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Sunday, 9 April 2017

Drummond 700 “Black motor”

The latest arrival on Pix Valley is a Drummond 700 “Black motor” 30698. A superb model but with a couple of quirks, both the couplings fall off the chassis the triangular moulding on the NEM housing is to narrow and the other issue is fitting a DCC chip into the tender there is not enough room with the three weights . Anybody had the same issues? I opted for the recommended small 8pin chip from Hattons.


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  1. Looks a nice loco...I'm sure you will sort out the quirks...

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    2. Yes remove two of the weights, a spot of superglue on the couplings. Tested last Wednesday on the club layout with a short rake of LMS coaches (3) no issues with the lighter tender. I guess I could remove the moulded coal load and use Liquid Gravity from Deluxe Materials and cover with real coal. As it is it runs ok.

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