Fun film, thank you!! Similar behaviour on my railway occasionally but at 16mm they don't manage to derail anything. My signals are regularly knocked wonky by a robin though!

Hmmm Happy coincidence! the week before looking on ebay saw two Bachman Pullam train sets, one at £229 with I thought very reasonable and the other I think was £375 and they had a lovely crest right on the front of the unit, any keep those Pullman's going. 😀😀

Hi , first time talker .... Would appreciate a list of oils , greases and contact cleaners and stating which parts are cleaned with each product ... Your channel I do watch regularly ... And need learn to service my own Many thanks

H Dan. Great fix. Lovely looking loco. Well done. Thumbs up thumped 👍 ....Pete....

Bit Late but if your not in ya can’t win

I always watched your videos when posted great info and good learning curve for what not too do and to do thanks Patrick Quinn IRL

That model with the Magnadhesion could pull all of my rolling stock including up Hornby’s inclined piers, that was 18 carriages and 56 wagons with no issues at all. It also had a very loud motor which was probably a sign that it wasn’t in the best condition. An absolute beast of a locomotive I’d have liked to have known what the maximum pull was because it pulled everything I had with seemingly no effort at all.

Nice work!

That's a lovely model, it reminds me of the train my Dad used to take me on as a very small child down to Severn Beach on a Saturday afternoon (very different livery, of course). 👍👍👍.

Did you say you paid £59 for yours? Clark Railworks has a pre-owned example for sale at £85.

Mostyn is my favourite of them all. Seen it at a few shows here in the North West. Superb attention to detail.

You're not wrong about that little DMU being a great looking model! You have to ask why manufacturers use that horrible, gunky lubricant. To prevent long life, perhaps?

Loved your tutorial.

That grease looks gross 🤢

Not a fan of plastic clips on any part of a model. With handling or over time plastic will get brittle, this means that your expensive Hornby purchase is destine to fall apart. The more frequently you service your models the sooner it is likely to happen.

Great video as always Dan!! Many thanks for sharing. Cheers Onno.

great vlog on channel nice loco good clean up nice fis keep up the great vlogs thanks lee

Thanks for the advice om masak, I've found problems on my Lima crab and my Lima Kings, the King I recently purchased had the dust all over, I've sorted it out and it runs well, I like Lima so I'm so glad l watched your video, one of my Crabs was glued up by a previous owner so at the moment it's all in the spares tub thanks again John

Well done on your 100th 🥳🎉

Great work i remember my dad getting on of these and it didn't run that great from new so might be worth me taking it apart and see if it has similar issues, thanks for sharing. Tom

Thanks for another informative video Dan.

You're a very fortunate man. I also get mine donated to me once I've made a donation to eBay 😂😂😂

Watching this great video again Dan, these locos are so easy to work on and fun on the layout, thanks John

Nice to see that in this crazy world there are still good people out there.

Gees, having to buy an entire chassis just to get one small nylon gear 😮 Did you try contacting Heljan directly ?

Great repair Dan. The pannier tank is performing well on my layout. Thank you again for getting it running

What a great donation look forward to seeing them in motion thanks for sharing Patrick Quinn IRL

Looking forward to seeing them running, well done Donaters.

Great gift you got thanks lee

I have one of these, and it's the worst QC I've seen. Which suck because I love the model. A full rebuild of pickups and a stay alive is required. The disassembly process was horrid. Great video, great solve. My model was brand new and didn't come with bands. Is it possible someone has added washers to it?

Hey Dan I'd recommend that you add solder wick to your tools to use for older models. It is thin copper tape that you heat with a soldering iron and absorb old solder then discard. It's the ideal tool to use in this case!

Not your typical strip down and fix, but well done for getting to the bottom of it 👍👍.

I have a Heljan Lion, Falcon, Kestrel, Hymek and Western and all run very well. Lion didn't run well and I sent it back to Heljan in Denmark and they fixed it free of charge and refunded all the postage. Sam of Sam's trains tends to be a bells and whistles reviewer or if it doesn't have the lot it's no good. He often tells viewers how he bought this model out of his own money as if that's something unusual without realising that's how we ALL buy them. For me the trouble is that models are getting more complicated especially in their electrical set up which seems to be made more complicated than it needs to be. The Chinese models are notorious for failing electrics within models as another well known repairer with a YT channel up the top end of the UK may agree with.

Nice one alearning curve cheers thanks Patrick Quinn IRL

Great video Dan!

Heljan must be the most mercurial manufacturer in the industry: it mixes genius and legendary smooth running with some "schoolboy errors" when it comes to design choices. A very innovative and clever repair. The clicking sound reminded me of the sound from my ancient Mainline Warship, but thankfully replacement cogs were much easier to find.

You did very well to sort this locomotive out. These sort of problems should never have been passed on to unsuspecting owners by Heljan.

Super repair. It's a shame spares appear to be difficult to get. I had a similar problem with a Hornby Standard Class 4 where I had to adapt a Star Class gear. Thanks for showing. Regards Paul.

Whilst he may have been on point in this case. Sam's Trains is typically anti-Heljan.

I haven't seen that particular Sam's review....but a motor held in place by RUBBER BANDS ??? Sell it for spares or repairs and make do with a 57xx 🤣🤣🤣

great vlog on the fix of the nice loc thanks four the vlogs thanks lee

I'd love to see more info on how you modified the front of the 43. Looks really good.

Hi Dan, yes parkside tools are good quality tools at a great price. I’d love to win some tools as I am also a modeller and keen diy er.

Fantastic value for money, great video.

Always love a bargain! Thanks mate enjoyed the video! Going to get down Aldi for a ratchet! Lidls doing an electrical drill version but it’s £60 so I’ll stay manual

Hiya Dan , love these reviews as it encourages me to head off to Lidl for a look 👍😀

As I read through the comments I notice a lot of people complain about wheel slippage...it's normal to have that condition at first, but as your trains spread it around slipping will end. I started using it nearly 4 years ago on my club's traveling show layout and we have not cleaned any rails or wheels and ALL of our locomotives run flawlessly...like Dan showed, clean the rails with mineral spirits then apply the anti-oxidant.

Great job mate ,its good to see there are still people like yourself around that help others just for the joy of helping ,😊😊😊

Another quality review video. Keep it up!

Before you use the damage screw remover drill a pilot hole in the damaged screw, drill it the correct size to correspond with the screw remover, but ive also used a file, i take the handle off and drill a hole in the screw and then i hammer the square end that the handle was on into the hole works 9 out of ten when ive used this method