Quote from: Roy L S on Yesterday at 08:57:25 AM

Quote from: ODRAILS on June 01, 2026, 10:31:18 PMHow many of us expressed an interest in the Dapol West Country/Battle of Britain pacifics in 2011?

I know that the issue of the BoBs/WCs from back then is still irksome to a number of people, but I think it is fair to say that we are in a different place today, and following enough people expressing interest, both the Gresley BG and modified Buffet have moved forward very rapidly.

Roy

Agreed Roy, back then Dapol had a habit of announcing plenty to stake their claim it seems, now stuff is announced when its beyond the "thinking of maybe looking at a picture of the real thing" stage, plus side is if they did the light Pacific's then would we be wanting an upgraded model now to suit newer models

You'll need a dedicated retaining compound, something like Loctite 603. The instructions may offer a recommendation? But I've used 603 successfully on brass and steel.

I'm attempting to do a coreless motor upgrade using the Micromotor kits (T3/BR89, if of any use). The kit includes the motor, an adapter shaft and worm gear, all of which are required to be glued together.

For the life of me, however, I cannot get the adapter shaft to stay glued to the motor shaft. I've tried various types of superglue and even PVA - no dice, just slides straight back off every time. I dare not try gluing the worm gear until I've got a reliable solution for the shafts.

Am I missing something? How do others usually handle fixing these together?

Quote from: ODRAILS on June 01, 2026, 10:31:18 PMHow many of us expressed an interest in the Dapol West Country/Battle of Britain pacifics in 2011?

I know that the issue of the BoBs/WCs from back then is still irksome to a number of people, but I think it is fair to say that we are in a different place today, and following enough people expressing interest, both the Gresley BG and modified Buffet have moved forward very rapidly.

Roy

Quote from: Michanglais on Yesterday at 06:43:53 AMCould it be that there are no holes because the prototype for my model didn't carry snowploughs? (Long shot, but it's the only thing I can think of - the holes for all of the other bufferbeam parts are clear to see.)

Possibly, but we'd need to know which model you have to help with that!

Might be worth asking Bachmann/Farish - it could be a factory error.

If you're feeling brave, it should be possible to drill holes in the right place on the buffer beam to allow the ploughs to be fitted.

Quote from: Steven B on June 01, 2026, 09:02:54 AMNo need to remove the bodyshell, just the rapdio coupling. The class 31 instruction sheet is on the Bachmann Spares' website:
https://bachmann-spares.co.uk/file/F7111-3-Class-31-2020.pdf

If you download it you'll be able to zoom in to figure 2 to see that the snowploughs fit into two holes on the buffer beam, one either side of where the coupling hook would be.

Thanks for your response. I've tried fitting where the holes are indicated (I've tried all around the area) but there are no corresponding holes. Could it be that there are no holes because the prototype for my model didn't carry snowploughs? (Long shot, but it's the only thing I can think of - the holes for all of the other bufferbeam parts are clear to see.)

Cheers

My hand is raised

How many of us expressed an interest in the Dapol West Country/Battle of Britain pacifics in 2011?

Dapol have just announced decorated samples of their forthcoming BGs and Refurbished Buffets . . . .