Hello, Erik! Congratulations, it is a beautiful little locomotive, and it seems like a nice runner, too. I hope a capacitor (inside the driving post?) would solve the power issue over the points. (There is attention required about capacitors, I bought online some capacitors (25 and 35V at 2200uF and when I got the package, they proved to be too big to fit inside the wagons or some little locomotives). Thanks for sharing the video, have a nice day!
Hi Chris, there's very little place in the driving post, but I guess I could try it. Capacitors is a whole new thing for me, so I will probably start with an easy case, in a Lima locomotive and in coaches. There's not much information about it. If you would have time, could you make a video on how you fitted capacitors (and pickups) in your coaches? Thanks 🙏
@@railway187 Hi, Erik! Unfortunately, I have almost nothing to put in a video right now, either about capacitors or pick-ups. I only have two old Schicht wagons with light, no pick-ups required (they had some rather weird axles, a plastic wheel on a side and a metal wheel on the other side of the axle, so a bogey would collect the + pole and the other the - pole... and the interior furnishing is hand made, I made the toilet bigger to fit a capacitor). I also have about 20 capacitors too big for rail modeling (or maybe good for G scale), and some rubbish things that I wanted to try (i.e. try making home-made pickup from soda/beer aluminum can). I also do not have much knowledge in electronics, I learnt a little from mistakes, a little from forums or fellow modelists about model trains.. Anyway, as far as I know, for DC there would be needed capacitors having a size small enough to fit in a passenger wagon (usually on the toilet, this would be the best and almost only proper place). If use 12V to 16V power supply, the capacitor would have to be double of this value, so 25V or 35V capacitor would work best (the small enough size and biggest storage capacity of such capacitors I've found were 680uF). Regarding the pickups, I would like to buy some Train-o-matic items (like Train-o-matic 01080101, but depending of the bogey's length, might be proper other product codes and, of course, other companies products, maybe the local models-shop has some). Also, for wagons lighting with LEDs, rectifier bridges would be necessary, as the LEDs could work when the train/wagon reverses its running direction). This is like all I know on the subject, and I apologize for not having something really useful to put in a video. I hope you will find something useful here. :) /Chris
@@Cristake1974 Thanks Chris! This is very useful information! I wouldn't have known that the capacitor needs to be 25V - 35V - also I wouldn't have thought about the size.
Very nice little diesel shunter and well worth what you paid for a newly tooled model. I like to run small locos slowly and I get the feeling points are always going to be troublesome. For my first layout ("just do it" - thanks to Budget Model Railways) I am thinking of just a loop with no points. Great review Erik! Greetings, Ben
Hi Ben, for what I've heard Peco points have smaller dead zones. Maybe something to investigate (I wish I knew before....). They are however more expensive than Hornby points. On my English layout I have very old Lima points and they same OK too, at least for my Peckett, I didn't have the occasion to test the Ruston on that layout yet.
Hi Erik nice addition to your collection !...be aware this is not built for stay alive as it has no DCC on board....the reason for the stutter is A ..the plastic frog on the Hornby points, B...the loco has pickup from the wheels which are not wide enough i e body's not long enough to span this blank spot so it powers out! Sadly, one the bugbears of short wheelbase Hornby's loco's...ps i have been told no84 was scraped in the late 60'-early 70's hope this is of use to you regards Paul.👀👍
Hi Erik sorry about the delay i was clearly misinformed on that one 😣the answer is yes it take a stay alive but it may need soldering in !! info on this one is a bit sketchy as Hornby is not very forthcoming on this motor combo...hope this helps regards Paul.👍
Hi Erik - there are stay alive capacitors for DC. The size of the motor will affect the size of capacitor. One seller in the UK is Hobby Trax and as this is a UK locomotive it may be worth contacting them for advice - you will need to solder the capacitor to the DCC blanking plug.
What a lovely little loco, I've a good mind to order one myself if I can find one at that sort of price. I remember "spotting " both 84 and 86 in York m.p.d.in 1969.
Points will always be an issue for short wheelbase locos., not just the Hornby Ruston. Something like a stayalive under DC operation, were it available, would solve the slow speed running across points. Sadly, that’s DCC only.
In train modelling we make compromises: couplers are unrealistic, flanges are to big, Oo-scale combines 1/76 scale and 1/87 16,5 mm gauge, landscapes are often underscaled, etc. I think manufacturers could easily set O-4-O axles just a bit further from each other as they prototypically should be, as a small compromise between realism and practical usage. Thanks for watching the video 🙏🙋♂️👍 Erik
Hello, Erik! Congratulations, it is a beautiful little locomotive, and it seems like a nice runner, too. I hope a capacitor (inside the driving post?) would solve the power issue over the points. (There is attention required about capacitors, I bought online some capacitors (25 and 35V at 2200uF and when I got the package, they proved to be too big to fit inside the wagons or some little locomotives). Thanks for sharing the video, have a nice day!
Hi Chris, there's very little place in the driving post, but I guess I could try it. Capacitors is a whole new thing for me, so I will probably start with an easy case, in a Lima locomotive and in coaches. There's not much information about it. If you would have time, could you make a video on how you fitted capacitors (and pickups) in your coaches? Thanks 🙏
@@railway187 Hi, Erik! Unfortunately, I have almost nothing to put in a video right now, either about capacitors or pick-ups. I only have two old Schicht wagons with light, no pick-ups required (they had some rather weird axles, a plastic wheel on a side and a metal wheel on the other side of the axle, so a bogey would collect the + pole and the other the - pole... and the interior furnishing is hand made, I made the toilet bigger to fit a capacitor). I also have about 20 capacitors too big for rail modeling (or maybe good for G scale), and some rubbish things that I wanted to try (i.e. try making home-made pickup from soda/beer aluminum can). I also do not have much knowledge in electronics, I learnt a little from mistakes, a little from forums or fellow modelists about model trains.. Anyway, as far as I know, for DC there would be needed capacitors having a size small enough to fit in a passenger wagon (usually on the toilet, this would be the best and almost only proper place). If use 12V to 16V power supply, the capacitor would have to be double of this value, so 25V or 35V capacitor would work best (the small enough size and biggest storage capacity of such capacitors I've found were 680uF). Regarding the pickups, I would like to buy some Train-o-matic items (like Train-o-matic 01080101, but depending of the bogey's length, might be proper other product codes and, of course, other companies products, maybe the local models-shop has some). Also, for wagons lighting with LEDs, rectifier bridges would be necessary, as the LEDs could work when the train/wagon reverses its running direction). This is like all I know on the subject, and I apologize for not having something really useful to put in a video. I hope you will find something useful here. :) /Chris
@@Cristake1974 Thanks Chris! This is very useful information! I wouldn't have known that the capacitor needs to be 25V - 35V - also I wouldn't have thought about the size.
@@railway187 You're welcome!
Very nice little diesel shunter and well worth what you paid for a newly tooled model. I like to run small locos slowly and I get the feeling points are always going to be troublesome. For my first layout ("just do it" - thanks to Budget Model Railways) I am thinking of just a loop with no points. Great review Erik! Greetings, Ben
Hi Ben, for what I've heard Peco points have smaller dead zones. Maybe something to investigate (I wish I knew before....). They are however more expensive than Hornby points. On my English layout I have very old Lima points and they same OK too, at least for my Peckett, I didn't have the occasion to test the Ruston on that layout yet.
BR North Eastern division, 84 was in departmental stock (non-revenue earning), new in 1958, withdrawn and scrapped in 1970.
Thanks for this very interesting information!
Hi Erik nice addition to your collection !...be aware this is not built for stay alive as it has no DCC on board....the reason for the stutter is A ..the plastic frog on the Hornby points, B...the
loco has pickup from the wheels which are not wide enough i e body's not long enough to span this blank spot so it powers out! Sadly, one the bugbears of short wheelbase Hornby's
loco's...ps i have been told no84 was scraped in the late 60'-early 70's hope this is of use to you regards Paul.👀👍
You say it has no DCC on board, but it apparently accepts a 6-pin decoder? So would that solve the stuttering on points issue?
Hi Erik sorry about the delay i was clearly misinformed on that one 😣the answer is yes it take a stay alive but it may need soldering in !! info on this one is a bit sketchy
as Hornby is not very forthcoming on this motor combo...hope this helps regards Paul.👍
Great and exiciting video. Thumbs up! - Greetings Thomas
Hi Erik - there are stay alive capacitors for DC. The size of the motor will affect the size of capacitor. One seller in the UK is Hobby Trax and as this is a UK locomotive it may be worth contacting them for advice - you will need to solder the capacitor to the DCC blanking plug.
It's always an improvement to fit a driver into the cab. I do this whenever it's possible.
Good idea 👍 Thanks 🙏
@@railway187 Although sometimes, they have to have their legs amputated.
@@and7barton 😁👍
congratulations dear Erik,i love your new shunter,big like my friend 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
What a lovely little loco, I've a good mind to order one myself if I can find one at that sort of price. I remember "spotting " both 84 and 86 in York m.p.d.in 1969.
I've just checked. It's still available in Germany at that price until May 12th. Thanks for watching 👍🙏🙋♂️ Erik
Лайк и полная поддержка.👍👍👍
Эрик дружище привет 👋👋👋Красивый тепловоз🔥🔥🔥😉👌😎
Very nice purchase. Enjoy. 😊 Cheers Andy 🤠
Super lokomotywa 👍
Points will always be an issue for short wheelbase locos., not just the Hornby Ruston. Something like a stayalive under DC operation, were it available, would solve the slow speed running across points. Sadly, that’s DCC only.
In train modelling we make compromises: couplers are unrealistic, flanges are to big, Oo-scale combines 1/76 scale and 1/87 16,5 mm gauge, landscapes are often underscaled, etc. I think manufacturers could easily set O-4-O axles just a bit further from each other as they prototypically should be, as a small compromise between realism and practical usage. Thanks for watching the video 🙏🙋♂️👍 Erik
Эрик привет. Интересный локомотив 🚂
Nice, acquisition👍🏻
Hi Erik , eine sehr schöne Lok 🥰👍👍. Viel Spaß mit ihr 👍👍😃. Gruß Daniel 🙋♂🙋♂.
Interesting review. Thanks for sharing. Reg. Arnout
Thanks
lights and a dcc decoder and a stay alive would have been better, but it looks nice !
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Hello,
Beautiful,thumbs up from me!👍
Greetings Seven🖖