the tender. The speedometer is a real pain. I just get rid of them on my old Merchant Navies when accessing the loco to fit decoders. The newer Merchant Navies with decoder sockets in the tender avoid the need to take off the loco body for decoder fitting and so the speedo can stay - until the first major service of course! Enjoyed the video and seeing a familiar model Bill!
You did a fantastic job and it is a lovely quiet engine also.. which I love. No silly sound effects and just a good working engine.
When Hornby first bought these out, the idea was to move the company forward with some more up to date super detailed models.
great vidio again bill, good to see you leave in the mistakes and its just not me who sends a wire the wrong side and then solders it and the times i forget the shrinkwrap. keep doing the vidios always something new to learn regards sam woodward
Super repair on a really lovely locomotive. Great to see it running well. Thanks for showing.Regards Paul.
An attractive locomotive with dubious design issues well tackled by your good self but I won't be buying one of those following your perspective on the manufacturer's shortcomings. Thank you for another well carried out repair.
Another engine saved from a dusty shelf excellent work I do like the little running session at the end thankyou for the tips and video
Informative video - thank you. As modelled by Hornby, Ellerman Lines carries the later BR tender from September 1959 (with the speedometer fitted June 1961) thence possibly the red ground name plate sometime after May 1962. Hopefully the following will assist:
Hi to you. I think you are the best of the railway blogs... I like your humble and intelligent approach.
Nearly as much mechanical jiggery-faffery on the model as there was on the original full-size Merchant-Navy! One day you'll get a loco to fix that defeats you - I don't know how long it will take but when you do eventually have to give up on one, it will still make a great video, and we'll all know that if OOBill can't fix it, nobody can. I'm in no hurry for that day to come and I'll keep enjoying all your successes in the meantime. Thanks again. In other news.... BKRailway are running a class 37 on 29th October followed by 2 steam services after dark (for Halloween) those should look really atmospheric from the paths along the shore at Bo'ness (weather permitting!). I believe that weekend is the last running weekend until the Santa specials start in December. If you're interested, see the timetables page on the BKRailway website.
Love how you keep in the mistakes... Much more relatable considering I'm forever doing things like that 😂
Bill, well done! I have two of the Hornby Merchant Navies. One had the idle gear go very wrong. Easy enough to replace, one hell of a job to get to it! 10/10.
I have an 8F of a similar vintage. Lovely loco aesthetically, but a nightmare to work on. As a last resort, I added some silver foil to ensure the wheel connected to their terminals correctly.
Again a 'magic' repair with even better running capabilities due to added weight . Master class. Thanks for sharing Bill !
Brilliant video nice locomotive you had your work cutout with that one but you still did a brilliant job of it keep up the great work and videos Bernard