Yes I have emailed Glen and asked him to comment on this thread.
I really love my MTL F7s and have done quite a bit of taking apart, cleaning, adjusting etc..only ever because I felt it was necessary. When I got...
Thanks for suggestion..Rokuhan track has the plastic rail bed though..would not look very good with Marklin track I fear...
Looks like I will need a couple of these to isolate a locomotive in the two sidings:...
Thanks as always for your insight MarkM. I found recently that Bachmann redesigned their N scale turnouts to be non isolating from the design that...
I was a bit surprised and disappointed to find out that Marklin Manual turnouts (my first pair) are not electrically isolating? As a simple DC...
I have posted quite a few messages about this...run a search for me and have a look. Basically everything is documented.
Here is the AZL version in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWGaB20Yr0#t=102
I have struggled with these running hot but now I really feel I have the answer. The voltage must be kept very low...here is my 3 pole version...
Hopefully I am not overdoing the posts on the MTL F7. My reason for doing this is simple - I really like these and cannot believe they cannot be...
I finally figured out something yesterday with these that was driving me nuts..another little booby trap! From time to time mine would be flying...
"Once the chassis halves are together, before putting in the screws pick the chassis up while holding the halves together and rotate the trucks....
They have a smaller profile and a larger profile such that the edge is angled in. The smaller profile goes in first to make a nice snug fit. Its...
From time to time I have found it necessary to split the chassis of the F7 to adjust, clean and lubricate the parts. Putting it back together is...
My second MTL F7....I think I'm really getting the hang of this :) [ATTACH]
"But I have some concerns from these posts that newcomers to Z may be disassembling and cleaning locomotives more than necessary." Fair comments...
Although I have "dunked" the entire bogies in solvent (very safe volatile aliphatic hydrocarbon called - n-pentane) several times to clean them,...
After a failed attempt earlier I tried again with a fresh set of windows (thanks Micro Trains) and this time...success. The key is they they are...
Thanks Rob... To all interested Z gaugers.....my second MTL F7, the Southern Pacific version, went through the pentane/ultrasonic bath treatment...
Do we have any idea of the selling price for the AZL F7 yet?
