Well done . She’s actually a pretty quiet runner for Airfix . It’s good to restore someone’s pride and joy . It’s probably more than 40 years old so it probably holds some memories
Another enjoyable video, rising to the airfix challenge as always. Glad it’s wasn’t a complete removal and strip down. As say looks like it didn’t need it as the motor was working. Great result in the end, looked good round the layout 👍👍👍 😎
Another great and informative video on how to repair and service some older locos. I'm most definitely learning a few tips on servicing locos each time I tune. Thanks for sharing with us. Cheers, Darren from Newcastle,NSW, Australia
Just wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed your videos of the maintenance and repair of older locomotives. A neglected area of the hobby given the drift towards DCC, electronics, sound and feeling you ought to be shelling out loads of cash if you want to get any satisfaction out of this hobby. At least as the well off divest themselves of still perfectly useable gear we get the chance to pick up stuff at affordable prices! Keep up the good work.
I swapped the motor bogie out of it with my 4F which was refusing to run quietly due to wear. It had lots of bits broken of it and a missing panel. I prefer my older R450 2P so have retired the Airfix 2P for spares.
Great video and a great job done . I have made the mistake of taking the tender motor apart on a AirFix loco before as you say they are a bloody pane to back together because you can never see the very small gears in the little gearbox on the side of the motor when putting back . But very well detailed locos for there time made in mid to late 1970s better detail than other locos of the time
Great video, really appreciate the observations and tips surrounding the Airfix tender drive. I have one that demonstrates suicidal tendencies when reversing.
Remove the traction tyres from middle wheels to make them more stable around curves and check the wheel spacing. 14.4mm is standard but I find 14mm or just under works better with these. The flanges are too shallow and unless the track is 100% flat they will jump around and derail way too easily.
I seem to recall the tender body is held on by the buffer beam when new. If it was lost or parts broken that could be why it was glued. Peter's spares sells a brass one for these locos. To be fair the haulage capacity of these tenders is massive with all those traction tyres.
Nice video. Just been doing my Royal Scot with a duff motor, for the 2nd time of trying. Motor was better than expected to strip and rebuild, needed lot of patience tho'. The tender body/top was loose but I found some instructions. Remove rear buffer beam, carefully. The buffers extend thro' the frame and hold down 2 tabs which are part of the top. A quick application of s/g, left overnight and it all goes together perfect. Still need to get it going though, next time I'll try a spare motor.
I had the same problem with those 2 brass rivets holding the copper strips on each side together, too, but on the Airfix 4F. Only it took me 7 tries of dismantling and rebuilding to finally realise that they were the problem! I don't understand why they didn't just make it one strip (for each side of course). I mean somebody must've realised it would come loose. I just flowed a load of solder in to the rivets on my 4F and hopefully it's permanently fixed now.
I've got both Royal Scots Fusiliers in LMS Black and Royal Scot in BR Green. RSF is a lovely runner but Royal Scot is a bit temperamental and needs some TLC. ATM she's confined to shed (AKA in her box) whilst her duties are covered by my BR Green Black Five (which was a special Hornby produced for Kays catalogue). I actually like the Airfix tender drives in spite of their plastic construction. They seem to have significantly better low-speed control than the Hornby tender-drives which is important for a little BLT layout like mine. I don't think I'd recommend them for a roundy-roundy layout though as I don't think they're up to the mileage.
Hi Bill. You make this look so easy! Every time I try and service a loco I end up breaking it or being unable to put it back together. It's really frustrating and putting me off getting back into the hobby. Do you have any tips for some-one like me who is a little ham fasted? (Apart from give up!!)
thing is though that they are driving 3 pairs of wheels not the more usual 2 for the ringfield... so they don't really have many more gears proportionally (and to get all the wheels turning the same way) than hornby
interesting one that. im not too familiar with airfix. maybe its just me or does some models have horrible power pickups to deal with when it comes to repairing it. however what id like to know is what oil you are using there and when and with which grease do you apply to bushes or bearings if you dont mind me asking
I have a Hornby Royal Scot and it doesn't have smoke deflectors. Having had a quick look at wiki they were originally built from 1927 without smoke deflectors which were added after 1931. The class was rebuilt between 1943-1955 and these too started off without smoke defectors though they were added later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Royal_Scot_Class
