slippy slidy schools

[rejrob]

Happy new year to all modellers and their apprentices Having several of the new Schools Class on my layout my mind is cast back to when the older Bulleids had their rubber tyres(Yes i am dated) and what disaster they were Needless to say Hornby soon changed them??? One of mine Harrow,suitably altered from a Blundells has shed a tyre. Previously a Brighton untouched except for real coal in the tender,shed a tyre and then actually cut one when again a tyre was shed.The downloaded decriptive sheet shewed that spare tyres were an nonentity Hornby could not im afraid give an explanation as could not East kent Spares who only had spare tyres for the T9 part No. X9962
Taking the bull by the proverbials as both the schools and T9 have 6'7" wheels and both have tyres i thought id try Success I duly informed Hornby and east kent. Has anyone else had problems with these tyres or is it me(dont answer too quick????)All the best Ron robinson

[Son of Triangman]

The Hornby Hitachi 395 is renown for shredding and shedding it's traction tyres, burning motors and is underpowered. Traction tyres are night on impossible to get for them. Sadly spares shortages including spare bodies etc., is a real issue with today's sueprdetail models.

Why Hornby fit traction tyres in this day and age is a mystery, when other manufacturers products manage perfectly well without them, it's probably to make up for motors being underpowered small cheap limited can motors. I had a friends Hornby J94 on the workbench the other day it wouldn't go the motor brushes had worn out after 100 hours use, inside is a massive weight that takes up almost all the saddle tank, the strain on the little class 58 style motor must be massive.