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N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« on: October 16, 2020, 04:13:50 AM »
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Oops! :o I got a secondhand N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern today and this is what I did to it

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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2020, 09:32:55 AM »
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2020, 01:06:04 PM »
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Looks like at least one of those is a body bag... :D
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2020, 04:40:35 PM »
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What sort of Frankenstein's Engine do you plan to make of this victim specimen?  :trollface:
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2020, 06:15:38 PM »
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A Franken Texas Type  :D :D
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2020, 06:30:43 PM »
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It looks like one of the newer versions with the blackened wheels and smaller flanges.  They are really good runners.
I'm going to put one on my list here as soon as I have a few other projects put to bed.

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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2020, 07:08:15 PM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on October 16, 2020, 06:30:43 PM
It looks like one of the newer versions with the blackened wheels and smaller flanges.  They are really good runners.
I'm going to put one on my list here as soon as I have a few other projects put to bed.

Lee
Normally I would agree with you, however this one had issues - wobbled like a duck and couldn't pull itself along a straight piece of new kato unitrack. The motor spins freely on its own, I'm getting new drivers.
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2020, 08:45:20 PM »
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I have a Bachmann 4-8-4 that started out wobbling like a duck. It turned out that the drivers were not quartered properly. The axels are round, not D shaped, so it's easy for things to get messed up.  I got everything lined up properly, and it runs almost as well as my Kato steam.
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2020, 09:15:11 PM »
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Quote from: kiwi_al on October 16, 2020, 07:08:15 PM
Normally I would agree with you, however this one had issues - wobbled like a duck and couldn't pull itself along a straight piece of new kato unitrack. The motor spins freely on its own, I'm getting new drivers.
That could be what's happened here. When you buy secondhand you never really know what you're getting. I'll quarter them properly when I re-arrange the drivers.
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Re: N Scale Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern meets screwdriver
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2020, 12:40:51 AM »
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Yep drivers badly out of quarter. :D :D now that's a relief!!!
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