In the evening, I repaired the 1668E, which had a loose wire between the E-unit and the electromotor. Well, it was still cotton insulated wire, so I cannot blame it for its age. Thus I replaced the wires with modern plastic insulated wires. It ran fine of the new Merkur tracks, but not on the inner half circle of old Hornby-Meccano tracks. The third rail pick-ups sparked and the trains did not ride steadily. Therefore, I tried too clean those old tracks, which a Dremel with a brass comb brush, followed by a rinse with tissue paper and alcohol, which rinsed off most of the black charry deposits. The top surface of the old rail now looked like a shiny mirror and my hands looked like those of a coal shoveller.
Some engines now handled the inner curve good, others did not. Engines with sliding shoes as third rail pick ups performed better than those with rollers as pick ups. Anyway, I reackon that I need to buy some more clean new Merkur tracks after all. That is a new project for next week.
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| Lionel 1668E running on the new tracks |
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| The Lionel 817 caboose has the right size to fit with Merkur coaches. |
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| The Lionel 603-604 coaches look like silly dwarves compared to the Merkur coaches; Who said that everything American is bigger? |
2 comments:
Ach, de nieuwe rails zijn binnen een paar jaar toch ook weer geoxideerd, of hebben die daar geen last van? Er staan trouwens erg leuke links tussen jouw links, zoals die van derksens spoor nul, zeer lezenswaardig en lijkt toch een beetje op fremo wat die doen.
Hoi Frank,
De oude rails zijn echt vooroorlogs en licht gedutst en gebogen. Die oneffenheden zijn misschien wel belangrijker voor het rijgedrag dan oppervlakteoxidatie. Afijn een goede reden om een beetje extra investeren in goede nieuwe rails.
Groet
Eggo
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