You are the best YouTuber! I am currently watching your Live Fixing a Bachmann Amtrak F40PH HO Locomotive live. I am a beginner in model railroading and only have 3 locomotives: one Marx, one Lionel, and one that is not one Train Classical. Right when I saw the plastic I immediately thought that that was possibly one of the problems. You are the best YouTuber!
2 months ago | 1
You’ve got something really good there SMT, just be very careful with them because they are extremely delicate. I have a bunch of Overland Brass Structures in O Scale
3 months ago
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It’s simple things that can be changed about models that would make them last so much longer and work so much better. For how much models like this cost you should be getting the absolute BEST mechanism and parts possible. Will we be seeing a repair video in the near future on this one??👀
3 months ago
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@BraydenDexterGreenePhotography
It’s much more expensive to make that part metal, but I totally agree. We all know how crunchy it can get after a while.
3 months ago | 0
that’s like odd it did work right for 75 years so I’m guessing someone mess somthing up on it but I’m glad you fixed it
3 months ago | 0
I have that problem all the time with NWSL universals. Next time I use one, I’m going to try making it a near slip-fit and then knurl the shaft before sticking things together with some epoxy.
3 months ago | 2
I was the engineer on the Christmas train between wpg and Brandon cp locomotive 9114
2 months ago
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Hi Harrison, I'm not going to spoil things with the politics of making these things in China compared to the West, but the materials and glue etc used are no where near as good as most Western made products, as the saying goes, " it's all about the money".
3 months ago | 5
I am working on a Ho scale diesel locomotive and all of the painting is now done and now the hard part is putting on all of the little pieces that has to go on and I am making it dcc and it will also have sound and when I have sound in it and the horn will sound like a frog
3 months ago | 0
Some of my questions have to do with my trains that I have here I have been seen a lot of your videos that you like to fix trains a lot so maybe you can give me some ideas how I can like maybe send my train to you or maybe how to fix my train
3 months ago | 0
It’s actually disappointing how everyone knows about the Bachmann problem yet manufacturers still pressure fit plastic parts destined to fail
3 months ago
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Reminds me of Electrotren (Spanish brand owned by Hornby) and their famous cracked gear issue, they pressure fit bad quality plastic gears on the axles and they inevitably cracked, I've had to send 3 of my trains to get repaired for free (It's too much of a hassle to repair on your own, specially considering you usually stumble upon helix gears or similar, and spares are hard to find) The trains run great and look amazing, but for the price we enthusiasts pay for them you might think we deserve slightly better quality parts... (Though as of late their quality control has improved, a friend of mine bought a new edition of a model that was famous for the split gear issue, and I'm curious to open it up and see the difference between my older run model)
3 months ago | 0
This is regarding the (o gauge) stuff. Lionel "Trains" with either MTH RealTrax or Gargraves or atlas 3 rail track and yes atlas does make (o gauge 3 rail Flex track)
3 months ago | 0
SMT Mainline
I bought the Cadillac of HO locomotives and it has problems. Manufacturers still think fitting small plastic parts around metal is a good idea after decades of it failing. The all metal driveshaft in my gran’s Rivarossi is still okay after 75 years.
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