Thanks for the offer! I'll probably take you up on it when a few more bits arrive from the US!! I'm in Sydenham, where are you? cheers Gary
Gee I wish I had the patience to make something that good!! Gary in Australia
Thanks Ken, based on your idea, its now known as the "Denver & Pacific Victoria Line" !!! Defined as early/mid 50's Eastern Colorado, a...
and some more...
Here's some pics of what I've done so far...now how do I change this to represent the denver/Colorado area??????????? Gary in Australia
Hi guys, thanks for all the great suggestions! I've only been in this hobby for a couple of months, and am finding that already my ideas are...
I would if I could afford the prices they want for VR trains! I can buy two, plus pay airfreight for the price of one VR loco!!! cheers Gary
Hi, I've got my first layout up and running, it is not based on anything - since I'm in Australia, I don't know much about US railroads....So I...
Well, I tried the suggestion of Deoxit (couldn't get NOOX in Australia) and I can't believe how it has transformed the way trains run on my track....
Looks pretty good to me! cheers Gary
Thanks, the layout is located indoors in a corner of a loungeroom, so garage dust and dirt isn't a problem. I generally have a run for 1/2 an...
Hi, my first layout has been made using atlas code 80 track. I have not been wildly happy with it, having points that were not in spec and...
Probably happened because I bought it in the US by mail order from a well known supplier of model trains. I doubt if it would have happened if I...
Old one will be kept for spares - I still haven't been able to get it to run smoothly, so who knows what's wrong........ I will do the right thing...
What a surprise!! the replacement loco arrived in Australia 6 days after I first contacted Bachman. I have to say this service is spectacularly...
Hi all, well I followed the suggestion to contact Bachman and sent an email via their customer service section on their website. I explained the...
Hi, I will email Bachman. I just found out what the problem is. It took a jewellers 15x jewellers loupe to find it. Each axle has a tiny gear, and...
Found the problem: The drive gears are locking up, seems one of the gears is slightly malformed (only have a cheap magnifying glass so can't be...
No read back.... :-( Sorry, just got it to read back,, tried the reset cv08 , removed it from track and put it back, still only get a buzzing...
Thanks guys, I am running DCC, and as a new be to this hobby, am not sure about lots of stuff. Will try the re set, as above. Can someone let me...
