Sunday at the show I bought an LGB Anna (92277), and on the test track seemed to run okay:
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However closer inspection at home showed the motor retaining base plate ill fitted and twisted, removed and refitted run and all seemed well. However today I decided to take a closed, more detailed inspection, and it transpires that the two centre retaining screws had been tightened so much that plastic that retains the screw head is broken off and the plate has a slight warp:
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Inside and an inspection of the "guts" shows most this in order, though one of the lugs to the aux power outlet was loose:
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Motor look a little different to what I was expecting:
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Reassembled and tested, not picking up from all the wheels, somewhat intermittent, the rods have been previously "adjusted", my thoughts are remove and clean the contacts and straighten the rods and when replace a spot of solder to hold them in place:
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All in all not a bad purchase, the smoke works, surprised there is no sound, but what I fail to understand is the purpose of the three-way switch - Off / Lights & Smoke / Run, Lights & Smoke !!!
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However closer inspection at home showed the motor retaining base plate ill fitted and twisted, removed and refitted run and all seemed well. However today I decided to take a closed, more detailed inspection, and it transpires that the two centre retaining screws had been tightened so much that plastic that retains the screw head is broken off and the plate has a slight warp:
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Inside and an inspection of the "guts" shows most this in order, though one of the lugs to the aux power outlet was loose:
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Motor look a little different to what I was expecting:
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Reassembled and tested, not picking up from all the wheels, somewhat intermittent, the rods have been previously "adjusted", my thoughts are remove and clean the contacts and straighten the rods and when replace a spot of solder to hold them in place:
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All in all not a bad purchase, the smoke works, surprised there is no sound, but what I fail to understand is the purpose of the three-way switch - Off / Lights & Smoke / Run, Lights & Smoke !!!