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pnolan48

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #60 on: February 09, 2016, 11:00:10 AM »
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Could these be so heavy they can't pull themselves? ;)

I think that's what happened to the LL Erie-Builts, which were on an extended version of the FA-1 frame but not as good pullers. Even the FA-2s might have been a little too heavy.

I won't have a layout for another month or so.

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #61 on: February 09, 2016, 04:37:19 PM »
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Could these be so heavy they can't pull themselves? ;)

I think that's what happened to the LL Erie-Builts, which were on an extended version of the FA-1 frame but not as good pullers. Even the FA-2s might have been a little too heavy.

I won't have a layout for another month or so.

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I received my UP set yesterday. After a two hour break-in period, both units easily pulled 30 boxcars on my layout which has 24 inch radii and 30 inch radii along with a long 40 foot 1 1/2 % grade. There are four extra traction tire wheel sets included if one wants to install traction tires. I ran my two loco set without the traction tires.  I could have added more cars, which I might do tonight after a longer break-in period.

Have fun with it....... 8) 8)

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #62 on: February 11, 2016, 02:07:43 PM »
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Many of these have been restocked at MBK ...


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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #63 on: February 11, 2016, 02:51:58 PM »
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Dammit.  There's the temptation again...

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #64 on: February 11, 2016, 02:57:03 PM »
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Many of these have been restocked at MBK ...

BLI still has plenty in their warehouse... 
As of 2/8/2016: http://www.broadway-limited.com/instockatbli.aspx

"In Stock" means they have more than 12.
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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #65 on: February 11, 2016, 03:00:09 PM »
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I finally broke down and order a set just after MBK emailed me they were back in stock! 

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #66 on: February 11, 2016, 05:24:49 PM »
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Dammit.  There's the temptation again...

You know you want to...  :D
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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #67 on: February 11, 2016, 05:58:30 PM »
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You know you want to...  :D

I just sent my wife on a 7 day cruise with a bunch of her girlfriends...now would be the time to strike.  After I get the estimate back for the dent I put in the Subaru when I dropped a pair of skis on it... :facepalm:

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #68 on: February 11, 2016, 06:24:48 PM »
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Money aside, why not? You deserve them.
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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #69 on: February 11, 2016, 06:42:07 PM »
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I just sent my wife on a 7 day cruise with a bunch of her girlfriends...now would be the time to strike.  After I get the estimate back for the dent I put in the Subaru when I dropped a pair of skis on it... :facepalm:

It's a Subaru , it adds character ..... :trollface:

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #70 on: February 11, 2016, 07:24:00 PM »
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Many of these have been restocked at MBK ...
I'll say - 20+ units for certain numbers! :o

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #71 on: February 11, 2016, 11:28:15 PM »
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Ugh!!!  The temptation!!!   :facepalm:

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #72 on: February 12, 2016, 12:01:53 AM »
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Ugh!!!  The temptation!!!   :facepalm:

Do it!  It'll go well on the front end with your electric as a pusher!
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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #73 on: February 12, 2016, 03:13:31 AM »
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How could anyone resist that baby face leaning into a curve?



'nuff said.

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Re: Centipedes Shipping?
« Reply #74 on: February 12, 2016, 02:57:22 PM »
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My pair arrived yesterday.  The shell and running gear detail level is very high. I'm not expert on these locos but they seem to look accurate and very well decorated.  Impressive!

Since it just happened that later in the evening I was going to an operating session on friend's layout, I took them over for a test run.  It is a room-size DCC layout using Atlas C55 flex track and switches.  The models are to be permanently joined using a screw-mounted draw-bar. What a pain that was!  They should have designed a draw-bar which can be snapped together.

The locos ware set up for address 03 and one unit was already configured to run in reverse. The sound is very impressive too (I don't know if it is correct for that loco, but it sounds good). The volume is way too loud, but that can easily be adjusted (I didn't have time to do that yet).  The illuminated number boards (controlled by a DCC function) are a cute gimmick, but since the clear number boards painted solid black, then white number is Tampo-applied over black background, they don.t really illuminate very well.

Running them was a disaster!  They didn't even run half way through the layout.  While they ran ok over flex track,  they stalled and/or derailed over pretty much every switch!  The cause?  Tight wheel gauge on all the wheels ob both locos.  This was mentioned by someone earlier.   Just liek Arnold SW1s, these do not get along with Atlas C55 switches. The tight wheel gauge causes them to usually climb onto the guardrail (so the flange runs over the rail top of the guardrail). 

I took one apart when I got home. The wheels can be re-gauged (on a $400 set of locos this shouldn't have to be done!), but it will take some serious tweaking to get them to the Peteski's quality standard.  :D I'm hoping to do a thread on that later (much later).  In certain areas the assembly workmanship is fairly shoddy. There was also some super-glue fogging of the body around few handrails.

I am impressed that the enclosed booklet for the decoder is pretty thorough. Nowadays, documentation included with models is pretty sparse.  There is also an exploded parts diagram enclosed but nothing mentioned about ordering spare parts.

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