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Re: Ping Geep: Model train help         

Group: alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove · Group Profile
Author: Flash Gordon
Date: Dec 28, 2006 10:47

Halla wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:57:18 GMT, "clot"
> blethered:
>
>> Halla wrote:
>>> The OH bought himself a small Hornby summat-or-other set a few months
>>> back. He's hauled it all out and set it up, and his train appears to
>>> have seized up, Its wheels will no longer turn. Anything we can do
>>> about that, do you know, or is it a case of waiting until Hornby come
>>> back from their holidays and speaking to them?
>> Clean the track; the power to the engine goes via the track. Mild
>> corrosion of the track can cause this problem. Very fine snadpaper or
>> wet'n dry will help!
>
> It's pretty much a brand new set, the tracks looked nice and shiny.
> <:-/

Did you polish it leaving a nice, shiny, non-conducting coating? ;-)
> Geep, apollo geese for not replying to your post yet, the train set is
> behind the couch and can't currently be accessed and that's the only
> way I have of checking what trains or bits or whatever are there.
> I will dig it out when I can and check.

Since all the spaces behind all the couches are interconnected one of
the experts could grab it from behind their couch ;-)
--
Flash Gordon
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