What PLD says,

But I would add when you do pop something apart take it slow and try and start small. Its a wonder what a good cleaning can do.

This isn't UK locos, but I really enjoy this chap from Quebec, he does some great repairs and maintenance vids and has a very calm and quiet way about how he approaches things.  So maybe not for the specific loco's but very much for the approach


A lot of his older videos are N scale but its worth having a look through them

Good luck!

G.

Quote from: Bealman on January 19, 2026, 07:45:49 AM@Newportnobby reckons she looks like Fozzie Bear out of muppets.

The Muppet had more intelligence 

I'm sure Mick has been called worse 

Sticking with Win10 for a long while till it finally stops working (then switching to Linux), I have zero interest in having any AI assistant on my computer, I have no use for one, don't have one on my phone neither.

Quote from: cmason on January 19, 2026, 03:12:03 PMCoPilot pops up asking if it can be of help at the most annoying of moments. And one cannot easily remove it as its embedded in Windows.

I believe there is software that can remove it automatically now from what I've heard from commentary youtubers discussing Win11 mention, the software is called Winslop, forked off the software Crapfixer.
Not sure if it'll do anything on my Win10 but seems to either remove or at the least reduce annoying features to Win11 so worth a look.

Yeah, okay...  a stupid one the size of a horse that thinks of nothing but it's stomach 

Number 1 is always identify the true root cause issue before heading off in the wrong direction with unnecessary tinkering that does more harm tham good. Treat the Cause not the Symptoms...
Is it mechanical or electrical? Often as not, all thats actually needed is a good clean and maybe (sparingly) lubrication...

Probably beneficial if you give a bit more detail case by case - what loco, Symptoms etc.

All of my locomotives are probably well past warranty stage. Many of them have been in storage a long time.

I now have a couple of non-runners, slow-runners, and spastic runners.

So, whether I ever want to see them go roundy-round again, or sell them, I must take the dive into N-scale surgery.

I've recently purchased a soldering iron, a tweezers set, a set of hobby -size tool kit.

 I think I have what I need tool-wise.

Now, I just need courage.

Tell me your wisdoms!

Quite like both. Kin Ping Meh slightly spoilt by overuse of phasing but I do like Krautrock. Guru Guru have their moments...


Tim

Lovely picture! Just my sort of dog...

Cheers,

Chris

Quote from: Steven B on January 19, 2026, 08:56:23 AMDo both.

 

...maybe...

I agree about Windows 11. Mrs Papyrus's new(ish) laptop came with it installed. She's got used to it but I find it very messy, so I'm sticking to 10 on my laptop. Hers also came with Copilot, which was very intrusive but we've managed to disable it.

Can't agree about the Met Office app, though. I think it's really good! Every feature I want, but much clearer and more readable. You can please some of the people some of the time!

Cheers,

Chris