Post by playdead on Sept 4, 2008 17:01:16 GMT -5
I've noticed there a quite a few people here in this forum that are returning to the hobby after many years, 6-7 years away for me I think. Of course this involves going though all your stuff which can be fun but the question I had was "Does it still run?".
So with my tiny test shelf layout up and running I pulled out every engine I had and tested them. Some probably hadn't been run in 10+ years and others had never really been out of the box.
Since I had everything out I took some pictures, quite a few unfinished projects in there! As you can see I have a lot of P2K Geeps and sadly 7 of 15 have cracked gears. Only the recent runs of GP9s and GP7s are fine. Of course all the Atlas units purred like kittens out of the box even the ancient yellow box ones. Thankfully everything else just needs some time to stretch their legs and get broken in.
Anybody happen to have the Athearn part# for the GP truck gears? Hehe...
NKP engines (Steam on the Diesel Detailer board ohmy!)
Other engines
So with my tiny test shelf layout up and running I pulled out every engine I had and tested them. Some probably hadn't been run in 10+ years and others had never really been out of the box.
Since I had everything out I took some pictures, quite a few unfinished projects in there! As you can see I have a lot of P2K Geeps and sadly 7 of 15 have cracked gears. Only the recent runs of GP9s and GP7s are fine. Of course all the Atlas units purred like kittens out of the box even the ancient yellow box ones. Thankfully everything else just needs some time to stretch their legs and get broken in.
Anybody happen to have the Athearn part# for the GP truck gears? Hehe...
NKP engines (Steam on the Diesel Detailer board ohmy!)
Other engines
