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Think this was covered well earlier in the year. My asswer would be, yes you could soak it all in vinigar and water mix for day or so depending how tarnished or rusted it is but I would go and invest in some new or good second hand Peco Stremline (nickle silver) or set track and save your selfe a lo...

Snap Puddles we went to order new car day before yesterday. I think it is being loaded on the ship today. Good luck when you get time with the Scotsman.

Is it possible that the wire you have is made of Aluminium, You can get Ally wire. I have never used it myself. Just a thought.

Any luck with the Scotsman Puddles.

Had the same problem with 3 different Hornby motors. The shop I got my replacements from is Lendons of Cardiff - http://www.lendonsmodelshop.co.uk/ Yes that was the name Lendons Thank you RFS. He has huge spare parts lists. Things that others ran out of years ago. Most of his sales are are on line.

I had a scotsman with the same thing as that. When I took the body off you could also see sparking from the motor. I put new motor in it and all was fine. These can motors are not serviceable far as I know. I remember I paid about £9 for the motor. Got motor from a shop in Cardiff. I cant remember n...

How did you manage that from 2 meters away. You need longer piece of 2x4..

Thanks for the rundown of the costs Stese

Looks really good. Needs some lamp irons on the front. The corners of staples make good ones. How I make lamp irons is from narrow strips of bronz pick up strips. A bit fiddly, then I shape lamp iron with narrow tail on bottom. Drill 1mm hole (or less) in the loco and feed the tail trough and bend ...