The 18 class is earning its keep. Until I equip it with a sound decoder there is little I wish to add to it for the moment. Now I have returned the pickups to my normal method it is reliable shunter.
It runs so well I look forward to finishing some more steamers.
I take it that your "normal method" is to have them picking up from the treads of the wheels and not behind the flanges?
ReplyDeleteHi Martin.
DeleteI normally pick up off the treads of the wheel with just a straight piece of wire. This is something I have applied with success to models in various scales for some decades. I came across an idea from a UK manufacturer (of some standing) suggesting the pickup be a small solder filled loop.
Whether it is the solder helping to contaminate the tread or the larger surface area better able to collect rubbish I have not bothered to investigate. Pickup was dodgy from day one. I gave it a fair trail but then went back to the straight piece of wire and now have a reliable loco as usual.