Nice loco that, surprising how good a runner it is given the age - i love br green dmus, i found a 2010 bachmann class 105 in an antiques shop for only 20 quid, which was a huge bargain! Great video mate :)
I still have my slightly earlier one without the yellow panels that I received in the early 1960s. I got it out again a few years ago for my grandchildren and after a service it ran every bit as well as modern stuff (I'm a great fan of the engineering of that particular motor bogie). I have subsequently converted it to DCC and the slow running is unbelievably good. I notice your wheel slip - mine had the original ribbed wheels (yours sound like they're the smooth ones) but had exactly the same problem with traction when running with three cars (two were OK). In the end I fitted brass axle bearings and modern finescale wheels plus Ultrascale driving wheels; there is now so much less friction that all traction problems have disappeared. The ribbed wheels were incredibly noisy, but now the running is almost silent. I have plenty of modern stuff from Accurascale and the like, and they're obviously vastly better models, but the DMU is still one of my favourites.
The model first appeared in 1958, just over a year after the real Metro-Cammel class 101 DMU entered service with British Railways. In 1959, the Mk.IIb couplings were replaced with Mk.III tension lock couplings. In 1962, it gained interior seating detail & an R.334 centre coach was available. .
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Nice loco that, surprising how good a runner it is given the age - i love br green dmus, i found a 2010 bachmann class 105 in an antiques shop for only 20 quid, which was a huge bargain! Great video mate :)
Thanks. Also great deal
I still have my slightly earlier one without the yellow panels that I received in the early 1960s. I got it out again a few years ago for my grandchildren and after a service it ran every bit as well as modern stuff (I'm a great fan of the engineering of that particular motor bogie). I have subsequently converted it to DCC and the slow running is unbelievably good. I notice your wheel slip - mine had the original ribbed wheels (yours sound like they're the smooth ones) but had exactly the same problem with traction when running with three cars (two were OK). In the end I fitted brass axle bearings and modern finescale wheels plus Ultrascale driving wheels; there is now so much less friction that all traction problems have disappeared. The ribbed wheels were incredibly noisy, but now the running is almost silent. I have plenty of modern stuff from Accurascale and the like, and they're obviously vastly better models, but the DMU is still one of my favourites.
Well, that is a great story. The wheelslip isn't that bad. I tried fired it to max on the conner in order to demonstrate.
The model first appeared in 1958, just over a year after the real Metro-Cammel class 101 DMU entered service with British Railways.
In 1959, the Mk.IIb couplings were replaced with Mk.III tension lock couplings.
In 1962, it gained interior seating detail & an R.334 centre coach was available.
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Good to know
Looks good. Surprised it can still run that fast considering how old it is.
The moter won't be tuned for efficiency. It was probably lightly tuned and then added in.
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not a 110 . its a 101 . and its triang
Yeah. I kind of found that out after filming, then editing, then uploading, then posting, so it was kind of too late.
@@EpicSpeed5222 dw its fine
@D6757Productions yeah. To be far it doesn't day anywhere on the model.
That's a 101 dmu.
Yeah, I kind of figured that out after filming, editing, uploading, and realising.